Eating at Seagrape, Michelle Bernstein's new restaurant in the Thompson hotel, is kind of like eating in the Florida room of a spacious Miami home in the fifties. This retro chic restaurant, was slightly empty on a recent afternoon for Miami Spice lunch, but Ms. Bernstein herself was in the lounge area, talking to a chef and working on her computer. Seagrape filled up as the afternoon went on. There's a relaxed, cool tropical vibe going on at Seagrape and it's reflected in the casual dress of the patrons. The Miami Dining Examiner sat next to a woman wearing a cover up over her swim suit; the young guys to the other side of her were wearing sleeveless basketball jerseys. Attention to detail...
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