For months many have wondered what the orange sign of “107 Taste” meant and when it was opening. On March 27 the restaurant made its soft opening followed by a ribbon cutting on April 24, joined by Mayor Manny Cid. Located at 6705 Main Street, 107 Taste brings a unique Asian-fusion style to The Town of Miami Lakes. There is nothing else like this around town.Husband and wife owners Tingjun Lei and Yu Bi first came up with this concept in 2016...

Local business A&P Air Conditioning (A&P) announced on April 18 that the company’s officers have established a $25,000 endowment in perpetuity for Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Engineering and Computing for first-generation students majoring in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.All scholarships awarded will be matched by the State of Florida’s First-Generation Matching Grant Program.Both A&P’s president,...

The Main Street Players located at 6766 Main Street will hold auditions for the summer production of Men On Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus from May 13-14. Ten explorers, four boats and one Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. The character breakdown includes:Powell- one armed leader of the...

Salata Salad Kitchen, located at 7491 Miami Lakes Drive in the Cypress Village Shopping Center, celebrated its grand opening on April 25. Joined by hundreds of guests including Mayor Manny Cid and Vice Mayor Nelson Rodriguez. This is the first Salata restaurant in Miami and just the second in Florida.Salata first began in Texas. Founders Berge Simonian and Tony Kyoumjian saw that people were very interested in salads and that is when Salata...

Miami Lakes Sports Shop, 6811 Main Street, is celebrating its 46th anniversary, and though it recently moved just 70 feet away from the original location, the services will never change.The store’s owners, Jim and Roslyn Hamilton, are running the location with their daughter-in-law, Barbara Hamilton, the shop’s manager and team sports specialist.“We are a family business that specializes in customer services, competitive prices, convenient...