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Just hours after New Times published its nostalgia-inducing list of Bygone Wynwood Bars and Restaurants We Miss the Most, it appears we may need to update the list by January 2026. Smorgasburg Miami is about to lose its Wynwood home. The outdoor food market will close on Sunday, December 7, 2025. The landlord is moving ahead with a residential project on the lot that Smorgasburg called home next to Wynwood Walls, which puts an end to the market’s three-year stretch in the neighborhood.
Owner Gaston Becherano on Instagram called Wynwood “a true home” and said the move “closes our chapter in Wynwood,” but not the work behind it. The team says a new site is coming, but this is the final chapter for the Northwest Second Avenue location — and it’s the final chapter in Miami.
The team summed up the moment in a note posted on Instagram. They wrote that the last three and a half years brought “over 2 million guests, hundreds of vendors, thousands of dishes,” and “innumerable moments of joy.” They spoke to the “countless hours cooking, setting up, dealing with the rain, uhauls, broken equipment, the city of Miami, breaking down, low sales, great sales” as the real story behind the market. The work, they said, mattered because it gave them “a chance to feed and welcome” the city.
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A Market That Became a Weekend Habit
Smorgasburg’s arrival in 2022 was a hit from the beginning at its corner of Wynwood. What started as a bare lot evolved into a weekend-only outdoor food hall, characterized by long lines, loud music, and a crowd that blended tourists with locals. Dozens of vendors offered burgers, noodles, dumplings, Filipino snacks, Colombian bites, ceviches, desserts, and a full bar.
In that same message, they said the original purpose was simple. They wanted to take “a desolate space with overgrown weeds” and turn it into a place to feed people and support the next wave of vendors.
Owner Gaston Becherano said the mission from day one was to build a place where ideas could grow, as he stated on Instagram announcing the closure. “Small ideas became viable businesses, pop-ups matured into brands, and a weekly market grew into a recognizable community,” he said. The vendors, he added, did the heavy lifting through heat, storms, late prep, and early mornings.
One Last Party Before Million Dollar Condos Take Over
Before the market shuts down, the team will host its UbeFest event on November 29 and 30. It features Filipino and AAPI guest vendors, including halo-halo, ube desserts, lumpia, pork barbecue, pancit, and a Kamayan feast led by Sili Miami chefs Leicel Ros and Nancy Dominguez, alongside chefs Reiji Yoshizawa and Oliver Lustado.
Becherano said the concept is not ending, only moving. “Soon after our closure, we’ll be opening in another location, ready to do the same thing we did when we opened our doors in March of 2022.”
Smorgasburg Miami. 2600 NW Second Ave., Miami. Closing December 7.
