Myles Alan Chefetz (born November 5, 1958) is an American restaurateur and

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of Myles Restaurant Group. He has been twice nominated for the James Beard Foundation "Outstanding Restaurateur" Award and has been referred to as the "Sultan of South of Fifth." Prime 112, Chefetz's steakhouse, is consistently ranked in the top ten highest-grossing restaurants in the United States.

Early life and education

Chefetz was born on the

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to parents Marshall Chefetz and Jean Wyman. Along with his older brother Gary and younger sister Karen, Chefetz grew up in

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and Springfield, New Jersey. Chefetz attended

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before graduating from

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with a degree in

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. Chefetz earned a J.D. from the

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in 1984.

Career

After finishing law school, Chefetz moved to

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, where he started his own real estate law practice. Chefetz became personal lawyer to

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, former owner of the nightclub

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. It was during his time with Fleischman that Chefetz got his first introduction to the

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business. Chefetz handled the lease negotiations for the property and contracts with club promoters, and began promoting parties himself. By age 30, Chefetz left his law practice and opened Country Club, a nightclub on 86th Street on the

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. During a 1994 vacation to

, Chefetz found himself disappointed with the dining scene in South Beach. He opened Nemo in 1995, wanting to establish a chef-driven, rather than promoter-driven, restaurant. Chefetz sold his properties in New York and moved to Miami full-time. Chefetz continued to work in the South Beach dining scene, opening the modern diner Big Pink in 1996. In 2004, Chefetz opened Prime 112 in the Browns Hotel. Chefetz has parlayed his restaurant endeavors into numerous real estate ventures. In 2013, he sold his penthouse at

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's Ocean House to Marc J. Leder for $15 million ($3,592 per square foot) in an all-cash deal.

Restaurants and hotel

Miami Beach: *Big Pink – opened December 1996 *Prime One Twelve – opened January 2004 *Prime Italian – opened December 2008 *Prime Hotel – opened January 2010 *Prime Fish – opened February 2014 *Prime Private – opened early 2019, 200-seat capacity Closed: *Nemo – January 1995 *Shoji

Personal life

Chefetz and his longtime girlfriend Natasha have one daughter, Mylie Danielle Chefetz.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chefetz, Myles 1950 births Living people American businesspeople Businesspeople from Allentown, Pennsylvania Jonathan Dayton High School alumni People from Miami Beach, Florida People from Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey University of Miami School of Law alumni