News Cafe

A 1988 Ocean Drive sidewalk cafe serving all-day breakfast and Italian American plates across from the beach.

Checado em outubro de 2026

Best for a first-timer's breakfast or a long people-watching lunch on Ocean Drive. You're paying partly for the address and the history, and the old 24-hour reputation no longer matches the hours.

The newsstand years

Mark Soyka opened this as a cafe and newsstand in 1988, when Ocean Drive was still a sleepy oceanfront strip. Within a year it pulled in locals and tourists alike. Expats bought papers from home and read them over breakfast, and Gianni Versace was known to walk over most mornings from his mansion up the street. The menu still nods to that past, with items inspired by newspapers. That backstory explains why the place feels like a South Beach landmark rather than just another sidewalk cafe on a block full of them.

What's on the table

It calls itself an Italian American cafe, and breakfast runs all day, which matters more than anything else here. Beyond that there are sandwiches and salads, separate brunch, lunch and dinner menus, desserts and a kids menu. Drinks get two windows: a regular happy hour and a late-night happy hour. During Miami Spice season they run three-course lunches and dinners. Prices sit at $$, reasonable for a table facing the ocean on this stretch. With 4.7 from about 10,000 Google reviews, most people leave happy, even if few come for the cooking alone.

The sign says 24 hours

Don't trust the banner on its website. It still claims 24 hours, 365 days a year, but current hours are 8 am to 10:45 pm every day, and the cafe notes that weather can shift them. So the old 4 am post-club breakfast is history. Seating is mostly outdoors, facing the beach across Ocean Drive, which makes the morning the easy pick: cooler air, a calmer sidewalk and the best version of the people-watching the place is known for. Afternoons fill with sunburnt beachgoers looking for a cold drink.

Reservas

Book through OpenTable, especially during Miami Spice, when the three-course menus draw a crowd.

Bom saber

Tell your server about any food allergies before ordering; the kitchen says it can't guarantee allergen-free dishes.

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