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Everything is for sale at this Miami coffee lounge

- By Phillip Valys SouthFlori­da.com pvalys@southflori­da.com or 954-356-4364

At Wynwood newest coffeehous­e, Selina Brawlers, the java takes second billing.

The true stars are everything else for sale inside this Instagramf­riendly lounge, including Andy Warhol artworks, motorcycle­s and light fixtures from a 1920s Pennsylvan­ia insane asylum.

The fusion coffee lounge, co-working space and home décor boutique, opening Oct. 29, is the brainchild of brothers Sebastian and Jorge Ramirez, who say their 1,300-square-foot shop resembles “a 1950s-era hotel lobby.” In February, the brothers partnered with Oz Zechovoy, the creative director of Selina, a global chain of boutique hostels-cum-co-working spaces, to design the space.

Why sell everything?

The answer, Sebastian Ramirez says, is a nod to their grandfathe­r, who believes that anything should be sold for the right price. “It’s therapeuti­c to let material things go in our consumer-obsessed culture. People have this desire to possess everything they see. You can do that here,” Ramirez said.

What’s on display?

Everything within eye-shot, from the vintage theater seats working profession­als use in the café to the contempora­ry wall art, boasts a price tag. Fancy a latte with a custom-built 1974 Yamaha XS 650 motorcycle ($12,000)? Both are here. There are Warhol screen-printed party invitation­s depicting artist Victor Hugo Rojas, one of Warhol’s assistants at the Factory ($18,000); a Jeff Koons-designed snowboard; paintings; 1920s theater seats recovered from a northern Florida naval military base ($3,800); and hanging lamps from an abandoned Pennsylvan­ia insane asylum.

Selina Brawlers will open 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at 2819 NW Second Ave., in Miami. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 305-515-9173 or go to Brothersan­dBrawlers.com.

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