City: Key Biscayne, FL

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (305) 361-3818

Address: 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway

Description: Known best for its sensational views, The Rusty Pelican is open for lunch and dinner most days of the week and a Sunday champagne brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Seafood lovers should start at the raw bar with dishes like shrimp cocktail (jumbo shrimp poached in citrus and spices, served with horseradish cocktail sauce and Thai chili sauce) or the fresh farmed oysters (fresh oysters on the half shell served over ice with cocktail sauce, horseradish, and lemon). A number of dishes integrate seafood—conch chowder, seafood ravioli, and various cooked fish—but meat and vegetarian options are also available. Vegetarians flock to the portobello mushroom ravioli and prime rib; rack of lamb and filet mignon are among the meat options available, which come with hearty side dishes. Chocolate lovers should not miss the dessert options, which include a chocolate raspberry terrine (Belgium chocolate blended with raspberries and cream, formed and sliced, served with vanilla sauce) and a chocolate suicide sundae (a slice of chocolate suicide cake with three scoops of chocolate ice cream covered with chocolate hazelnut sauce and fresh whipped cream) among other non-chocolate dishes. An extensive drink menu is also available, which comes in handy during the weekly “All you Can Eat, All You Can Drink” Sunday waterfront brunch with unlimited champagne, mimosas, and orange juice and a wide variety of food that caters to all taste buds.