Blind Dates

First dates are exciting, but blind dates can be frightening. Here are the best places to go to either impress that sight unseen date or to get lost in the crowd if things don't go quite right.

Updated: October 07, 2008

This Is Working Out


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B.e.d.

929 Washington Ave, Miami, FL 33139

Food and drinks are served in stylish beds, eliminating any pressure to go to bed together


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Barton G The Restaurant

1427 West Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Conversation starters are never in short supply at this classy eatery where over-the-top food presentations always inspire a little jovial chatter.


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Tantra Restaurant & Lounge

1445 Pennsylvania Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Erotic cuisine and exotic atmosphere make dining a feast for all your senses.


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Prime 112 Restaurant

112 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Classy, contemporary chophouse offers up signature steaks in a trendy setting. It's a paparazzi magnet, opening the door for the lay-up icebreaker "do you see the celebrity sitting two tables away?"


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Michael's Genuine Food & Drink

130 NE 40th St, Miami, FL 33137

It's the place to see and be seen, so start off the relationship right by showing the haute cuisine hipsters around you that you belong together.


This Is NOT Working Out


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Mansion Nightclub

1235 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139

South Beach's cavernous dance club is big and predatory enough that "we should probably see other people" can be an immediate objective.


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Taverna Opa

36 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Greek SoBe eatery can get loud between the smashing plates and patrons dancing on the tables. It's a quick way to move on from a conversation that is going nowhere.


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Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood

11401 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33172

There's less pressure to keep a bad connection going when everyone is watching teppanyaki chefs slice and dice their way on hibachi tables.


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Strike Miami

11401 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33172

The thunderous rattle of tumbling pins will eat up any and all awkward silences at this modern bowling alley.


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Sun Life Stadium

2269 Dan Marino Blvd, Miami, FL 33056

There are 75,000 screaming football fans on any given Sunday. The numbers are in your favor, no matter who you are rooting for.