To hear attorney Ari Tenzer tell it, Miami’s financial district was a foodie wasteland a real estate cycle or two ago.

“It used to be that at night, your options were Subway, Wendy’s and maybe Perricone’s,” Tenzer, whose real estate practice focuses on hospitality, food and beverage, told the Daily Business Review. “And that’s if they were open and you were brave enough to push through all the homeless people.”