Casa Tina

Our story began sometime ago when Javier was a partner in Senor Frogs, Mazatlan, Mexico. He and his other Mexican partners (adventuresome bunch that they were) ended up with another Senor Frog’s restaurant in Coconut Grove, Miami.  About this time, I was fresh out of high school and ready to a find a place to call home. I applied for a job at  the popular Frogs and Javier (being the gentlemen that he was) pulled out my chair and immediately hired me. The attraction was instant...it seemed fate had brought these very different people together. We soon discovered that working and living together suited us fine and decided to formalize it all and tie the knot. Well, the restaurant’s popularity grew and grew and soon everyone began to notice, so did my belly! So, on April 16, 1991, I gave birth to our first child, Christian Javier Avila.   And, although the restaurant was flourishing, we thought it best to move on and establish a more family type business. During a years worth of tiresome and tedious work (of course we had to sample many of our competitors enchiladas and margaritas and then recover from it all by spending afternoons and sunsets at the beach) we stumbled upon the Dunedin Grill and thought it the best place to set up shop! A few delightful years later god blessed us with another beautiful child, Amanda Marie Avila was born March 7, 1994 (she snuck in amongst all of the mayhem.)  So, we thought it best to forewarn you of our style of service…