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Bal Harbour Shops has a brand-new dining experience: Avenue 31 Café. Named in homage to the original Monte Carlo restaurant situated at 31 Avenue Princesse Grace in Monaco, Avenue 31 Café is an all-day café combined with a full-service restaurant founded by Stefano Frittella and Alexa Carcelli, residents of both Miami and Monte Carlo. Located on Level 2, the 1,000-square-foot café is the perfect spot to grab a coffee and pastry on the go or sit down to savor a meal prepared by Chef Julian Baker. Among the menu highlights are avocado bruschetta with poached egg; Italian omelet with prosciutto cotto and Stracchino cheese; watercress salad with arugula, fennel, olive vinaigrette, and Pecorino Romano; fritto misto di mare with calamari, shrimp, and baccala; and cacio e pepe with specially sourced Costa Rican organic peppercorns. Avenue 31 Café is open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a special weekend brunch menu served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. —TALI JAFFE-MINOR BIENVENUE! Miami, Monte Carlo-style. MATTER OF STYLE Enjoy light bites or linger for a full meal at this European-style all-day café and restaurant. The Creative Challenge is back! In our annual call for inspired illustrations, we're looking for promising young artists to submit a new, original work that captures the spirit of Bal Harbour Shops. Guest judges, artists Sebastian Marc Graham and Victoria Tentler-Krylov, will join our editorial team in selecting the winner, whose entry will be published in the Fall/ Winter 2024 issue of Bal Harbour and will also receive $2,500. The competition begins on May 1 and concludes on June 24. For more information, visit Balharbourshops.com. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED A friendly competition in celebration of art. This spring, Daniel Buren took his art on a global tour. At six of luxury hotel group Belmond's global properties—Mount Nelson in Cape Town, Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Villa San Michele in Florence, Castello di Casole in Tuscany, Hotel Cipriani in Venice, and La Residencia in Mallorca—the 86-year-old installed "Haltes Colorées, travaux in situ pour Mitico, 2023–2024," a series of works, from mirrored and striped sculptures to colorful window vinyls, inspired by their built and natural surroundings. "Each piece is designed to reflect and respond to the architecture, light, and landscape of its specific location through a carefully considered arrangement of colors and forms," explains Lorenzo Fiaschi, director and partner at Galleria Continua, which has collaborated with Belmond for three editions of this project, called Mitico, to bring "legendary artists to legendary places." Closing dates for Buren's exhibitions vary by location, but all are on view through at least September 30. —E.F. French conceptual artist Daniel Buren meditates on hue with six new installations at Belmond hotels across the world, from Cape Town to Mallorca. COLOR STAY Sebastian Marc Graham's winning illustration from the 2023 Creative Challenge Photo-Souvenir: Daniel Buren, Colourful Halt for Mount Nelson, work in situ, 2023. Detail. 22 BAL HARBOUR MAY 2024 SPECIAL EDITION I M AG E S CO U R T E S Y O F S E B A S T I A N M A R C G R A H A M; AV E N U E 31 C A F É; © D B -A DAG P ( B E L M O N D)