Able and Baker & A and B Food & Co. Grand Opening

Photography by Loamis Rodriguez on March 14th, 2016 in Lifestyle

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Miami, FL – March 10, 2016 – Miamians officially have something new to dabble in to as last week marked as the grand opening for Able and Baker & A and B Food & Co.. Located in the heart of South Beach, the bar, lounge, and restaurant are named after the first two monkeys to fly a successful U.S. mission to space in 1959. Able and Baker and A and B Food & Co. are a constellation of Miami and New York’s biggest names in nightlife and hospitality, curated by none other than nightlife trailblazer and Miami native Tatanka Guerrero (Orange Blossom, Sweetwater, Beer Garden, Radio Bar), in collaboration with business partner Luiz Fleury. Guerrero and Fleury have partnered with restaurateurs John McCarthy and Ryan Tate from The Crimson Sparrow in Hudson, NY to create A and B Food & Co., a kaiseki-style Japanese restaurant located within Able and Baker. The quest is to make the bar, lounge and restaurant an approachable, yet refined venue, catering to the local market with an emphasis on great service.

When entering Able and Baker you will find a hidden speakeasy. While most of us think of a speakeasy, it’s more like a hidden lounge in the rear of the space, but at Able and Baker you will find the exact opposite. Guerrero, light years ahead, has flipped the concept and carefully crafted the eclectic space to be a lounge and bar in the front, with A and B Food & Co. as a hidden restaurant in the rear of the space. The location creates an intimacy not found in Miami and at the same time provides a high energy atmosphere, resulting in a space that will offer an exceptional level of service to each guest and make for a special dining experience. The chefs have also developed a casual a la carte menu for Able and Baker, the bar and lounge space that adjoins the restaurant. The a la carte menu will include innovative dishes based on Japanese izakaya dining. Featured on the a la carte menu will be, among other things, A and B Food & Co.’s signature izakaya fried chicken with sesame mayo and a variety of innovative seafood dishes. To truly experience the a la carte offerings, A and B Food & Co. will be providing the ultimate happy hour menu inside The Happy Room.

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