{"id":13393,"date":"2026-08-20T20:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/13393\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:56:11","slug":"this-caribbean-restaurant-and-rum-bar-has-closed-for-summer-in-miami-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/13393\/","title":{"rendered":"This Caribbean restaurant and rum bar has \u2018closed for summer\u2019 in Miami Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Miami Herald\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"374\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aol_miami_herald_mcclatchy_670.png\"\/>Wed, August 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Another Miami Beach restaurant has decided to take a seasonal pause.<\/p>\n<p>Las\u2019 Lap, the Caribbean restaurant and rum bar from New York that opened last year at the Daydrift Hotel, has announced on its Instagram account that it is now \u201cclosed for summer.\u201d You can no longer make a reservation on the restaurant\u2019s Resy account, and the Instagram account does not offer a date for reopening.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Beach location at 2216 Park Ave. was the first expansion for Las\u2019 Lap, which opened in New York\u2019s Lower East Side in 2018. The New York bar quickly became a hot spot known for its creative cocktails, particularly those infused with rum.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Las\u2019 Lap added another distinction: chef and partner Kwame Onwuachi, who became known for outstanding Afro-Caribbean cuisine and an appearance on \u201cTop Chef.\u201d Onwuachi was named the Rising Star Chef of the Year award by the James Beard Foundation in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Crab claws at Las\u2019 Lap in Miami Beach.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"547\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/public\/latest-news\/8ghagc\/picture311606966\/alternates\/FREE_1140\/crab.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The dishes he brought to life at Las\u2019 Lap include Escovitch crab claws with pickled onion and carrot; snapper with guacamole and tostones; jerk mushroom yakitori and wagyu griot. Even the caviar service arrived at the table with roti.<\/p>\n<p>The closing comes on the heels of another seasonal pause on South Beach. The luxurious French restaurant La Grande Boucherie located in the South of Fifth neighborhood also announced it was taking an open-ended break for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>This celebrated Miami chef is opening a new Italian restaurant in Miami Beach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed, August 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC Another Miami Beach restaurant has decided to take a seasonal pause. Las\u2019 Lap, the Caribbean restaurant and rum bar from New York that opened last year at the Daydrift Hotel, has announced on its Instagram account that it is now \u201cclosed for summer.\u201d You can no longer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[564,565,566,567],"class_list":["post-13393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-caribbean-restaurants","tag-caribbean-cafe","tag-caribbean-cafes","tag-caribbean-restaurant","tag-caribbean-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117129833935522663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}