Sondre Kasin. Photo by Gary He.
As New Yorkers flocked to Florida over the last year many with one-way tickets a number of brand name restaurants made the trip south as well.
In late 2020, Marcus Samuelsson opened another branch of his hit Harlem restaurant Red Rooster in the Overtown neighborhood. Then came the new outposts of Major Food Group’s Carbone, Altamarea Group’s Osteria Morini, and the announcement that Keith McNally and Stephen Starr are bringing the Meatpacking District icon Pastis to the city.
New York’s influence on Miami’s drinking scene was inevitable, says Sondre Kasin, head bartender for Cote Korean Steakhouse, one of the more recent transplants that opened in Miami’s Design District earlier this year. “Where Miami used to be focused on tropical flavors and juice-driven cocktails,” he says, there is a noticeable shift towards menus with more elevated classics prepared with high-end ingredients.
This Michelin-star Korean steakhouse from New York is opening soon in Miami Connie Ogle, The Miami Herald
Jan. 8 Getting a reservation at New York s Cote, a Michelin-star Korean steakhouse, is not an easy task.
Now, lovers of luxury steak can try their luck in Miami.
The creation of hospitality entrepreneur Simon Kim, Cote is opening its first location outside New York next month in the Design District. The 5,892-square-foot restaurant will seat 100 and specialize in prime cuts that it ages in an in-house, a dry-aging room that also acts as a design element.
Cote is the only Korean steakhouse in the world to earn a coveted Michelin star, so it s no surprise the focus is on the beef. Specialties include American Wagyu with a Beef Marbling Score of 10 or above (trust us this is good). You can choose between dry-aged New York strips or ribeyes or the Japanese A5 Wagyu from Miyazaki Prefecture.