5/17/2023 0 Comments Castle crashers plush![]() ![]() But what do we-as customers and fans-get out of flashy, celebrity-backed restaurants? Located in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, the area surrounding Gekko is known to many South Floridians as after-school loitering grounds for bougie private-school-attending teenagers and a shopping haunt for even bougier tourists.Īs a self-identified superfan, I needed to know: Would I feel connected to Bad Bunny as I dined at Gekko? Would his cheeky playfulness and personality somehow shine through on this menu? As a business venture, restaurants make plenty of sense as a partnership for the rich and famous. Gekko’s decor features an eight-foot-long mural of a dragon over the bar, an overabundance of gold motif throughout the space, mood lighting in an ambient red glow, and a menu that, when I visited, included a bone-in rib eye steak for $1,200. My friend, a Miami Beach resident and more appropriately dressed dining companion, had time to throw me one judgy once-over before we were ushered inside.įor a late reservation on a weeknight, the restaurant was loud and bustling. reservation and driven 45 miles across town on a Thursday night. As I waited under the siren red awning, I heard someone talking to their friend as they walked by: “Oh, that’s Bad Bunny’s restaurant.” The draw of experiencing incontestable, international superstar musician Bad Bunny’s first restaurant was, admittedly, the reason I’d made a 9 p.m. The patrons lingering outside Gekko were sleek, chic, ring-light-ready, and likely on their first stop of a full night out. I would describe my outfit as work-from-home schlubby, pieced together to brave weeknight Miami traffic. I realized the moment I stepped up to Gekko’s velvet rope that I was not dressed the part. ![]()
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