CRAVE

CRAVE Cool has come to The Village of Merrick Park. Crave, a 9,000-square-foot restaurant where a lively ambience sets the tone for fun dinners of sushi, steaks, seafood, pastas, salads and fire-baked pizzas, plus selections from an extensive wine list, has just opened its first outpost in South Florida (the chain, which originated in Minneapolis, also has a location in Orlando). Shoppers will love the thought of taking a load off, indulging in a Coral Crush (Mt. Gay rum, lime juice, Cointreau, Velvet Falernum and bitters), a plate of juicy sliders, a chopped salad or Bento Box, while nightcrawlers will get into the dinner menu, where temptations like spicy lamb meatballs over fettuccine and mahi with fruit salsa and coconut curry sauce await.

4250 Salzedo Street, Suite 1425, Miami, 305.444.4595; craveamerica.com.