Beauty & The Butcher is an upscale Coral Gables restaurant that has a pretty broad appeal. It’s a good place to bring your parents for a change of pace if they’ve been going to Fleming’s (no disrespect) for the last three years, but you can also bring a date you’re trying to impress. The meal will not be chaotic—managers check on every table, and service is knowledgeable, fast, and friendly. 

The restaurant is decorated with farmhouse chandeliers, leather banquets, and there’s a dry aging cabinet behind the U-shaped gray quartz bar. Despite that dry ager, the menu is more seasonal than meat-focused. There are some tasty dishes on that menu, like duck prosciutto with warm olives (a great bar snack), smokey jerk charred carrots, and a crispy-skinned juicy chicken. But it’s not all hits—the Chips N Dip, served in a mini casserole dish with chalky lavash, tastes more like watery potato foam with caviar sitting at the bottom. And there are surprisingly few meat options for a restaurant with the word "butcher" in its name. But at least you can live vicariously through whoever orders the $395 44oz wagyu tomahawk chop, which gets wheeled out and set ablaze tableside.