{"id":10652,"date":"2019-02-27T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T19:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acqualinaresort.com\/?p=10652"},"modified":"2019-03-18T18:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:33:12","slug":"miamis-food-hall-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acqualinaresort.com\/blog\/epicurean\/miamis-food-hall-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami\u2019s Food Hall Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Paul Rubio<\/em><\/p>\n

In line with Miami\u2019s growing epicurean culture, the city can\u2019t seem to get enough of the food hall trend. Unlike chain-laden food courts, food halls feature curated collections of artisan food stalls and boutique dining experiences elevated by vibrant, high-design settings.<\/p>\n

From Downtown to Aventura, here\u2019s the scoop on the big names in Miami\u2019s latest dining craze.<\/p>\n

La Centrale, Downtown Miami<\/h2>\n

The grandest food hall in Downtown Miami just might be La Centrale<\/a>, located in the Brickell City Centre. The 40,000 square-foot, tri-level food hall houses an inspired collection of Italian food stations, restaurants, bars, caf\u00e9s, markets, and a wine shop. Comparisons to Eataly<\/a> are warranted; however, La Centrale is a more refined iteration of the Italian food hall. There\u2019s true decadence in the design details, from the first-floor food market echoing Rome\u2019s principal train station to the second floor\u2019s Instagram-perfect cocktail bar, which takes cues from an archetypal Puglia piazza.<\/p>\n

Also on the second floor are a number of excellent, thematic restaurants including the seafood-centric Pesce, the meat-heavy Carne, and vegetarian-forward Stagionale, which serves an impossibly perfect vegan spaghetti carbonara. On the third level, enjoy antipasti and small plates at wine bar restaurant Enoteca or take a pasta-making class at the in-house cooking school. By and large, La Centrale is more of a must-do Miami experience than a food hall.<\/p>\n

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Wynwood Yard, Wynwood<\/h2>\n

An evening at The Wynwood Yard<\/a> is the complete food, art, music, and people-watching experience one desires from buzzworthy Wynwood. (Proof: it even inspired Shakira to perform an impromptu concert when visiting one night.) And the vendors at the outdoor culture hub are as personality-driven as the neighborhood itself, like the full-service CHARCOAL Garden Bar + Grill, constructed entirely out of modified shipping containers. Unfortunately, the yard shall be cleared come late spring 2019 to make room for a new mixed-use brick-and-mortar project. So, get your Wynwood Yard fix now while you can or wait until its mirror image, Doral Yard, opens in 2020 in the Miami suburbs.<\/p>\n

St. Roch Market, Design District<\/h2>\n

After staunch success in New Orleans, St. Roch Market<\/a> brings its winning recipe to Miami with an eclectic, twelve-vendor food emporium in the Design District. The food hall serves as incubator of sorts for rising chefs looking to make their name in the national food scene (without the mega-capital required to fund a full restaurant venture). The result: meticulously executed cuisine from personable chefs at prices far below Design District standards. From Peruvian-style sushi at Itamae to handmade pastas and house-made sauces at Dal Plin, a meal at St. Roch Market never fails to impress.<\/p>\n

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Treats Food Hall, Aventura<\/h2>\n

Located in a new Carlos Zapata-designed wing in the expanded Aventura Mall, Treats Food Hall<\/a> replaces the mall\u2019s former food court, Treats at Aventura. There\u2019s great debate among Miami food writers whether the new iteration of Treats is indeed a food hall or remains a food court \u2014 on one hand, visitors will spot an Auntie Anne\u2019s kiosk and a Chipotle. But a fabulous lobster roll from Maine-based Luke\u2019s Lobster or a slice of fig-topped pizza from Figs + Mozzarella by Todd English is sure to enhance a day of retail therapy in the country\u2019s third-largest shopping mall.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Eatery, South Beach<\/h2>\n

Lincoln Eatery<\/a> made its Miami debut in late January 2019. The 9,600 square-foot venue sits just off the busy Lincoln Road thoroughfare, so it\u2019s perfectly located for a quick bite when shopping or sun worshipping in South Beach. Of the eatery\u2019s thirteen vendors, the two not to miss: Cake Thai Kitchen, serving highly-addictive, Thai street food, and Gaijin by Cake, dishing up Japanese gastropub eats like dumplings and yakitori.<\/p>\n

On the Horizon<\/h2>\n

Set to open in late spring 2019 in South Beach is Time Out Market<\/a>, an outpost of the Lisbon, Portugal-based food hall that reigns as the European city\u2019s top tourist attraction.\u00a0 The Miami version will include food stalls from 17 noted regional chefs, including season 13 Top Chef winner Jeremy Ford, owner of Stubborn Seed in South Beach. Also on deck for late spring 2019 is Central Fare<\/a>, a 20-vendor, three-restaurant food hall on the second level of Downtown Miami\u2019s new state-of-the-art station for the high-speed Brightline trains (soon to be rebranded Virgin Trains USA).<\/p>\n

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Photo: Courtesy of Time Out Market<\/em><\/p>\n

Soon enough, we\u2019ll be able to get our food hall fix just about everywhere in Miami. Thankfully, in Sunny Isles, the top choice remains at close range: Acqualina\u2019s very own mini-food hall, which includes the likes of Il Mulino New York, AQ Chop House by Il Mulino, Sushi by Yakko San, and AQ Kosher Marketplace.<\/p>\n

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Featured Photo: Courtesy of La Centrale\/Michael Pisarri<\/em><\/p>\n

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About the Contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travel journalist Paul Rubio is a Miami native who has traveled to more than 130 countries over the past fifteen years. Rubio\u2019s writing appears in\u00a0Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>,\u00a0LUXURY<\/em>,\u00a0Robb Report<\/em>,\u00a0Private Clubs<\/em>, and\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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