Now, fitness trainer Leo Figueredo recommends you get moving to his pick for a high protein meal and
a famous South Florida dessert. He says everything he orders is fresh and made from scratch.
And the fun, energetic environment of the restaurant is a nice bonus.
It's in Coconut Grove and it's called LoKal.
Hi! My name is Christie and I'm the marketing director for Kush hospitality. And we're
located here at LoKal in Coconut Grove. LoKal actually was discovered by Matt and Priscilla,
the owners of Kush hospitality, and they were on a trip in Germany and they stumbled
upon the word 'Lokal' which is the word for pub, meeting place, and a bar. And
they decided to bring that home to Florida. Right here at LoKal, you're going to find a
lot of comfort food with a little bit of local infusion and always farm to table focused.
We have a variety of burgers here from the classic burger to our LoKal burger, which is our signature
burger made with arugula and honey mustard. We're very well known for our local alligator bites. We
get our gator fresh from Florida at Fagan farms. We make our own special batter uh, in-house.
We fry them up and serve them on a bed of mixed greens with our delicious local vinegarette served
with our housemate creamy garlic dressing as well as our homemade cocktail sauce.
Our award-winning key lime pie is one of the most popular desserts that we have.
It's made in-house daily from the Graham Cracker crust all the way to the fresh
whipped cream that we top it with. It's both sweet and slightly tart.
LoKal in Coconut Grove is nestled in the heart of the Grove which we feel is bohemian in nature,
really friendly for families and dog walkers, and we feel like we offer a little respite in
this community where you can easily get a casual but elevated dining experience.
Leo is a fitness instructor and trainer. Um, you must really like watch everything you eat,
right? Are the burgers at LoKal considered a cheat meal for you?
They are a cheat meal. And also I could keep my,
my lifestyle depending on what time of year it is for me. If I have a modeling shoot or anything,
I could keep it clean or I could um, enjoy it, you know, and be normal sometimes.
I like the be normal part. Uh, so what did you have this last time you went to LoKal?
I had the LoKal burger. So, the LoKal burger has, the beef is grass fed beef. It has avocado
and the bread is like ooh!
Shauna. You actually had the same thing as Leo. You had the LoKal burger and
you had the alligator bites. Tell me a little bit about the alligator bites.
The alligator bites are scrumptious. There were four of us. So we had a number of things. I'm kind
of like Carlos with all the food on the table, but the alligator bites were seasoned well and
the breading wasn't too thick. It was a lightly breaded alligator bite. It was good. A lot of
people didn't want to, you know, are scared to try it. I would recommend it. It was very, very good.
You also had one of my favorite things, the smoked fish dip. How was that?
That was my favorite. I liked the presentation, the little Tabasco
sauce that they, they put the bottle in the middle and then you just take it out and kind of pour
it on there. It was very good. I would go back there for that fish dip. It was extremely good.
And then for dessert, I think you all had the same.
Did you all have the award-winning key lime pie?
Oh yeah, we did.
We did, yes.
How was that? Shauna?
It was one of the best key lime pies that I've had and I've traveled the, traveled the state
of Florida, got all the way down to the Keys and that was one of the best. Nice and creamy,
fresh. You could tell it was a really good dessert.
That's a big statement. Carlos, what did you think? How was your experience?
It was great. I, I'm a regular there so I really liked the, the environment there. The local beers
are the best. So if you like a good restaurant to have a good beer, that's definitely a worth of the
place going. I got the, the classic burger. I'm a purist when I eat burgers. So I got the grass fed
beef and then with onions, tomatoes, lettuce, just with regular French fries. Delicious.
That sounds yummy. How was the service Carlos?
Very, very attentive. I mean, I think that the people there make sure that the customer feels uh,
well served, and they enjoy the, their experience there at LoKal.
And how about the location and the parking?
So the location is pretty central. So Coconut Grove is close to Coral Gables, it's close to
Brickell, you know. Depending where you're at in Miami, it's you know, pretty convenient.
Um, and uh, parking, they have a huge parking lot.
It's a little, it's a little far walk, it was like probably like a couple of, a five minute walk.
But you're always guaranteed to have parking there or you could park on the side streets.
Well, Leo, LoKal was your pick. Sum it up for us.
For good burgers, the best in Miami,
super fresh ingredients, Um, an artsy vibe to get that feel of, of Miami, it's the best place to go.
Shauna?
It's a fun, a fun night out. A fun Friday night out. Fresh food, good service.
Carlos?
It's a great place to enjoy a great burger and a great cold beer.
Run on over to LoKal to get your fresh burgers, local beer and award-winning key lime pie.
Located at 3190 Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove. Open daily for lunch and dinner,
reservations are not accepted. And the average price for dinner without drinks is about $35.