As Oak Lane curves toward Commerce Parkway in Miami Lakes Business Park West, drivers are met with the BankUnited campus and its five buildings that comprise the bank’s national headquarters.      The area stretching from Northwest 79th Court to Northwest 148th Street also includes Miami Lakes KinderCare; Alorica, a call center for business solutions and a Miami-Dade County Department of...

     The TD Ready Challenge awarded a $1 million grant to The Education Fund, a non-profit in Miami Lakes which supports public school teachers and students in Miami-Dade County.      The Education Fund said it will put the money toward creating a new math curriculum to be taught at 51 elementary schools in the county that use food forests and gardens to teach science and provide vegetables to students and...

      Miami Lakes Business Park West is home to quite a few notable companies.        As you travel south along Northwest 79th Court/Bob Graham Parkway from Miami Lakes Drive, Parkside Corporate Center is on the west side. It has four buildings that are southeast of the Park Centre Shops and is next to Veterans Park, where office workers go for lunch.       At the very end of the...

     “Besame Mucho” is the title of a beloved song, a plea by the singer to ‘kiss me a lot.’  That’s what we’re calling this cocktail. If you serve it to your favorite person, maybe you’ll be rewarded with a kiss. Amanda Ali, a bartender at ML Steaks + Sports, created it for Valentine’s Day. In a tall shaker combine: 2 oz. of your favorite vodka 1 oz. Lychee...

     It’s a new place, “For Locals, By Locals.” And it’s a slogan the owners of The Garrison Taproom & Billiards pride themselves on.       Husband and wife team Alex and Sue Perez opened the bar -- which sells more than 100 brands of craft beer, wine, seltzer, and cider -- on Main Street in early January.       The couple are Miami Lakers who love beer...