Our guest today is José Mendín.

What we love about José's Miami restaurants is that no two concepts are alike. 

He’s opened a gastrobup, a sushi chain, a Sunset Harbour Italian restaurant and a Puerto Rican spot that tied back to his Boricua roots. His gift is mixing and matching flavors from outside a traditional cuisine to make something uniquely his.

He had a little controversy with his last restaurant, La Placita, when they painted the building like Puerto Rican flag. The Boricuas loved it but the city ultimately told him he had to paint it over.

He's a former college volleyball player, so he and Carlos nerded out about that.

We also talked about the scammers leaving one-star Google reviews for restaurants and extorting them for money to take them down. And we touch on Thomas Keller's new Coral Gables restaurant.

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