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In the midst of so many restaurant closures on the Beach this summer, there’s some great news.
Issabella’s, the Mediterranean restaurant at 1022 Lincoln Road, will complete its final service Sunday, Aug. 30, after nearly five years in Miami Beach. Five years after replacing Balan’s with Issabella’s, owners Jonathan and Keva Balan are bringing their all-day brasserie back to the same address, a move first reported by the Miami Herald.
Balan’s is set to reopen Thursday, Sept. 17, with daily brunch, an international dinner menu, happy hour seven days a week, and new sunset and patio programming, according to a press release.
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Nearly 30 years later
Balan’s began in London in 1987 as the Old Compton Cafe before taking on the family name. The Balans moved the business stateside in 1997, opening its first U.S. location on Lincoln Road.
Balan’s spent more than two decades on the pedestrian mall before the family swapped it for Issabella’s. The Mediterranean restaurant opened Dec. 17, 2021, serving dishes influenced by Spain, Greece, and Italy- think Spanish octopus carpaccio, crispy squid, uni toast, and bravas topped with caviar and uni aioli.
The family kept Balan’s going in Brickell, where its Mary Brickell Village location has operated since 2008. Its Brickell restaurant remains open under Jonathan and Keva Balan, second-generation owners who run the company.
The Balans called the Lincoln Road return a homecoming, saying “it feels like Balan’s is coming home.” They also acknowledged how unusual it is for an independent restaurant to return to the exact address where its Miami story began nearly 30 years ago.
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