New businesses are popping up all around Miami Lakes.       Along Main Street and in three shopping centers, there are new restaurants and bars; niche shops and beauty services opening early this year.      The restaurants are serving new flavors and cutting-edge cuisine, some with a side of dancing.       Many of the business owners are locals who are...

The Oak Square business park on the east side of Miami Lakes takes up an entire block along the north side of Miami Lakes Drive and Northwest 151 Street.       A variety of businesses are inside five buildings on the campus, and industries include aviation, banking, health care and automotive.       Oak Square is bordered by Northwest 57 Court to the East and Northwest 59 Court to the...

Danny Nieves  Board Vice President, Main Street Players Board,  Aventura     “Thanksgiving, I’m going to spend it with my nuclear family, my mom, my sisters and my dad,” Danny Nieves said. “During Christmas and the New Year, I’m going to L.A. to visit a buddy of mine who lives out there. This is the first year since 2019 that I’m traveling during the...

      A caller woke Reny Gonzalez at 3:30 a.m. with bad news: There had been a fire at his Latin American Grill in Miami Lakes.      “Part of the kitchen, the cook line, is destroyed,” Gonzalez said two days after the Nov. 19 blaze that fire inspectors told him started in the fryer.       The fire scarred the inside of the property, displaced his 40-member staff and left...

    Corporate Courts is a commerce center on the east side of Miami Lakes, along Northwest 151st Street near Northwest 59th Court.       Numerous businesses and a variety of industries are based at the yellow office park with green trim and awnings.       The complex was built in 1974 and renovated in 1986, according to the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s...