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Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices To $109 As World Cup Crowds Fade

Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices to $109 as World Cup Crowds Fade

More than 30 spas across Miami-Dade County cut their treatment menus to fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026, as hotels try to fill rooms in the weeks after the World Cup left town. The program, called Miami Spa Months, arrives after match-day hotel occupancy across the market averaged just 24% during the tournament despite an estimated 500,000 visitors passing through the city in June and July. Key Takeaways More than 30 Miami-Dade spas offer fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026 under the Miami Spa Months program. Match-day hotel occupancy during Miami’s seven World Cup matches averaged only 24%, and 45% of local hotels projected a shortfall against forecast. An estimated

Uchi Miami and Michelin-Recognized Chef Alejandra Espinoza Team Up for One-Night Omakase in Wynwood

Uchi Miami and Michelin-Recognized Chef Alejandra Espinoza Team Up for One-Night Omakase in Wynwood

Uchi Miami hosts the third installment of its 2026 Summer Dinner Series on August 20 in Wynwood, pairing Chef de Cuisine Diana Martinez with Cotoa founder and executive chef Alejandra Espinoza for a 10-course omakase-style dinner that merges nontraditional Japanese technique with progressive Ecuadorian cuisine. Espinoza arrives with a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand designation behind her, making the $150-per-guest collaboration one of the more credentialed culinary crossovers on Miami’s late-summer calendar. Key Takeaways Uchi Miami’s Summer Dinner Series continues on August 20 with a one-night-only, 10-course collaboration between Chef de Cuisine Diana Martinez and Cotoa founder Alejandra Espinoza at 252 NW 25th Street in Wynwood. Cotoa received a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand designation, recognizing Espinoza’s ingredient-driven approach to Ecuadorian and

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Coconut Grove Holds Its Bohemian Identity as Miami’s Oldest Neighborhood Enters a New Cultural Chapter

Coconut Grove, Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood, continues to anchor its identity in the bohemian spirit, Bahamian heritage and waterfront natural landscape that have defined the area since Bahamian immigrants and Northern settlers first established the community along Biscayne Bay in the 1870s. The 62nd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival drew an estimated 100,000 visitors over Presidents Day weekend in February 2026, while ongoing heritage preservation efforts in the recently renamed Little Bahamas district are documenting and protecting the neighborhood’s Black Bahamian roots amid rapid development pressure across Miami. Key Takeaways Coconut Grove was established in the 1870s by Bahamian immigrants and Northern American settlers, making it Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood. The 62nd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival took