Miami Gets Flashy Makeover for Art Basel

Eat: starving artists. It seems as though every year offers a new it-restaurant along Miami's fashionable Lincoln Road. A polished storefront that counts Gap and endless outdoor cafes as its neighbors, Meat Market is born from the proprietors of nearby Touch. Glassy double doors open to an oversize hostess podium and dazzling main dining room lined with stone floors and wood-paneled walls intersected by subway tiles and floor-to-ceiling parchment panels. The room is divided between the rectangular crudo bar with barstool seating and dressy dining room with freestanding white-leather booths and two long rows of banquettes running along opposite walls. Steak standouts include a 10-ounce flatiron and 18-ounce New York cut steak as well as a daintier 6-ounce Kobe fillet for those looking for a late-night protein fix.

Drink: champagne with the sharks. Gansevoort South has quickly become Miami's new it-spot, whether you're a South Beach local hitting David Barton Gym or a Wilhelmina model making your daily appearance at the rooftop Pluge pool lounge. Now comes the reign of Louis, the city's newest VIP nightclub backed by owners of Opium Group (Mansion, Prive). Separated from the Gansevoort lobby via a dazzling shark tank, the club is located through a separate entrance accessed via a valet reception of revved-up Porsches and Bentleys at the front of the hotel. Through a picky velvet rope, the entrance curves around a red velvet wall tufted in chrome skulls leading to a main lounge. The space is adorned in banquette seating and bold fluorescent accents opposite a long white bar with eclectic Louis XIV details.