A Quickie With Eileen Andrade

She hates leftovers, but we love her anyway

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When you literally grow up inside Islas Canarias, you’re either going to become a chef, or never step inside a restaurant again. Fortunately for us, Eileen Andrade chose the former, and the child who came up in Croqueta County has become one of Miami’s pioneers in Latin-Asian fusion. But perhaps more importantly, she blazed a trail for chef driven restaurants in chain-choked Kendall. And since Finka Table & Tap opened in 2014 it’s consistently one of Miami’s toughest reservations.

In the years since she opened Amelia’s 1931 at the edge of the Everglades, and has grown into one of the most respected culinary minds in Miami. But she’s also big into jazz and plays a little drums too. She sat down with us while her staff blasted Boyz II Men, and told us a little about why she hates leftovers.

Name: Eileen Andrade

Position: Owner, Finka Table & Tap; Amelia’s 1931

Nickname: Mimi. My mom says that when I was born, she just looked at me and that’s the first thing that came to her mind, …