The Design District has a new, Nikkei-themed restaurant. Okami, a collaboration three years in the making between Cuban-American actor William Levyand Venezuelan restaurateur Pedro Orihuela, began service on February 15 at 156 NE 41st St., adjacent to the Prada boutique.
Orihuela explains that he and Levy met in 2017 and realized they shared a vision for a members-only restaurant and lounge. The duo initially focused their search for a location in the Brickell neighborhood but shifted gears when Emilio Estefan, a friend of Levy's, told them about the 4,000-square-foot space that was available in the Design District.
"There wasn't that much in the Design District back then and we agreed that the area had all the potential to become a new hot spot, " Orihuela tells