Instagrammer @riodiosmio, nonetheless, disrupted all of South Florida with an image of Churchill’s flying a Chili’s banner over the well-worn picture of Winston Churchill with the caption, “A brand new company flag flies over one other historic and cherished stay music venue.”
In November 2022, New Times printed a narrative that the proprietor of the Little Haiti music venue formally “closed” in 2021 however was hopeful {that a} potential tenant would reopen the pub.
The pub’s future is unknown, but it surely’s unlikely that Churchill’s will reopen. The former Churchill’s property, a part of a three-parcel package deal (the pub, a vacant lot at 22 NE fifty fifth Street, and a industrial lot at 5431 NE Second Avenue), went on the public sale block on December 15, 2022. The properties look like beneath contract, and the client will not be divulged till the sale is closed.
One factor is definite. Chili’s is not going to be transferring to Little Haiti.
“We can affirm that Chili’s shouldn’t be planning to open at that location. Fans of burgers, ‘ritas, fajitas, and crispers can nonetheless get their repair at greater than a dozen Chili’s eating places in better Miami, together with straight down the coast at Chili’s Bayside Miami,” a Chili’s rep responded in an electronic mail assertion.
What will develop into of the enduring, now-shuttered pub that opened in 1979? Only time will inform. But no less than we will rule out ‘ritas and fajitas.