Who owns the opium group in miami

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Sardinia Enoteca. Soft yellow lighting and warm wood accents are Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante. So over the last six or seven years, the DJs became celebrities, and their fees also went up, some of them are through the roof. It was the first space that they acquired, and through its success as a restaurant, ended up expanding even further and branching out within the space to open the clubs. EM: It was actually my brother, Francis, who asked his friend, Roman Jones, to join us in looking at a space in South of Fifth that was a then-shuttered nightclub.

The cafe became very successful, so we took the next space available above the cafe which we made into Japanese restaurant with a DJ, and from there, we then grew into another space in the building and built a mojito room with a jungle theme. Then the large courtyard space became available, and next thing we knew, we had taken over every space in the building which was then known as Opium Restaurant and Opium Garden.

The first club of The Opium Group was born in Opium opened under the realm of the Milons and Roman Jones, and was like nothing South Beach had ever seen.

It was in the former Amnesia space, and from day one was a smashing success. EM: The day we opened Opium Garden, 2, people showed up, which was both overwhelming and awesome. Mansion was the answer to the noise issues we had with Opium as an open outdoor space , but with Mansion we could bring in big DJs and turn up the music as loud as we like. From that we spinned off a couple other clubs — Louis, Mokai and Cameo, which was formerly Crobar.

Opium Garden grew tremendously in its first year, with tons of celebrities always filling the club. So the demand for an exclusive VIP lead to the opening of Prive the following year in In TOG found the time and perfect space to open Louis. Smaller than the super-mega Opium, Louis threw some of the best parties on a weekly basis, and due to its size, was very exclusive.