Fall is when Miami's openings pick up again. This is our running list of the new restaurants, bars, shops, galleries and homes The Miami Lookout® covered this month. Each entry links to our full story with hours, prices and booking details. Dates marked "Opened" have been confirmed; other dates are the ones announced when we reported them, so check with the venue before you go.

Restaurants and bars

Bazaar Meat by José Andrés

Neighborhood:
Mid-Beach, Miami Beach
Opening date:
Opened Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026
Address:
Andaz Miami Beach Resort and Spa, 4041 Collins Ave.

José Andrés's open-fire steakhouse brings the Bazaar back to Miami Beach three years after the original closed in South Beach, with two prepaid tasting menus at $195 and $265 per person.

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A Pasta Bar

Neighborhood:
Sunset Harbour, Miami Beach
Opening date:
Scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 [confirm]
Address:
1784 West Avenue (former Sushi Garage space)

New York's A Pasta Bar brings handmade pasta, an open kitchen with a chef's counter, seafood and a wood-fired grill to its second location, open daily 5–11 p.m.

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Little River Distillery

Neighborhood:
Little River
Opening date:
Grand opening listed for Oct. 16, 2026 (per Time Out, as cited in our story)
Address:
73 NW 71st Street, Miami, FL 33150

A working rum distillery with 90-minute tours from $45, seated tastings from $35 and a hidden bar pouring house rum cocktails.

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Shops

Barnes & Noble Midtown

Neighborhood:
Midtown
Opening date:
Opened Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026
Address:
3201 North Miami Avenue, Suite 111, Collection at Midtown Miami (former West Elm space)

The new bookstore adds books, toys, vinyl, gifts and a full Barnes & Noble Café, with author L.J. Shen at the opening-day ribbon cutting.

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Art

Goldman Global Arts Gallery: AIKO and GIZ shows

Neighborhood:
Wynwood
Opening date:
Opened Oct. 1, 2026; both shows run through Nov. 16
Address:
Wynwood Walls museum entrance, 2516 Northwest Second Avenue

The gallery's larger new home inside Wynwood Walls opens with AIKO's stencil-based "In Transit" and GIZ's subway-car installation "No Clearance."

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Homes

Courtside II

Neighborhood:
Overtown
Opening date:
Opened Oct. 9, 2026
Address:
1698 Northwest Third Avenue

A $58 million second phase with 120 income-limited one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, 30 of them set aside for Section 8, now taking applications.

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Coming next month

Lucky Cat Steak

Neighborhood:
South of Fifth, Miami Beach
Opening date:
Scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2026
Address:
119 Washington Avenue, Suite 100, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Gordon Ramsay turns the former Lucky Cat into a 152-seat steakhouse with Japanese and Korean flavors and a late-night lounge.

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