There will be zero doubt about the sort of food you’ll find inside José Mendín’s new restaurant in Miami’s MiMo district. A massive Puerto Rican flag mural will cover the former Balans building at ...

A massive, three-story mural of the Puerto Rican flag, created to highlight a new Miami restaurant, remains painted in controversy. The owners of La Placita restaurant, a joint passion project between ...

La Placita’s partners lost round one in the fight to preserve the restaurant’s now-famous Puerto Rican flag mural. The MiMo District restaurant, a partnership between chef Jose Mendin and TV ...

Controversy is on the menu again at La Placita restaurant in the MiMo District of Miami. The city has yet again ordered the restaurant to paint over their mural of the Puerto Rican flag. José Mendín, ...

The quest for a new food holiday began simply enough: José Mendín wanted to partner with the Puerto Rican rum brand Don Q for a celebration of mofongo and cocktails at his restaurant, La Placita.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chef Jose Mendin’s La Placita is a love letter to Puerto Rico. “Puerto Rican food has never been thought of like other cuisines,” ...