Miami's Ten Best Spots for Free Food

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10. Happy hour snacks at Tobacco Road. Miami's oldest bar hosts a 6 p.m. Friday happy hour that lasts as many minutes as the institution's age (it turned 100 in late 2012) and sells a handful of drinks using the same pricing scheme. The Road also offers a variety of free bites including everything from smoked chicken wings to slider-size brisket sandwiches and pulled-pork tacos.

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The bacon is housemade at Oak Tavern.

9. Biscuits and bacon butter at Oak Tavern. The Design District's 40th Street has long been Michael Schwartz's turf. His flagship restaurant is on one end and a pizzeria named for his son is on the other. Louis Vuitton recently moved into the neighborhood, but for a long time you went that way only to boost your locavore cred or buy a $7,500 couch. David Bracha's Oak Tavern is another reason to take a stroll along that same road. Meals here start with a free homemade biscuit and bacon butter. Bacon butter! Amir Ben-Zion's Gigi in midtown makes you pay for bacon butter when it's on the menu.

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Free Southern snacks cometh.

8. Yardbird Southern Table & Bar's Southern Social. Most restaurant giveaways are for women, and with good reason. Lure a pack of ladies in the door with free food or drink, and paying men will follow. Yardbird hosts its Southern Social during National Bourbon Month (September) from 4 to 7 p.m. It offers a variety of free snacks, including fried black-eyed peas, candied spiced peanuts, and house dill pickles.