{"id":289930,"date":"2026-05-30T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289930\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:34:10","slug":"shingo-restaurant-team-opens-stand-cafe-in-coral-gables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289930\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingo restaurant team opens Stand cafe in Coral Gables"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The counter and seats at Stand, a Japanese caf\u00e9 in Coral Gables from the team at the Michelin-starred Shingo.<\/p>\n

Salar Creative<\/p>\n

The team behind the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Coral Gables is opening a new caf\u00e9 on Miracle Mile.<\/p>\n

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

Motai said that creating Stand, which has 24 seats and opens June 4, was a \u201cfull-circle moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\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

\"Chef Chef Shingo Akikuni and partner Kenzie Motai of Shingo at their new Stand caf\u00e9 in Coral Gables. Salar Creative <\/p>\n

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

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

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

\"Matcha Matcha and a chicken katsu sando at Stand in Coral Gables. <\/p>\n

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

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

\"Simple Simple seating at Stand in Coral Gables. Salar Creative Stand<\/p>\n

Where: 98 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables<\/p>\n

Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily<\/p>\n

Opening: June 4<\/p>\n

More information: standstandstand.com<\/a><\/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":"The counter and seats at Stand, a Japanese caf\u00e9 in Coral Gables from the team at the Michelin-starred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-289930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289930","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=289930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}