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Some places are memorable by lending themselves to haughty taughty pretenses with in your face food presentations. Others are memorable for their wild, exotic ingredients and others are memorable as the "cool, hip place for 20 somethings." Alaine's Osteria (https://www.yelp.com/biz/alaines-osteria-palmetto-bay) is none of these things, it is much better, a comfortable, wholesome, happy place where you can go to relax and enjoy good tasting comfort food.

The restaurant has a nice warm feel to it, dark wood and warm colors decorate the establishment a bar, mostly empty divides the restaurant from its more romantic, quieter dining area to the more social side where the bar is, where there are  several 1-2 person tables.

Kobe meatball in porcini broth, topped with melted mozzaralla

Short rib agnolotti in creamy porcini sauce -- a ravioli filled with shredded short rib and riccotta

Note, this is an older article. There is a comprehensive regularly update pate here: https://endlessvolo.com/blogs/alaines-osteria-in-palmetto-bay-total.html In my first trip to Alaine's Osteria in Palmetto Bay, I was elated at the quality of the food and the service, especially for a neighborhood restaurant. I am certain to make this a regular sto...

Note, this is an older article. There is a comprehensive regularly update pate here: https://endlessvolo.com/blogs/alaines-osteria-in-palmetto-bay-total.htmlAfter having been on hiatus for a couple weeks, Alaine's Osteria in Palmetto Bay opens again tonight and with an updated menu. So after faithfully sticking to my workout routine, I had to try s...

I was fortunate enough to snag a reservation to Rao's Italian Restaurant in Miami Beach, located within the Loews Hotel.  For a hotel to have such a restaurant is quite a treat for its guests. The reservations are nearly if not completely impossible to obtain for the NYC location but outside is much easier. During my night of dining, the resta...

Note: This article is a combination of all my previous visits to Alaine's Osteria, while it does not include all of the nuances of my previous visits, it will offer an overall viewpoint with all dishes ever sampled. Some places are memorable by lending themselves to haughty taughty pretenses with in your face food presentations. Others are memorabl...