More Steakhouses! Yes!
Another steakhouse. Yes, we know you must be jumping up and down with excitement. This one comes from Cleveland, which has sent Miami many great gifts before. Construction starts near Joe's Stone Crab in January:
Brad Friedlander, creator of Red, the Steakhouse and Moxie (side by side in Beachwood) is opening a second steakhouse about half a block from the acclaimed Joe’s Stone Crab on South Beach. Also called Red, it’ll offer the same look and menu, but twice be the size of the original with 180 seats plus private dining rooms to accommodate the star-studded nightlife scene.The .pdf copy of Red, the Steakhouse's menu can be found here, and we must say, it looks delicious. The only question is how much more the prices will have to increase to pay for South Beach rent.Developers in other cities came calling after Red was recognized by Playboy and Esquire magazines as one of the top steakhouses in the country. Friedlander chose Miami after seeing patrons lined up outside South Beach's hottest restaurants at 11 p.m. on a Monday night. "In Cleveland, on a Saturday night, they're in bed by 11," he said. Construction is tentatively set for January with hopes of opening mid-next year. The team is in place: his local chef partners Jonathan Bennett and Peter Vauthy, his Cleveland architect Rick Lally and other area contractors and such financial backers as home-grown retired NBA standout Charles Oakley. A top modeling agency and some showbiz folks in California he wouldn't identify are also involved.
McCormick & Schmick's opens with serious seafood in Beachwood [The Plain Dealer]
Red, the Steakhouse [Official Site]
