Going back to their roots
The Coconut Grove Flower Shop has moved from 3112 Commodore Plaza (above) across the street to 3137 Commodore Plaza (below). The cool thing is that the new location is really their old location. They opened there in the 1940's! Talk about going back to your roots -- roots, flower shop, get it?
Apparently they are going to be knocking down the 3112 Commodore Plaza site to build a four story building, I think something like this below, because it's the same owner.
My next door neighbor Constance Steen owned the flower shop for many years before the current owners.
posted by Tom Falco at 8:16 AM
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Oh great another big building with no parking. What does that do to Miami Monthly - they have space in that complex?
It actually has a parking garage underneath it on the 1st floor and the basement. I have no idea if they will do the same for the new one though.
I guess we are in for some dusty and messy construction on Commodore - maybe Greenstreets will hand out dust masks with their Mojitos.
Actually it is not the same owner. The building where the Flower shop was located, and which houses Miami Monthly in the back, is owned by MM publisher's husband, so if they are building the MM is not getting displaced, except perhaps temporarily.
The building next door (you pictured) has an entirely different owner. It houses the Arts & Minds Center which is a Charter High School focused on the arts, along with the Abanico Theatre, Al Fresco, which is not a guy, but a wonderful Italian restaurant (which is actually the school's cafeteria by day) and has a fabulous open air terrace with videos playing on the big wall at night to go with the delicious and modestly priced food, which includes great brick oven baked bread and pizza. If it gets too hot or it is raining they have a charming dining room as well.
Abanico Theatre has wonderful Spanish theatrical productions, but it is not exclusively Spanish. Culture in the City regularly meets there, and the Chamber has teamed up with AF to do Dinner & a Movie -- movies featuring food and dinners that sort of match the food in the movie). There is also a korean Nail parlor (like the ones in NYC) the Fashionista consignment shop and a hair salon.
If the former Flower shop site is actually renovated- it would be great to have the same courtyard style- which the actually have now, it could house Miami Monthly and perhaps someone could bring back the old Kaleidoscope. This, combined with the new restaurants, the new jewelry store and the new bread and coffee and the old favorites such as Greenstreest's and Mr. Moe, would make Commodore quite a lively happening place again, and maybe Christabelle's could actually survive! (saw a lot of activity there this Friday evening).
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