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Just 30 minutes away from downtown Miami, Pinecrest is a small elegant village filled with green spaces — and a surprising array of dining options. Pinecrest is home to many tried-and-true eateries, some of which have been around for decades, although some new, trendy spots are also popping up.

Pinecrest is home to both local fare and an international scene. For fine dining, check out Two Chefs, with its perfect, airy soufflés. Homestyle cooking? Stop by Wagon’s West for great meatloaf. Looking for gluten-free or vegan? Shaddai has great options. Below are the 14 best restaurants that are worthy of a visit in the neighborhood.

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Founder and chef Jan Jorgensen has brought French American nouveau cuisine to Pinecrest. For more than two decades, patrons have been enjoying fine dining in a sophisticated yet relaxed atmosphere with Two Chefs’ menu of local and seasonal infused creations. The famous towering soufflés can’t be missed and must be ordered 30 minutes ahead.

This New York deli has been a Pinecrest staple since 1984, and Roasters & Toasters has opened three additional eateries in South Florida since. At Roasters & Toasters, diners will find traditional New York-style fare such as house-made bagels and schmears plus breakfast dishes including smoked fish platters, corned beef, pastrami and Reuben sandwiches, soups, wraps, and larger plates like stuffed cabbage and meatloaf. Check out the specialty sandwiches menu boasting bigger-than-your-mouth sandwiches like the Trifecta with pastrami, brisket, and corned beef.

Shaddai has plenty of options for carnivores, vegetarians, pescetarians, and vegans. Its Mediterranean menu offers a wide selection of daily specials from mezze selections, salads, and hummus, to entrees like marinated and grilled meats, seafood, and homemade desserts. Shaddai also offers a selection of Lebanese wines and coffees to complement the meal.

Serving local seafood and house-made specialties for more than 50 years, this is the go-to place in Pinecrest for seafood lovers. Captain's Tavern also has an extensive, award-winning wine list to enhance your meal as well as a seafood market next door.

This family-owned Wild West-themed diner has been a Pinecrest local favorite since opening in 1981. Slide into any of the elevated booths or on a swivel chair along the L-shaped counter and get ready to eat. Wagon's West serves up large portions of comfort food in a casual, no-nonsense setting. The menu has favorites like omelets and waffles, barbecue chicken and ribs, meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, desserts, and domestic beer and wine.

Family-owned Daily Bread is a Middle Eastern restaurant and marketplace offering many staples from Israel, Greece, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Proteins like chicken gyro and falafel are prepared as sandwiches, salads, rice bowls, or a platter with sides. A fixture and vegetarian favorite in Pinecrest since 1978, the entire menu is available for take-out and catering, or dine in next to colorful mural of eggplants and zucchinis.

This Pinecrest restaurant, tucked away in a shopping center off US1, blends fine dining and a family-friendly atmosphere. Standouts on the menu include the delicately prepared fried ceviche with hake, jalea crust, aji amarillo, and creamy leche de tigre, alongside seared scallops adorned with aji amarillo and chalaquita. The Prime Dino-Rib is a distinctive offering for steak lovers, combining traditional steakhouse fare with an exciting Peruvian twist.

Decorated with intricate wood carvings, stained glass panels, and orchids, Tani is a soothing escape of a restaurant. The menu lists over 100 items (plus a full vegetarian menu), with items like crispy basil duck, pad thai, and three flavors tofu.

Established in 1998, this French bakery with a Latin twist has expanded to several stores throughout South Florida, including Pinecrest. On the menu, diners find egg dishes, including Benedicts and omelets, soups, salads, gourmet sandwiches, pastas, and desserts. It also has sodas, mimosas, and coffee.

Deriving its name from an edible tropical root used in many Cuban homemade remedies, Malanga brings the flavors of Cuba to Pinecrest. While Malanga serves Cuban dishes like like arroz con pollo, vaca frita, and camarones al ajillo, the restaurant’s specialty is pork. Feast on split-roasted, stuffed, barbecued, marinated, or shredded hog while you listen to old-school Cuban music and admire the historic photos of the family-owned restaurant.

Consider this deep dish-style pizza perfection in Pinecrest. Since being founded in 1994, the Original Big Tomato has been a neighborhood favorite due to its homemade recipe for its sauce and dough. The menu has expanded to include soup bread bowls, salads, wraps, oven-roasted chicken wings, and panini sandwiches with multiple vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

With a three-in-one Italian outpost dubbed "Italian Village" in Pinecrest, Anacapri has all Italian cravings covered. A familiar destination since 1990, Anacapri provides a traditional Italian culinary experience in its cozy dining area. Walk through the archway and enter the wine bar, where one can sip on various wines from the extensive wine list, select a bottle to have with the meal or purchase for home. There’s also an Italian market is stocked with imported goods like sauces, meats, cheeses, and pastas.

Sea Siam offers an assortment of Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine, including fresh sashimi or sushi, heartier Thai entrees with rice or noodles, or hot and savory pho.

A Pinecrest staple serving Mexican cuisine for more than 20 years, Guadalajara will delight with dishes such as fajitas, burritos, tacos, ceviche, soups, salads, and vegetarian options. Owner Cesar Berrones is almost always around to ensure that patrons are well taken care of and enjoying their meal, and will not hesitate to ensure that all are happy, even if it means bringing in a pinata.

Founder and chef Jan Jorgensen has brought French American nouveau cuisine to Pinecrest. For more than two decades, patrons have been enjoying fine dining in a sophisticated yet relaxed atmosphere with Two Chefs’ menu of local and seasonal infused creations. The famous towering soufflés can’t be missed and must be ordered 30 minutes ahead.

This New York deli has been a Pinecrest staple since 1984, and Roasters & Toasters has opened three additional eateries in South Florida since. At Roasters & Toasters, diners will find traditional New York-style fare such as house-made bagels and schmears plus breakfast dishes including smoked fish platters, corned beef, pastrami and Reuben sandwiches, soups, wraps, and larger plates like stuffed cabbage and meatloaf. Check out the specialty sandwiches menu boasting bigger-than-your-mouth sandwiches like the Trifecta with pastrami, brisket, and corned beef.

Shaddai has plenty of options for carnivores, vegetarians, pescetarians, and vegans. Its Mediterranean menu offers a wide selection of daily specials from mezze selections, salads, and hummus, to entrees like marinated and grilled meats, seafood, and homemade desserts. Shaddai also offers a selection of Lebanese wines and coffees to complement the meal.

Serving local seafood and house-made specialties for more than 50 years, this is the go-to place in Pinecrest for seafood lovers. Captain's Tavern also has an extensive, award-winning wine list to enhance your meal as well as a seafood market next door.

This family-owned Wild West-themed diner has been a Pinecrest local favorite since opening in 1981. Slide into any of the elevated booths or on a swivel chair along the L-shaped counter and get ready to eat. Wagon's West serves up large portions of comfort food in a casual, no-nonsense setting. The menu has favorites like omelets and waffles, barbecue chicken and ribs, meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, desserts, and domestic beer and wine.

Family-owned Daily Bread is a Middle Eastern restaurant and marketplace offering many staples from Israel, Greece, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Proteins like chicken gyro and falafel are prepared as sandwiches, salads, rice bowls, or a platter with sides. A fixture and vegetarian favorite in Pinecrest since 1978, the entire menu is available for take-out and catering, or dine in next to colorful mural of eggplants and zucchinis.

This Pinecrest restaurant, tucked away in a shopping center off US1, blends fine dining and a family-friendly atmosphere. Standouts on the menu include the delicately prepared fried ceviche with hake, jalea crust, aji amarillo, and creamy leche de tigre, alongside seared scallops adorned with aji amarillo and chalaquita. The Prime Dino-Rib is a distinctive offering for steak lovers, combining traditional steakhouse fare with an exciting Peruvian twist.

Decorated with intricate wood carvings, stained glass panels, and orchids, Tani is a soothing escape of a restaurant. The menu lists over 100 items (plus a full vegetarian menu), with items like crispy basil duck, pad thai, and three flavors tofu.

Established in 1998, this French bakery with a Latin twist has expanded to several stores throughout South Florida, including Pinecrest. On the menu, diners find egg dishes, including Benedicts and omelets, soups, salads, gourmet sandwiches, pastas, and desserts. It also has sodas, mimosas, and coffee.

Deriving its name from an edible tropical root used in many Cuban homemade remedies, Malanga brings the flavors of Cuba to Pinecrest. While Malanga serves Cuban dishes like like arroz con pollo, vaca frita, and camarones al ajillo, the restaurant’s specialty is pork. Feast on split-roasted, stuffed, barbecued, marinated, or shredded hog while you listen to old-school Cuban music and admire the historic photos of the family-owned restaurant.

Consider this deep dish-style pizza perfection in Pinecrest. Since being founded in 1994, the Original Big Tomato has been a neighborhood favorite due to its homemade recipe for its sauce and dough. The menu has expanded to include soup bread bowls, salads, wraps, oven-roasted chicken wings, and panini sandwiches with multiple vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

With a three-in-one Italian outpost dubbed "Italian Village" in Pinecrest, Anacapri has all Italian cravings covered. A familiar destination since 1990, Anacapri provides a traditional Italian culinary experience in its cozy dining area. Walk through the archway and enter the wine bar, where one can sip on various wines from the extensive wine list, select a bottle to have with the meal or purchase for home. There’s also an Italian market is stocked with imported goods like sauces, meats, cheeses, and pastas.

Sea Siam offers an assortment of Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine, including fresh sashimi or sushi, heartier Thai entrees with rice or noodles, or hot and savory pho.

A Pinecrest staple serving Mexican cuisine for more than 20 years, Guadalajara will delight with dishes such as fajitas, burritos, tacos, ceviche, soups, salads, and vegetarian options. Owner Cesar Berrones is almost always around to ensure that patrons are well taken care of and enjoying their meal, and will not hesitate to ensure that all are happy, even if it means bringing in a pinata.

No one denies that the peacocks of South Florida are beautiful, but for decades, the cost of their beauty has been property damage, plenty of poop and mating calls that sound like cats meowing into bullhorns.

Now, the residents of Pinecrest, Fla., think they have found a way to enjoy the birds’ iridescent plumes while tamping down their skyrocketing population and the problems that come with it.

Their solution: peacock vasectomies.

Mayor Joe Corradino said he had largely given up on taming Pinecrest’s peacock population. But Shannon Del Prado, a relative newcomer to the village council, had an idea. Why not treat the peacocks the same way animal control officials deal with stray cats in trap-neuter-release programs?

In June, the village council voted to move ahead with Del Prado’s vasectomy plan, and last month, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved it.

Pinecrest’s leaders have hired a veterinarian to perform the vasectomies. In the coming months, officials plan to recruit a trapper to respond to residents’ complaints, catch the offending peacocks, and deliver them to the veterinary clinic inside the village’s botanical gardens and cultural center. After the procedure, the peacocks will recover in a pen until they’re healthy enough to rove the streets of Pinecrest once more.

“It will reduce the bird population through attrition. They’re not having any more babies,” Corradino told The Washington Post.

For decades, residents of Pinecrest, a wealthy Miami suburb of some 18,000 people, and other communities in Miami-Dade County were all but powerless to combat the growing invasion of peafowl. A 2001 ordinance removed peafowl from a category of “nuisance” animals like raccoons, iguanas and bees that residents could summarily dispatch with a call to pest control. It prohibited people from killing the animals and required them to relocate the birds to permanent homes if they chose to trap them.

“You had to take them to a place where they couldn’t escape,” Corradino said.

At first, the peacocks were fine, or at least bearable, mainly because their numbers remained relatively low. But over the past decade, what had been “an attractive novelty” exploded by a factor of at least 10, Corradino said. It’s no longer uncommon to see a group of peacocks, which is called an ostentation, that numbers in the dozens. In some areas, there are hundreds.

Finding a permanent home for peafowl became increasingly difficult over the years as trappers started refusing to deal with them and as once-reliable relocation sites, such as zoos, refused to take them. A few years ago, officials tried to make Pinecrest less attractive to the birds by banning residents from leaving food outside.

“Nothing seemed to work,” Corradino said. “The population kept growing.”

More peacocks meant more problems. They eat vegetable gardens. They perch and scratch atop roofs. They make “very loud” mating calls. And they poop everywhere. Residents often open their front doors in the morning to discover that their showy neighbors had left them unwelcome presents on their welcome mats.

Corradino said this spring he and his wife, Mia, were walking their two King Charles spaniels around dusk when they spotted a peacock lurking in a neighbor’s driveway. Corradino managed to rein in his dogs as they passed by.

Then — bang.

Corradino swiveled and watched as the peacock slammed its beak into his neighbor’s black Tesla again and again, as many as a dozen times before Corradino and his wife kept walking.

“I don’t know if he ever got tired of it or not, but I’ll tell you what, this guy’s car wasn’t very happy,” he said.

Corradino said he has heard many similar complaints about peacocks from constituents over the years.

“While they’re attractive and a novelty still, they’ve become quite a bit of a nuisance,” he said, adding that, since he was first elected in 2016, it’s been his job to hear about it. “If I get one consistent complaint, it’s about the peacocks.”

For more than two decades, the county ordinance prevented him and his predecessors from doing much about it. But last year, Miami-Dade’s county leaders eased up, voting to let cities like Pinecrest opt out of protecting peacocks if they devised a plan to humanely remove them or otherwise manage the population.

Experts have told city officials that it could take a year or two for the number of peacocks to taper off, Corradino said. In the meantime, he will hold on to the prospect of enjoying the beauty of a smaller peacock population without having to endure as many headaches.

“That seems like the perfect solution,” he said.

It’s a tale of epic Pinecrest peacock proportions! For many years now, the majestic peacocks of Pinecrest have been living their best lives, prancing around with their fabulous feathers, blissfully unaware that their days of carefree freedom were numbered.

Meet Don Harris, a man with a peculiar ambition. According to the Tampa Bay Times, he’s eager to get his hands on these fancy fowls. You see, Pinecrest has decided that their peacock population needs a little “snip-snip” to control their growth. Trappers have been enlisted, but not for the usual reason you’d expect. They’re not hunting them down like a Thanksgiving turkey. Instead, they’ll be performing peafowl vasectomies. Sounds nuts right?

Imagine trappers roaming the streets of Pinecrest, responding to resident requests to “fix” these flamboyant feather wavers. And where do the unlucky peacocks end up? At a Harris facility, of course! They’ll be undergoing vasectomies all in the name of population control. These birds are about to become the unwilling participants in a bizarre bird vasectomy program.

But wait, don’t worry, this isn’t a complete extinction mission. Harris assures everyone that the Pinecrest peacock social order will remain intact. The male peacocks will still get to show off their dominance and charm the ladies, but alas, no little chicks will be hatching from their little adventures.

Now, you might be wondering why these birds are getting the snip. Sure, they’re stunning, but they can be a bit, shall we say, destructive? Peacocks have a bad habit of attacking their reflections in cars, kind of like a feathery version of “Hulk Smash!” And if you thought your noisy neighbor was bad, imagine dealing with a bunch of peacocks in mating season, belting out their best serenades at all hours.

So, Pinecrest has set aside a cool $7,500 a month for this vasectomy extravaganza, which they’re calling a “pilot program.” If all goes well, they might even expand the operation to other peacock-populated places. Talk about a unique way to spend taxpayer money!

In the end, it seems like Pinecrest is just trying to find a balance between beauty and chaos. They love their peacocks’ stunning feathers, but they also want to keep their cars, roofs, and sanity intact.

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Residents who live along the east boundary of Pinecrest between 104 and 120 Streets now have access to county drinking water and fire hydrants for the first time. Some 725 properties will benefit from access to potable water when the project is completed in spring 2023.

“This is a major step and victory for the Village of Pinecrest,” said Mayor Joseph Corradino.

“Previous Village Councils have tried unsuccessfully to resolve this enduring issue. I thank my fellow Village Council members and the Village staff for their visionary leadership in finally bringing resolution to hundreds of property owners.”

For official updates about the project and to see the project map, visit www.pinecrest-fl.gov/water.

Before the project’s initiation in 2004, approximately 1,500 homes in the Village were well-dependent and did not have access to the county’s potable water system. This especially posed a problem as wells can encounter a myriad of issues including failing wells, the threat of saltwater intrusion and unreliability of the well systems during storms due to potential power outages. Additionally, these homes did not have access to fire hydrants, posing further risks should an emergency occur in the Village.

The search for potable water first began in 2004, when former Mayor Gary Matzner attempted to negotiate with the county for the inclusion of funds in the General Obligation Bond, a bond approved by voters, but those funds were not sufficient enough to complete the entire Potable Water Project. Only half of the 1,500 homes received access to water under the bond, leaving some 725 Pinecrest residences without potable water.

However, during the pandemic, the Biden administration passed the American Rescue Plan Act, a Covid-19 stimulus package to aid in the country’s economic recovery. The Village secured more than $9 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Act to be used for certain purposes and infrastructures including the water project and an additional $500,000 through the Miami-Dade County Save Neighborhoods General Obligation Bond and $640,00 from Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Omnibus Appropriations.

These funds will help offset the cost of this project to property owners. Benefitting property owners, however, will pay a special assessment of approximately $358 per year for 25 years to pay off the remaining project balance.

Since January, water pipeline construction has begun for several Pinecrest homes, a project that requires approximately 85,000 linear feet of ductile iron pipe and 210 fire hydrants.

Although the project relates specifically to Pinecrest, the neighborhood water system belongs to Miami-Dade County. Pinecrest does not operate its own water system.

Therefore, the construction of water pipelines becomes the property of the county, which is responsible for providing service and maintenance.

Miami Community Newspaper is an online newspaper that provides up-to-date local news and information about the Miami community. This daily newspaper provides local news coverage and keeps its readers up to date on the latest developments in the area. Their website also includes a Miami community podcast, where listeners can get the latest news and updates on the Miami community. Miami Community Newspapers is the perfect source for all your local Miami news needs, whether it is from their daily newspaper, podcasts, or other media sources.

It was a stellar beginning for 2023 as Voices for Children’s Be A Voice Gala, held at the Mandarin Oriental, raised more than $1millon. Five hundred or more guests included some of the Florida’s most generous philanthropic and influential community leaders and dedicated business professionals whose support is so critical to the organization’s work.

Guests enjoyed an elegant cocktail reception, live auction and dinner. The evening featured heartfelt testimonials related to the work of Voices For Children and the Guardian ad Litem Program, followed by dancing the night away. Look for more about this organization’s work on my Tuesday morning show, Gloria Gab LIVE coming up in February.

The Lebanese Festival at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church was a great weekend of fun, food, entertainment and more. Prior to the festival, Father Michael Charchaflian and Norma Jean Abraham were featured on Gloria’s Gab LIVE Show to talk about the event that always draws a great crowd of people who love this annual weekend with guests from all over South Florida. To view the show, visit our website www.communitynewspapers.com.

The famous, irreverent, hilarious King Mango Strut Parade returned big time after a two year hiatus. It was miraculously orchestrated in just few months’ time. Streets were packed ten deep or more for this comical almost two hour event that featured walking and riding units, several great musical groups as well as a great show and float by Coconut Grove that is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Kudos to Howard and Carmen Spiegel and all those volunteers who made it happen. They even got Dan Le Batard as Grand Marshal to finish the parade and Monty Trainer to start the craziness.

Weather has been perfect recently for many events and just recently the Annual Archbishop’s Motorcycle Ride was held on Sunday, January 29, after mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church followed by the blessing of the bikes. Kickstands were up at 10 a.m. and riders were on their way to Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South where all enjoyed an outdoor celebration that included a bike show, sound off, and music. This annual ride, while building community involvement, also serves to raise funds for St. Luke’s Center, one of the many programs of Catholic Charities.

Coral Gables Woman’s Club’s Gringo Bingo is coming up Tuesday, February 7, at Clutch Burger from 7 – 9 p.m. This month proceeds will be shared with A Safe Haven for Newborns, a nonprofit that has saved the lives of more than 360 babies from abandonment and possible death. Tickets at $30 include 12 game cards with great prizes and one coverall for top prize valued at $300. To RSVP, email [email protected].

Save February 11 for two great events, Coral Gables Community Foundation Tour of the Kitchens and that night, Paws4You Gala. Yet another date to save, February 19, Sunday, for CGWC’s Centennial Fashion Show & Brunch. Event Chair, Rita Tennyson, and her committee promise this will be a fabulous affair you will not want to miss. Tickets are $100 per person for adults and $85 under 21 yrs. Look for fashions from Bloom Boutique, Lele Reis and more along with a delicious brunch, unlimited bubbly and more. Among those already committed to sponsorship are Coral Gables Community Foundation and Watermark. For those looking to join the club and/or support the clinic that provides free dental care for children countywide, visit GFWCCoralgableswomansclub.org. Members of this club come from all over Miami Dade and even a few from Broward Counties. Look for the ad in this paper to RSVP.

Until next time, keep making each day count, share an act of kindness and have a Happy New Year.

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The Village of Pinecrest has purchased a 3.7-acre lot earmarked to become a public park for Pinecrest residents. The sales price was $3.75 million.

The lot is located at 6610 SW 88th St., on the intersection of Kendall Drive and 67th Avenue, across the street from Gulliver Academy. The property originally was listed for $4.4 million in August 2020 as an infill opportunity and is zoned residential for either one single-family home per acre or multifamily and condo buildings.

“Amenities for residents is important and integral to growing the community,” said Joshua Kaufman, a real estate adviser with Compass who brokered the deal with the Village of Pinecrest. “Once developed by the Village, this land opportunity presents itself as a safe place for people to visit in an outside environment. I knew finding the right buyers could make a massive positive community impact.”

The previous owner was the estate of the late Peter Palermo, a former federal magistrate who presided over the citizenship swearing-in of 14,200 people at the Orange Bowl in 1986. His former home will be razed in the fall, leaving the property as green open space.

“The size of the combined properties and their location near the more densely populated multi-family district in northwest Pinecrest makes it an ideal site for additional green space,” said Michelle Hammontree, communications manager for the Village of Pinecrest. There are no concrete plans with regard to future development of the property.”

According to Hammontree, the park will remain in place until at least the end of 2023. A master planning process that will inform any future development of the property is expected to commence sometime in October 2021 and include input from surrounding neighbors.

Pinecrest remains one of the hottest single-family home markets in Miami-Dade County, with a median sales price of $1.4 million, or $426 per square foot, according to realtor.com.

On Thursday, the sale of a seven-bedroom, eight-bath home at 7218 SW 102 St. closed at $4.7 million, the highest resale price in Pinecrest in 2021. Michael Martinez at ONE Sotheby’s represented the seller in that transaction. Elena Chacon with BHHS EWM Realty represented the buyer.

This story was originally published April 9, 2021, 4:00 PM.