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318 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134

305-441-0700

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Miami New Times
Recommended
Critics'
Pick
Best Restaurant Host
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Italian

Hours: Daily 6pm-12am, Mon-Fri 11:30am-3:30pm

Price: $$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Dressy casual

Features: Banquet Facilities, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended, Required

Parking: Garage, Lot Available, Meters, Street, Valet

Description

Clubby, smoky, handsome -- this place was made for Coral Gables. The crowds come as much for the status as for the food. But pasta stuffed with pumpkin, meaty lentil soup dotted with dark greens, shrimp sautéed in balsamic vinegar and served over fresh Belgian endive, and fish grilled with a simple twist of lemon but tasting like so much more are a lure in themselves.

2010 | Best Restaurant Host

Nino Pernetti's life story includes growing up in postwar Venice, Italy; training at a prestigious hotel school; cooking across four continents; and taking trips to Kabul, Caracas, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur -- well, a lot of places. But you needn't know that, or the fact that he serves on more boards than Dwyane Wade -- Make-A-Wish Foundation, Jackson Memorial Foundation, Florida Concert Association, and so forth -- to appreciate the skillful orchestration he exhibits at his... More »
2009 | Best Expensive Italian Restaurant

Sung to the tune of "What a Wonderful World":I see grilled langoustines, veal Milanese,Twenty-five years in the Gables, no empty tables,And I slip a bill to the host,"Can you get us in please"I see fried Scarmoza cheese, mozzarella Caprese,Owner Nino Pernetti, knows great spaghetti,And I think to myself,I could use more Parmesan cheese.The room is seeped in richness, the service so divineThe sea bass comes with truffles, the duck breast in red wine.I see pasta e... More »

Clive's Cafe: A Jamaican Lunch at Wynwood's Oldest Restaurant

By Lee Klein | Tue, March 6, 2012

Clives Cafe has been dishing fare on North Miami Avenue in Wynwood for over 35 years. Pearline Murray and her late husband Clifford named the restaurant after their son Clive, who is in his forties no... More »
Nino Pernetti's Caffe Abbracci Cookbook

By Lee Klein | Wed, August 25, 2010

Nino Pernetti graciously sent me a copy of his then just-published cookbook after I'd done a short interview with him about it for Short Order in 2008. The subtitle, His Life Story and Travels a... More »
Nino Pernetti

By Lee Klein | Thu, May 22, 2008

Lots of cookbooks get written on the fly by chefs who have grown star wings seemingly overnight. Nino Pernetti's opus has been 20 years in the making; that's how long his northern Italian recipes and European charm have been romancing diners at th... More »

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VJ PLATINO | Miami, FL | 65 Reviews

| Mon, June 28, 2010

Another good cafetin

Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$11.00

Yellowfin Tuna Tartar
avocado-pear, diced red and yellow bell peppers and cucumber slices

$10.50

Beef Carpaccio
with parmesan slivers and olive oil mustard dressing.

$11.00

Mozzarella Caprese
with tomatoes, fresh basil and drizzled extra virgin olive oil

$10.00

Italian Prosciutto
with fresh burrata cheese and paper thin fried zucchini.

$9.00

Calamari Croccanti
crispy fried calamari and zucchini served with marinara sauce

$11.00

Crepes Piemontesi
with porcini mushrooms & ricotta cheese in a sweet pepper sauce

Salads & Soups

$7.00

Caesar Salad
tossed with parmesan slivers and herbed croutons

$7.00

Tre Gusti Salad
argula, red radicchio, endive and tomatoes

$6.00

Minestrone "milanese"
hearty vegetable soup with ditalini pasta.

Risotti

$20.00

Risotti With Asparagus
and prosecco sparkling wine

$22.00

Risotti With Saffron
shrimp and a touch of mascarpone cheese

$20.00

Risotti With Porcini Mushrooms
drizzled with white truffle oil

Seafood

$26.00

Red Snapper
oven roasted with italian herbs, white wine, halved green olives, lemon juice and fresh oregano.

$28.00

Tuna Arcobaleno
grilled and relished with diced tomatoes, fresh basil, touch of onions and olive oil

$32.00

Grilled Langostinos
marinated in fresh herb olive oil and lemon juice

$28.00

Mediterranean Branzino
pan roasted, prosecco wine and orange juice saffron butter sauce, topped with julienne of leeks

$27.00

Italian Seafood Soup
a hearty fish and shellfish with herbs and a tasty tomato sauce

$28.00

Oven Roasted Codfish
in a chopped almond-tomato-caper sauce

Pastas

$17.00

Tortellini "tatiana"
homemade filled with asiago cheese and pear, light champagne pink sauce

$17.00

Pappardelle
homemade with wild mushrooms trifolati veal sauce and white-truffle oil.

$17.00

Whole Wheat Linguine
tossed with italian sausage, sun dried tomatoes and broccolli rabe.

$18.00

Linguine Vongole
with baby clams

$16.00

Fettucini Bolognese
old school bolognese meat sauce

$18.00

Farfalle
bow-tie with smoked salmon, asparagus tips, and alfredo sauce

$18.00

Black Ravioli
homemade, filled with maine lobster, light cognac sauce

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Caffe Abbracci

318 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134

305-441-0700

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2010 | Best Restaurant Host

2009 | Best Expensive Italian Restaurant

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By Lee Klein | Tue, March 6, 2012

Nino Pernetti's Caffe Abbracci Cookbook

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