Kendale Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) and a suburb of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 55,646 at the 2020 census.

Kendale Lakes (and all of West Kendall) once had a large Miami Jewish population; many prominent attorneys lived there throughout the mid and late 70s. It was essentially a bedroom community up until the mid to late 80s. The part east of 142 Av and amid Sunset Dr and N Kendall Dr was built by Janis homes c. 1970; the part west of 142 Av. was built by Caravel homes in credit to 1973-74.

El Dorado Blvd was behind a walk-through outdoor mall past many mom and pop stores called the Kendale Lakes Mall. It was a destination for locals and had many specialty shops subsequent to Second Skin, Smatt Bootery, Sentry Drugs, Mightiest Mortals and restaurants behind Fiesta Tacos, The Carvery, Cozzoli’s Pizza, Tiger Tea House and Burns Bakery to publish but a few. It has always been a megaplex (450,000 square feet later one anchor mall and two strip malls and a roller skating rink upon its eastern/northern periphery) and was the deserted built upon Place west of 137 Av.

The southeast corner of 137 Av. was where Don Carter’s Bowling Alley was located, now called Carter Plaza. Mike’s Pizza and Marino’s Pizza are two long period local favorites which remain door for business in Kendale Lakes. K-Mart is the only collection which remains log on from the original Kendale Lakes Mall which was one of the former mall’s anchor stores. The new anchor deposit was Luria’s. Kendale Lakes Mall remains a source of nostalgia for many locals who grew taking place in the area during the late 1970s and 1980s.