{"id":1195,"date":"2026-05-30T21:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2026-05-30T21:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:31:31","slug":"team-from-michelin-starred-restaurant-opens-new-japanese-cafe-in-coral-gables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"Team from Michelin-starred restaurant opens new Japanese caf\u00e9 in Coral Gables"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The team behind the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Coral Gables is opening a new caf\u00e9 on Miracle Mile.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1193\">If you live in a Miami high-rise, should you stay or leave before a storm arrives?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Chef Shingo Akikuni and partner Kenzie Motai, who operate the elegant omakase restaurant Shingo in the historic La Palma building, are now opening Stand, a Japanese restaurant and coffee counter.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Motai said that creating Stand, which has 24 seats and opens June 4, was a \u201cfull-circle moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStand is really a reflection of how Shingo and I grew up and the places that stay with us,\u201d he explains. \u201cSome of our earliest memories are in Japanese caf\u00e9s \u2014 quiet intentional spaces where everything from the coffee to the food to the atmosphere, felt considered. We\u2019ve been wanting to recreate that feeling in our own way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Tokyo\u2019s kissaten caf\u00e9s, Stand, like Shingo, pays homage to Japanese tradition. Running the kitchen will be chef de cuisine Lania Andrade, who most recently worked as the pastry chef at Shingo.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1191\">Florida taxpayers fund largely conservative think tank for Latin America at FIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her menu will include breakfasts featuring toast on Stand\u2019s homemade milk bread as well as a bacon-egg-cheese sandwich with a jammy egg, cheesy miso caramel and nori flakes. Coffee and matcha are a big part of the breakfast menu as well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The ever-popular Japanese sandos are also made on milk bread and made fresh every day, with choices like a double-stacked chicken katsu, wagyu filet mignon and Japanese egg salad.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 will also serve onigiri (rice balls), pizza with roasted tomatoes and mozzarella, and bento boxes that come with rice, miso soup and three sides and proteins like karaage (fried fish), salmon and thinly shaved yakiniku beef.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>For now, the restaurant will remain a breakfast and lunch destination. But later this year, most likely sometime in the fall, the Stand team plans to add an evening component, transforming the lunch spot into an evening izakaya. The dinner menu will feature small plates, with sake, wine and beer, and a different soundtrack that will shift to music more suited to nightlife.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1190\">No fouls, just furry paws at this World Cup event in Miami. See the photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Stand<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Where:<\/b> 98 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Hours:<\/b> 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Opening:<\/b> June 4<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>More information:<\/b> standstandstand.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Shingo Akikuni from Michilen starred omakase restaurant Shingo opens Japanese cafe on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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