Bagatelle Miami River

Bagatelle Miami River sits at 311 NW South River Drive, on the working stretch of the Miami River immediately west of downtown, and is the Miami venue of the international Bagatelle group, which runs French-Mediterranean rooms in several cities. The format is a late dinner service that starts at 6pm and does not finish until 1:30am on Wednesday and Thursday or 2:30am on Friday and Saturday, with a quieter Sunday lunch service from noon. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau describes the restaurant as sitting just on the outskirts of downtown Miami and as proof that high-energy dining does not require alcohol to deliver on flavour or sophistication.

The alcohol-free drink documented at the restaurant is the Dirty Marti-No, and it is worth singling out because it is the only savoury build in this batch of Miami additions. It is made with Osco Original — a non-alcoholic aperitif base — and layered with olive, thyme, grape and rose tea, producing a drink the tourism bureau describes as balancing briny depth with subtle floral notes. It is served in martini format and pitched, in the bureau's words, at guests who prefer their drinks less sweet and more complex. For a reader who has spent an evening being handed sweetened fruit juice in a coupe, that is a meaningful distinction. Osco is not currently carried in this catalogue's brand registry, so it is named in the drink specification without a brand tag. Note that some listings place the restaurant at 400 SW 2nd Avenue; Google Places returns 311 NW South River Drive for the operating venue, which is the address recorded here. One practical caution: the restaurant is closed on Monday and Tuesday and does not open before 6pm on the nights it trades, apart from the Sunday midday service, so it cannot be used as a daytime stop. Google Places returns no beer, wine or cocktail attributes for the venue, which is plainly a listing error for a Bagatelle and should not be read as any claim about what is served. The restaurant posts as @bagatellemiamiriver.