Paying dues

One K, Fisher Island listings, BYOBOAT, digital nomads, best waterfront bars, old guard clubs, MORE

Nov 07, 2024

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THE ASK • FOUND Contributors

We’re seeking to add to our excellent group of contributors to FOUND MIAMI (and NY, LA, and SF). These are very flexible freelance roles that don’t necessarily require a professional writing background — mostly passion and impeccable taste. (We’re also looking for contributors for our forthcoming Paris & London editions.) Is that you, or a friend? Drop us a line at found@itsfoundmiami.com.

RESTAURANTS • FOUND Table

Coastal chic

The Skinny: The group behind Wynwood’s Dirty Rabbit and Mad Club takes on coastal global cuisine and cocktails in Mary Brickell Village with One K, a restaurant and lounge that turns up late night. The restaurant celebrates its one year anniversary this month.

The Vibe: A little beachy, a little coastal, One K is a calming oasis of white-paneled walls, veined marble tabletops, with blue and brass accents. Outside, there’s a patio for prime people-watching. Tucked away inside, the One K Room is a cozy drinking lounge with plush green leather couches and a chandelier casting a warm glow. Late night, it shifts into a more high energy speakeasy, with reggaeton and house music DJs.

The Food: Chef Aleric Constantin has worked in some of Miami’s favorites kitchens, including Mandolin, Eating House, and Bachour Bistro. At One K, his dishes run the gamut from Mediterranean to Thai. There’s crispy octopus (served with garlic yogurt, couscous, feta, and capers), and a hearty wagyu rigatoni. Served with Sullivan Street Bakery bread, mussels are cooked in a spicy Thai coconut broth with beer and roasted tomato. The 1K smashburger is also a worthy indulgence, made with a certified angus beef blend, smoked cheddar cheese, housemade pickles, and a house special sauce. On the lighter side are the likes of oysters and tuna tartare tacos with green fruit slaw, charred pineapple, pickled veggies, and avocado mousse.

The Drinks: A hit. The Chinolita Margarita is made with mezcal, passion fruit, lime, and agave — a perfect combo of smoky and sweet. For something a bit more adventurous, the Smoked Tomato is a smoky, sultry, slightly savory vodka martini made with charred tomato water.

The Verdict: Bold flavors and creative cocktails with enough variety for every palette have earned the year-old One K its place as a post-work (and late night) Brickell go-to. –Katelin Stecz

→ One K (Brickell) • 1000 South Miami Ave • Mon-Tues 1130a-1030p, Wed-Thurs 1130a-2a, Fri-Sat 1130a-3a, Sun 1130a-1030p • Reserve.

MIAMI RESTAURANT LINKS: No mojo: Mojo Donuts closing its Miami locations on Nov 15 • Elastika unveils new brunch menu • At America’s great restaurants, great artists steal • What’s the cost of drinking bargain natural wine?

REAL ESTATE • First Mover

Three for-sale listings on Fisher Island that have come to market in the last 90 days.

→ 40201 Fisher Island Dr (Fisher Island) • 1BR/1BA, 928 SF condo • Ask: $2.195M • corner unit with marina view at Marina Village • Days on market: 83 • Monthly HOA: $4448; Annual taxes: $11,220 • Agents: Jill Eber & Jill Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker.

→ 2532 Fisher Island Dr #6302 (Fisher Island) • 3BR/2.1BA, 1847 SF condo • Ask: $4.95M • flow-through unit in Bayside Village • Days on market: 22 • Monthly HOA: $4448; Annual taxes: $16,914 • Agent: Karla Abaunza, Luxury Living Realty.

→ 7065 Fisher Island Dr #7065 (Fisher Island, above) • 3BR/3.1BA, 3793 SF condo • Ask: $15.985M • first time on the market at Palazzo Del Sol • Days on market: 1 • Monthly HOA: $7933; Annual taxes: $126,281 • Agents: Rosa Maria Pinneri, LPT Realty & Kinga Konsorska, Douglas Elliman.

MIAMI WORK AND PLAY LINKS: Voters approve Watson Island referendums to sell land to condo developers • It was inevitable: Florida’s first yacht-branded tower set for Ft. Lauderdale • Citadel head’s neg on Miami: not enough private schools • Mapping South Florida’s long-delayed megaprojects • Amazon workers 'appalled' by AWS CEO’s return to office remarks, urge policy reversal • Alphabet paid $607M in Q3 to shed offices • ETFs are where the fun is.

BARS • The Nines

Bars, on the waterfront

The Nines are FOUND's distilled lists of Miami’s best. Additions or subtractions? Hit reply or found@itsfoundmiami.com.

Gramps Getaway (Key Biscayne), laid-back tiki bar with elevated food, craft cocktails, cool crowd, skyline views
Monty’s Sunset (SoFi), quintessential tiki bar w/ swimming pool, packed with yachties, captains, post-boat day sunset seekers
Bayshore Club (Coconut Grove), upscale destination for wine and cocktails with private ‘beach’ on bay
Smith and Wollensky (SoFi), no better place to sip martinis and watch cruise ships sail past Fisher Island
Duffy’s Sports Grill (North Miami Beach), numerous TVs and swimming pool on the Intracoastal
Monty’s Raw Bar (Coconut Grove), post-work happy hour institution for cold beer and oysters with smattering of UM students
Ocean Grill at The Setai (South Beach), buckets of Champagne on ice, sublime South Beach views
The Cleat (Key Biscayne, above), semi-secret spot at end of Bill Baggs for drinks with toes in sand
American Social (Brickell), sports bar on Miami River with fantastic food; arrive by boat

WORK • Field Report

Remote control

We’ve officially rounded the corner on autumn: Daylight Savings has come and gone, and a late Thanksgiving will soon slam us right into December (i.e. holiday party season). If you live in certain cosmopolitan environs — and if you’ve ever been on Instagram — you know damn well what this all means: An entire class of white-collar professionals attempting to sublet their places for winter, planning remote work anywhere from LA to Lisbon, from great surf to great skiing. And it begins… now.

Per an August 2024 MBO report, ”digital nomads” now constitute one in 10 American workers, their numbers growing 147% since 2019. Their economic effects continue to be profound: Italy, Japan, and Thailand all introduced digital nomad visas this year, joining a slew of other countries who already have them on offer (along with, occasionally, economic incentives). Haven’t you heard? Digital nomads are great for the world. They’re also — haven’t you heard? — solipsistic, selfish perpetrators of a global housing crisis ruining regional cultures everywhere, who the locals openly detest. To be fair: Go to Mexico City in January, throw a rock, and you’ll hit a mezcal-sipping creative director from East LA or North Brooklyn.

But as the Great RTO Wars rage on, with companies trying to compel (or force) workers into the office with various levels of success, and those aforementioned local backlashes against nomads coincide with nomads’ burnout, depression, and anxiety from permanent destabilization, it’d seem the unmoored hordes may start to ebb.

I recently tried my own hand at international remote work for the first time, staying two weeks with someone working to open a hotel in Greece. On paper, it sounds phenomenally cool, and in some ways, it was. Ferrying to a long weekend in Sifnos was amazing, and in Athens (where they’re still adjusting to digital nomads), I’d spend mornings going into the city center, grabbing coffee, lunch at Feyrouz, walking through a city park, browsing record stores, seeing art — but then, at 3, it was back to the hotel for work, just as New York was waking up, breaking for dinner around 8, checking my phone throughout, sometimes not finishing meetings until midnight or 1.

Admittedly, less glamorous than it sounds. It’s hard to imagine keeping this schedule much longer than I did, especially somewhere I don't speak the language or have a network of friends on the ground.

Then again, I’d be lying if I weren’t hoping for either the FOUND London or FOUND Paris bureau posting when launch time comes — at least for a week or two. –Foster Kamer

GETAWAYS LINKS: On St Barths, Nikki Beach reopens for season following refresh • New Turks and Caicos resort South Bank debuts at southern tip of South Bay • Inside San Miguel de Allende’s reopened Casa Dragones • How did a Publix shopping cart make it past the TSA?

CULTURE & LEISURE • BYOBOAT

Justin Timberlake • Amerant Bank Arena (Sunrise) • Fri @ 730p • section 119, $206 per
Cyndi Lauper • Hard Rock Live (Davie) • Fri @ 8p • section 115, $161 per
Country Bay Music Festival • Zac Brown Band, Carrie Underwood et al. • Miami Marine Stadium (Virginia Key) • Sat-Sun • 2-day BYOBOAT, $1299 per

ASK FOUND

First, a quick primer on how this works: You send us the pressing questions of the day (on dining, services, living in Miami and surrounds). We all put our heads together (us at FOUND, + you, FOUND subscribers, who are also FOUND) in search of truth and beauty.

Today, three FOUND subscriber PROMPTS for which we are seeking intel:

Where should we host our office holiday dinner this year?
What Miami bar welcomes work groups the best?
Any new and interesting ticketed NYE dinners this year?

Got answers or more questions? Hit reply or email found@itsfoundmiami.com.

CLUBS • FOUND Guide

Clubs, old guard

Last week, we tackled Miami’s new guard private clubs, including the just-opened Harbour Club in Sunset Harbour. Today, in part two of FOUND’s rundown, the old guard.