Well-known businessman Gerardo Seferlis, owner of Gerardo’s Marketplace in Miami Lakes, died Thursday after a long illness. Seferlis embodied the immigrant success story after arriving in the U.S. in 1984 from Panama to attend college and study computers, according to a 1998 profile in The Miami Herald. To Miami Lakers, Seferlis was known to be honest, warm and friendly. Many of his customers became like family after they visited...

Cypress Village Shopping Center Beverly Hills Cafe, 7312 Miami Lakes Drive 305-558-8201  Thebeverlyhillscafe.com  Indoor/outdoor dining; take-out; delivery; UberEats. CRUZEIRO Brazilian Steakhouse, 7419 Miami Lakes Dr. 305-363-5247  Order from cruzeirosteakhouse.net Indoor/outdoor dining. DiCED, 7425 Miami Lakes Drive 305-961-1032 Dicedfood.com  Indoor dining;...

    At the western edge of Miami Lakes Business Park West where Commerce Way meets Northwest 82 Avenue, a set of two-story office and warehouse bays known as Crown Park at Miami Lakes, and another set of warehouses anchor the corner.      The complexes are home to a varied group of companies such as Prestige Windows & Doors; Andy’s Police Supply and shooting range; Airbag Center which provides...

    White tablecloths, red roses and a wine cellar stocked with about 1,000 bottles at La Strega Cucina Italiana & Steakhouse may suggest the upscale Miami Lakes restaurant caters to a mature crowd.       But owner Milena Salazar lights up as she talks about some of her more diminutive diners, and says children are welcome, too.       Salazar is not worried about kids marking...

For 37 years, Patricia Gonzalez has provided her Miami Lakes neighbors with help when it comes to buying and selling their homes.      Gonzalez is the president and chief executive officer of Hemisphere Title Company, located in the Villaggio in the Lakes Plaza at 5801 NW 151st St., Suite 100 in Miami Lakes.       The company primarily represents home buyers by making sure a property is...