Cypress Village Shopping Center Beverly Hills Café 7312 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-558-8201. Indoor/ outdoor dining, take-out, delivery, UberEats. Cruzeiro Brazilian Steakhouse 7419 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-363-5247, Indoor/outdoor dining, take-out. Diced 7425 Miami Lakes Drive, 305-961-1032 Indoor dining, take-out, UberEats, Postmates, DoorDash 305-961-1032 Dr. Limon 7341 Miami Lakes Drive,...

Vaccinations Miami Lakes -- Royal Oaks Park, 16500 NW 87th Ave., walk-up site on April 15, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; April 16, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; April 18, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Florida Division of Emergency Management will offer Johnson & Johnson vaccines, up to 400 shots per day. For questions call 305-364-6100. Check with these government, retail and hospital sites about the availability of vaccines and...

The Miami Lakes Farmers Market resumes operations on Saturday, April 17, in a new location and with extended hours. Before the coronavirus pandemic began, the market was held for a half day on Saturdays in Picnic Park West. Now vendors will set up along New Barn Road, between Main Street and Northwest 67th Avenue in Miami Lakes. Scheduled to be open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be plenty of parking available for...

Mater Academy Charter High School coach Eric Rodriguez is Miami Dade Basketball LLC’s 2021 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. Rodriguez, 33, assumed leadership of the team after his father, Lions coach Marcos Antonio “Shakey” Rodriguez, died from a brain aneurysm on Nov. 4, 2020, at age 67. The younger Rodriguez coached Mater Academy to its first-ever state championship game in Lakeland on March 6. They tried to win...

Meet Pete! He is a 4.5-year-old Terrier mix who was a puppy when he was found roaming the Redland area in southwest Miami-Dade County. The Garcia family in Miami Lakes gave him a home. “He was the perfect fit,” said Michelle Rojas Garcia. “He’s been with us ever since.”
Pete shares the family’s household in the Loch Lomond East community with Rojas Garcia’s husband, Alexander Garcia, and...