After 23 years of serving some of Miami’s best brick-oven pies, Andiamo Brick Oven Pizza will officially close its doors this December. After months of speculation, the MiMo District mainstay announced on Instagram that it will close on December 31, 2025, marking the end of a 23-year run inside the General Tire Building at 5600 Biscayne Blvd.
They kept the message brief. It made the goodbye official after news broke back in August, when the restaurant confirmed it would not renew its lease. New Times first reported on the closure in November 2024.
A Cornerstone of Early MiMo Dining
Andiamo opened in 2001, founded by Mark Soyka and his wife, Sasha, long before MiMo became the dining hotspot it is now. The restaurant occupies a former Standard Oil gas station, designed in 1954 by architect Robert Law Weed, a glass-heavy, mid-century structure that later became one of the neighborhood’s most recognizable landmarks.
Soyka opened Andiamo one year after launching Soyka across the street, helping establish this stretch of Biscayne Boulevard as a destination well before the current development boom. Inside, Andiamo built a following around thin-crust pizzas, simple salads, and a casual dining room built for regulars rather than hype…