{"id":173874,"date":"2021-02-09T05:55:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T02:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-restauranteurs-flock-to-miami-for-relaxed-covid-19-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T05:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T02:55:43","slug":"nyc-restauranteurs-flock-to-miami-for-relaxed-covid-19-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restauranteurs-flock-to-miami-for-relaxed-covid-19-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC restauranteurs flock to Miami for relaxed COVID-19 rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC restauranteurs flock to Miami for relaxed COVID-19 rules<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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New York restaurants are on life support, but Miami is booming, and Big App<\/a>le eatery owners who can are flocking South to join the feast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite uncomfortably high coronavirus rates, Miami restaurants have been open for the winter at up to 100 percent capacity as long as social<\/a> distancing regulations are followed. And with nightclubs hampered by a midnight curfew among other restrictions, the restaurant scene is on fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marcus Samuelsson opened an outpost of his Harlem hot spot Red Rooster in Miami in December, while Major Food Group opened a Carbone there earlier this month. Major is also planning to open three more South Florida additions: a sushi place, an Italian trattoria in the Miami Design District and a steakhouse in Brickell.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Altamarea Group behind Michelin-star rated Marea and Ai Fiori in Manhattan opened its fifth Osteria Morini in Miami on Feb. 4. Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse Cote is slated to open a Miami outpost on Feb. 12, and sushi chain Kissaki is eyeing two new locations in Miami.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not all. French eatery La Goulue, as well as Sant Ambroeus, Almond and Roberta\u2019s Pizza have signed leases for Miami outposts, while Bounce, Proper West and Keith McNally\u2019s Pastis are looking, real-estate sources say.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have a high positivity rate, 8 to 9 percent,\u201d said Joe Zubi, spokesman for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. \u201cBut we have more open bars and restaurants than anywhere else in the US.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, Miami\u2019s hopping foodie scene is not for the faint of heart. Miami-Dade County has been topping the state\u2019s list for COVID-19 infections, with 380,118, compared to 117,686 in nearby Broward County and 109,593 in Palm Beach County. And while restaurants there are supposed to follow social distancing requirements, many of them don\u2019t, industry sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wild. No one seems to care about COVID here. There\u2019s COVID fatigue and a false sense of security. It\u2019s as if they think it\u2019s safer because it\u2019s sunny and they spend more time outside,\u201d said Brett Friedman, CEO of Agency21, a culinary events and marketing agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some of Miami\u2019s new openings were actually slated to open pre-pandemic. But others came because of the warmer climate and Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 move in Sept. to lift many of the state\u2019s COVID-19 business restrictions, including for food service establishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The dining room of Marcus Samuelsson\u2019s Red Rooster Overtown.<\/figcaption>
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For Garry Kanfer of Kissaki Sushi, opening in Miami was always the plan because it\u2019s his \u201csecond home\u201d after New York. But he admits that the pandemic has made the city\u2019s warm climate more appealing now than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to go to Miami because if something happens in the future, there is always good weather and you can always sit outside,\u201d Kanfer told Side Dish from the airport en route from New York to \u201cthe sixth borough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just New Yorkers looking to set up shop in the Sunshine State, said Felix Bendersky of F+B Hospitality Leasing, a commercial broker specializing in restaurants, clubs and hotels. \u201cJust off the top of my head I can count more than a hundred who signed leases. I show space to 15 to 20 groups a day. They are from New York but also from Canada, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had clients who have abandoned projects in Brooklyn and Manhattan because it makes more sense for them to come here and open right away, while in New York they don\u2019t know if they will be open from one day to the next,\u201d Bendersky said. \u201cMiami is based on nightlife, and with the clubs closed, restaurants and bars are the only places where people can go.\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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