CLIENT NEWS: Hospitality Tracker: Philippe Chow plans South Beach location
July 25, 2023New York-based Philippe Chow hopes to occupy the coveted restaurant space at One Ocean South Beach, according to site plans submitted to the city of Miami Beach.
The eatery would offer its Beijing-inspired cuisine in the entire ground-floor space at the condominium in the heart of the South of Fifth neighborhood. The building is owned by Los Angeles-based Black Lion Investment Group.
Founded by its namesake chef, the first Philippe Chow restaurant opened in Manhattan in 2005. In 2019, a second New York outpost opened in the Meatpacking District.
The proposal for the Miami Beach location will go before the city’s Planning Board on July 25.
If approved, the restaurant will occupy 13,500 square feet on the corner of South Pointe Drive and Ocean Drive. Black Lion Investment Group, led by President Robert Rivani, paid $12 million for the One Ocean space in November.
The applicant proposes a total of 329 seats, including 224 in the main dining room and 105 outdoors along South Pointe Drive and Ocean Drive, according to the application.
Philippe Chow is requesting that the interior dining room operate until 2 a.m., and the exterior seating be open until midnight. The applicant intends to be open for lunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Notably, no seating is proposed for the existing covered terrace on the north side of the property, between the commercial units and the residential tower. Instead, the terrace would be enclosed and converted into kitchen space. Residents of One Ocean support that plan, rather than using it as exterior seating associated with the commercial units, according to the developer’s letter of intent.
Attorneys Michael Larkin and Nicholas Rodriguez-Caballero, who represent the applicant, did not respond to request for comment. Kobi Karp Architecture designed the project.
Phillipe Chow, through a franchiser, previously had restaurants in Boca Raton and Miami Beach, but they were closed due to a Chapter 7 case in 2013.
New York-based Philippe Chow hopes to occupy the coveted restaurant space at One Ocean South Beach, according to site plans submitted to the city of Miami Beach.
The eatery would offer its Beijing-inspired cuisine in the entire ground-floor space at the condominium in the heart of the South of Fifth neighborhood. The building is owned by Los Angeles-based Black Lion Investment Group.
Founded by its namesake chef, the first Philippe Chow restaurant opened in Manhattan in 2005. In 2019, a second New York outpost opened in the Meatpacking District.
The proposal for the Miami Beach location will go before the city’s Planning Board on July 25.
If approved, the restaurant will occupy 13,500 square feet on the corner of South Pointe Drive and Ocean Drive. Black Lion Investment Group, led by President Robert Rivani, paid $12 million for the One Ocean space in November.
The applicant proposes a total of 329 seats, including 224 in the main dining room and 105 outdoors along South Pointe Drive and Ocean Drive, according to the application.
Philippe Chow is requesting that the interior dining room operate until 2 a.m., and the exterior seating be open until midnight. The applicant intends to be open for lunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Notably, no seating is proposed for the existing covered terrace on the north side of the property, between the commercial units and the residential tower. Instead, the terrace would be enclosed and converted into kitchen space. Residents of One Ocean support that plan, rather than using it as exterior seating associated with the commercial units, according to the developer’s letter of intent.
Attorneys Michael Larkin and Nicholas Rodriguez-Caballero, who represent the applicant, did not respond to request for comment. Kobi Karp Architecture designed the project.
Phillipe Chow, through a franchiser, previously had restaurants in Boca Raton and Miami Beach, but they were closed due to a Chapter 7 case in 2013.
Korean barbecue coming to Broward
Galbi Korean Steakhouse & Sushi is set to make its South Florida debut next summer.
The restaurant signed a 10-year lease for the 3,300-square-foot ground-floor space at Hyde Beach House, at 4010 S. Ocean Drive in Hollywood. It’s owned by Sotherly Hotels.
Simon Chen is the founder and owner of Galbi. Its flagship Korean barbecue restaurant is in Westport, Connecticut. Hollywood will be the company’s second location. The eatery will have 35 employees and accommodate over 150 patrons.
Lee & Associates South Florida represented Galbi and Apex Capital Realty represented the landlord in the lease transaction.
