Miami Spice 2017: Try Bird & Bone’s Hot Chicken Sandwich and Cuban Grilled Cheese for Lunch

Bird & Bone, chef Richard Hales’ Southern restaurant inside the Confidante, has one of the best-valued Spice lunches. The three-course meal, which includes many of Hales’ most popular plates, offers about a 30 percent discount compared to a regularly priced lunch at the restaurant.

This year, Bird & Bone, chef Richard Hales’ Southern restaurant inside the Confidante, has one of the best-valued Spice lunches. The three-course meal, which includes many of Hales’ most popular plates, offers about a 30 percent discount compared to a regularly priced lunch at the restaurant.

The Spice menu, which is available daily during lunch, gives customers two options per course. For an appetizer, choose either Florida cheddar and chive biscuits, which are baked to order and served with house-made strawberry preserves, or black-eyed pea soup with a hint of citrus zest. Both plates normally cost $7 to $9.

For the main course, opt for the Nashville hot chicken sandwich, stuffed with Hales’ signature fried bird. The chicken is seasoned with a blend of cayenne pepper, hot paprika, ground mustard, and garlic. It’s placed on a sliced Zak the Baker brioche bun and garnished with honey, pickles, and house-made mustard. While you enjoy the crunchy exterior and moist and tender meat, the heat creeps up on you, but it’s balanced by the richness of the toppings. Outside of Spice, the sandwich alone costs $14.