Alexandra
What's Miami's best kept secret?
Someone said this and it definitely was forever Jimbo's. But, I recently went to Cauley Square. It had been on my radar for years, but I never went. It was full of people. There's a tea room there and my jaw dropped, like 'what is this place? How does this exist here?' It is a legitimate tea room, like a British style tea room in terms of the menu, but it's wrapped in the guise of kitschy Old Florida with a thrift store vibe.
Linda
What's Miami's best kept secret?
On the medical side - I think that the Diabetes Research Institute is an unbelievable local secret. I don’t think people realize that it is one of the top three diabetes research institutes in the world. I mentioned diabetes before and I’ll mention it again because one in four adults 65 or older is a diabetic. It’s costing our nation about 245 billion dollars a year in medical expenses – not to speak of the toll on everyone’s health.
Aliza
What's Miami's best kept secret?
The kimchee at Kimchee. I bought the cucumber one and thought I would eat a little bit. I ate the whole thing. They also have interesting things like chive blossoms and mung beans and beet sprouts.
Ruth
What's Miami's best kept secret?
Your stand is one of them. Also, your father is one of our prime teachers. I don't know if many people have heard him lecture, but they should. And he's now teaching on Zoom.
Natalie
What's Miami's best kept secret?
I feel like a lot of people come to Miami and they go to the beach, and they go and do all the city things. But less than two hours away, they can access the Everglades, which is one of the most beautiful places on this planet. I typically love to drive down Tamiami Trail. On the drive itself, you see so many different changes in terrain. You start with the big plains of saw grass and then you get hammocks and swamp ground. And it just changes as you go. It's known as the Amazon of North America. And that is what it is. It can be terrifying. There's a trail that goes on for miles and miles and miles. You're walking through and there's water on the sides, you'll see hawks and birds. There will be Gators, but you only have your walking stick and make sure you're tapping to get them away. I get through it, but it it's hard for me sometimes it's terrifying.
Valerie
What's Miami's best kept secret?
Beth Am basketball league, we just relaunched it. We've been closed because of COVID and I think the beauty of the league is that although it's housed at Temple Beth Am, it's open to the entire community. So when I'm coaching kids, they're from schools all across Miami-Dade county. It's really an awesome opportunity to bring together girls and boys who otherwise wouldn't have met each other because they don't go to the same school.
John
What's Miami's best kept secret?
I think Miami's best kept secret is just a huge amount of things to do and experiences well beyond Miami Beach and the Beaches. The level of art opportunities, museums, theaters, and galleries throughout the city are great. There's a really burgeoning art scene. And, I think if you dig a little and look you get into more local art scenes and there are a lot of opportunities there.
Kadie
What's Miami's best kept secret?
For a long time, everybody would say, Miami doesn't have culture. But, we have our own culture. We're a melting pot of different races, ethnicities, and cultures. I think there's a comradery that becomes a community when we're working together.
Chris
What's Miami's best kept secret?
It used to be Jimbos. I want to say the story dates back to the fifties or sixties. If you're going to turn onto Virginia Key, right before the turn, there's another road where the people cycle and you can go all the way down. If you go left, you go to the water sewage plant. There's a little hidden bay and there was a guy named Jimbo that had a shrimp boat and he found this little cove that smelled like the water sewer plant. But, he basically had his own waterfront property. He would sell dollar beers and fish sandwiches. You would have millionaires from the Key talking with some of the homeless guys that lived there. In the nineties, they tried to kick him out, but he fell under the squatter's law because he was there over 25 years. About 10 years ago, he passed away.
Noah
What's Miami's best kept secret?
Peak 360. I don't know if it's a secret anymore, but I think it's the best gym in the world. It's where I spend the majority of my time. I think everybody that walks in the doors ends up leaving a happier person. It's a family environment. Everybody's incredibly friendly and welcoming whether you've done CrossFit a million times or never tried it before.