After four years, this food hall in Miami Beach is suddenly closing its doors

Connie Ogle
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Time Out Market Miami, the food hall that brought high hopes and chef-driven cuisine to the masses on Miami Beach, has announced that it is closing.

The food hall on Drexel Avenue was home to 21 vendors, including Pho Mo (from the creators of Phuc Yea); Pizzella; Chick’N Jones from Amaris Jones, now chef-at-large at Red Rooster Overtown; 33 Kitchen; La Santa Taqueira; and Lur from Basque chef Aitor Garate Berasaluze.

Time Out Market offered no explanation for the closing. In a statement, Sandy Hayek, co-CEO of operations, thanked the team that ran the market and the chefs and restaurateurs who worked at the market.

“As we expand globally, we are very sad that our time in Miami Beach is now coming to an end,” she said. “We have loved having a Time Out Market here — Miami is a fantastic city, with an excellent food and cultural scene.”

The statement also said that Time Out Market, which has six existing sites, will continue to expand in other cities, with eight new sites scheduled to open between 2023 and 2027. The first Market opened in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2014.

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George Karayannis picks up his food order from Chick’n Jones at Time Out Market Miami. The food hall is shutting down at the end of June.
George Karayannis picks up his food order from Chick’n Jones at Time Out Market Miami. The food hall is shutting down at the end of June.

The market, which opened in Miami Beach in 2019, featured popular upscale vendors like Giorgio Rapicavoli (Luca Osteria and Eating House); Jeremy Ford (Stubborn Seed) and Norman van Aken. There was an outpost of Wynwood’s beloved Coyo Taco and Little Havana’s Azucar ice cream shop, plus an outpost of Kush that served the brand’s famous hamburgers.

After being closed for almost a year during the COVID pandemic in 2020, the food hall reopened with new vendors in 2021.

One of those new vendors, Chef Larry Galper of Pizzella, told the Miami Herald last year that being part of Time Out Market Miami had been good for growing his business.

“The exposure, and the space is gorgeous, and it’s great to join a group of local chefs and food concepts who all have kind of similar stories,” he said. “They started as hustles out of home kitchens in smaller capacities that grew and grew . . . We’re learning a lot about each other. We do what chefs love to do — feed each other — and it’s cool.”

Time Out Market’s last day will be June 30, according to a media representative.

Bartender Susan Mendez prepares a drink at Time Out Market Miami in Miami Beach.
Bartender Susan Mendez prepares a drink at Time Out Market Miami in Miami Beach.

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