September 2017 Miami Restaurant Openings and Closings

September was a chaotic month for Miami’s restaurant industry. Hurricane Irma forced many restaurants to close for days — sometimes weeks — due to both storm-related damage and power loss. Some casualties were long-term or permanent.

Mexican Restaurant Lolo’s Surf Cantina Debuts Daily Breakfast

Lolo’s Surf Cantina, a Baja-inspired Mexican restaurant in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood, is now open for breakfast. The early-morning menu is inspired by chef/partner Richard Ampudia’s grandmother, Dolores, for whom the restaurant is named. The fare is a mixture of classic Mexican breakfast dishes with lighter and more conventional items.

Ghee Indian Kitchen Opening Location in the Design District

For Niven Patel, one of the hardest parts about opening a second location of his Dadeland hit Ghee Indian Kitchen wasn’t the menu, staff, or space. It was telling the NE Second Avenue space’s former tenant and his former boss, Michael Schwartz, that he’d be taking over the room that once held the James Beard Award-winning chef’s Cypress Room.