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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 9:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Visconti
Great suggestion! Get free parking too and don't have to go through the begging scavenger thing by applying a TSU.

PS - That menu seems very "Miami," or at least my notion of it from Miami Vice and that movie Scarface.
Of course, you can't apply the TSU to the Cat 1-4 certs like you can to points reservations, so... trade-offs.

The whole scene is very Miami -- the pool, the beach, the bar/lobby. This place is in "Mid Beach" which is quieter than South Beach -- but still has a good vibe throughout. "South Beach" is from 20th south down to 1st -- it's a madhouse on the weekend (think Duval Street in Key West, etc.) but a fun time and worth walking through once if you've never been (personally I would just walk up Ocean Drive from say 5th to 15th Street and then pop into a bar... I like "Lost Weekend" for the pool tables and good bar food, open until 4am -- you might find me there later tonight...). I mentioned the Lincoln Road pedestrian mall above, that's also very Miami feeling and less madhouse-y.

If you like food, I would recommend popping into Little Havana (the neighborhood) -- watch the old Cubans play dominoes in the park and then hit up Old's Havana restaurant for a proper Cuban sandwich, vaca frita, or ropa vieja (and a proper mojito with fresh sugar cane to gnaw on). I could go on.
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