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La Sponda: Gioia Hospitality’s Waterfront Italian Restaurant Opens at Grove Isle

La Sponda dining room at dusk overlooking Biscayne Bay at Grove Isle in Coconut Grove, Miami

Coconut Grove has a new waterfront Italian. La Sponda opened September 19 at Vita at Grove Isle (4 Grove Isle Drive), the elegant new restaurant from Gioia Hospitality Group — the father-daughter team of Thomas and Kassidy Angelo behind Daniel’s Miami.

Chef Danny Ganem’s menu runs on handmade pasta, crudo, antipasti, and live-fire seafood, with a wine list built on Barolo, Barbaresco, Tuscan reds, and Etna wines. The room overlooks Biscayne Bay — dinner with a water view, done right.

La Sponda's dining room at dusk with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Biscayne Bay.
Photo: The Louis Collection

Dinner is served Wednesday through Sunday, with lunch and brunch planned for November.

Find it at 4 Grove Isle Drive, Coconut Grove. Reservations via Resy.

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