This spot in Miami Beach serves the best nachos in Florida, food website says
You might think that the best nachos in the state of Florida — in any and every state, really — would be served at a Mexican restaurant. The chips would be buried under a pound of cooked meat and slathered in cheese (a reputable cheese, not that grotesque orange slime from the old movie theaters, please).
But you would be wrong.
Health, wellness and food website Eat This, Not That has ranked the best nachos in each state, and in its estimation, the best nachos in Florida can be found at Sweet Liberty in Miami Beach.
Sweet Liberty isn’t a Mexican restaurant. It isn’t usually thought of as a restaurant, exactly, although it does serve food (think upscale bar bites like baked oysters, empanadas, kimchee fried rice, even Korean short ribs). It’s mostly known for craft cocktails so outstanding it was named one of North America’s 50 Best Bars earlier this year, along with Café La Trova and Broken Shaker.
Eat This, Not That, which calls nachos the “ultimate sharable comfort dish,” singled out Sweet Liberty’s vegetarian cauliflower nachos for praise ($19, serves two). They’re made with cheese, sauteed cauliflower, avocado crema, radishes, pickled jalapeno and pomegranate seeds.
“Sweet Liberty may be best known for its wide array of unique cocktails, but we all know not to drink on an empty stomach and the Vegetarian Cauliflower Nachos are a huge hit,” the website wrote. “You don’t need to be a vegetarian to love these nachos.” You really don’t: You can add chicken ($7) or shrimp or steak ($10).
SWEET LIBERTY
Where: 237 20th St., Suite B, Miami Beach
Hours: 4 p.m.-5 a.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 a.m. Sunday
More information and reservations: mysweetliberty.com or 305-763-8217
Connie Ogle: 305-376-3649, @OgleConnie