MIA Market, the Design District food hall, may have gone through several name changes (it was formerly known as St. Roch Market and Politan Row), but one thing is certain: It has been home to some of Miami s best concepts including Itamae, where Valerie Chang has received several James Beard nods for her work at the family-run Peruvian-Nikkei restaurant.
Jon Nguyen s Tran An also started out at the market, offering bánh mì sandwiches, pho, and spring rolls. But the chef, whose résumé includes a stint at Danny Meyer s restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, decided to open a standalone version of the Vietnamese street-food concept he named after his grandfather, in addition to the original Tran An, which remains at the food hall.
For many, a trip to the mall has always been a necessary evil. Amid a pandemic, picking up a pair of shoes might be an afternoon fraught with anxiety for any of us.
While all the shops at Aventura Mall are indoors, the shopping center is taking many precautions, from multiple hand-sanitizing stations to a requirement that facemasks be worn at all times. And the mall has its own outdoor area that allows access to the Apple store, the food court, and many eateries without having to enter the indoor concourses.
It is there, among the fountains, that you ll find Pani.
Others chimed in with disbelief, but News Cafe s social-media accounts remained silent.
Calls to Soyka s company went unanswered. A receptionist at Ocean s 10, whose management currently operates News Cafe, said the closure was only temporary. Goldman Properties, which owns the building, responded with a brief message: Thank you for reaching out, but we actually don’t have any comment at the moment.
By early this afternoon, Góngora had updated his prior post with a correction and published a second post, which stated, News Cafe has told me that they are only closed temporarily and will be back.stay tuned!
In its heyday, News Cafe brought a taste of European café culture to South Beach.
2020 was a character-building year filled with a lot of adversity but a lot of diversity. The scariest part of going through a pandemic is the unknown. We cooked for first responders. We started shipping across the country. We ship direct through our website with baking instructions. We now deliver mac and cheese to Brooklyn and Los Angeles and Tallahassee. We never would have thought to do that if not for the pandemic. Sometimes you get into your comfort zone and comfort kills. What I m grateful for is that the community has come out for us, and I haven t fired or laid off one single person.
Each restaurant in this list will be remembered for its dishes (a lip-tingling Nashville hot chicken at Bird & Bone; a satisfying bowl of noodles at Cake Thai), but a great establishment is also one where friendships are forged, be it sipping a cafecito with a buddy at David s or, in the case of the
New Times staff, holding the occasional editorial meeting over beers at Concrete Beach.
In these uncertain times, the fates of some establishments remain.uncertain. Chef Timon Balloo s magnificent spot, Balloo, for example, closed its 30-seat dining room for good and pivoted to selling meal kits from its website. The website now says the meals aren t available, and