An intimate and inventive South Miami restaurant was just named one of the best restaurants in the country.
In its 20 Best New Restaurants list for 2025, Bon Appétit praised Recoveco, the remarkable gem from wife-and-husband chefs Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez, which opened last summer.
The magazine praised the restaurant at 6000 SW 74th St. for its ability to find “less obvious treasures,” like a ballyhoo appetizer. Generally considered a bait fish, particularly in fishing-mad South Florida, the ballyhoo is artfully cut into pieces and served in a white soy ponzu, its presentation so eye-catching Bon Appétit used it in the cover story, calling it “a work of art.”…