Design District
The Design District is what happens when a luxury mall decides it wants to be a neighborhood. Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Dior - all open-air along NE 39th and Buena Vista, punctuated by the Institute of Contemporary Art (free, actually good) and the Fly's Eye Dome in Palm Court. First dates work here if you treat the shopping as scenery and skip straight to dinner: MC Kitchen for date-night Italian, Mandolin Aegean Bistro on the edge for the Greek garden, Swan if you want to be seen. Tradeoffs: nothing is cheap, valet is mandatory by 8pm, and the crowd skews tourist-on-business-trip.
Design District by the numbers
Design District runs male-skewed, about 56% men to 44% women.
Median individual income in Design District is about $50,100.
The median renter in Design District pays about $2,490 a month.
About 8,700 Design District residents ages 20 to 49 are single.
Local date spots
- Design DistrictDining
COTE Miami
Good for groupsWheelchair access - Design DistrictDining
Sofia Italian Restaurant Miami
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDining
Michael's Genuine Food & Drink
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDrinks
Swan
Outdoor seatingWheelchair access - Design DistrictActivity
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - Design DistrictDining
Contessa Miami
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Design DistrictDining
Le Jardinier
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDining
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictCafés
AUBI & RAMSA
Wheelchair access - Design DistrictDrinks
Syndicate Wynwood
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDining
Torno Subito
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDrinks
River House Wine & Bar
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Design DistrictDrinks
The White Elephant Cocktail Bar
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Design DistrictDrinks
Bar Kaiju
Good for groupsWheelchair access - Design DistrictDining
ZZ's Club Miami
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Design DistrictCafés
Banana Daddy
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - Design DistrictActivity
Haitian Heritage Museum
Wheelchair access - Design DistrictCafés
Sweet Manifesto Wynwood
Wheelchair access - Design DistrictDrinks
Elevar Wynwood
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Design DistrictDrinks
Upside
Outdoor seating