Why are there so many New York restaurants in Miami?
Rebecca Wallwork, CNN • Published 24th August 2017, http://www.cnn.com/travel/arti...-in-miami/index.html
(CNN) — Miami's food scene may conjure images of stone crabs, croquetas and tostada Cubanas, but these days the New York influence is just as heavy.
Foodies will find an abundance of familiar outposts of restaurants already popular in other American cities, but particularly the Big Apple.
It started in 1995, in what locals refer to as the "Madonna era" of South Beach, with the opening of The China Grill. The spin-off of the glitzy New York restaurant was just as star-studded in Miami, drawing crowds for 17 years before closing in 2012.