Fancier rolls include creative items such as the "Big Mac" - a crunchy spicy tuna with snow "krab" ($13.95). Rolls range from $3.95 to $15, which is a great deal. The gem: a surprisingly large menu of sushi and small Asian plates from owner Sari Maharani, from Jakarta. Still lost? The place is in the part of the mall directly across the street from Macy's. Hidden off the street and out of sight, unless you happen to be strolling through the downtown Miami International Jewelry Center mall, Little Lotus sits amid stalls selling flowers, watches, and so forth. After all, you know what they say: The larger the craving, the thicker the froth. The small costs $1.50, and if you're feeling extra-sluggish, you can buy the large for $2. That's a special, delicious kind of danger. She's hot, sweet, and frothy - the kind of froth that begs you to slurp sugary goodness before you've even had a chance to judge the coffee's temperature. The joint is called Café Que Rico, and it's just what you need to get your sugar, milk, and caffeine fix. And then you find it in the last place you were looking, nestled in a strip mall in North Miami Beach of all places. "Don't you wanna drink café con leche with me?" she asks. She tastes like she's been left out all night - like death. Sure, you can go to Calle Ocho, but she's grown stale and hard. The kind that sends you soaring like a sparrow. Not just any one, but a good old-fashioned Miami-style café con leche kick. And, as it happens, you're in the getting-things-done business, so you need a kick. Your brain is shutting down as if it were closing time.
It's 2 o'clock on a listless, sleepy afternoon. Every detail, piece of furniture, and bite has been finely crafted with quality materials. The space, like the food it presents, is designed to evoke a sense of unpretentious sophistication and sincerity. What else is there to love? Happy hour, which runs seven days a week from 4 to 7 p.m., offers a rotating selection of wines by the glass or bottle at half the cost. For heavier, more rustic Italian dishes, you can easily commit to a well-priced 2008 Super Tuscan (Brancaia Tre, $12) or treat yourself to something special, such as Antinori Tignanello, a truly superb 2008 Super Tuscan ($45). You can begin with a glass of Veneto prosecco ($9) at the bar and then move on to something white for a seafood starter, such as a 2009 Falanghina from Campania (Vinosia, $9). What we like best about the list is the great range available by the glass, making it possible to create your own wine flight appropriate for menu selections.
Retrieval involves hoisting the employee 20 feet into the air via a specially designed hydraulic system (very, very tricky). When an order is placed, the server enters a corresponding bin number into the computerized system so he or she can select the correct bottle the first time.
It's really more of a storage wall, otherwise known as an Enomatic wine dispenser, which allows for dual-temperature control to "modulate temp zones." This means that when Cibo serves your vino, it should be ideal, whether red or white. The temperature-controlled glass "cellar" is stocked with an international laundry list of labels. There's been a lot of fuss over Cibo Wine Bar's unusual method of stowing and salvaging bottles of wine.
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