Midtown Miami is a grid before it is anything else: residential towers on a numbered street pattern, ground-floor retail filling in the gaps, the Shops at Midtown pulling foot traffic one block over. Salumeria 104 sits inside that logic, tucked into the base of the Midtown 4 building just off NE 36th Street, where a sidewalk patio and an open kitchen do the work of making a residential block feel like somewhere to eat.
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A ground-floor spot shaped by Midtown's grid
Midtown Miami was built as a planned district — wide blocks, residential towers over retail, a shopping complex threaded through the middle. Salumeria 104 occupies that pattern rather than fighting it, taking a ground-floor suite in the Midtown 4 building along NE 1st Ave. The address is a suite number, not a standalone storefront, which says something about how the neighbourhood works: restaurants here are inserted into towers, not built as separate destinations.
That geography shapes the crowd too. The block sits within walking distance of the Shops at Midtown, so the restaurant catches people already out for an evening of retail and dinner rather than pulling a dedicated destination crowd from across the city. The result is a room that reads as a neighbourhood fixture for the people living in the towers above and around it, and a stop for anyone parking nearby and walking a few minutes.
Open kitchen, hanging salumi, a wall of bread
Inside, the room is compact — about 1,600 square feet — and built around two visible engines. The open kitchen fronts the dining room with its stovetops and ovens in plain sight, and near the salumi counter, whole salamis and prosciutto legs hang from the ceiling. A manual slicer at that counter cuts prosciutto and other cured meats to order rather than pre-slicing for speed.
One wall is given over entirely to freshly baked bread, which sets the tone before a menu even arrives: this is a kitchen built to be watched, not hidden behind a pass. The dining room itself is described as small and lively, the kind of space where conversation carries and tables sit close, which matches the neighbourhood's after-dark energy around Midtown's restaurant row.
The pasta that gives the place its name
Pasta here is made in-house daily, with the notable exception of imported spaghetti — a small but telling detail about which shapes the kitchen considers worth making from scratch versus sourcing. The two dishes worth prioritising if the trip is specifically about handmade pasta are the ricotta cavatelli with tomato sauce and basil, and the tagliatelle alla bolognese, both called out as the kitchen's signatures.
A third dish, prosciutto ravioli finished with brown butter and sage, rounds out the pasta list without straying from the same house-made logic. Chef and co-owner Angelo Masarin, who previously cooked at Casa Tua, Sardinia Enoteca, and Cecconi's under Soho House, built the menu around Northern Italian technique rather than a broader trattoria sprawl, which is part of why the pasta list stays focused rather than exhaustive.
Salumi boards for the table, not just the counter
The salumeria half of the name is not decorative. Boards range from a Salumeria Tasting up through Piccola and Grande Selezione options, plus a Trio Di Prosciutti, all built on Rovagnati meats. These are meant to be shared before or alongside pasta rather than treated as a separate course, and the hanging display and slicer at the counter make the sourcing visible rather than just listed on a menu.
Co-owner Graziano Sbroggio's connection to the Graspa Group — which also runs Soyka and Segafredo elsewhere in Miami — helps explain the restaurant's polish without corporate feel; it reads more like a well-resourced independent than a chain outpost. For a fuller sense of value, the kitchen also runs a three-course dinner menu priced around $50, though that figure and the rest of the menu are subject to seasonal change and worth confirming before ordering.
Getting a table without wasting an evening
Booking policy here is genuinely inconsistent across sources — one description says reservations are accepted and recommended for weekend dinner, another lists the restaurant as not taking them at all. The practical move is to call ahead and ask directly rather than assume either way, particularly for a Friday or Saturday night.
Weekend evenings reportedly bring a wait of fifteen to thirty minutes without a reservation, so arriving early or aiming for an off-peak slot — a weeknight, or dinner just after opening — improves the odds of walking straight to a table. The sidewalk patio, useful to know if arriving on foot with a dog, is described as dog-friendly during off-peak hours, which makes it a reasonable option for anyone walking through Midtown's residential blocks before or after a meal.
Parking around a block built for towers, not driveways
Midtown's grid means parking is mostly street-based, and Salumeria 104's block is no exception. Street parking lines NE 1st Ave and NE 34th Street directly around the restaurant, and a paid garage at the Shops at Midtown sits one block east as a backup when the street is full, which it often is during evening restaurant hours.
Given the inconsistent reservation policy and the reported weekend wait, it is worth budgeting a few extra minutes for parking on top of any table wait, particularly if driving in from outside Midtown. The garage option removes the guesswork, at the cost of a short walk back to the restaurant.
Practical notes
Salumeria 104 is at 3451 NE 1st Ave, Suite 104, inside the Midtown 4 building in Miami's Midtown neighbourhood, one block from the Shops at Midtown. Reported hours run roughly midday to 10:30 or 11pm on weeknights and later on weekends, though sources vary on exact closing times and whether weekend brunch is offered — confirm before visiting. Reservation policy is inconsistent across listings, so calling ahead is the safer bet, especially for Friday or Saturday dinner when a wait of fifteen to thirty minutes has been reported. Street parking lines NE 1st Ave and NE 34th Street, with a paid garage at the Shops at Midtown one block east. The sidewalk patio allows dogs during quieter hours. Expect a compact, lively room with an open kitchen and salumi counter as the visual centre.
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