Soul-Food Restaurants Want to Add More Flavor to Florida's South Beach.(Originated from The Miami Herald)

Sep. 24--If you find yourself yearning for nouveau soul-food cuisine, take heart.

Some of the premier black establishments have their sights set on South Beach, lured by developers who are eager to open restaurants that will add the Southern flavor already sizzling in other major cities.

Five chic restaurants -- in various stages of negotiations -- will bring a new dimension to the hip-but-limited South Beach dining scene.

"In South Florida, there's no Southern experience; there was a need," said Peter Thomas, a local music and club promoter. "In South Beach, everybody's doing basically the same thing, apart from The Yuca and Lario's, and a couple of …