The Leftovers Miami

The Leftovers Miami

Brightline's New Food Hall Will Have You Rethinking Eating At Train Stations

So much better than day-old Sbarro

Matt Meltzer's avatar
Matt Meltzer
Jul 21, 2025
∙ Paid
Photo Courtesy of Brightline/World Red Eye

Recently, Miami got a slew of new culinary gems in the most natural place to find culinary gems: A train station. “Wait,” you say, “aren’t train stations usually places where you choose between a microwaved Egg McMuffin and starving to death?” And if you, like most of Miami, are from the northeast, then the answer is unequivocally yes, as even the cockroaches usually prefer starving over the food at train stations.

But this is not Amtrak. This is Brightline, the passenger train that more closely resembles an airline run by a morally questionable middle eastern country than a passenger train. You can get cocktails delivered to your seat. The chairs are basically recliners. And I’m pretty sure they pump fresh lemonade in through the AC ducts. On top of all that, they just revamped the Central Fare food hall to feature a bunch of beloved local restaurants, rather than the usual collection of congealed pizza and Sus Fried Chicken train stations usu…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of The Leftovers Miami.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 The Leftovers Miami · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture