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Time Out
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This 'Top Chef' alum is opening an Indian rum bar and restaurant in Miami this summer
Summer is heating up in Miami, and your list of must-visit new restaurants just got longer: Las' Lap Miami, helmed by award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi, is scheduled to open in The Daydrift hotel in South Beach on June 10—and we are already salivating. This will be the West Indian restaurant and rum bar's second location in the U.S. The first one debuted in New York City back in 2018 and still stands strong. There will be plenty of vibes to choose from at Las' Lap Miami. Picture yourself sipping something tropical on a velvet banquette in a moody, plum-colored room accented with botanical wallpaper? There's an area that looks just like that. Prefer the outdoors? Head to the patio to watch the boats pass on the canal or get the evening going on the rooftop jungle bar. Onwuachi will oversee the menu, putting a West Indian spin on the Las' Lap format. "It's been a successful formula in New York, and Miami feels like the natural next step," Onwuachi told the Miami New Times. "With my grandfather being from Trinidad, this partnership felt like the perfect way to contribute to Las' Lap's story and be part of Miami's already dynamic culture." Las' Lap Miami is the latest project for the celebrated chef who shows no signs of slowing down. In April alone, Onwuachi was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025 by Time and his eatery Dōgon in Washington, D.C. appeared on Condé Nast Traveler 's 2025 Hot List as one of the world's best new restaurants. After competing on Top Chef season 13 in California back in 2015, Onwuachi served as a guest judge on the show. In 2019, he was named the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the year. In addition to Dōgon's recent accolade, his restaurant Tatiana was named New York City's top restaurant by New York Times in 2024. Onwuachi also found the time to write a cookbook, My America, and a memoir that is set to be adapted into a movie, Notes from a Young Black Chef. Did we mention that he serves as the executive producer for Food & Wine?
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
L.A. Woman: Alahna Jade Shares her Vision for her Hollywood Hotspot, Linden
Lately, there's been an exciting emergence of Black-owned hospitality ventures in L.A. — with Linden leading the Jade and her fiancé, Sterling 'Steelo' Brim — best known for his longtime role as host of MTV comedy clip staple Ridiculousness — joined forces with New York restaurateurs Vincent Bryant and Scott Williams (behind the Lower East Side's Las' Lap) to create this inviting and effortlessly cool new food destination in the heart of Hollywood that evokes the culture and backgrounds of its owners.'Being Black and being in Hollywood, there's a lot of spaces that are welcoming of us but don't necessarily put us at the forefront,' Jade says. 'I think being able to create a space for people who look like us in that location … there's a different sort of love that you get. It was important for us to create this space because the Black dollar is big, and it goes a long way, and being able to regenerate that back into our community is really important to us.' Also meaningful to Jade and her partners is helping fellow Angelenos when they can. Linden donated $20,000 to the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund in Los Angeles as well as 20 percent of their January proceeds to the cause — which surely made an impact, because the place is visibly packed every night. And for good by New York's multicultural Linden Boulevard, Costa Rican and African-American chef Jonathan Harris' dishes nod to soul food and the Caribbean yet taste universal and innovative. His creations — from crispy duck fat fries and fried chicken to the perfect burger smothered in garlic lemon aioli — are rich in flavor, and portions are input into the space has been significant. She says her partners sought her opinion on everything, from the (Black) art on the walls to the choices of decor and the vibe in the main room and adjacent speakeasy called Dot. The Montana native, who began working in food when she was younger and later shifted to marketing and PR, knows how to garner attention and create excitement for the restaurant — which delivers on the buzz. 'It's been a team effort, but I definitely took lead on decor and things they felt needed a woman's touch,' she says. 'I'm really grateful to my fiancé, because I think that was something that he was really passionate about — not being another all-male-led business. He really gave me that platform and believed in me.'And she knows how rare that is: 'There's not a lot of women in hospitality and I don't think women get a lot of opportunities,' Jade says. 'So I am really blessed.' "The Black dollar is big, and it goes a long way, and being able to regenerate that back into our community is really important to us.'
