Emelina is an intimate 16-seat chef’s counter offering a single tasting menu in West Palm Beach’s up and coming Flamingo Park district. At Emelina, Cuban cuisine is not recreated as it is known today; instead, it is reimagined through a speculative lens: What might Cuban food have become if it had been allowed to evolve without the constraints of communism—shaped instead by freedom of movement, global dialogue, creativity, and abundance.
Opening in late January, Emelina is the newest concept from APM Restaurant Group (Michelin-starred Ogawa, Hiyakawa, Midorie) in partnership with husband-and-wife team Chef Osmel González and Chef/Operator Camila Salazar, part of the team behind Miami’s acclaimed pop up, EntreNos (1 Michelin Star 2024 & 2025; Green Michelin Star 2025; Rising Star Chef Game Changer 2025).
Drawing on the couple’s experience in some of the world’s top kitchens, the menu honors the flavors and memories of their upbringings while embracing Florida’s seasons, its coastline, and its producers, creating a cuisine that feels both distinctly Cuban and unmistakably of this place and moment.
