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from the Miami Sun Post:

BEST NEW BEACH HANGOUT

Bella Rose

423 16th St., Miami Beach

305-673-8634

Forget who Keith P.’s brother is, and forget too the fact that his partner Alfred Spellman co-produced Cocaine Cowboys; instead, revel in the retrofit feel of the joint, which evokes the kinda bygone time when whispers rather than screams made right the night. It’s a feel that harkens back to an era long before models and bottles became the norm on South Beach, and an evocation that’s utterly reverent. That’s not to say there aren’t a lotta long and leggy dames hanging about, mind you, or that copious amounts of liquor aren’t being consumed. It’s just to say Bella Rose puts a premium on being a place for people who know that cool can’t be bought — at any price.