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Inside dōma’s New Coastal Italian Menu—And Why After Seven Years This Wynwood Spot Is Still Fire
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By Eric Barton | May 1, 2025
Photos by Elizabeth Velásquez
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In Miami, seven years is basically a lifetime for a restaurant. It’s the same amount of time it takes for a startup to burn through its venture capital and for an entire block to become condo towers.
But at dōma, a place that opened before Wynwood got its Warby Parker and oat milk soft serve, seven years means it’s time to change things up.
Chef Davide Porcaccio and owner Luca Lomonaco, who still speaks about hospitality like a true Italian expat—half nostalgia, half obsession—just launched a new summer menu meant to evoke the breezy luxury of Amalfi, Sicily, and the Ligurian coast. In short, the menu is a reminder of how inventive dōma has always been, serving dishes that nudge Italian tradition forward without turning it into a science experiment.
Octopus carpaccio
The new stuff includes a black truffle-topped soft egg ($28) that tastes like spring if it wore designer sneakers, and an octopus carpaccio ($27) dressed with lemon caviar and paprika dust, because of course Miami octopus needs paprika dust. Gnocchi gets squid ragu, clams share a bowl with porcini mushrooms, and even the risotto comes accessorized with stracciatella and red shrimp with the kind of swagger that makes you forget this is technically a side dish in Italy.
Ricotta ravioli
Lomonaco says the goal is to keep evolving—his version of the Italian grandmother motto about never serving the same thing twice. But there’s plenty that stays: a cacio e pepe laced with Sichuan pepper, a whole branzino filleted tableside with just olive oil and lemon, and a pistachio gelato so good it should probably require a two-drink minimum.
Carabineros risotto
Speaking of which, there’s also a cocktail called the Three-Oh-Five made with rum, amaretto, hazelnut, and coffee—Miami in a rocks glass. And for wine people, the 800-bottle list is 75 percent Italian and heavy on producers you’ve never heard of but probably should.
dōma is open nightly at 35 NE 26th Street in Wynwood. If you go, sit near the kitchen. The real show is watching them plate this stuff like they’re auditioning for a spot on the Amalfi Coast.
Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who splits his time between Asheville and Miami. He’s on a constant hunt for the best pizza, best places to bike, and for his next new favorite destination. Email him here.
