For a healthy lunch or after a long day at work when in need of reliably good, fresh food from a friendly place that was close to home, Miami Lakers would turn to Beverly Hills Café. But after more than four decades in town, the institution -- famous for its honey yeast rolls, homemade salad dressings and a menu with seemingly something for everyone -- closed for good Monday. “Dear our loved and loyal customers,” a...

         Andrea Graham Rechichi chairs the Town of Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee. She is a member of the fourth generation of the Graham family, which developed the town.  Graham Rechichi is vice president of corporate relations for The Graham Companies, is married and has two young children. Q: Where are you from and what is your background? A: I was born and raised in Miami Lakes. I went...

    Miami Lakers who have a craving for P.F. Chang’s Asian fusion cuisine will no longer need to drive to the chain’s restaurants at the Dolphin Mall; in North Miami Beach or Brickell or even to the Sawgrass Mills Mall.      On July 20, the company plans to open a P.F. Chang’s To Go at the Crescent Pointe building, 15121 NW 67th Ave.  The To Go stores serve much of the same menu...

     Joshua Hertz’s newspaper ad is memorable: The personal injury attorney wields a large gavel while in his penthouse office at Governor’s Square in Miami Lakes.       Hertz has been advertising in The Miami Laker community newspaper for about five years.       “I think it’s helped my business, to show [readers] that I’m from Miami Lakes,”...

     This is the third story in an ongoing series on the Upper East Side neighborhood.     Traveling south through Miami Lakes’ upper east side neighborhood, there are several blocks of relatively new office spaces and two sets of warehouses. The businesses along Northwest 59 Avenue near Northwest 164 Street have views of Lake Ruth.       The mix of companies include Educational...