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The Drexel's Wood-Fired Menu is All Hits

If "Midnights" were a restaurant

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Matt Meltzer
Feb 07, 2026
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For all our Gen Z readers, let me tell you about these things Millennials had called “albums.” It was this thing where artists recorded 8-12 songs, put them together, and sold them at a place called “record stores.” You’d go on Tuesday, buy the whole thing and maybe some Marlins tickets, and discover that maybe five of the songs were good. It was rare you found an album where you wouldn’t skip at least one track. But boy if you found one, you wore that album into the ground and can probably recite every word.

I go on this extended trip down memory lane to make a long-winded restaurant analogy. Because typically, even the best restaurants have an “afterthought” dish or two - a salad for those who insist, a chicken breast for the unimaginative, a burger for dudes who eat like eight-year-olds. The Drexel, however, is like The Chronic of South Beach restaurants: Every dish on its new menu is a hit, and I wouldn’t advise skipping anything.

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