Brickell

The international banking and business center of Greater Miami south of the Miami River is taking on a new role as a vibrant place to stay, dine and reside.

Since the time William and Mary Brickell (founding father and mother of Greater Miami and the Beaches) named a tree-lined thoroughfare after their homestead, Brickell Avenue has been associated with wealth and prestige.

Now the international banking and business center of Greater Miami south of the Miami River is taking on a new role as a vibrant place to stay, dine and reside.

Luxury condominium towers, hotels and the tallest building in Florida are transforming Brickell Avenue’s skyline. And, instead of rolling up the sidewalks at night, Brickell is thronged after hours with residents and visitors dining in the area’s fine restaurants or shopping in new neighborhood stores. Brickell features the Ritz Carlton and Conrad Hilton hotels and will be home to ICON Brickell. Mary Brickell Village has added more great dining and shopping to which many residences can walk.

This is not to say that Brickell residents have nothing to do in the evening. On the first floor of the Terra building on Brickell, micro-brewery restaurant Gordon Biersch has become a major success. And in the Brickell Village area just west of Brickell Avenue, a cluster of pioneering restaurateurs have earned a loyal following. The oldest venue for evening entertainment is Tobacco Road, a bar and restaurant which has served hamburgers on the ground floor and Blues musical acts on the second floor since 1912. It stands line an Alamo in the last lonely block of original buildings on S. Miami Avenue.