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VENUE NEWS Club Play Wish restaurant   RENOVATED HOTELS Miami Airport Campus Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club Palm Beach Hotels Clevelander Hotel Z Ocean Hotel South Beach Palms South Beach Undergoes Makeover and Name Change   BARS, CLUBS, AND LOUNGES Bancroft SupperClub Bar Rosso & Vinoteca The Yard House Crazy Pianos Miami Il Bacio Restaurant and Ultra Lounge Exit 66 Opium Hard Rock   NEW RESTAURANTS 5 New Downtown Restaurants Truluck's Seafood, Steak, and Crab House Ahnvee Restaurant and Lounge Pizza Volante Eos Restaurant Bar Rosso & Vinoteca Mamajuana Cafe The Sports Exchange 8 Oz. i Corsini Serves Traditional Italian on Miami Beach Red, the Steakhouse Opens on South Beach Fratelli Lyon Expands Seating and Enters the Gourmet Retail Market Famed NY Ice Cream Parlor Opens in Boca   NEW EVENT SPACES W South Beach Business Entertaining in Coconut Grove Hollywood Beach Hotel and Hostel     Venue News Archive 10.02.09 5:14 PM The Fifth Reopens After Renovation With New Owners and New Name Club Play Photo: Eric Haselton Photagraphy and Co. The Fifth, a staple nightspot and event venue in South Beach, closed three weeks ago for renovations and rebranding. Last night the new owners (Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel among them) reopened the 10,000-square-foot space as Club Play at an event for more than 500 event and hospitality industry professionals, the first of three parties for its grand opening weekend. "We looked at the people who come to the club and the South Beach scene and [decided] we needed to rebrand to fit our clientele and the area," said Club Play's director of operations, Mark Scott. "We have a lot of N.F.L., N.B.A., hockey, and soccer players that come to our club, along with a lot of artists and people that are part of the South Beach scene who are players in one form or another, so we took that and came up with Club Play, which incorporates everyone and everything they want to do." MORE >> 09.18.09 11:42 AM Wish Restaurant Redesigns Dining Room and Menu Wish's redesigned patio Photo: Vittorio Sciosia Wish restaurant at the Hotel on Miami Beach has redesigned both its dining area and its menu. The restaurant closed in July for two weeks for the interior changes by fashion designer Todd Oldham, who also designed the restaurant when it opened in 1998. The dining room and patio are decorated with shades of blue and green, inspired by the venue's oceanside location. The indoor space has new celadon and turquoise seat cushions and quartz-topped pedestal tables. The upper dining room, adjacent to the restaurant's main bar, now has a custom-made mahogany and maple wine cellar that houses 1,000 wines. Sliding mahogany and maple panels can separate the space to offer private dining for groups of 24. MORE >> 08.18.09 12:27 PM Arsht Center and Bacardi Partner to Open Bombay Sapphire Lounge A rendering of the Bombay Sapphire Lounge Executives at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced on Thursday a partnership with Bacardi USA for the creation of a spirits-themed lounge on the property. The company's first Bombay Sapphire Lounge is scheduled to open in January 2010 on the lower level of the center’s Carnival Arts Tower. The venue is part of a three-year, $300,000 licensing agreement between Bacardi and the Arsht Center. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Bacardi USA 07.23.09 10:59 AM Table 8 Closes At Ocean Drive Hotel, Relocation Possible Table 8 restaurant on Ocean Drive, inside the Z Ocean Hotel South Beach, closed its doors on Tuesday. Josh Woodward, co-owner of chef Govind Armstrong's restaurant, told The Miami Herald the decision comes as a result of the hotel’s change in ownership from a Regent to a Crowne Plaza property. “Though Table 8 has tremendous respect for Crowne Plaza hotels, we have elected to exercise options in our lease to vacate the location,” said Woodward, adding that he’s looking for a new location near his and Armstrong’s other eatery, 8 Oz., on Alton Road.   —D. Channing Muller 07.09.09 12:03 PM Pedestrian Plazas Now Available for Events, Provide New Revenue for City The crowded car-free zone next to Macy's Photo: John Minchillo for BizBash FROM NEW YORK After debuting in May, the car-free areas on Broadway are still in the development stages—lingering traffic cones cordon off some sections, and the lawn chairs in Times Square will soon be replaced with sturdier ones—but the city has already started renting them out for events and promotions. The move is a positive one for New York—the usage brings in an additional revenue stream—as well as for planners and producers, who value the added visibility. And according to The New York Times, 20 events have made use of the spaces since May, including Monday afternoon's public promotion from VH1. MORE >> 06.09.09 5:04 PM Brosia Closes, 8 Oz. Burger Bar Opens Second Location Brosia, a Mediterranean restaurant in the Design District owned by the Dacra Development Group, has closed. The primarily outdoor eatery, recognizable by its expansive mosaic tile wall, has been sold to an unnamed buyer who will turn the space into another food and beverage establishment projected to open later this summer. Final details on the new eatery have not been set. MORE >> 05.08.09 4:30 PM Jimmy Buffet and Dolphins Owner Announce Stadium Name Change Jimmy Buffet's band performed Photo: BizBash Several hundred members of the media and V.I.P. guests gathered at Dolphin Stadium this morning for a special press conference with Jimmy Buffet and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. The duo announced that Dolphin Stadium—home of the Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins, and Miami Hurricanes—has officially been renamed Landshark Stadium. The name recognizes the facility’s new partnership with Buffet’s Margaritaville enterprise, which produces Landshark Lager with partner Anheuser-Busch. “Jimmy Buffet is known and loved worldwide for his music and his portrayal of the tropical lifestyle that is synonymous with South Florida, and we are honored to have him bring his unique culture to our organization, “ Ross said. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Dolphin Stadium, Miami Dolphins, Jimmy Buffet, Anheuser-Busch, Landshark Lager, Margaritaville 05.01.09 5:05 PM First Spring Miami Spice Begins Today The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Friday the incarnation of a springtime Miami Spice restaurant month. Many of Spice's summer and fall 2008 participants have returned for the spring, offering three-course prix-fixe menus for lunch, priced at $23, and dinner for $36 through the end of the month. More than 55 restaurants are involved, including the Restaurant at the Setai, Vix at the Hotel Victor, Pacific Time, and Talula Restaurant & Bar. The visitors bureau created Miami Spice for the summer months as a way to boost the local economy during the tourist off-season and draw locals to the city’s normally higher-priced restaurants. Earlier this year, the bureau expanded the program to winter, the height of tourist season, due to lower numbers of out-of-towners coming to Miami.   —D. Channing Muller 04.28.09 4:50 PM The Forge Abruptly Closes for Renovations The Forge owner Shareef Malnik announced yesterday that the restaurant would close for renovations effective immediately. The announcement was made on the same day City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower awarded Malnik a key to the city and declared it “The Forge 40th Anniversary Day.”  The Miami Beach landmark—originally opened in the 1920s and purchased by the Malniks in 1968—will be updated with redesigned decor and a new menu, including the addition of a menu for the Forge Bar located within the restaurant. The restaurant is scheduled to reopen in December.   —D. Channing Muller 04.23.09 1:11 PM Hotel De Soliel Rebrands Itself as Z Ocean Hotel South Beach Last Friday the InterContinental Hotels Group relaunched Miami Beach's Hotel De Soliel under the new moniker Z Ocean Hotel South Beach. To celebrate the new venture, the property hosted a special party for the 25th anniversary of Footloose with a performance by Kevin Bacon's band, the Bacon Brothers. The Miami Herald reported on April 13 that Hotel de Soliel owner Louis Taic, who purchased the property back in September, quietly turned over its management to InterContinental's Crowne Plaza Hotel division in January following an 18 percent drop in room revenues throughout Miami-Dade county. 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