Great Places to Eat & Dine

This water Front Property is ideally situated close to all of Miami and Miami Beach fantastic places to eat.

You can transport yourself to any part of the world or taste ethnic foods from around the world. From original South Florida foods - stone crab legs, local fish and Bahamian dishes - to faraway cuisines. Latin restaurants are not just Mexican and Cuban, but Haitian, Colombian, Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Argentinean, Uruguayan, etc.

Three obvious choices are distinct areas:

1. Close to the condo, you can walk there

2. South Beach area, you can bus or drive to these

3. Lincoln Road, bus or drive

4. Espanola Way. Short pedestrian street, 3 blocks south of Lincoln road between Washington and Meridian Avenues.

You will have a hard time deciding if you want to try a Thai place, or an Uruguayan Steak House, a Cuban cafe, a Greek taverna, an Italian Tratoria, Japanese Sushi restaurant or a Peruvian restaurant.

Essential Places to check-out / 2-3 blocks from Normandy Palms Condo.

Fresh Bite ($) / bakery & Breakfast
725 71st Street
305-866-7944

Bay Supermarket ( by Normandy Fountain)
909 Normandy Drive
305-864-3433

Tamarind Thai Restaurant ($$)
www.tamarindthai.us
946 Normandy Drive
305-861-6222

Ouzos Greek Taverna ($$)
940 71st Street ( opposite Normandy Fountain)
305-864-9848

Las Vacas Gordas / Parrillada ($$)
933 Normandy Drive
Uruguayan Steak House

Café Prima Pasta($$)
414 71st Street
305-867-0106

Dolce Vita ( across Normandy Fountain)
Bakery - Café - Gelateria
950 Normandy Drive

Blue Sky Marketplace ($$)
Food-by-the-Pound - Gourmet Market - Bakery & Deli
1250 Normandy Drive
305-865-5723

There are other restaurants, cafes, liquor store, groceries, post office, Cuban cafeteria, hardware store, etc. Explore on your own.

Places within 6-7 blocks from condo - off Collins Avenue

Kayak Rentals ( weekends)
Shane Kayak Center
6500 Indian Creek Drive
305-861-8899

Buenos Aires Bakery ($)
Try the "empanadas"
7134 Collins Avenue
305-861-7887

Lure café
6995 Collins Ave.
786-355-5873
free wi-fi

Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine ($)
6970 Collins Ave.
305-864-1509

Norman's American Bar & Grill
6770 Collins Avenue
305-868-9248
www.normans.biz

Recommended Places in South Beach / Lincoln Road

Balans ($$$)
1022 Lincoln Road
305-534-9191
www.balans.co.uk
Excellent Fish

Chalan on the Beach
Peruvian Restaurant
Great fish & ceviche
1580 washington Ave.
305-532-8880

Gelateria Parmalat
670 Lincoln Road
786-276-9475
Good Italian ice cream "gelato"

Books & Books Bookstore/Café
Lincoln Road

Taste Bakery Café
9th and Alton Road
Great breakfast & lunch place.
Free wi-fi

News Café
800 Ocean Drive
305-538-6397

Espanola Way - pedestrian street with restaurants, shops
3 blocks south of Lincoln Road between Washington& Meridian Ave.

Ideas for Parking.

Parking in South Beach is difficult. Use the meters or best the Municipal parking ramps. One on 17th bet Meridian & Pennsylvania ( across the MB Convention Center) for Lincoln Rd & the Collins Ave. area or the one on 7th St., between Collins and Washington Ave. for the Ocean Drive/Lummus Park area

Hotels on south Beach

Art Deco Hotels, fun to walk in to see the renovated lobbies, bars, pools. A fun thing to do is to walk on the boardwalk on the beach-side of the hotels between Lincoln Road(17th) to 21st Street. and see if you'll like to have a drink so something to eat in any ot these hotels. you can walk by the beach or on Collins Avenue.