{{Short description|American restaurateur (born 1958)}} {{promotional|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Myles Chefetz | image = | caption = | birth_name = Myles Alan Chefetz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/myles-alan-chefetz-467254/|title=Myles Alan Chefetz Profile | Miami Beach, FL Lawyer | Martindale.com|website=Martindale.com|accessdate=22 November 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|05}} | birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = George Washington University (BA)<br>University of Miami (JD) | occupation = | known_for = | children = | spouse = | networth = }}
'''Myles Alan Chefetz''' (born November 5, 1958) is an American restaurateur and chief executive officer 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/awards-watch-2011-restaurant-and-chef-awards-semifinalists|title=JamesBeard.org|date=February 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/travel/31next.html?_r=0|title=The Sweet Life at the Chic Tip of South Beach|date=May 29, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
Prime 112, Chefetz's steakhouse, is consistently ranked in the top ten highest-grossing restaurants in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/special-reports/top-100-independents|title=Top 100 Independents|website=Restaurant Business|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Chefetz was born on the Homestead Air Reserve Base in Miami, Florida to parents Marshall Chefetz and Jean Wyman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mylesrestaurantgroup.com/?page_id=239|title=About Us : Myles Restaurant Group|website=mylesrestaurantgroup.com|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref>
Along with his older brother Gary and younger sister Karen, Chefetz grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Springfield, New Jersey. Chefetz attended Jonathan Dayton High School before graduating from George Washington University with a degree in political science. Chefetz earned a J.D. from the University of Miami in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mylesrestaurantgroup.com/?page_id=239|title=About Us : Myles Restaurant Group|website=mylesrestaurantgroup.com|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>
==Career== After finishing law school, Chefetz moved to New York City, where he started his own real estate law practice. Chefetz became personal lawyer to Mark Fleischman, former owner of the nightclub Studio 54. It was during his time with Fleischman that Chefetz got his first introduction to the supper club 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 {{convert|15000|sqft|adj=on}} nightclub on 86th Street on the Upper East Side.
During a 1994 vacation to Miami, 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.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://oceandrive.com/myles-chefetz-preps-for-prime-fish|title=Myles Chefetz Preps for Prime Fish|website=oceandrive.com|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> Chefetz sold his properties in New York and moved to Miami full-time.<ref name="auto"/> Chefetz continued to work in the South Beach dining scene, opening the modern diner Big Pink in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/prime-one-twelves-myles-chefetz-big-pink-was-a-struggle-in-the-beginning-7837592|title=Prime One Twelve's Myles Chefetz: "Big Pink Was a Struggle in the Beginning"|last=Lease|first=Valeria Nekhim|website=Miami New Times|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> In 2004, Chefetz opened Prime 112 in the Browns Hotel.<ref name="auto"/>
Chefetz has parlayed his restaurant endeavors into numerous real estate ventures. In 2013, he sold his penthouse at South Beach's Ocean House to Marc J. Leder for $15 million ($3,592 per square foot) in an all-cash deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/miami/2013/05/31/leveraged-buyout-king-pays-15m-for-sobe-condo/|title=Leveraged buyout king pays $15M for SoBe condo|website=The Real Deal Miami|date=31 May 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref>
== Restaurants and hotel== '''Miami Beach:''' *Big Pink – opened December 1996<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/prime-one-twelves-myles-chefetz-big-pink-was-a-struggle-in-the-beginning-7837592|title=Prime One Twelve's Myles Chefetz: "Big Pink Was a Struggle in the Beginning"|last=|first=|date=|newspaper=Miami New Times|access-date=}}</ref> *Prime One Twelve – opened January 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://miami.curbed.com/2015/12/7/9893706/prime-112-myles-chefetz-buys-at-three-hundred-collins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229204530/http://miami.curbed.com/2015/12/7/9893706/prime-112-myles-chefetz-buys-at-three-hundred-collins|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 29, 2016|title=Prime 112's Myles Chefetz Buys at Three Hundred Collins|last=|first=|date=7 December 2015|website=Curbed Miami|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> *Prime Italian – opened December 2008 *Prime Hotel – opened January 2010 *Prime Private – opened early 2019, 200-seat capacity<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article225496340.html |title=Love Prime 112? Get ready for its very VIP sister, Prime Private. |date=February 4, 2019 |newspaper=Miami Herald |first=Madeleine |last=Marr |access-date=July 15, 2022 }}</ref>
'''Closed:''' *Nemo – January 1995 *Shoji *Prime Fish - April 2026
== Personal life == Chefetz and his longtime girlfriend Natasha have one daughter, Mylie Danielle Chefetz.
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== External links == * {{Cite web|url=http://mylesrestaurantgroup.com/?page_id=239|title=About Us|last=|first=|date=|publisher=|work=Myles Restaurant Group|access-date=}}
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