🌱 South Beach Wine & Food Festival + NFT Restaurant Coming To Miami

Hey, neighbors! Carlos Hernandez here with the Wednesday issue of the Miami Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with a shower or two. High: 76 Low: 73.

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Here are the top five stories in Miami today:

1. A woman who was working security at Studio 183 nightclub was killed and a suspect was taken into custody after a shooting outside a Miami Gardens nightclub late Sunday. The victim was identified as Charday Hannah. The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Jorel Bowman, who is expected to face a murder charge. (NBC Miami)

2. Technical issues that led to a nationwide ground stop for Spirit Airlines flights were resolved, officials with the airline said, but not without creating headaches for travelers at South Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Several travelers found themselves stranded during the outage. The IT issues came one week after the low-cost airline announced a merger with Frontier Airlines. (WSVN)

3. In January 2022, as the omicron variant ripped through Miami, the county turned a closed jail into a COVID ward, sending at least 70 people into the facility to try and isolate contagious detainees. The facility was previously shot down for use due to the facility's inability to "meet the minimal constitutional standards for inmate confinement." (CBS Miami)

4. Piyarat Potha Arreeratn, known to most as Chef Bee, is opening an NFT restaurant called Piya. A location for Piya has not been confirmed, but partner Canadian businessman Simon Librati says the restaurant will offer three different concepts in one. (Miami New Times)

5. Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF) is kicking off its 21st year on Thursday, February 24th, 2022. Guests of the four day food and wine event can still expect all of the safety protocols enacted last year, including a contactless ticketing system, temperature checks, COVID-19 sniffing dogs, capacity restrictions, cleaning, sanitization, limiting physical contact, masking requirements, and one-way traffic flow inside the events. (Eater Miami)

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Today in Miami:

• Grown Folks Films: Black History Month Movie at Little River Branch. (12:00 PM)
• Let's Get Crafty at Miami Beach Regional Library (4:00 PM)
• Video Gaming Wednesdays at West Flagler Branch. (4:30 PM)
• Vizcaya Virtual Town Hall | ZOOM at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. (6:00 PM)
• Conversations at MOCA: Strange Victory at Museum of Contemporary Art. (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Superintendent Jose L. Dotres spent his first day interacting with students and connecting with employees as he visited M.A. Milam K-8 Center, where he began his career as an administrator. (Facebook)
• Anquan Brown is a graduate of Miami Northwestern Senior High School's Class of 2004 and an inductee of the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project. Brown is now the Chief of Pharmacy Services with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at the second-largest healthcare system in the North Texas area. (Facebook)
• Last week, Polish Senate speaker Tomasz Grodzki discussed business partnerships between Poland and the U.S. during his visit to Miami. Among the Miami participants were the Greater Miami Chamber's Roberto Munoz, Rick Beasley, Alfred Sanchez, Hernando Gomez, Alejandra Collarte and Liane Ventura. In the near future, Poland will be attempting to open a trade office in Miami. (Facebook)
• Join Arts & Business Council of Miami for Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality. A celebration of the resurgence of the arts and the rebound of cultural tourism on Thursday, March 24th at 8 a.m. at the Intercontinental Miami. (Facebook)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.