Rusty Pelican
A landmark Key Biscayne waterfront restaurant since 1972, Rusty Pelican has gone through many incarnations but has survived and outlasted so much—hurricanes, overdevelopment, the city’s many growth spurts and more. While some consider it a, well, rusty tourist trap, its view-rich location on the water on the Rickenbacker Marina makes it worth a go, even if it’s just for appetizers and drinks. In fact, it’s an excellent happy hour spot where, from 4 to 6:30pm Monday through Thursday, the lounge offers deeply discounted drinks and half-priced dishes like their very good crab cakes, calamari, and oysters. Rusty Pelican serves a nice a la carte brunch on Saturdays from 11am and Sundays from 10am with the option to add on a $30 bottomless mimosa deal. The dinner menu features an unabridged, pricey selection of all sorts of seafood, plus sushi, short rib empanadas, steaks and chops. It’s not the best, but if you go around sunset, the beauty of your surroundings--the million-dollar view over Biscayne Bay with birds (pelicans included) swooping by, and behind it all in the distance downtown Miami’s high-rise skyline—make up for what they lack culinarily speaking.
A landmark Key Biscayne waterfront restaurant since 1972, Rusty Pelican has gone through many incarnations but has survived and outlasted so much—hurricanes, overdevelopment, the city’s many growth spurts and more. While some consider it a, well, rusty tourist trap, its view-rich location on the water on the Rickenbacker Marina makes it worth a go, even if it’s just for appetizers and drinks. In fact, it’s an excellent happy hour spot where, from 4 to 6:30pm Monday through Thursday, the lounge offers deeply discounted drinks and half-priced dishes like their very good crab cakes, calamari, and oysters. Rusty Pelican serves a nice a la carte brunch on Saturdays from 11am and Sundays from 10am with the option to add on a $30 bottomless mimosa deal. The dinner menu features an unabridged, pricey selection of all sorts of seafood, plus sushi, short rib empanadas, steaks and chops. It’s not the best, but if you go around sunset, the beauty of your surroundings--the million-dollar view over Biscayne Bay with birds (pelicans included) swooping by, and behind it all in the distance downtown Miami’s high-rise skyline—make up for what they lack culinarily speaking.
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