Ryan Goodspeed - Michael’s Genuine - Recommendations - Find. Eat. Drink.
Ryan Goodspeed, Bar Manager, Mixologist, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami, FL, Florida, Grand Cayman, The Cayman Islands, Where to drink in Miami, Cocktail bar recommendations, insider recommendations, best bars in Miami, New York, NY, Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Music, Lounge, What to drink, cocktail recommendations
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MAC’S CLUB DEUCE
222 14th Street, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (view map)
T:305.531.6200
I think it’s the oldest bar on the beach. That is dive bar central.
South Beach
Bar
COCKTAILS / BARS / MUSIC - MIAMI, FL
LOU’S BEER GARDEN
It’s in the back of a small boutique hotel, just a no frills poolside bar with tables around the pool. Great beer selection and reasonable, $5/$6 pints. Definitely off the beaten path.
MiMo District
Pool Bar
WHAT
Eleven cocktail recipes from Ryan Goodspeed, beverage manager and mixologist at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in Miami, FL and The Cayman Islands.
WHO
Beverage manager and mixologist at Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink in Miami, FL and Grand Cayman.
WHY
Focused on using fresh local ingredients to create inventive cocktails.
ryan_goodspeed_recipes
November 30, 2010
RYAN GOODSPEED - BAR MANAGER & MIXOLOGIST
MICHAEL’S GENUINE FOOD & DRINK - MIAMI, FL & GRAND CAYMAN
RECOMMENDATIONS
Ryan Goodspeed’s recommendations for where to eat in drink in Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
LOVE HATE LOUNGE
It’s so Miami Beach it’s unbelievable, so I recommend going there. The owners of Miami Ink own it and you go there and everyone is tatted. Some nights it’s love, some nights it’s hate, literally. You’ll be standing in line and a bloody brawl will spill out, other nights it’s peace and happiness.
South Beach
Bar
MAGNUM LOUNGE
709 NE 79th Street, Miami, FL 33138 (view map)
T:305.757.3368
It is the coolest gay bar in the world. They don’t have the best selection of beers or wine, but when you order a vodka tonic, it’s served in a 12 ounce bucket. They have an outdoor patio for when the weather is nice and a small island style bar. Usually between 10 and midnight, at least on the weekend nights, there is somebody incredibly flamboyant playing the baby grand piano. It’s just hysterical, so I recommend it.
Upper East Side
Piano Bar
PURDY LOUNGE
Good for late night. It’s kinda away from the chaos. Great, local spot - no cover, nightclub/lounge type environment, pretty minimal dress code. Overall a pretty good late night experience. The place probably gets going at 1am and it’s really hopping at 3am.
Miami Beach
Bar
THE FLORIDA ROOM
John Lermayer is somebody working with fresh ingredients nightly and doing stuff that I haven’t seen done. He works with a lot of spices, a lot of fresh fruit. Lenny Kravitz designed The Florida Room. They do quite a bit of live music and after midnight it gives way to a DJ.
Miami Beach
Bar/Lounge
THE STAGE
One hundred percent live music venue, probably one of the best I’ve seen in years, band inside and band outside. Pretty cool scene, for this area anyway.
Design District
New Orleans-style Music Hall / Cocktail Lounge
TRANSIT LOUNGE
A little seedy, but more of a live music venue as well, and just a couple of blocks off the main street in Brickell.
Little Havana
Live Music
SANDBAR
6752 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33141 (view map)
T: 305.865.1752
It’s filled with sand. Nothing special with the cocktails, but it’s a good dive bar.
South Beach
Bar
SKYBAR
There is a good bartender named Richie, who does their cocktail program. He isn’t really doing new takes on classics, more doing his own thing. That might be worth a stop.
South Beach
Lounge
BURGER AND BEER JOINT
Burgers, beer, drinks and wine until 5 am. It really is nice, I wouldn’t exactly call that menu healthy: fried pickles, maple bacon with a side of maple syrup. All made in-house.
South Beach
Burgers
RESTAURANTS - MIAMI, FL
DORAKU
1104 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (view map)
T: 305.695.8383
For sushi on Lincoln Road. I really like going there.
South Beach
Japanese/ Sushi
LA SANDWICHERIE
It’s great spot to grab a sandwich. I would order an $8.95 baguette with prosciutto, mozzarella and tomatoes. They have this really awesome lemon, mustard, cheese vinaigrette they give you to put on your sandwich, and there is something soothing about it. Maybe because it’s that sandwich that I usually have at 2am! That place has saved me so many times! I gotta give them props!
South Beach
Sandwiches
6927 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33138 (view map)
T: 305.759.2001 (make a reservation)
Phenomenal wine list and great sommelier.
Upper East Side
Mediterranean
MERCADITO MIDTOWN
There is a guy over there, Tad Carducci, who is doing some really nice work with mezcal, grab a seat at the bar for some tacos and and a couple of drinks for a really nice time.
Midtown
Mexican
PRIME ONE TWELVE
This is where you’re most likely to see members of Miami Heat and Miami Dolphins. They love that place. Always heavy hitting sports celebrities in there. Expensive menu, expensive wines, expensive experience, but everything is high quality.
South Beach
Steakhouse
RED LIGHT
Get the barbecue shrimp. Owner/Chef Kris Wessel is from New Orleans, so all of his cooking has a twist. His menu is always changing and evolving. If he has gumbo on the menu, I would definitely go down that direction, and the oyster pie.
Upper East Side
American
SUGARCANE
3250 Northeast First Avenue, Miami, FL 33137 (view map)
T: 786.369.0353 (make a reservation)
It is a part of Sushi Samba. The menu is pretty good and they serve until 1 or 2.
Midtown
South American
4000 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33137 (view map)
T: 305.573.5474 (make a reservation)
Bacon-wrapped dates topped with Blue Cheese, it’s just delicious. They have a pretty extensive small plate menu.
Design District
Latin
APOTHEKE BAR
It’s in Chinatown, they have beakers on the wall with clamps for lights, 7 bartenders with mustaches and lab coats, and a back bar that is not even lit, with a bunch of bugs bunny looking bottles. But the cocktails were amazing!
Chinatown
Cocktails
COCKTAILS / BARS - NEW YORK, NY
LITTLE BRANCH
20 Seventh Avenue South, New York, NY 10014 (view map)
T: 212-929-4360
Tiny, downstairs, dark. Almost made me feel like I was in the Old West. Amazing drinks there.
West Village
Cocktails
ALEMBIC BAR
I really like Alembic.
Haight-Ashbury
American / Craft Liquors
COCKTAILS / BARS - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LAS PERLAS
It’s all tequila, mezcal and Mexican beer.
Downtown
Mexican/ Bar
COCKTAILS / BARS - LOS ANGELES, CA
BOURBON AND BRANCH
It’s kind of that secret knock kind of deal. You have to know somebody to get in.
Civic Center / Tenderloin
Speakeasy
RICKHOUSE BAR
They do an amazing job with the drinks.
Financial District / Union Square
SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK
Buy on: Amazon.com
It’s so simple and great to have at your house. Many of the drinks have just 3 or 4 ingredients.
Cocktail Recipes
COCKTAIL BOOKS
THE MODERN MIXOLOGIST: CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC COCKTAILS
Buy on: Amazon.com
By Tony Abou-Ganim, it’s a big, colorful bartending book. I think as a reference for someone getting started, it’s a great book. Here are the tools, here’s the juice, here’s what you don’t want to do, here is what you want to do, and here is how you taste spirits.
Cocktail Recipes
BARPRODUCTS.COM
I buy my shakers at Barproducts.com. It’s the best resource for me. They have strange sizes of different stuff that most people don’t bother carrying.
Bar Products
COCKTAIL TOOLS
NEW YORK, NY