{"id":288528,"date":"2026-05-29T04:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288528\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:51:20","slug":"restaurants-in-north-miami-west-palm-earn-michelin-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288528\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants in North Miami, West Palm earn Michelin stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chef<\/p>\n

Chef Osmel Gonz\u00e1lez, formerly of the Michelin-starred EntreNos in Miami Shores, at Emelina restaurant in West Palm Beach, which was awarded a Michelin star.<\/p>\n

Two South Florida restaurants \u2014 a kosher restaurant in a North Miami strip mall and a 16-seat counter in West Palm Beach that aims to reimagine classic Cuban cuisine as fine dining \u2014 earned Michelin stars on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mutra, an Israeli spot on 123rd Street from Israeli-born chef and owner Raz Shabtai, a veteran of kitchens from Tel Aviv and New York, was the surprising (yet deserving) choice for Miami-Dade\u2019s only new Michelin star. It\u2019s the only kosher restaurant in the world to earn a star from the internationally famous guide.<\/p>\n

The restaurant, which opened in February 2025 and is closed on Fridays and Saturdays in honor of the Sabbath, reinvents classic kosher cuisine with rich flavors and a fierce farm-to-table mentality. The service is attentive and friendly, especially at the lively counter seating where the other guests encourage you to try, well, everything you can get your hands on.<\/p>\n

Shabtai doesn\u2019t view cooking kosher as an obstacle to great cuisine.<\/p>\n

\u201cA cook thinks: How can I break the boundaries? How do I turn it into something beautiful when I can\u2019t cook it the usual way?\u201d he told the Miami Herald last year. \u201cCooking kosher, you need to explore, and you learn a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Chef Chef and owner Raz Shabtai at the counter at Mutra, his kosher Israeli restaurant. <\/p>\n

Also earning its first star was Emelina in West Palm Beach, the brainchild of restaurateur Alvaro Perez Miranda and Cuban-born chef Osmel Gonzalez and his wife Camila Salazar. It opened earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Both Gonzalez and Perez Miranda have previous Michelin experience: Gonzalez was chef and co-founder of the Michelin-starred EntreNos, which closed in 2025<\/a>, while Perez Miranda is the owner of the Japanese omakase spot Ogawa in Little River (he also owns two other Japanese concepts, Hiyakawa and Midorie).<\/p>\n

Gonzalez doesn\u2019t look at his menu as a reinvention but an extension of the cuisine he grew up with in Havana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe food hasn\u2019t been able to evolve, because Cubans were never able to travel or study abroad, to taste other countries\u2019 food and have freedom to bring those influences back to our own country,\u201d he told the Miami Herald earlier this year. \u201cSo here, we are using familiar flavors in more modern ways. We\u2019re not trying to reinvent Cuban food \u2014 we just use flavors we know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Alvaro Alvaro Perez Miranda with husband-and-wife chefs Osmel Gonzalez and Camila Salazar at Emelina, their Cuban restaurant in West Palm Beach. Emelina was just awarded a Michelin star. Alejandro Chavarria Arias – alejocphoto Michelin expands across Florida<\/p>\n

This was the first year the Michelin Guide has expanded to include all of Florida, which didn\u2019t translate into many stars, though many restaurants around the state were added to the guide\u2019s Recommended list, including Bistro Ocho in Little Havana; Eylu Omakase in Coral Gables and Mano Libera in Miami.<\/p>\n

Several local restaurants were also named as Bib Gourmands, a designation that indicates great food served at more budget-friendly prices: the Peruvian spot Barra Callao in North Miami; Ecuadorian restaurant Cotoa, which was upgraded from last year\u2019s designation as a Recommended restaurant; the funky Double Luck Chinese restaurant on 79th Street Causeway and To Be Determined, both in Miami. Also making the Bib Gourmand list is Moondog Cafe & Bakery in Key West.<\/p>\n

The Michelin Guide first arrived in Florida in 2022, targeting Miami, Orlando and Tampa and bestowing stars on 11 Miami restaurants. At least one Miami restaurant has earned a star each year since, although last year\u2019s winner Itamae Ao closed<\/a> several months later.<\/p>\n

\"Ecuadorian Ecuadorian chef Alejandra Espinoza at her restaurant Cotoa, which started in downtown food hall and was just named a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand. <\/p>\n

Last year, the guide added Fort Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches<\/a> and offered stars to the Chef\u2019s Counter at MAASS at the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale and Konro in West Palm Beach. Konro was stripped of its star<\/a> after its chef was charged with domestic battery and closed; Emelina has opened in its former location.<\/p>\n

All 13 Michelin-starred Miami restaurants retained their stars: Ariete in Coconut Grove; Boia De in Little River; Cote in the Design District; Elcielo in Miami; Hiden in Wynwood; Le Jardinier in the Design District; Los Felix in Coconut Grove; Ogawa in Little River; Shingo in Coral Gables; Stubborn Seed in Miami Beach; Tambourine Room by Tristan Brandt in Miami Beach; The Surf Club Restaurant in Surfside and L\u2019Atelier de Jo\u00ebl Robuchon in the Design District, Miami\u2019s only two-star restaurant<\/p>\n

All of the previous Bib Gourmands in Miami-Dade retained their distinction: Bachour; Chug\u2019s Diner; El Turco; Ghee Indian Kitchen; Hometown BBQ; La Natural; Lucali; Mandolin Aegean Bistro; Michael\u2019s Genuine; Phuc Yea; Sanguich; Tam Tam; Tinta y Cafe; and Zitz Sum.<\/p>\n

\"Chef Chef Adrian Ochoa passes the long mirrored wall at Double Luck Chinese restaurant, which was named as a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n

This story was originally published May 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM.<\/p>\n

Connie Ogle loves wine, books and the Miami Heat. Please don\u2019t make her eat a mango.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chef Osmel Gonz\u00e1lez, formerly of the Michelin-starred EntreNos in Miami Shores, at Emelina restaurant in West Palm Beach,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-288528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}