The best Labor Day 2020 specials in Miami

If you’ve spent the summer grilling burgers and hot dogs, perhaps it’s time you elevated your ’cue game. La Mar makes it easy with its special Labor Day kit that’s packed with al of the ingredients, sauces and sides you’ll need to cook and assemble an epic Peruvian feast. Each one is $149 and feeds four hungry people. Delivery and pickup are available beginning Friday, September 4, through Monday, September 7. 

Treat yourself to a three-course lunch ($25) or dinner ($39) this weekend. Miami Spice runs through September 30 and now that indoor dining is back, you’ll have even more restaurants to choose from. Now’s the time to tick off another spot on our Miami restaurant bucket list.

This year’s spa deals were pushed back a month, which means you can take advantage of discounted treatments all Labor Day weekend. From luxury properties to boutique facilities, the city’s top spas are offering up to 50-percent off facials, massages, scrubs and more.

Vacation right here at home: The Loews Miami Beach is giving locals a third night free when they book this weekend. You’ll get to lounge by the pool (this is the time to splurge on a SOAK Cabana) enjoy bites and sips from your favorite Miami spots (you can get Panther Coffee and Azucar ice cream on premises) and take a flow yoga class on the sand courtesy of Exhale South Beach—which also happens to be participating in Miami Spa Month.

Brunch is back at all three Bulla locations this weekend. The prix-fixe special ($28) includes Spanish favorites like bikini huevos (tiny egg sandwiches that taste as good as they photograph), hazelnut waffles and more. Brunch is available on Saturday and Sunday from 11:30am to 4:30pm and until 3:30pm on Monday just for the holiday. 

Bulla’s sister restaurant, Pisco y Nazca, is also relaunching its brunch this weekend. The Peruvian restaurant offers a multicourse meal for $27, featuring options like the lomo saltado sandwich, causa crocante or its popular—and oh so decadent—alfajor pancakes with lots of dulce de leche. 

Labor Day is a popular boating holiday, but it’s also your time to relax. Rather than schlep aboard with food and drinks for your crew, preorder your meal at Seaspice and pick it up dockside. The Downtown restaurant is offering a holiday deal on boat-friendly dishes—think lobster rolls and wagyu burgers—as well as bottles of Veuve Cliquot champagne to sip while you cruise.

The Brickell hotel is giving Florida residents up to 25-percent off their stay, plus a $400 credit to use at the property. Bring the whole crew, fur-babies and otherwise: East, Miami is dog-friendly and kid-friendly. Pups get treats and toys while little ones enjoy bonus amenities such as teepees for indoor camping adventures and DIY dinosaurs cookie kits. Adults can have their fun too thanks to discounted bike rentals and other specials.

Miami Beach’s historic pedestrian strip packs in some of the city’s best dining and shopping—at a discount no less. Restaurants such as Oh! Mexico and Havana 1957 offer locals (with proper ID) 20-percent off their meals, while Brazilian hot spot Boteco Copacabana keeps prices low for everyone, serving $7 cocktails and small plates for less than $10. Looking to spend the night? El Paseo Hotel’s Labor Day Weekend package includes 25-percent off a deluxe one-bedroom suite, discounted valet and a 45-minute deep tissue massage for two people. There’s really no need to go anywhere else.

The sunny weather might hold up all weekend, but you never know in Miami where one minute it’s sunny and the next it’s rainy. Miami Beach restaurant Prima Pasta is ready to take you in should your Labor Day become a washout. Their weather-themed happy hour (daily 4–7pm) features $3 glasses of French rosé. You’ll forget all about the downpour for $20 or less.