"Welcome to a new feature called Inside the Dishes, where Eater Miami takes an in-depth look at the dishes that are defining restaurants around town. First up, Eater Miami’s restaurant of the year for 2018: Amara at Paraiso. It only seems fitting that one of Miami’s best known chefs and restauranteurs, Michael Schwartz, would open up a quintessential Miami restaurant — and that’s what he did with Amara at Paraiso, his waterfront stunner and Eater Miami’s 2018 restaurant of the year. Self-described as a his love letter to the Magic City, it features everything that would be expected of top-notch restaurant in Miami: hard-to-beat water views, ingredient-driven fare with plenty of South American influences, bright and airy interiors, and a lively bar." - Olee Fowler