Michael's Genuine Food and Drink
Hi Uncle Steve (and Rad), Lauren and I went to Michael 's Genuine Food and Drink last night on the American Express Gift Card you gave me for Christmas. Michael 's is one of a few restaurants run by Michael Schwartz, one of Miami's top chef's (James Beard Best Chef South 2010) and is located in Miami's Design District, a very high-end retail district just north of Downtown. We began with a pair of handcrafted cocktails: Lauren with some variation on a daiquiri (a true daiquiri, not a frozen one) and I had their specialty Manhattan (and finally decided that vermouth with whiskey only works well when the whiskey is of poor quality). I later also had an Old Fashioned, which I was more impressed with. The bread served with dinner was very good and we suspect the butter was churned in-house. We then split their lobster salad as an appetizer, which was excellent. The Maine Lobster (not Florida oddly despite Michael Schwartz's ...