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My husband and I will be in South Beach with his parents for 12 days in June and will probably dine out 6 evenings out of that. Our experience in restaurants on or near Ocean Drive in the past 3 years has not been good. They were very expensive but disappointing in terms of quality of food and service. Any restaurant recommendations in South Beach? Would really appreciate it.

Hello everyone! I am new here so please bear with me. I'd like to say a formal goodbye to one of my and my husband's favorite restaurants, Mark and Orlando's, in the Dupont Circle area. We have had some great meals there, including a wonderful tasting menu last February to celebrate my birthday. It is a crying shame that, due to the recession and a couple of unfortunate events, they had to close their doors. Mark, Orlando, and their lovely staff will be greatly missed. However, I hear that they will try to come back in a new location sometime in 2010. Looking forward to that! For those who are not familiar with M & O, Orlando and his staff turned out some excellent dishes at very reasonable prices, while Mark had some wonderful red wines at surprisingly low markups. A great loss, indeed!