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The best hangover food in Miami to bring you back from the dead

Reeling from a bender? Your worst headache is no match for Miami’s best hangover dishes—from salty to fried to sweet.

Written by
Morgan Olsen
,
Ryan Pfeffer
&
Virginia Gil
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Miami nightlife is among the best in the world, which means that any good Miamian knows how to party. The only downside? Nasty hangovers. Like, really nasty ones. Like, holy-crap-did-I-really-drink-an-entire-bottle-of-champagne nasty. Luckily, the best restaurants in Miami cater to our worst headaches with miracle eats that bring us back to life. So if you’re not the type to cure a hangover with more booze at a bottomless brunch in Miami, try your best to get out of bed and find one of these soul-soothing dishes which—we hope—will ease your recovery. So go ahead and have another drink—we’ve got you covered. 

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  • Restaurants
  • South Beach
  • price 2 of 4

Aside from being delicious for any occasion, the soul-warming Vietnamese soup known as pho happens to be a splendid antidote for hangovers. And you won’t find a better version in town than at Pho Mo at Time Out Market Miami. If your head is screaming, we recommend the pho bo. The steamy broth comes with rice noodles, brisket, top round and beef meatballs.

  • Restaurants
  • South Beach
  • price 2 of 4

Give us fried dough covered in sugar and dulce de leche any day—and double the order for a hangover. Far from dessert, this heavenly, crispy, crunchy dessert is good for post-meal reinforcements, just in case the burger and fries combo doesn’t do the trick. Bonus: they travel well should you need to re-up on greasy calories during the ride home.

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  • Restaurants
  • South Beach
  • price 2 of 4

Some people need salty or fried to get over their hangover but what about us folks with the sweet tooth? Well, we have Azucar, Miami’s best ice cream shop. Their famous Abuela Maria flavor (vanilla ice cream, Maria cookies, guava and cream cheese) never lets us down because it is quite literally impossible to be sad while eating ice cream, even if you feel like the sun is exploding inside your noggin.

Best hangover food in Miami

  • Restaurants
  • Sandwich shops
  • East Little Havana
  • price 1 of 4

Sanguich’s emphasis on fresh, house-made ingredients has earned this Little Havana spot a well-deserved reputation as the creator of some of this city’s tastiest sandwiches. You’d be wise to try all of the shop’s varieties but the pan con lechón—with its shredded lechón, garlic cilantro aioli and pickled mojo onions—calls our name on those mornings where getting out of bed feels like running a marathon. 

  • Restaurants
  • Cuban
  • Little Gables

Give us pancakes, but make them Miami. And who better for this mission than chef Mika León, who injects loads of tropical guava and whipped cream cheese into this amazing brunch dish. It’s a Latin spin on the sweet breakfast classic. These are finished off with a generous drizzle of condensed milk and homemade guava reduction. By the end, you’ll be ready for another mimosa.

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  • Restaurants
  • Vegan
  • South of Fifth
  • price 2 of 4

It’s true that not all vegan food is healthy, but the queso dip at Planta is leaps and bounds more wholesome than the dairy version served at your neighborhood taco joint. The craveable starter features layers of black beans, root-vegetable cheese (think carrots and sweet potatoes) and guacamole topped with pickled veggies and served with baked tortilla chips. The dish is large enough to share but we advise against it.

  • Bars
  • South Beach
  • price 2 of 4

We know you may be hesitant about going back to a bar while you’re actually hungover but Sweet Liberty’s food will rescue you—especially their fried chicken sando. Order it off the regular menu or get it with waffles and jalapeño honey butter during Sunday brunch. You’ll be too distracted to cringe at all the cocktails being passed around you. 

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  • Restaurants
  • French
  • Miami

Leave it to the French to make food that deliciously absorbs all of last night’s Champagne. Café Kush’s Croque monsieur is the company you’ll want after an evening of bubbles. The French-inspired spot does a ham-and-cheese sandwich like none other—think lots of gooey gruyere cheese, bechamel sauce, pain de mie and a side of fries (sub the salad, trust us). You may have stumbled in wearing dark sunglasses but you’ll stroll out ready to day drink.

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  • Restaurants
  • Surfside
  • price 2 of 4

The sandwiches at this New York-style deli aren’t for the faint of heart but they are for the tired and bleary-eyed rolling in from a night out in South Beach. For something extra special and restorative, get the housemade pastrami on the house rye bread and order it "Jewbanized," which adds roast pork, pickles, Swiss cheese, mustard and ’crackonaise’ to an already over-the-top creation. Throw in an order of the latkes for extreme measures. 

  • Restaurants
  • American
  • Wynwood
  • price 3 of 4

A hangover food list wouldn’t be complete without a burger, and Le Chick’s mountainous Double Dirty covers the necessary category and then some. It’s a tall stack of two dry-aged brisket patties, bacon, cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, housemade pickles, secret sauce and—wait for it—a fried egg. Tear into this drippy dream and just wait for the head pounding to subside bite after messy bite.

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  • Restaurants
  • Bakeries
  • Little Haiti / Lemon City
  • price 1 of 4

A tried-and-true remedy for a boozy night is a freshly toasted bagel with bacon, egg and cheese. El Bagel’s has extra transformative powers because it’s made with Proper Sausages bacon and bagels rolled locally. Now, there’s a catch: getting your hands on one ain’t easy so you’ll need to plan ahead and order one the moment you begrudgingly roll out of bed.

  • Restaurants
  • Hot dogs
  • Little Haiti / Lemon City
  • price 1 of 4

There are about 3,000 hot dogs to choose from at Dogma, which range from a Coney Island dog to the Tropical Colombian with pineapple and bacon. But if your head is hurting so bad that you can’t even read the menu, go for the classic Chicago dog. The hangover-easing pickle is the key here. Just remember to bring sunglasses because this place is outdoor seating only. 

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