Bal Harbour has spent decades known for exactly one thing: the shopping. That reputation is earned, but it has quietly overshadowed something happening in the same half square mile — a dining scene, concentrated around Bal Harbour Shops and the two landmark hotels anchoring either end of the oceanfront, that now rivals the retail itself. Stephen Starr’s arrival at Slim’s and Chef Makoto Okuwa’s sushi counter prove this village has stopped being a place to eat between…

