It is often said that when one door closes, another one opens. The adage certainly rings true at the former Time Out Market Miami. The Miami Beach food hall, whose impending closure was announced just a month ago, will soon be reincarnated as the South Beach Food Hall.
On June 1, Time Out announced that it would be closing the Miami Beach outpost of its branded and curated marketplace on June 30, after giving the more than 15 vendors in the food hall just two hours’ notice. of notice of the transcendental development.
But New Times has learned that a deal to keep the vendors in business has been in the works for several weeks, and the food hall will soon be relaunched under new management.
According to a source with knowledge of the arrangement, there will be no changes to the layout or vendors, other than the removal of all Time Out branding.
The source, who shared details on the condition that New Times not identify them, says the move is the result of a push orchestrated by the building’s owner, Cuban-American businessman Paul Cejas, to keep small businesses operating. companies of their tenants.
“The story right now is that it’s not going to close permanently. It’s going to reopen as is, and a relaunch and rebrand will happen at some point in the future,” the source tells New Times. “Peace [Cejas] I didn’t want an empty building, and I didn’t want to see these businesses go by the wayside. They’re local chefs, and he’s a local owner, and we want it to be a neighborhood place. He’s the local hero.”
Sign in window: South Beach Food Hall is (almost) here.
South Beach Food Hall’s photo
On Thursday, July 6, less than a week after the tenants left the premises, a sign was placed inside the entrance of the building at 1601 Drexel Ave., alerting passersby that the market will reopen on Friday, July 14 at 11 a.m. under a new name: South Beach Food Hall.
“Please join us all summer long as we add new chefs, new offerings, expanded services, with a major relaunch to announce,” the sign informs. “Local Chefs. Local Operators. Locally Owned.”
Confirmed to return: Dale Street Food, La Santa Taqueria, Pho Mo by Phuc Yea, Chick’N Jones, Rogue Panda, PizzElla, the Maiz Project, Gutenburg Burger, Lur Basque Cuisine, Edan Cafe, Baklava Bakery, Plants & Bowls, Kae Sushi and the Blakery.
Both 33 Kitchen and Yu-Me Japanese Kitchen left before the market closed in June and will not be returning.
Time Out Market Miami opened in 2019, one of several similar editorially selected food halls operating in cities including New York, Boston, Chicago, Montreal and Dubai. The Miami Beach location is the only one to close since the first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon.
New Times tried unsuccessfully to get a comment from Time Out.
