As far as food goes, you almost can't get any more "Miami" than conch fritters. Sure they're battered and fried, a combo that isn't the healthiest way to prepare a meal. But they're battered and fried ...

“You gotta pound that stuff,” a chef friend told me. “Like, hard.” We were talking cracked conch. It’s a ubiquitous dish in the Bahamas, something akin to fish and chips in Britain. Just better.

Dee Dee’s Conch and Barbecue Shack and Nemo’s Fish & Chicken are both small establishments located off Atlantic Avenue, places we’re betting most familiar with the area may have never noticed. And ...