- [Woman] Hello, Exotic Aquarium.
- Yeah, hi, um,
this is kinda weird but I work for this
website called Thrillist.
We're like calling people in Miami because we want
to find out where locals go.
Have you ever heard of us?
- [Woman] No.
- Oh.
Are we rolling?
- This is live.
- Oh shit
- Yeah, we're on check.
- Taylor, where are we calling this week?
- Miami!
- Ooo, like the Will Smith song?
- Yeah.
- I don't know much about it at all actually.
- Well people visit.
It's like a big tourist area.
- Yeah, it's a really big tourist.
- But we want to see what locals actually do there.
- What are the good places to eat,
what are the good places to drink,
good things to do?
- Who wants to get in the cage first?
- Don't call it a cage.
- Are you ready?
- I think so, I'm a little nervous.
Who should I call?
- Ooo, uh the Unicorn Factory.
- A unicorn factory?
Hi, what is this place that's the Unicorn Factory?
- [Woman] Yes.
- What does mean like what is---
- We're a Unicorn in Bamble Beach photo op experience.
And you go around different rooms and you take pictures.
- Are people dressed up in costume as a unicorn or?
- [Woman] If you want to, if that's your speed, you can.
- Oh okay, I guess I'm just confused I'll look it up online.
- Is there a place to listen to live music?
- [Man] We have something in the Haitian Center.
Everything third Friday of the month.
- [Taylor] Oh great.
- [Woman] The Wynwood area, that's new up and coming
and we get Art Basel here.
- [Jake] Like the festival?
- [Woman] It's more like an art show.
I mean they sold the banana last year on a wall.
- [Jake] Oh yeah.
- [Woman] For like $50,000.
- I heard about that.
- [Man] Well, we do have a sex museum on the beach,
but it's tiny.
- Oh.
- [Man] A world, erotic art museum.
Couple of hours of entertainment.
- Hi, you said this is the Gator Park?
- [Woman] Yes, ma'am.
- I just wanted to get a sense of what you guys
do to accommodate people who are terrified of alligators?
- [Woman] Uh, well I mean you,
are you trying to overcome your fear of alligators or?
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Woman] All right we take you out on the boat
35 to 40 minutes.
Followed by a live show.
There's alligators and other wildlife.
You can hold one and take pictures with one.
We're open nine to five.
- Has anyone gotten bitten?
- [Woman] No.
- Okay.
- [Woman] That's bad for business.
- Wait, did you say you're trying to build a museum?
- [Man] Yes sir, basically we are trying to build
a national video game history museum down here in Miami.
- What, that's awesome!
- [Man] And we're having a helluva time because nobody
gives a crap that you're trying to build a museum.
However, if we were a bar, (laughs) you know?
- If someone was coming to Miami and they wanted
to go to a restaurant, where would you recommend?
- [Man] For sure, number one is Naom.
That's number one by far.
Our food is fricking unbelievable.
- Good plug.
- What would be like the number one thing I should
get on the menu as a beginner?
- [Woman] Our popular dish right now is the ox tail,
the jerk chicken and the legume.
- That's awesome, so it would almost--
What can I get with it?
- [Woman] All right. - Okay.
- [Man] There's a cool little place across the street
called I think Frico Del Rey.
And they serve these cool little hamburgers,
or these steak sandwiches that they make,
which I kinda love although I'm trying to eat healthy,
but my wife is Cuban.
She loves that place.
- [Man] The only place selling Haitian food is
Piman Bouk but they don't accept credit card.
I tell you that in advance.
- Cool.
- [Woman] Around here the Taco Stand would be the best.
- I do love tacos.
- [Woman] Actually, I don't like tacos,
I get the carne asada fries,
so those are the best.
- [Jake] Carne asada fries?
That sounds great.
- So, do you have a favorite restaurant that you
like to go to in Miami?
- [Woman] No.
- You don't at all?
- [Woman] No (laughs).
I like to cook.
- Do you have a grocery store that you like in Miami?
- [Woman] No, they're all the same.
- Do you have a Whole Foods?
- [Woman] It's a pain in the ass to go to Whole Foods.
Parking is bad.
The people are rude.
- That's true.
- [Woman] They're all stuck up on themselves so now
I prefer not to go there.
- Are there any bars that you like to go to?
- [Woman] No, no bars.
- No bars, no restaurants?
- [Woman] Whenever I can, I leave Miami.
- For drinks, do you guys have like good bars around you?
- [Woman] Oh, yeah, duh, the whole thing is
filled with bars.
You can go to Wynwood Tavern, that's more like low-key.
We also have clubs, you have Gramps which is more like
a dive bar.
You have everything here in Wynwood.
- [Girl] It's kinda like a karaoke bar.
- Ooo, karaoke, that's so fun.
- [Girl] Yeah, you embarrass yourself, you get yourself
in front of everybody.
- [Woman] I never went to the bar, I couldn't tell
you good or not but we got the Churchill's nearby.
- [Man] Called Churchill's.
- Okay.
- [Man] It's pretty well known.
They've got this big double decker bus outside.
But it's like a real dive bar.
Talking about a, like you go in there you say, "Oh shit."
A lot of shit's gone down in this place,
you know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- [Man] You know?
- One thing that's kind of interesting,
we've been calling like a bunch of places in Miami and it
seems like not everyone loves to live in Miami.
I don't know, do you agree with that statement?
Do you think a lot of people in Miami don't
have a lot of city pride?
- [Man] You know I could definitely see it being true, a certain
percentage of the population,
this city is very unique.
- Sure.
- [Man] And it is so unique because mainly of how
many cultures we have here.
We have like real diversity here.
That's why like the city is so colorful,
that's why there's so much dancing here.
You know what I mean?
It's because of that.
But of course, it's hard to see the uniqueness of a place
if that's all you know.
- Yeah.
- Okay, last question for you, I'm just wondering if you
were to come up with a motto for Miami, like to put
on a post card, what would it be?
- [Man] Um, come for the hookers, stay for the cocaine.
- [Jake] All right, that's the post card.
- [Taylor] So Miami, that was fun.
- It was fun.
- What was interesting was the guy who wanted
to build that video game museum.
- Yes, I would totally go to that.
I liked the Gator Park.
I would totally go.
I'm a little scared but I feel like it would
be really fun.
- Face your fear.
- Exactly.
- They're not gonna bite you, it's bad for business.
- What's your biggest fear?
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- That's way too many words.
- You threw us off.
Again?
- This is the fourth one this week.
- They test it every day this week.
- This is lobby command, I'm very lonely.