Work is nearly completed at 14655 Southwest 232nd Street in Miami, where beloved farmers market, restaurant, and agrotourism destination Redland Ranch is preparing for a grand reopening in January.
Since being acquired by Edilberto Morillo and Eliane Mayer, Redland Ranch’s building (which dates to 1939) and its grounds have undergone renovations to the tune of almost $1 million, Edilberto Morillo told What Now on Friday.
“We’ve put on a new roof, we’ve put in all new hurricane-proof impact windows, and we’ve invested in air conditioning to help preserve the building’s integrity and maintain a sanitary food environment,” Morillo said. He says the investment was one that he and his wife Eliane had been looking to make for some time. “We came across the agrotourism boom that’s happening in Florida. We decided to find a venue that worked with our goal, which was to open a restaurant, venue, and place to host events.”
On the restaurant front, the Redland Ranch menu is expanding beyond its sandwiches, smoothies, and shakes made with fresh fruit grown onsite and at nearby farms. These fruit-based products will remain central to the menu, Morillo said, and will even be expanded on with the addition of smoothie bowls and desserts. To these will be added salads, empanadas, arepas, and Argentinian-style barbecue.
In addition to the restaurant, Redland Ranch comprises a fruit farming operation, a market, beautiful event spaces, and more. And despite the renovations, Morillo says the heart of Redland Ranch is the same as it has always been.
“It hasn’t lost any of the magic,” Morillo said. “Quite the contrary. Everybody needs to come see it.”
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