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In side this seemingly
humble restaurant and market is a dining and shopping
experience that reflects the owner's taste for
fine food, wine and wonderful intimacy.
Proprietor Steven Perricone's vision for the
restaurant and marketplace was a home built in
the early 1900's on this site. His wish to convey
old world charm and warmth was found in the wooden
walls and floors of the old house.
During renovations however, a non-supporting
wall was removed and the roof which held a cistern
collapsed, rendering the building unusable. Undaunted,
Steven went to Vermont in search of and found
a well preserved wooden barn (circa 1700) that
held within it's walls the geniality that was
destroyed in the old home. Piece by piece the
barn was taken apart and brought to Miami so that
the hand hewn beams, walls and flooring would
grace the restaurant and marketplace, while also
complementing the natural environment of the park
and trees surrounding it.
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