A jazz brunch struck a sour note for Miami Beach, sparking off litigation between the city and a cafe owner over the constitutionality of the city’s noise ordinance.
Bakehouse held its jazz brunch Jan. 8, the second of a weekly feature planned for the Parisian-style cafe that opened in November in Miami Beach’s affluent South of Fifth neighborhood. The company hired a saxophonist to play for about four hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to create a “tasteful, chic and warm ambience” with the musician playing indoors at “reasonably low” volume without amplification. But about 90 minutes into the performance, a city compliance officer abruptly stopped the music and issued a citation, according to an amended complaint the restaurant owner, Bake House SB LLC, filed Jan. 17.
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