First Look At Julia & Henry’s, Opening This Week

Julia & Henry’s is nearly ready to open, new photos by Phillip Pessar show.

Opening to the public is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, according to the Miami New Times.

It will be one of the largest concentrations of award winning chefs in the nation, the report said.

A total of 26 different food and beverage venues will be spread over seven levels.

The complex is opening in downtown Miami’s historic Walgreens building, which was built in 1936.

 

(photos: Phillip Pessar)

 

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Alex
4 months ago

So happy for this! A question I have is are they going to paint the outside walls and and clean the windows? Walked by it over the weekend and the exterior looks like it still needs love.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Same here. It looks *really* bad on the outside. I couldn’t believe it when I heard they were close to opening.

Anon
4 months ago

I think it looks great

Ex-Londoner resident in 33132
4 months ago

May 31: How can one commenter say it looks awful on the outside and another say it looks fine?

Downtown Rebirth
4 months ago

Very exciting. Incredible venue for Miamis central axis and historic city center. Excited to watch it come back.

Ricardo
4 months ago

After we clean up downtown hopefully little Havana gets some love.

Anonymous
4 months ago

We need a Metromover expansion to Little Havana!

Anonymous
4 months ago

A Metomover expansion is literally going to ruin it and any potential, when the flyovers are the height of most buildings, and street level interaction will be discouraged with any new development. Let’s stick to the plans on the books for decades, and build the east-west Metrorail line from Government Center Station to Marlins Park and beyond, through the least invasive path possible. Anywhere in between existing rail is best served with streetcars.

Anonymous
4 months ago

I’m a Little Havana resident. I own a couple of properties. I can’t wait for some investment to come over to the area.

Pol
4 months ago

keep bying in little havana.

Anonymous
4 months ago

I live in Brickell by Jose Martí Park and hope to see more investment in Little Havana too and nicer walkable connection between these historic and new neighborhoods.

anon
4 months ago

how about we design newer facilities w modern spanish colonial style (similar to palm beach) and renovate the stroad that runs thru the area?

land
4 months ago

you live in little havana nice try though

Bandit
4 months ago

Happening on the new Flagler street! It will completely reinvigorate the area.

Wolfgang731
4 months ago

They did a wonderful job in refurbishing and repurposing the building. I sure hope it will be the success everyone involved is hoping it will be. It sure has the potential to be transformative for downtown.

Downtown Vagabond
4 months ago

My concern is that it’s 6-8 months too early. Flagler still needs a lot of work to bring in the foot traffic needed to make this successful. It’s still just money laundering tchotchke shops and crackheads.

Anonymous
4 months ago

You gotta start somewhere and after decades of wait, we are at least starting from something amazing!

Checo
4 months ago

The great news is that in 6-8 months from now, you won’t have to be concerned.

Azarius
4 months ago

This is going to transform this area only up from here!!! We need more places like this on Flagler

Azarius
4 months ago

And it never was the same lol

Annonymous
4 months ago

a Catalyst

Melo is sigma and chad
4 months ago

This will be a major staple in Miami

Anon
4 months ago

Downtown Miami has the most incredible architecture in the city. I can’t wait to watch these beauties come back one by one!

Downtown Vagabond
4 months ago

I will be there to show support!

Miami Man
4 months ago

I am so happy for Miamians in that this historic building has been saved and reinvented into this fantastic new venue. Maybe, just maybe, this grand-opening will reawaken investors/ business people into seeing what Flagler Street could be for them, too.

Local election matters
4 months ago

Holly c… !!! That thing looks awesome.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Flagler is still raw after the renovation and vitalization, but it’s an important first step.

Cover the Podiums
4 months ago

The new flagler street should be a nightlife district. Bars, clubs, restaurants, rooftop bars, etc. Similar to broadway in Nashville

Nice!
4 months ago

Still haven’t tried Okey Dokey but excited for this to add to our options!

Anonymous
4 months ago

This looks more unique

Anon
4 months ago

OkeyDokey is just a really bad 1-800-Lucky knock-off.

Bon appétit..
4 months ago

26 venues…big concentration of Chefs…. That only means something..get ready to pay a lot for a little portion of a delicious, delightful, rambunctious and well seasoned piece of tofu with arugula and passion fruit chutney and mint coulis !! 😉

Name*
4 months ago

Oh this isn’t at the Miami/Flagler historic Burdines Macy’s building…

Anonymous
4 months ago

Macys is now a Ross

Anonymous
4 months ago

Ross could have taken up the old Woolworth space, if it wasn’t for the certain owner who is holding back Flagler Street’s potential.

Name*
4 months ago

No, its the Walgreens building

Checo
4 months ago

They have done a great job with this. It’s much better suited for success than their Post Office project.

There will definitely be some Brickell office folks taking the Metromover here for lunch and happy hours. The “basement” lounge is incredible.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Agreed, Walgreen’s should have come back to the building like they did with their Canal Street location in NoLa.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Related (Steve Ross, not Jorge Perez) should buy up the entire block to the north and build something spectacular. It’ll connect the historic core of Flagler Street with Biscayne Boulevard.

Anonymous but Famous
4 months ago

VERY excited about this. Fun fact: this building has a twin in Cincinnati and was to be the template for all future Walgreens. But the Depression dragged on and then WWII intervened. Then someone at HQ correctly surmised the a multistory facility and selling toothpaste did not translate into a healthy return on investment. So the concept was abandoned. But the architecture is almost unique.

Tom
4 months ago

Urban growth is wonderful…… (sprawl is not)