Otto & Pepe

A Roman pasta bar in the Design District that treats cacio e pepe like a religion, whisking Pecorino and cracked pepper tableside until the sauce turns glossy and impossibly silky.

The dining room hums with candlelight and the low clatter of copper pots, servers finishing pasta in wide steel bowls right at your table. Order the tonnarelli alla gricia if you want smoke and guanciale crunch, but the cacio e pepe is the reason regulars book two weeks out. Pair it with a bottle of Frascati and you've got the kind of unhurried Roman evening Miami rarely slows down for.

Best for: Date night