Anthony Bourdain starts the day in west Miami with chef Michelle Bernstein at Islas Canarias Restaurant.
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For breakfast, they order a medianoche, which is a pressed sandwich of roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and a little mustard. Bourdain washes it down with a cafe Cubano, which is much sweeter than traditional espresso.
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Bourdain later sits down at at Captain Jim's Seafood Market with Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, the creators of "Cocaine Cowboys," to understand the once underground economic engine of Miami. During the discussion, they feast on stone crab claws, a South Florida specialty.
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A Miami resident walks out of B&M Market, a grocery store with a four-seat cafe in the city's Little Haiti neighborhood.
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Bourdain feasts on jerk chicken, curried goat and cow foot soup at B&M Market.
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Members of Miami's enormous Afro-Caribbean community enjoy a game of dominoes outside.
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A resident of Miami break dances in the street.
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Bourdain enjoys fish and grits at MLK Restaurant with Luther Campbell, who is credited with pioneering the type of music that would later be called "Miami bass."
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Other patrons enjoy breakfast at MLK Restaurant in Liberty City, a neighborhood in Miami.
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Finally, Bourdain visits with a few residents who live full-time on their boats on the Miami River. This type of living situation is becoming less common because of the city's economic boom.
