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REBOOT Opened in April, the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club’s origins stretch back to 1930, when tyre tycoon Harvey Firestone opened a private club on North Beach for the rich and fabulous (Frank Sinatra, Winston Churchill, Liz Taylor, amongst others). The historic property has been restored, while spacious, sunny, guestrooms with attractive midcentury-style furniture, are in glass towers and with uninterrupted ocean views. Just the tonic after the hedonism of Downtown. Rooms from $649. (9101 Collins Avenue, Surfside, +1 305 381 3333; fourseasons.com)
BLING Costume and set designer Catherine Martin (Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, on which she worked with her director husband Baz Luhrmann) appeared to have had a ball creating the interiors for Faena Hotel on Miami Beach. From high-profile art installations by Damien Hirst, above, and gold-leaf murals by Argentinian painter Juan Gatti, to Art Deco-inflected opulence, Faena is pure theatre. Rooms from $420. (3201 Collins Ave, +1 305 534 8800; faena.com)
CALIFORNIA SOUL Born on the west coast, The Redbury hotel group fits right into Miami. The Redbury South Beach is a smart-casual, bohemian proposition in an original Art Deco building, its in-room vinyl collection curated by Capitol Records. And if you’re feeling too lazy to walk down the beach, head to the rooftop pool and bar for some serious R&R. Rooms from $200. (1776 Collins Ave, +1 305 604 1776; theredbury.com)
SMARTY PLANTS If the jury’s still out on the raw food movement, put your money where your mouth is at Matthew Kenney’s vegan paradise Plant Food and Wine. Food is raw, dehydrated, fermented and/or smoked, and there’s also an on-site culinary school. Dishes are beautifully turned out, while the poolside setting is as tranquil as The Sacred Space wellness centre in which PF+W is located. (105 NE 24th St, +1 305 814 5365; plantlab.com)
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Top, a Damien Hirst artwork glistens in the sun at the Faena Hotel. Top right, the relaunched Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club and above right, The Redbury’s inviting rooftop pool. Below, the Italianate Vizcaya Museum, and, left, a vegan masterpiece at Plant Food and Wine.
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SUGAR RUSH So successful was Salty Donut’s food truck that it threw down permanent roots in Wynwood – and reached peak hipster when it launched a rainbow coloured “Unicorn” doughnut in April. Don’t hold that against it, though, since it was for a local charity. Flavours change weekly. (50 NW 23rd St, +1 305 925 8126; saltydonut.com) TACO LOCO Also in Wynwood (there’s also one in Brickell) is Coyo Taco, a Mexican taqueria. Long, out-the-door queues of young funsters are the norm, but hang on in there as super-fresh snacks await. As does a “secret” bar out back, serving moreish margaritas and more than 100 tequilas and mezcal. (2300 NW 2nd Ave, +1 305 573 8228; coyo-taco.com)
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