I had Lobster ala Newberg there the night I got my driver's license down in Sunnyland Shopping Center. This Old Miami section has developed into something far larger than I ever imagined and I have a huge backlog of old photos yet to add. I remember once we were there and the rolls were not ready and the customers were going crazy until they came out. I had just returned from 14 months overseas and thought I'd found heaven. It's just a different style now.". On one hand we have the nations retirees going to live out their final days, and on the other we have a drug war zone yielding unprecedented violence. It seemed that all connections with its former glory days were being destroyed. This Cuban restaurant is filled with breakfast, lunch and dinner items to help satisfy any craving you may have. Dusty and Algis, thank you for your comments and memories. . Pretty soon a guy came out from the back. My wife lived next door when we met in 1957 at the skating rink next door to Bird Bowl, and her folks owned the building which they sold to Frankie. The newspaper left in 1957, and the building was used by the federal government to take in Cuban refugees to provide medical treatment and process documentation. Crowded beach scene of people and automobiles - Jacksonville, Florida, 1973. Wonderful site!! Had some good meals there. There was always smoke billowing out of the chimney and the food was fantastic. One of your early pictures was of a Lum's Restaurant, with the notation help. OMG !!!!! I believe it was off the 79th Street causway. Well, one that stands out, in particular, is Lum's restaurant. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? Founder Betty Fox named the iconic establishment for her daughter, Sharon, but a mess-up at the printers led to the Foxs Sherron Inn. See our. No one ever mentions Hart's and no one seems to remember it??? In the end, the convention went on, but Miamis brand as the sun and fun capital of the world was gone. I went there the day I graduated from Miami Senior Higha bunch of us. I'd like to add them to the list of restaurants that are gone but need just a little more information. Bile's ranch was out there where we kept our horses. Again, the guy didn't seem to know how to ring up their order etc., and he told them they didn't have to pay this morning. FABULOUS - Loved it. But someday someone will do it and they will be posted. In 2006, the opening of Michys in the MiMo District started a movement that, along with Michael Schwartz of Michaels Genuine in 2007 and Kris Wessel of Red Light Little River in 2008, would again catapult Miami into the food spotlight. Check out our 1970s miami style selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. You might enjoy perusing those.. Report as inappropriate. I was born in 1946 and grew up across the street from White Belt Dairy. The late 1980s and 1990s proved a crucial point in our food scene, when the Mango Gang (Allen Susser, Norman Van Aken, and Mark Militello, among others) put Miami cuisine on the international map, launching restaurants that made it a point to incorporate local flavors and ingredients. If anyone can part with this nostalgic item of my childhood, I'll gladly pay. 18th Ave. I remember it from the mid-50's when my aunt's boss would take us there and I remember delicious chocolate shakes. Anyone remember Cookie's on the Mile? Sometimes its simply time to move on. I remember the Royal Castle on 22nd Av. Apparently photos of the Majorette Drive In are kind of rare but I keep hoping that someone will provide one. Golden Temple Natural Food Restaurant at 423 South Mill Avenue in Tempe in the late 1970s. 8263 Bird Rd, Miami. Miami Herald crime reporter Edna Buchanan claimed that at one point in the 80s, an entire Miami police academy graduating class ended up dead or in jail. To this day, the best subs I ever had.and those onions rings..oh manwhy do the best places not last?? That was the hangout for the 1963 Miami High crowd. I had some interesting history on the old Andalusia Bake Shop in Corel Gables. The Big Wheel was really, really big as long as I can remembermy parents took my sister and me there as kids on Friday nightsGREAT hot dogs, milk shakes. I grew up near Coral Way and S.W. a lot of famous fighters would come in for that 5 AM breakfast. Category 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Restaurants. I know there was a restaurant there which later became Beefsteak Charlie's. It was behind the Frank 'n Bun which is on the corner of 79th and 27th Avenue (now a Royal Castle and strip shopping center). Things were and are still looking up for Gleasons sun and fun capital of the world. Lila Nikla. Dan, I was born on Miami Beach and still live in Miami. Thank you for the memories! What location better encapsulates Miamis crime years than the infamous Tommys Deck Bar, known as The Neighborhood Bucket of Blood due to its draw for drug dealers and the resulting violence. I would usually get Walt's meatloaf (it was the best) with home cooked veggies and bisquits. The 3,400-square-foot restaurant . I grew up in the Miami area (unincropated Dade County ,between N.Miami & Hialeah ).Many of these resturants hold special memories of my teen years (graduated Miami Central "72"), These images really remind us where we came from. It was located on LeJeune Rd. And a local police scientist in Cocaine Cowboys (an amazing documentary on these turbulent times) estimated that any random $20 bill plucked from a Miami wallet in 1981 would have revealed traces of cocaine. . Palmetto High 1964. Its only a matter of time before we see where that leads. Located in an alleyway off US1 in Pinecrest, Keg South is the epitome of a dive bar. By December, the building is gone (sign says restaurant moved to 8872 Coral Way, in what looks like a revamped 40s/50s strip center). W, Sign up for the Born and raised in Miami, now living in Melbourne in Brevard Co. What a fabulous site. , ! Years ago there was a drive-in called HART"S Drive Inn. I don't think they had a/c. The second BK location in Miami was open from 1955 to the early 1970s. The antique booze bottles and vintage posters found throughout The Bar are a nod to its long history in Miami. Despite economic woes (recession and inflation), the energy crisis, urban decline, crime, and escalating restaurant prices, restaurant-going continued to rise. At the moment, Bade County police have a stash of 162,000 Ibs. They also had locations on 27th Ave and 183rd St, N.W 103rd St just over the bridge heading into Hialeah, and just east of the 163rd Street Shopping Center. It has since grown in size since its humble beginnings in the 70s, but is still known for bringing in live music acts and airing plenty of sporting events no matter the time of day. I think Brothers Two was the lounge connected to 6 West in the Springs. Miami New Times Westword Coupons Captain . Does anyone remember Brussard's Restaurant on Miami Beach? It's all concrete now. They were waiting for the Miami Herald bundles to be dropped off under I-95 and decided to ride their bikes across the street and get a cup of hot chocolate. I was hoping someone besides myself remembered Leonard's La Pena on Bird Road. Funland Park was the name of the place. The business started in California in the late 1950s, and expanded across the country throughout the 60s and 70s.. With a wide menu, Sambo's was able to offer something for almost everyone dinners of everything from filet mignon to fried chicken, and breakfasts like the Papa Jumbo special (juice . I somehow remember it being close to the Miami address. This one opened in 1957 at the Cove Yacht Basin on the Intracoastal Waterway at Hillsborough Boulevard and could be accessed. With a large Hispanic community already established in Miami, Uruguayans made their way to the neighborhoods of North Beach and Coral Gables when they immigrated to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. (1979) There was a Playboy Club next door! PS Contact me at my email address. Jeff has confirmed he meant to type COPA CITY and not Copy City night club on Dade Boulevard. Also moved to Brevard Cty in the early 60;s but came back to help run the business until sold in 1986. It was a small place and had two huge plam trees out front on either side of the door. I think it was a hamburger joint. You relax in a seat thats striped like a beach chair. In a book that became to be known as 'The People of the Abyss' London described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. Hello Don,'I remember many of the restaurants. However, you need to look at the photos again because there is a photo of the Hasta on the 4th row from the bottom and there is a photo of the Red Coach Grill on Biscayne in the 1960's period along with a Red Coach Grill on Sunny Isles. But by the 1970s, it had been overrun by drug dealers and was subsequently destroyed. I want to keep Hialeah separate since I grew up there and it's a different world, haha. Grab a seat at its U shaped counter, order a 2-2-2-2 special and listen to stories from waitresses who have been working there for decades. My Mom then moved to 7999 NW 15th Ave where I returned to after Vietnam. My guess is Oven's, but what do I know? In the end, Foxs fell prey to one of the scourges faced by everyone in Miami skyrocketing property values. I wonder if anyone remembers the name of the first restaurant that opened where Smith and Wolensky in now in South Beach (before Crawdaddy's), i need pictures of the bbq stable resterant 54st n miami ave. Always ordered their blackened grouper. Please, someone tell me the name of the longest continually operating restaurant in Miami-Dade County that is still open today. Anyone remember Deli City, Santacroce, Formosa? 1970s Fort Lauderdale Restaurants. Used to go there in the late sixties. We had a Sir Pizza in the Cypress Village Shopping Center in Miami Lakes from the 70's through the 90's and I dined there many times and always got a good meal at a reasonable price. love this site-found it while doing research for a nostalgia visit to my hometown of miami springs -i was looking to see if pumpernick's in south miami was still open-boo hoo-but i will always have my fond memories of gracies italian with its great garlic knots and the donut holes my dad would bring home when he got off duty from the coral gables fire deparment from gracies delicatessen in miami springs-and lord how did i suvive riding my bike all over, all the way up to 49th street in hialeah. Here now is a nostalgic look at two legends from Miami's history. Wonderful trip back in time. Serving up BBQ to Miami for 65 years, this outpost has seen its fair share of change. Drug smuggling could be the regions major industry, worth anywhere from $7 billion to $12 billion a year (vs. $12 billion for real estate and $9 billion for tourism). This is great! Also - I remember Black Caesar's Forge (somewhere in the Gables?) There was one on SW 27 Ave and 8 St. My parents use to take me there back in the early 60's. It even has a market in the back where you can pick it up to-go if youre in the mood to cook at home. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for RARE VINTAGE LUAU RESTAURANT TIKI POLYNESIAN 1960s 1970s GLASS, MIAMI BEACH FL at the best online prices at eBay! Still have the menu from there Went on to Jackson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Does anyone remember the first donut shop in Miami? Guest of 7-AUG-2016, can you tell us where Roger's Restaurant and Lounge and Peppermints Restaurant and Lounge were located? For African Americans, a very popular high end Night club was Roger's Restaurant and Lounge and Peppermints Restaurant and Lounge, both Owned and Operated by Roger Freeman. These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. I remember eating there a lot when my mom would take us to Jacksons for Back-to-School clothes. 2145 reviews. I love your site. Also there was a Royal Castle we used to go to on Biscayne Blvd near Cushman School. We used to call them "Black Anus." . Aldoros Bar.27th ave across from Funland Park. does anybody remember the restaurant that had a number of rooms, all decorated in completely different styles. they had great food and the cooks would have fun with everyone. I believe that restaurant was on Collins Avenue, in Miami Beach. 8/29/17: in order to reduce the number of photos on this page, and in an effort to organize restaurants better, I have created separate galleries for certain specific restaurants and those galleries are now at the top of this page followed by the regular page which has the huge variety of independent restaurants/bars/etc. Welcome Nicolle and thank you for your comment and memories. Also, I used to work at the Lums in Coconut Grove too. We could fill up on that. 3030 Ocean is definitely one of the most famous restaurants in Miami. I am trying to find the name of a restaurant that used to serve the best garlic rolls. Hes launched various incarnations of D. Rodriguez and De Rodriguez, first at the Astor Hotel and then the Bentley. dr. jeffrey comanor. The constant influx of new cultures has created waves of trends in the regions food scene. Also, used to love Mike Gordon's Seafood Restaurant on the 79th Causeway. Haven't been back since I know things have changed since 87.. Wasn't the Granada Restaurant on S.W. It has always been a place where people stand out. Maybe some day we'll luck out and get a photo of it up on the site for others to remember. And you SW residents didn't take any photos to share with us while patronizing those places? And oh yeah what about Deli City near Santacroce's? Indeed, Lenny Bruce is credited as saying: Miami Beach is where neon goes to die., Paris Theater and Big Chips fruit market on Washington Ave., Miami Beach. in 1971. Thank you whomever. How about the Hot Shoppes where the Gables kids with the ticked out rides hung out? That was always one of my favorites. Last year law enforcement officials seized 3.2 million Ibs. They used to make the best cheeseburghers and fries and milkshakes in town. that we dined in and drank in. LYNN- you MUST be talking about Marcella's in North Miami, 138 st. & Dixie Hwy. Miamis food scene continues to grow inprestige and influence, and its pushing the limits for better quality food, better quality palates and better expectations from localconsumers. But there was a silver lining to this story. ", Brenda, thank you for your memories and where you two live now. Michael, thank you for mentioning the Majorette Drive-In. Some of the Hialeah restaurants you mentioned are also mentioned by others in the Hialeah gallery. The Quinty's Italian restaurant at Hook Square that you mentioned was owned by the dad of two of my buddies (Quentin "Pete" and Eddie Ciolfi) in the late 50's and their mom Agnes is still alive and kicking up in the Titusville area. By submitting your email, you agree to our. The food was as good as any sit-down restaurant. where my husband and I had one of our early "dates" - married almost 50 years now! Report as inappropriate. Joe's Stone Crab, Miami Beach Joe's might be the most famous restaurant in Miami. A film by by Coronado Studios for the Tourist Development Authority of Miami Beach, circa 1970: But for all these attempts to lure in tourists, in the eighties it only got worse. Since the year began, we have seen the closing of newer spots like Porfirios, Pi Pizzeria, Campania (sister restaurant to veteran Sardiania), Teds at YoungArts, and Gastropod in Aventura Mall, as well as well-known locations like Khong River House, Oolite, Ticety Tea, and Serendipity 3. I could have sworn that it faced east, but the streets arent structured that way, with facades.