Miami is saying goodbye to another small business. Las Palmas has been a staple eatery in downtown Miami for 45 years, and on Friday it will close its doors, the Herald reported this week.
Las Palmas has been owned and operated by the Magalhaes family since 2016. But co-owner Mario Ferrari Magalhaes told the Miami Herald Editorial Board the establishment could no longer resist “a series of hits” that have affected other small businesses as well.
From the lingering effects of the pandemic to the increase in egg prices, along with tariffs driving up food costs and immigration policies scaring off international tourism, it’s been death by a thousand cuts…