[notesee]

I'm going to Miami for the first week of March .. I've never been to Florida before at all, but I'll be staying in Miami. Any suggestions where to go for shopping or night life? Even places to eat? Let me know what's up with this city.

[juanpachanga]

there's a couple of cool stores. Base on Lincoln Rd. in South Beach & Off the Wall at Sunset Place. Both have a decent selection, but are a bit pricey

Good places to eat on the beach are Hofbrau Munchen (german) on Lincoln Rd. right by Base & Fratelli La Buffala on Washington & 5th (i think) awesome Italian food. The rest of the places on the beach are so so and pricey

Hope this if useful

[notesee]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just checked out the base website .. looks like an interesting place to shop at. I liked the Vans they had there.

[SENDkylHISPASSWORD]

A "cool" store is Arrive on 17th at Collins. They have everything from limited Nikes to Cloak.
www.arrivemiami.com/

Eat at CheeseBurger Baby on Washington. One of the best burgers i've had and I've had a lot.
www.cheeseburgerbabyusa.com/

If you want to try "the best burger in the USA" as listed in GQ go up collins about 30 min to Hollywood, FL and go to a place called Le Tub. Go at lunch, the wait isnt as bad. It is huge (13 oz.) Its a dive but get a table on the water and watch the yachts go by. The waitress are 'characters' to put it nicely.

Also for some of the best sushi I've ever had forget Nobu and go to Shoji, Ocean and 1st. Make a res or go late.
www.shojisushi.com/

for some cheaper food I think same owner as Shoji try Big Pink in the same area (Collins and 5th maybe?) for sweet potato fries.

Cafeteria on Lincoln is good food too, open 24 hrs.

The Shore Club is a busy place at night, lots of gorgoeus women. Check it out.

Also, Pawn Shop is a cool club designed to look like a pawn shop.
www.thepawnshoplounge.com
this is a little more 'hipster', shore club is a little more 'hollywood'

I assumed you were going to be in south beach... all of these place are there except for le tub and pawn shop (miami, not miami beach).

have fun, I love south beach.

[fade to black2]

Big Pink is right across Opium Garden/Prive, it's on Collins & 2nd i believe.

didn't get to go to shore club, wanted to check out that open air lounge.

Joe's Stone Crab is alright if a bit overrated...if you do go, forget the 3-hour waits at the main restaurant and just get from Joe's take out right next door. You can sit down there too and it's a lot faster, basically the same food.

Skip Carpaccio's at Bal Harbour...i don't see why that restaurant stays packed. I went there one night and it was really mediocre.

[mike lowrey]

definately check out arrive and base, especially base which is one of my favorite stores

. theres also the Barney's co-op on collins, not exactly nyc level but I guess its worth checking out. those are pretty much the stores to check out.

lincoln road mall is really big but most stores sell eurotrash brands and true religions with a couple of slight exceptions. but anyway worth walking through.

[notesee]

For everyone who posted .. good lookin out. Appreciate the info.

One more question .. does anyone know of any interesting museums/galleries or indie film theatres?

[mike lowrey]

for galleries, theres MOCA and the Moore Space. Objex is cool but I dont know if its open, their last event listed on the website was in 2005

fore different kind of events, check www.miaminewtimes.com

[notesee]

Nice, I'll definitely be checkin out MOCA and the Moore Space.

[hollaforadolla]

its nice to know that miami has some nice places to go to as i am moving there in about half a year