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Food Truck Fridays

For the past four Fridays, half a dozen food trucks set-up at the Coconut Grove Bank parking lot and feed hungry customers with their different specialty street food. Some of the customers are employees in the Grove area while some come and visit their friends for lunch and enjoy the shaded tables and relaxing environment.

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Grovetober Festival

Miami held its very own Oktoberfest in the Grove called Grovetoberfest. Beer enthusiasts came to sample beers from across the country and the world. The event featured live music, cooking lessons and an array of food trucks.

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Groveites search for groceries

Coconut Grove is one of the oldest communities in Miami. As in any other community you will find schools, plenty of churches and a sense of familiarity among residents not seen in many places. Strangely enough, one thing you will not find in this neighborhood is a central supermarket, as you would expect in an…

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Milam’s Market introduces paperless coupon technology

Milam’s Market in Coconut Grove kicked off 2011 with Savvy Penny, a paperless coupon system that allows shoppers to select their coupons on iPads located throughout the store. Dr. Raul Salazar, the founder of Green Virtual Solutions, an environmentally conscious technology company, began work on Savvy Penny in June 2009. “When I started with this…

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Grove Farmers Market boosts health and community

Every Saturday at 6 a.m. Stan Glaser packs up his white van with organic fruits and vegetables such as cactus leaves, lemongrass and papaya and drives from his farm in Homestead to an empty sand lot on the corner of Grand Avenue and Margaret Street. By 10 a.m., the lot is transformed into the bustling…

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Ike’s Food Center keeps it Southern

Inside a small, dimly lit convenience store in the West Grove, Van “Houseman” Wilson stands patiently behind a refrigerated counter, waiting to sell the slabs of meat piled high against the glass panel. A South Carolina native, Wilson can sell customers almost any type of meat for any type of meal: cuts of succulent pork…

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Greater St. Paul A.M.E. church nourishes the body and soul

Every Wednesday, church member and volunteer Loucetta Fair helps prepare lunch for the feeding ministry at Greater St. Paul A.M.E. church. As the pastor leads the congregation in prayer, Fair leaves the kitchen to join her neighbors in song. West Grove residents and homeless visitors, seated in the wooden pews, keep talking as Fair walks…

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CocoWok’s fresh Asian fare fills a Grove void

When plans to open a restaurant in Coconut Grove were being drawn up, Jose Torres and Ariel Alonso kept coming back to what they said the area was missing: a conveniently located, Asian-fusion takeout and delivery restaurant.

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The Great Taste of the Grove goes green

Peacock Park will set the stage for the annual Great Taste of the Grove Food & Wine Festival this weekend, April 16-17, where visitors will be entertained with live music and treated to fresh culinary delights from local chefs. The festival, now in its 21st year, is trying a new green living theme in lieu…

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Greater St. Paul AME celebrates 115 years of service

On the corner of Douglass Road and Thomas Ave, Greater St. Paul A.M.E. Church is a beacon of hope and acceptance for the West Grove community. Founded on April 27, 1896, by Jeremiah H. Butler, Greater St. Paul in Coconut Grove was originally built to serve a community of 300 residents.

“The church is here for a purpose, it is something our community can hold on to when life beats them up and gives them a hard time,” said the Rev. Clayton Hodge, who was installed as pastor in December after serving as pastor at New Bethel AME Church in Hialeah.

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