

For the best recommendations, ask the locals: Balan's is one of the places that residents regularly go to eat. (It's particularly popular with long-term resident gays.

This diner is located "South Of Fifth" in Miami Beach, and is less expensive than other South Beach restaurants. Crowded.


If you're on Ocean Drive, this is THE place for breakfast. Located in the lobby of the Z Hotel, the Front Porch is also one of the best people watching locales in Miami Beach.

Spris is next door to gay club Score, and is great for a quick bite while the rest of the world saunters by. Pizzas are the main draw, with 30 varieties of thin-crusted pizza baked in a wood-burning brick oven.