Wall Street A-Listers Fled to Florida. Many Now Eye a Return
Bloomberg 3/10/2021 Katherine Burton, Annie Massa, Amanda Gordon and Jonathan Levin
(Bloomberg) The “Upper East Side” cocktail at Sant Ambroeus is just the same as in Manhattan, the carpaccio at Cipriani as meaty red as on Wall Street.
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Here is the private-equity billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, on his way to La Goulue, the clubby French bistro popular with Park Avenue socialites. There is David Solomon, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. chief, a team of financiers in tow.
The names and the money say New York, but the aquamarine pools, the swaying palms and the sultry Atlantic breezes say something else: Florida, the would-be Wall Street South.
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Since its 1913 remodel, the Gasparilla Inn & Club has been a power hub in the sleepy village of Boca Grande, located on a barrier island between Naples and Sarasota. Titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford vacationed there, as did Hollywood elite like Katherine Hepburn. But after a century of vacationers, the shabby-chic transomed rooms (sans air conditioning), peanut butter and bacon canapes at cocktail hour, and a strict, clubby dress code, were in need of a refresh. The designers to call? Interior design duo Palm Beach native Mimi Maddock McMakin, Cece Bowman and Mackenzie Hodgson of Kemble Interiors. A team who intrinsically understood which Lovey and Thurston Howell-esque touches should stay, and which were ready to enter a new era.
Restaurant owners say Miami has opened up new opportunities to expand and survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic
NYC s high-end sushi chain Kissaki is among the latest to open in Miami
Celebrity favorites, such as Carbone, Cote and Sant Ambroeus, have already set up shop in Miami
Brooklyn s popular pizza joint Roberta s and Harlem hot spot Red Rooster have also recently opened
Those restaurants are experiencing no shortage of patrons with Carbone, in particular, said to already have a three-month waiting list
Felix Bendersky, the owner of F+B Hospitality Leasing, told DailyMail.com that the business is booming in Miami