At Home in Miami
<p>Call it fate: In 2009, former New Yorkers Anastasia Koutsioukis and her husband and business partner Ahmet Erkaya were exploring Miami by scooter when they stumbled upon Buena Vista, a leafy, historic neighborhood tucked between the then-emerging Design District and Little Haiti.</p>
<p>Fast-forward ten years, and the duo not only own <a href="http://www.mandolinmiami.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Mandolin</a>, the exquisite Aegean bistro that’s become both a chic anchor and one of the notable catalysts for the Design District’s meteoric growth and gentrification, but also the new <a href="https://mrsmandolin.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Mrs. Mandolin</a> down the street — a lifestyle store and cafe named for the moniker bestowed upon Koutsioukis by Mandolin regulars. Koutsioukis credits the beautiful Buena Vista ‘hood, their haven for the past seven years, as the start of it all. That’s why the decision to sell their 1939 ranch-style sanctuary at 31 Northeast 43rd Street— “Casa Mandolin,” Koutsioukis has dubbed it — is so bittersweet.</p>
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