Miami New Times: If you're looking for killer doughnuts, cinnamon buns, and a good latte, Solo is your place. Doughnut flavors change every day, but look for exotics like Key Lime or classics like cinnamon.
Miami New Times: Where can you go for a good lox platter with a bagel? Harriet & Bob's Bagel Cove in Aventura has your choice of lox or nova ($10.99) appetizer platter, served with sliced onions and tomatoes.
Miami New Times: Try the boil fish and grits, served on the weekends ($10.50) and come during the week, you can get some catfish and grits ($7.75), liver and grits ($6.95), or smothered pork chops and grits ($6.95).
Miami New Times: Seat yourself at a tall wooden table at this waterfront spot and sip sweet, icy favorites such as bushwhackers ($9), rum runners ($8), and Miami Vices ($8). During happy hour drinks are half-price.
Miami New Times: Coral Bagels is the place to meet friends, gossip about local politics, and have a simple plate of eggs and a freshly made bagel without breaking the bank.
Miami New Times: Start your day with a power breakfast of oatmeal with salted almonds and bananas ($4.95) or indulge yourself with the skirt steak and eggs, served with potatoes and fruit ($13).
Miami New Times: This little Hialeah joint sells 25 croquetitas for $4.50 (what a steal!). This eatery has served chuletas, lechón asado, and, on the weekends, rabo encendido. It also serves a damn good arroz frito.
Miami New Times: The space ship design is actually supposed to be a cruise ship. European tourists love the fact this Publix often stocks products from across the pond.
Miami New Times: Here, the party is always popping, and the Clevelander is known for its killer frozen concoctions dispensed from a whopping 15 machines.
Miami New Times: Sidle up to this sleek poolside bar at the swanky Fontainebleau and sip a banana-coconut Funky Monkey ($14), a lemon-blueberry Firefly ($14), or a Mango Creamsicle ($14).
Miami New Times: Prices at Wal-Mart are usually equivalent to the wholesale rates at Costco and coupon clipping at Publix. The supercenter in Doral is the newest and therefore the cleanest and easiest to navigate.
Miami New Times: So make a trek to Whiskey Joe's, which feels like a little piece of island bliss. Sip a frozen mojito, a piña colada, a rum runner -- or pretty much any other frozen combo you can dream up ($7 to $9).