Stories with 'neighborhood' tag

What are your questions about Miami Gardens?

Got questions about Miami Gardens? Submit them and we’ll dig for the answers.

/ January 13, 2020

Spotlight on Hialeah

Want to learn more about Hialeah? We’ve got you covered.

/ December 10, 2019

What are your questions about Allapattah?

Got questions about Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood? Submit them and we’ll dig for the answers.

/ September 3, 2019

Spotlight on North Miami

Want to learn more about North Miami? We’ve got you covered.

/ August 8, 2019

How did the city of North Miami get such a straightforward name? We’ve got the answer

A reader asked us why North Miami has such an unimaginative name so we decided to figure out why.

/ July 22, 2019

What are your questions about North Miami?

Got questions about North Miami? Submit them and we’ll dig for the answers.

/ July 9, 2019

Neighborhood spotlight on Little Haiti

Want to learn more about Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood? We’ve got you covered.

/ July 8, 2019

The little bookstore that could — and did

Little Haiti’s Libreri Mapou has been recognized as a Haitian cultural institution by the Library of Congress, and has one of the largest collections of Haitian literature, poetry, and history books outside of Haiti. What started out as a 300-book booth from Jan Mapou’s personal library is now a bookstore with more than 7,000 titles […]

/ July 5, 2019

Meet Miami legend Serge Toussaint

Serge Toussaint is a Haitian-born artist and muralist who’s been painting storefronts and walls around the 305 since 1994. If you don’t already know him by name ($erge), you’ve definitely seen his work if you’ve ever driven through Little Haiti, Overtown, or Wynwood. It started with an illustration of a sandwich outside a “boutik” and […]

/ June 19, 2019

Flavors of the Caribbean

Sheir and Nafeeza Ali have owned and operated Little Haiti’s B&M Market and Roti Shop for over 25 years. Nafeeza’s the chef while Sheir runs the register, and the grill.  They serve Caribbean cuisine, and Nafeeza makes everything from scratch on a daily basis.   While you wait for your homemade curry, soup or roti, you […]

/ June 10, 2019