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305 Wines 15904 SW 92nd Ave., Palmetto Bay 305-842-6769
Florida Wine Academy founders Guilherme de Macedo and Alessandra Esteves recently celebrated five years of wine education with the return of in-person courses and their first retail location in Miami, 305 Wines. The brand s recently opened brick-and-mortar retail and digital wine shop in Palmetto Bay offers more than 400 selections from more than 50 wine regions around the world as well as more than 30 sake labels. The new online/retail shop also caters to wine niches such as natural and rosé wines. Love bubbly? Indulge in the shop s monthlong promotion, which offers 10 percent off all sparkling wines with the online promo code “CHEERS.”
Como Como is a play on the Spanish words for how I eat a nod to the group s focus on more than just how the restaurant looks, but also how the guest s experience is connected to the cooking itself. At Como Como, how your food is created becomes part of the show.
According to Coyo Taco Group executive chef Scott Linquist, the Como Como menu has been designed to channel the flavors of Mexico s most lauded seaside destinations, from Puerto Escondido and Los Cabos to Acapulco. The idea was to create an authentic take on the marisquería.
At the dining room center, guests will find a copper-and-wrought-iron fuego (fire station) where they can watch as whole fish are cooked over a wood-burning grill. Here, Linquist will prepare dishes that elevate traditional techniques with a theatrical dining experience, with most dishes priced between $28 to $52.
Six food-and-drink concepts have arrived with Moxy Miami South Beach, the first resort-style property under Marriott International’s Moxy Hotels brand, now open in the Art Deco District.
Marriott’s millennial-focused brand, which to date numbers more than 70 properties across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, debuted at 915 Washington Avenue in February with an eight-story, 202-room hotel with two swimming pools, a fitness center with an outdoor gym, and the nearby Moxy Beach Club. The project was originally conceived about five years ago when the space consisted of a few low-rise retail buildings along Washington Avenue, Mitchell Hochberg, president of Lightstone, the developer behind the project, tells