The three-story mural of a Puerto Rican flag in the historic MiMo District continues to draw controversy. Jennifer King jking@miamiherald.com From the moment a three-story mural of the Puerto Rican ...

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 ...

A little girl wandered between tables. A couple held hands across a two-top. Cee-Lo sang from the radio at La Placita, the Colombian restaurant nestled in a corner of a Hollywood strip mall. and ...

Aug. 6—When Michelle La Meres saw that the historic Casa de Armijo was up for sale this January, she knew she was meant to have it. "I just knew I had to keep it a restaurant," La Meres said. The ...

When one door closes, another—albeit a more delicious one—opens. Such is the case for La Placita, chef José Mendín’s Puerto Rican restaurant on Biscayne Boulevard (the one with the giant flag on its ...

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, ...