On a speedy strip of Miami's South Beach, former Top Chef participant Jeff McInnis oversees Yardbird Southern Table & Bar just a block away from ever-hip Lincoln Road. Built as a "house of worship to farm-fresh ingredients" the restaurant specializes in Southern cooking with a locally sourced, farm-to-table cooking ethos. Open for lunch and dinner, the spaces oozes a farmhouse chic design that mixes wide-plank wood floors with leather-tufted banquettes under chandeliers re-purposed from mason jars and produce baskets.
The Food
Former-Top Chef participant Jeff McInnis does a menu that utilizes produce from organic, biodynamic purveyors that result in small plates of braised short-rib meatloaf or fried green tomato BLT and supper dishes of Floridian Wagyu beef rib eye or choice of cast iron pan-roasted or fine-fried chicken. A lively bar scene creates a boisterous weekend dining spot while a cozier, less-scene oriented aesthetic prevails midweek.
Last Word
Former-Top Chef participant Jeff McInnis does casual, stylish dining room in Miami’s South Beach.
