Red Rooster and Lil GreenHouse provide meals for Lotus House "It Takes a Village"

The “It Takes A Village” Block Party on Saturday August 8th is the Lotus House Shelter for Women and Children's annual Back to School event where they provide vital resources to the community of Overtown

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L’Artisane Creative Vegan Bakery: Online, Takeout and Food Rescue Miami

When COVID 19 Miami-Dade guidelines required all businesses to close down end-March, L’Artisane Creative Bakery Chef/Owner Carolina Molea was forced to lay off all of her employees and close the doors to her French-inspired Vegan Bakery and café on Collins Ave in North Beach.

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Boia De Community Kitchen: Free Meals for our Furloughed Friends

When we first approached James Beard nominated Chefs Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer of Boia De to be part of our MIAbites/Food Rescue US-Miami Community Kitchen Meal Distribution, we never anticipated the amazing response from our hospitality friends, the Little Haiti and Buena Vista neighbors or from the chefs themselves in support of the free meal program.

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Community Kitchen Meal Distributions at Naomi’s Garden Restaurant, Boia De, and Clive’s Café

NEW DATES ADDED! Editors Note: MIAbites is proud that their philanthropic program with National non-profit, Food Rescue US has been able to support so many during this crisis in our industry. By funding independent restaurants to put their staff back to work while feeding those out of work, over 35,000 meals have been distributed.

Food Rescue US – Miami has been selected by The Miami Foundation in partnership with The PepsiCo Foundation to receive a $50,000 grant that will be designated to launch community kitchens within the Little Haiti area.

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Shuckin and Jivin hosts Community Kitchen Meal Distribution with Food Rescue US- Miami

In partnership with MIAbites, Food Rescue US Miami, Carol City Middle School Principal, Derek Negron, local resident, and District 8 candidate, Linda Julien and funded by Mr. Dan Lewis, the fifth no-contact Community Kitchen opens in Miami Gardens this Wednesday 6/24 with host restaurant, Shuckin and Jivin.

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Travel Tuesday: Destinations You'll Be At By Lunch - Islamorada Edition

As we begin to slowly reopen, we are faced with the fact that our original summer vacation plans may not be realistic. Sleepaway camps are closed and local staycations are more in line with the “new normal”, Luckily, there are plenty of great 48-hour getaways you can get to by lunchtime, complete with great food, family-friendly fun, and gorgeous beaches.

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Marcus Samuelsson's The Creamery at Red Rooster Overtown opens June 19th

On Friday, June 19th, Chef Marcus Samuelsson and his Red Rooster Overtown team will officially debut The Creamery at Red Rooster Overtown. Join him on June 19th for ice cream and snacks and also on June 20th for a Juneteenth celebration with live music and rosé.

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SAVE OUR RESTAURANTS: Food Rescue US-Miami Community Kitchen Program

In this ongoing crisis, MIAbites has partnered with Food Rescue US, to bring chef-prepared meals to our furloughed friends in hospitality, as we all negotiate the “New Normal”.

TO DONATE TO THIS PROJECT : https://secure.givelively.org/donate/food-rescue-us/be-the-rescue-covid-19-response-fund. AND, designate for MIAMI at final check out

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Miami Responds: How to help in the time of COVID-19 Via: Eater and Miami Herald

In the span of just a few weeks, Miami’s thriving hospitality scene has come to just short of a screeching halt. With the temporary closing of city’s bars, restaurants, and now hotels, many members of the community are now out of work and are scrambling to figure out how they are going to continue to support themselves and their families.

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