Wining, Dining & Saving: Gables Edition

 Executive Chef Marc Vidal of Por Fin in Coral Gables holds the Sea Bass: Pan seared and served with potato chips, tomato confit, leek chips, and black olive oil drizzle. Photo: Charlotte Southern.

 

Valerie Nahmad9/1/2009

Dining deals in the Gables abound this summer all week long. Hit Miracle Mile and its surrounding blocks for lunch, dinner, happy hour or snack and save, save, save…

• Red Koi offers $5 summer lunch special through Sept 30. 317 Miracle Mile, 305-446-2690
• Tarpon Bend is serving up $3.50 fresh fruit mojitos and $1 tacos every Thursday 3-9pm. 65 Miracle Mile, 305-444-3210
• Por Fin dishes out a week of savings: Monday is Local’s Night – bring your FL license or a Gables business card and take 20% off your entire bill; Tuesday is Date Night - bring friend or date for complimentary bottle of wine when ordering three-course menu; Wednesday ushers in Wine Day – take 50% off any bottle of wine; Thursday means Happy Hour and 2 for 1 cocktails, beer & wine, with $5 tapas; and finally, Sunday is Paella Day – order two paellas and indulge in a free carafe of red sangria. 2500 Ponce de Leon Blvd, 305-441-0107
• Register for a CPK Adventure Card (online at CPK.com) and receive 20% off new menu items at California Pizza Kitchen, including pesto chicken pizza, Moroccan salad & Cabo crab cakes. Valid through Sept 15; 300 Miracle Mile, 305-774-9940
• Buy a bottle of wine at Wolfe’s Wine Shoppe, bring it to Ortanique, Por Fin, Pascal’s on Ponce, Houston’s, Tarpon Bend; La Cofradia, Ruth’s Chris or Spris and your corkage fee will be waived. Valid though Sept 30. 124 Miracle Mile, 305-445-4567
• Hit Peterbrooke Chocolatier from 11am-10pm on Wednesdays for a singe $.99 scoop of gelato. 227 Aragon Ave, 305-446-3131
• Cold Stone Creamery scoops out a week of excuses to indulge. Monday purchase at medium Love It Signature shake or smoothie and get a free Kid’s Create Your Own; Tuesdays buy one Kid’s Create Your own and get one free; Wednesdays receive a free plain waffle cone or bowl with the purchase of a medium Love It or a large Gotta Have It; Thursdays take 50% off any size shake or smoothie from 12-5pm; and Fridays take $1 off all cakes and cupcakes. 261 Miracle Mile; 305-403-7000.

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