Taking the Fifth

BELLMONT CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS ON THE MILE

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“The first year was tough but we kept going,” says Sergio Bellmont, whose eponymous restaurant just celebrated its fifth year on Miracle Mile. Serving strictly Spanish cuisine – even the fresh fish is flown in from España – Bellmont has found a loyal clientele in the Gables’ Cuban and Spanish communities. Among Bellmont’s specialties: meat cooked at your table on a hot volcanic rock from Granada, and suckling pigs roasted in a14,700 pound, wood-burning oven from Pereruela, Spain. “It was hard to install but worth it,” says Bellmont. “We are the only restaurant that cooks it [the suckling pig]. We’ve served 2,500 since we opened.” Flamenco dancing and guitar helped put their recent celebration over the top; you can experience more of the same Dec. 22, when the monthly Saturday night Flamenco returns.

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