Key Largo
License plates on the walls, signed dollar bills on the ceiling, and a waffle that thinks it’s key lime pie. Welcome to a Florida Keys diner where decorating rules clearly took a vacation. The license plates come from all over, turning the walls into a giant road trip scrapbook....
Cleanliness, sanitizing after cleaning and proper food storage were some of the ways a West Miami-Dade bakery wasn’t up to snuff during a state inspection last week. Friday’s stop at Suarez Bakery by Florida Department of Agriculture inspectors Lori James and Luis Lopez ended with a Re-Inspection Required result, the designation of a failed Ag Department inspection. READ MORE: Utensils not properly cleaned and sanitized at an inspected Miami-Dade bakery Here’s some of what James and Lopez found wrong at Suarez Bakery, 10684 Fontainebleu Blvd., in the strip mall at the corner of Fontainebleau Boulevard and Northwest 107th Avenue: The food-service area’s ice machine had “black, mold-like substance on and around the ice chute and interior housing.” The inspectors hit the ice machine with a Stop Use Order, which they lifted once the machine was washed, rinsed and sanitized. Also in the food-service area, “cups, silverware, tongs, stirring wands, and plates were washed and rinsed at the ware wash sink, but not sanitized before use.” That’s probably because the ware wash sink sanitizer, which should’ve measured 200 parts per million, measured zero parts per million, as did the sanitizer in the backroom ware wash sink. Also in the backroom, there
Dadeland Mall's owners are lining up a $555 million debt package that would refinance the sprawling Kendall shopping center and hand them nearly $200 million in cash, with the deal expected to close December 3. The refinancing covers the 1.5 million-square-foot mall at 7535 North Kendall Drive, a fixture of Miami-Dade County shopping for more than six decades.
DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) - A congressional candidate who lost a closely watched race is seeking answers from the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections. Democrat Nicole Locklin, who competed in District 26 against incumbent Republican Rep. Mario Diaz Balart, said she wants records from the SOE that explains vote changes during election night.
South Florida's condo market has tilted hard toward buyers, with unsold inventory sitting at roughly 10.6 months and active listings languishing an average of 240 days without a contract. That's the headline number real estate analyst Peter Zalewski laid out in a presentation last month, and it's a sharp signal for anyone trying to sell — or buy — a unit anywhere from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County.
The South Florida Community Land Trust will keep ownership of the land, and some longtime residents are cautious about the model.
Miami-Dade is one vote away from imposing speed and idling limits on sidewalk delivery robots. County Commissioners are scheduled for a final vote next week on a proposal from Commissioner Micky Steinberg that would require operating permits for the robots and cap their speed at 8 mph on most sidewalks.
