LOKAL, PRONOUNCED [LO-KA'L], IN COCONUT GROVE OPENED IT'S DOORS ON DECEMBER 24, 2011 . STEMMING FROM THE GERMAN WORD FOR RESTAURANT AND MEETING PLACE, LOKAL LIVES UP TO IT'S DEFINITION OF BEING A MEETING PLACE BUT EXCEEDS ALL OF IT'S GUESTS EXPECTATIONS BY BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY AND LOCALLY SOURCED INGREDIENTS PAIRED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL, RAW EDGINESS.