"legendary" miami hot spots
anything that uses the word "legendary" immediately makes me skeptical; it reminds me of Barney's catch-phrase in How I Met Your Mother. A reader (thanks, David... Askmen.com?) sent in this list of Top 10: Legendary Miami Hot Spots ("hot spots" btw is another icky term that immediately sets off my credibility radar). These kinds of websites are edited in New York or LA by some intern that gets assigned the nitpicky task of googling "legendary Miami hot spots" and then picking out ten things that come up and don't seem totally lame to them, maybe they've never been to Miami, maybe they live in Prague- both are possible. So, I thought we (the experts on the subject of couse) would take a look at the list ourselves and see if it is infact "legendary."
10- The Forge- I get a lot of Facebook spam for "fashion" shows at the Forge, so I imagine it has a lot of rhinestone wearers and douchy guys at the door in button down shirts with one too many buttons undone. But, they have lobster PB&J sandwiches- I'll report back.
9- The Villa by Barton G- You mean the Versace Mansion?
8- Michael's Genuine Food and Drink- We applaud any effort in in the design district (we're crossing our fingers for all their hopes and dreams of making that area cool to work out), but the article justifies this three-year-old restaurant making the list because Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer's first date was there. As if we care, although we do care that they won a James Beard Award.
7- Books and Books- Never anything bad to say about Books and Books. I wish everywhere was Books and Books.
6- Prime One Twelve- "The only reason to come here is to see, be seen, or eat fried Oreos." Enough said.
5- Tobacco Road- Liquor license # 1? Legendary. 98 cent drinks happy hour? More legendary.
4- The Standard- It's nice to have Miami on the list of Andre Balazs' trendy hotels, but it's new therefore, not legendary.
3- Joe's Stone Crabs- Legendary. The sauce, the crabs, the fried chicken; this seasonal restaurant deserves to make this list.
2- Versailles- If Miami was it's own country Versailles would be the captial, the courthouse and still sell like a million cafesitos everyday.
1- The Fountainebleu- Seriously? This place flooded in a rainstorm, as in not a hurricane- a rainstorm. No street cred.