A Quickie With Michelle Bernstein
Why she loves meatloaf sandwiches, and never cooks with bare feet
Michelle Bernstein can remember a different kind of Ocean Drive. A place where you could stop into Café Milano for decent plate of pasta, or get a nice brie and hot French bread and tomatoes at News Café. And this month, she’s trying to bring a little of that back.
“I’d have paid you $5,000 if you’d have told me five years ago I’d be opening a spot on Ocean Drive,” says the chef and co-owner of La Canita, which recently opened its second location on the historic strip. “But it just happened. And if I’m gonna bring my family from Argentina out in Miami, I’m bringing them two places: Calle Ocho and Ocean Drive. And if you’re hungry, you should expect something decent.”
The new spot will bring fresh seafood and Caribbean flavors to Miami’s most famous street, and a dose of culinary excellence rarely found in the height of tourist town. She sat down with us and told us about all that, plus her love of meatloaf sandwiches Chinese leftovers.
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