Alliance Theatre Lab

While some theater companies are all about big-name shows and classic productions, the Alliance Theatre Lab is all about local talent and artistic risk-taking. Showcasing Miami-based playwrights like Mark Della Ventura and David Michael Sirois, they produced their first all-original season in 2012 and scored multiple Carbonell nods. The company, under Producing Artistic Director Adalberto […]

CMX Cinemas Miami Lakes 13

This 17 screen theater centrally located on Miami Lake’s Main Street, offers stadium seating, along with All Digital Sound, Internet Ticketing and Kiosk Ticketing in the Lobby.

El Novillo

Step inside the Bird Road location and you’ll find yourself in the recreated courtyard of a Nicaraguan hacienda, complete with burbling fountain and guitar music. That’s the idea at least and if you don’t find it convincing, let the excellent food and extremely attentive service ease your nerves and remove you from Bird Road traffic […]

El Pimiento

There is more to Miami Lakes, which is squeezed between Hialeah and Miramar, than residential neighborhoods, golf, and a shrine to sports legend Don Shula. Residents have been hiding a shopping-center tapas gem for almost four years. Complete with a Spanish flag, cork-covered tables, and two terra cotta walls decorated with wine bottles for the […]

Green Papaya

The menu is more limited at this little eatery than at most of Miami’s Asian places. But prices are equally diminutive, and quality is superior. A terrific introduction for those unfamiliar with Vietnamese food is the Saigon Special combination plate, including an elegant crisp-skinned spring roll; skewered strips of juicy grilled pork (chicken is an […]

Korner67

Husband-and-wife team Cesar Olivo and Adriana Perez Benatar, two-thirds of the trio behind Aventura’s Reunion Ktchn Bar, have opened their newest restaurant in Miami Lakes. Korner 67 (K67) could be described as Reunion’s hip new sister, carrying on some traditions and delivering new delights unique to the establishment with a menu executed by chef Adriana […]

La Traila Barbecue

Formerly a “first come, first served” pop-up, La Traila Barbecue has turned into a Miami success story, serving up some of the Magic City’s finest barbecue. With a recently opened brick-and-mortar location, Austin-born Mel Rodriguez and Miami native/Buffalo Bills wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie have given a Miami spin to Texas-style barbecue with a menu focused […]

Main Street Playhouse

There’s something utterly charming about community theater, and Miami Lakes’ Main Street Playhouse has it in spades. This little troupe has been plugging away in various incarnations since 1974, staging more than 150 plays and musicals. While short on resources, they’re tall on talent, and bring impressive presence to the performances they stage in their […]