After more than a year of intermittent pop-ups and private events, Bey Bey is getting ready to reopen — this time with a new chef at the helm and a new fusion take on the menu (and we’re not talking Asian fusion). New Times spoke to its new chef to get the delicious inside scoop.
The restaurant originally opened in spring 2024 in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach, offering a Lebanese-inspired dining experience meant to feel like a home away from home. Bey Bey, named after the Lebanese expression meaning “my house is your house,” was launched by co-owners Tiger Saliba and Samuel Baum.
Saliba, a Beirut-based restaurateur, and Baum, a nightlife veteran, opened the spot with the goal of creating something more personal than the flashier, tourist-heavy restaurants that dominate the neighborhood. That’s why the restaurant was…