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Just in time for the new year, Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth will open a location of their popular Southern restaurant, Root & Bone, in South Miami on Saturday, December 29. Kickoff weekend will feature dinner service and a hangover brunch on New Year’s Day. The restaurant will be closed on December 31.
Through a partnership with Miami-based Grove Bay Hospitality Group, the opening comes nearly a year after the couple, best known for Sunset Harbour restaurant Stiltsville, opened a Root & Bone pop-up at the Shelborne South Beach, which will remain open.
Root & Bone, created by McInnis and Booth, opened in New York City in 2014. In an interview with New Times, McInnis gave Booth credit for the eatery’s name. “Janine came up with it
The menu, similar to the one at the flagship up North, includes an array of down-home goodies, with items that call to the chefs’ respective roots. McInnis is represented by the “bucket of
Unlike Root & Bone’s locations in New York and Miami Beach, South Miami will feature a large bar area focused on scotch, whiskey and bourbon spirits. There will be weekday happy hour specials, including a ladies’ night on Thursdays. Weekend brunch will premiere on January 5 with live music, too.
Root & Bone. 5958 S. Dixie Hwy., Miami; 786-785-1001; rootnbone.com. Opening Saturday, December 29.