little haiti

Here is a picture of a Miami Miami Mini Bus that serves the Cities of Little Haiti, El Portal, Miami Shores, North Miami and North Miami Beach.

Started in 1989, the Miami Mini Bus Transportation Service is a Miami Shores, Florida, privately held company. Under the category of Local Bus Charter Services, they offer cash only rides that are never late, with one of their fleet passing stops every 10 minutes (arguably faster than the metro-bus). Their reliability has led to success, as their annual revenue estimate is $130,000. For the cost of about $1, one may get a lively bus ride on routes like North and Southbound on NE 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Blvd.

Contact information:
8340 NE 2nd Ave Ste 222 - Little Haiti, Florida 33138
(305) 759-2221

Other ground transportation services available:
Le Transporteur Bus Line, Port-au- Prince, Gonaives and Cap-Haitian
Capital Coach Line Haitian bus company
Transport Chic bus Service, Cayes - Port-au-Prince

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With a colorful storefront that gives an idea of the type of establishment, and more than hints at its cultural origin, the Jakmel Art Gallery, located at 2701A NW 2nd Ave Wynwood, Miami, Florida, is perfectly situated in the art and culture section of the Wynwood Arts District. Opened by the famous artist Jude Papaloko Thegenus in 1999, it has become a yearly attraction for art collectors who attend Art Basel Miami Beach each December.

2701A NW 2nd Ave Wynwood, Miami, FL 33137
Info@fearlessartistmedia.com
+1 786 312 5247

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New Florida Bakery Inc is located in little Haiti in Miami. They serve the best patties and Haitian bread in Miami. The food you get here is always fresh and its taste takes you back to Haiti instantly. They serve patties in different flavors like chicken, beef, smoked herring, ground turkey and codfish with good levels of spiciness. Haitian breads are similar to Cuban breads but they are denser and amazingly delicate. Never miss to taste their 'pates' or Pah-tays (as they pronounce). It is the Haitian equivalent of pastelitos made of puff pastry and comes in lobster, beef, smoked herring, and ground turkey or codfish filling (ask for morue). Beef and Lobster pastelitos are fresh, warm, and flaky with delicious spicy minced beef or lobster feelings ($1 each). The fillings are pounded to form a smooth paste that is seasoned with garlic, a pinch of cloves, thyme, and a tingle of heat from just the right amount of scotch bonnet peppers (piman bouk). Haitian cuisine is simple and unpretentious and at the same time it is bold and spicy. Haitian patty is an area of cross-cultural cuisine fusion that demonstrates typical African culinary aesthetic paired with French sophistication. "Pah-tays" is an Anglicization of French word "patisserie" which simply means pastries. Cuban patties are famous for sweet fillings but Haitian patties are differently crust and exclusively savory.

The staffs of New Florida Bakery are well conversant in English, French and Creole. They have a huge parking space. Come here with some extra time in our hand because there is always a line at the counter. It is a "Cash Only" shop where anything you buy is always fresh, perfect and inexpensive. New Florida Bakery is a community institution, the golden standard in Haitian baked food for decades. It is a necessary stop for families after Sunday church because their patties are best when they are fresh out of the oven in the morning.

46 NE 62nd St - Little Haiti, Florida 33138
(305) 759-1704

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The Bakery Café and Restaurant is a hot-spot for Haitian comfort food and sweet treats. Located in Little Haiti, the venue is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their specialties include pate and pain patate.

If you wish to get more information about the Bakery Café and Restaurant, and locate more Haitian bakeries across Florida like Le Pate Parfait Bakery and the New Florida Bakery Inc., download the Florida509 app to your Apple or Android cell phone.

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New York City's Sullivan Street Bakery new location in Little Haiti, in Miami

Two New Redevelopment Projects Slated for Little Haiti
Little Haiti is welcoming new redevelopment projects. The latest one happens in Little Haiti in Florida when NYC Sullivan Street Bakery and Perricone's Marketplace & Café will be built on two pieces of land. Perricone spent $2.76 million for both parcels.

Sullivan Street Bakery has two stores in Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea, and delivers bread to 250 NYC restaurants.

Other developers like Avra Jain and a California corporation are also planning projects in Lemon City.

The new location of Sullivan Street Bakery in Little Haiti is:
5550-5570 Northeast Fourth Avenue, Little Haiti, FL

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Here is a picture taken on June 8th 2015 during a Press Conference at The Little Haïti Cultural Center where candidate, Laurent Lamothe, held a town hall to inform the Haitian Diaspora in Miami about the "injustice" that the Departmental Bureau of Electoral Disputes (BCED) did to him.

Recently on June 8, 2015, one of the presumptive presidential candidates, Laurent Lamothe during a Press Conference in the town hall at Little Haïti Cultural Center has told the Haitian diaspora about how he became a victim of the Departmental Bureau of Electoral Disputes (BCED)'s injustice and expelled discriminatorily from the presidential run because he could not produce a 'certificate de décharge'. He has urged the Haitians living abroad to play a greater active role in reshaping the developments of the country with their influences on political, social and economic fronts. During the meeting, he has advocated for their rights to vote in the next election. According to him, Haitian diaspora contribute for about $2 billion per year, which is very significant for the Haitian economy. It would be a great injustice if we welcome their money, but not their knowledge, their expertise and their will and their right to be significantly involved in the political life in their country,

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The third Annual Haitian Caribbean Book Fair to be held in Little Haiti.

On Thursday, May 21, the European Union with a funding of € 437,000 and support from the local communal board of Bizoton and the Association of Progressive Citizens for advancement and Country Reconstruction (ACPARP) and César Foundation for the Weak of Haiti (FCPFH) has launched a project on "drinking water supply and sanitation in the localities of Fonds-Brache, Grand Caille and Bel-Air". The project will initially allow the locals to have access to better quality of water through the sanitation of the nearest source of Chaud'eau which serves all of these localities. The total project is expected to be completed within a period of 30 months. During the launching ceremony, Javier Nino Perez, the Ambassador of EU has said, the EU promotes all inclusive development approach which concretely improves the living conditions of the most vulnerable segments of the population by providing essential services.

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Here is a picture where thousands of Catholic Haitians took to the streets of Little Haiti during Easter season.

Haitian Easter Celebration & Easter Around The World

In Cuba, the Cuban Christians, in spite of their communist ideology, are far freer to practice their religious faiths. The majority of Cubans are Roman Catholic and about five percent of Cubans are Protestants. There are many churches in Cuba, but you wouldn't see any Easter displays anywhere. It is celebrated in a less publicized way. They call the holiday "Pasqua"(not as Easter), the Spanish word for Passover-- the celebrations are private and faith driven. Most of the believers visit a hilltop near Havana, where the church goes up to celebrate Easter sunrise service.

In Haiti, it is celebrated with a mixture of Catholic and Voodoo traditions. Faith plays a great role in Haitian life. They look to God for every need. The Holy Week is marked by colorful parades and traditional "rara" music is played on bamboo trumpets, maracas, drums and even on coffee cans; the celebration is marked by drumming, chanting and animal sacrifices. They paint their walls and cars in bright colors with the inscription 'merci Jesus!.

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Here is a picture of the cross carrying on God Friday in the streets of Little Haiti in Miami, April, 2015.

The Christian holiday Easter is celebrated with such wonderful rich traditions around the globe, it's fascinating to learn how different Easter traditions can be in different countries (or even within the same country!). In Bermuda, it started when a local teacher from British Army experienced difficulty in explaining Christ's ascension to Heaven. Bermudians celebrate Good Friday by flying home-made kites, eating codfish cakes, and eating hot cross buns. Norwegians celebrate the season through "Easter-Crime" or Paaskekrim. They read crime stories or watch the televised crime detective series on national television. In parts of Northwestern Europe, people lit large bonfires, called Easter Fires. They believe Easter is a time when spring becomes victorious over the winter and the fires were to chase the darkness of winter away. In Sweden, Easter is celebrated with meals of eggs, herring, and Jansson's Temptation (potato, onion and pickled sardines baked in cream). The inhabitants of the Greek island of Corfu, throw clay pots out of their windows.

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Here is a picture of Little River Center located in Little Haiti in Miami, at the corner of 2nd Avenue NE and 79th Street. In March, 2015 it was sold for $6.2 million

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