London restaurateur Richard Caring’s Sexy Fish opened an outpost in Miami earlier this year.

The New Swampland?

Since 2020, branches of restaurants from New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and elsewhere have opened in Miami. But the bubble may be ready to pop

By Eric Barton

In 2020, when most of America’s major cities banned indoor dining and forced restaurants to operate on a takeout-only basis or set up sidewalk sheds, husband-and-wife restaurateurs Gregory Galy and Marine Giron-Galy opened Mila in Miami Beach.

After moving from Los Angeles in 2018, they spent $15 million on the three-story concept, which includes an Asian-Mediterranean-fusion restaurant, a lounge, an omakase counter, a rooftop bar, and a members-only section for those who find V.I.P. bottle service insufficiently exclusive.