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TAO COMING TO MIAMI
Tao Restaurant expanding to Miami Beach
Hypothetical. You own and operate the most successful restaurant and
nightclub in the United States. Your New York City flagship is wildly
popular with expense accounters and celebs. Your brand has broken
through to become a hospitality institution. What is left for your to
do? Head to Miami of course. That's what the folks at Tao are planning
to do.
TAO,
originally of New York City, and more recently of Las Vegas, is
expanding to Miami Beach. TAO, the highest grossing restaurant in
America, has apparently found a cavernous space on Lincoln Road.
Global Domination is sure to ensue:
If you stand on the corner of Miami Beach's Lincoln Road and Drexel
Avenue and look to the southeast, you can still see the structure that
housed the screen of one of the finest movie theaters in the country,
the Beach Theatre. It's been decades since this movie palace ran its
last feature, but now a new vibe is coming to 420 Lincoln Road in the
form of the ritzy TAO Restaurant & Lounge.
Design work for the new 200-seat TAO Restaurant & Lounge is being
completed by one of Miami's premier firms, Kobi Karp Architecture &
Interior Design, which commands an impressive roster of commercial
mixed-use, residential multi-family and interior design projects
including the W Hotel, The Strand, Starwood Diplomat West and
Paramount Bay.
According to sources a lease has already been signed. we'll keep you
updated.
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by
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