Ball And Chain serves up Cuban classics with a side of salsa music
CBS4's Lisa Petrillo reports on Ball And Chain, a Cuban classic restaurant and lounge serving up Cuban classics and salsa music.
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CBS4's Lisa Petrillo reports on Ball And Chain, a Cuban classic restaurant and lounge serving up Cuban classics and salsa music.
Chris Rupp is the executive Director of Dade Heritage Trust, an organization dedicated to preserving history including historically significant buildings and homes, told CBS4, "For our first project of preservation of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing we wanted something striking and also had to have the requirements for historic designation." The term Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing means historical building housing already in place and there is no need to build something new just rehab it and preserve it. Make the old new again. Chris Rupp said, "We like to position preservation to solve issues, right? So affordable housing a huge issue in Miami."
The colorful area provides the "Rhythm of Miami," and yet it has a past well before it was known as Little Havana.
A building deemed unsafe in Little Havana was torn down Monday.
As part of the celebration, Versailles is featuring a throwback menu from 1971 with the original prices, like croquetas for 20 cents.
As Miami's iconic Versailles restaurant prepares to celebrate it's 50th anniversary, CBS4 News looks at why the Little Havana restaurant means so much to Miami.
What originally started as a small, limited seating cafe 50 years ago has grown into the world's most famous Cuban restaurant.
The owners of several popular Little Havana businesses have filed a federal multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city of Miami.
One person was killed, two others injured in a drive-by shooting in Little Havana on Wednesday morning.
Supporters of President Donald Trump took to the streets of Little Havana overnight after he won Florida.
If you want a visual example of what the coronavirus impact has been on South Florida tourism, all you have to do is drive by Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.
Two people injured in an apartment building fire in Little Havana.
Patience paid off Wednesday for people who waited in line for the annual Latin American Chamber of Commerce holiday food basket giveaway.
City of Miami police are asking for the public's help for information regarding the possible beating of a senior citizen in Little Havana.
Miami police descended on a Little Havana neighborhood Friday morning and went door to door, handing out flyers with a sketch of a man who raped a woman inside her home.
Police are hoping someone can recognize the man in a newly released sketch who they say is responsible for a sexual battery that happened in Little Havana.
The owner of Little Havana bakery was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning and Miami police believe the suspects are connected to at least seven robberies the past 24 hours. However, the victim was also packing and fired shots at the bad guys.
The City of Miami released its first master plan to revitalize Little Havana.
Police in Miami are asking for the public's help finding a thief who tried to rob a man just doing his job.
A Miami man was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a fire broke out inside his Little Havana apartment.
Police in Miami are investigating a shooting in Little Havana.
Looking to visit the top chocolatiers and shops in town? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top chocolatiers and shops in Miami.
Two men claiming to be federal agents "working on a classified investigation" are facing serious charges after police said they assaulted a law enforcement officer Friday at Vesailles Restaurant.
Thousands of people who waited in line a few weeks ago for the annual Latin American Chamber of Commerce holiday food basket voucher giveaway are getting the goods Wednesday morning.
Patience is paying off Wednesday for folks who waited in line for the annual Latin American Chamber of Commerce holiday food basket giveaway.
