Opening a restaurant in Miami looks simple from the outside. Permits, grease traps, landlords, seasonality, and the city’s appetite for spectacle tell a different story.
Read MoreFor more than two decades, Perricone's Marketplace was part of everyday life in Brickell. These photographs document the restaurant's final days as demolition begins, marking the end of one of the neighborhood's most recognizable gathering places.
Read MoreCamilo Miguel Jr., the founder and CEO of Mast Capital, envisions this site as the home for a top-tier restaurant. His acquisition of the property in August 2013, for $2.575 million, was followed by rezoning for retail and commercial uses, along with extensive upgrades that included electrical, air conditioning enhancements, and various renovations.
Read MoreThis Spanish delicacy is my luxury guilty pleasure. They are rare to find so when I do, I will skip my starter, entrée and dessert and just splurge on this creatures.
In English they are called goose barnacles and they grow on rocks in the ocean. They are harvested commercially in Spain and Portugal to be eaten boiled in brine and served hot.
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