New Restaurant Updates
We keep a long list of restaurants that we know will be opening in the coming months, along with their projected opening dates. A few days before that date, we'll call and see how things are going. Almost every single time, said date has been pushed back, usually for a few more months. So we keep calling, and dates keep getting pushed back, inevitably due to construction problems and permit snafus, and so it continues, until we are led to believe that the restaurants are never going to open. We just made a few phone calls, and here's what we learned (not much):
• Matsuri in South Miami is still closed for renovations. Updates from chowhounds have revealed that the plywood is down, and there has definitely been some cooking activity going on inside. But we've called a dozen times and we're still getting a busy signal. Our guess is it'll be open this weekend.
• We mentioned the mysterious second location of 1909 Cafe, set to open in Coral Gables sometime in the distant future. We called today and were told a) it's not open and b) no one knows when it will be open. Excellent!
• The Taverna Opa in City Place, which we'd had on our list for an October opening, is projected to open in January.
Matsuri in South Miami [Chowhound]
1909 Cafe [MenuPages]
1909 Cafe [Official Site]
Taverna Opa [Official Site]
