In my prior comment I meant in conjunction with visits to Bird Bowl. After John F. Kennedy was killed in 1963, the exile showed up in New Orleans, claiming to want to help prosecutor Jim Garrison, the assassination's chief investigator, with his case. In one of these shots is the Plymouth Congregational Church after the cutting -- see all those beautiful power lines? 11/16/1989, Tamara Voninski/Miami Herald Staff: This vacant lot was bought by developer. He once pointed it at the head of some guy who dared beat him at arm wrestling. The Spiced Apple Restaurant was located somewhere in South Broward County. Gioseppi's in Hialeah on W 84th Street & 12th Avenue, the very best. Undated: Package Store (no name) on S.W. Reads with an unease, a tension that is not quite resolved. We knew we wanted to do house music. But so exceptional was Miami's cocaine economy that dopers were paying banks to accept suitcases full of cash (while certificates of deposit were yielding 20 percent, on top of your choice of toaster or alarm clock). Burton Goldberg's Mutiny at Sailboat Bay was one of the country's most lucrative hotels, perennially overbooked and sending off armored trucks with sacks of its cash profits, albeit in the new murder-and-drug capital of America, a city that had been ravaged by race riots, gun killings, and the sudden arrival of 125,000 Cuban refugees, many of them sprung right from Fidel Castro's jails. 2/7/1968, Miami Herald Staff: Shovel reaches South Bayshore Dr. and so traffic will be shut off for weeks. ethedj efren castellanos 104 subscribers 1.5K views 5 years ago ethedj @ Honey For The Bears, Miami. Just don't look nervous.". Hi Rob, thank you. I loved it. Longshot Lounge, The, Holiday Inn, southeast corner of Palmetto Expressway and W. 49th Street, Hialeah
Luau Polynesian Restaurant, 79th Street Causeway, North Bay Village
Lucky Lady Lounge, Bird Road and SW 112th Avenue, Miami
Ludway Bar & Grill
Lums Restaurants, numerous locations in Dade and Broward (photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/78483310 )
Ma Grundy's, 4400 NW 79th Avenue, Miami (now Doral)
Macs Bar-B-Q, Key Largo
Mae & Dave's, Palm Avenue and E. 13th Street, Hialeah
Majorette Hamburgers, a 1950's drive-in at 511 NW 79th Street, Miami (matchbook photo at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/150400196 and photo at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/158264003 )
Mansenes Spaghetti House, 291 NW 37th Avenue (Douglas Road), Miami (photos at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/81851211 , http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/81854721 ) and http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/110367728 )
Marcella's Italian Restaurants, various locations in Dade and Broward (photos at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/86323623 and http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/144318252 )
Marina Bay, Ft. Lauderdale
Mario the Baker Italian Restaurant, W. Dixie Highway at NE 138th Street, North Miami ( photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/165331666 )
Marshall Major's, South Miami
Marty's Italian
Mary's Italian Restaurant, 13914 NW 7th Avenue, North Miami (photo at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/102283635 )
Maurice's Steak House, 2705 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach (photo at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/98555665 )
Mei Yin Chinese American Restaurant, (1950's) 1660 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach (photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/116889801 )
Merry Go Round Restaurant, The, on S. Dixie Highway across from the U of M
Mexico Lindo
Miami Diner, (1950's, formerly the Belle Hop Drive-In), 8301 NE 2nd Avenue, Little River (photo at http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/104029105 )
Miami Shores Bakery, owned by Fred and Bernard Cox, Miami Shores (my wife tells me that our wedding cake came from them in June 1982 - it was great!) The cover of the menu says "Bahama steak house and cocktail lounge". Locations and time frames help others remember the restaurant/bar/lounge/whatever. Arbetters hot dogs are the best around today but did you ever have a dog at Sid's Pub on SW 8th Street just east of 27th Av? We did that party for three years. Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. 7/25/1969: Police car parked near Coconut Grove Library banjo player is "jack.". There is still a Ranch House on NW 138 St, west of 67th Ave. RAY1945: To what year is this list? 7/17/1988, Raul Rubiera/Miami Herald Staff: Cheryl Brown and Albert Schilleci both from Alabama browse through the postcards. Ahead of his time? In its time there was nothing like it, and today it lives on in hindsight like the afterimage of a hallucination, bright but blurry.". Then, turn the glass upside down and carefully dip the rim on your sheet covered in coconut sugar. Ma Grundy's (on your list) was at 4400 NW 79th Ave, in the then-clubhouse (it's been bulldozed) for the Country Club Gardens apartments. You got that right, SS. From a Guest in the Guestbook on 18-Sep-2013 19:53: That was prior to Smitty's Barbecue and then Smitty's Wishing Well on the same corner (the northeast corner of NE 36th and Miami Avenue), correct? You'd put away seven or eight ounces at the table, using a ladle and baggies.". 2/7/1968, Miami Herald Staff: Coconut Grove - Street Scene. My folks would take us to a place (near Gables?) You need a pension for Russian history if you're going to attempt to read this. Promenade was a fun place to work, with a 360 degree view of the Bay and the city. They also had ice cold draught beer. Miami Beach was about to become the party destination we know today. My source has a 1956 phone book and she said there is no listing for either place. The dishes which are served there set new standards for culinary sector. LoKal, pronounced [lo-ka'l], in Coconut Grove opened it's doors on December 24, 2011. Does anyone have an image of Ma Grundy's or have an ad for them? Pure raw local honey infused with local pollen specifically for the Coconut Grove Florida allergy season. I was just a kid and we moved to Europe for a while, so I cannot recall its name, but it was gone when we moved back to Miami in the mid-90s. Place soaked bears in shot glasses to serve or small plastic containers with lids. Plus there used to be a fruit stand up the the road with real pina-colada without the alcohol to die for. There was an old pool table in the back. I didn't find it funny or witty, just boring and kind of gross. In the mid 60's there was no place that could compare. Adapted from Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad, published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Don't see it mentioned here. Also Leo's Pizza on N.W. 1. Where Samari is across from The Fall's there was a restaurant with entertainment, probably around 1975, it was rather expensive more like a dinner club. They were oversized weiners & buns and the weiner was steamed in beer and the sauerkraut was steamed in sherry wine. Free shipping for many products! He said he didn't just want to 'give it away to all the girls with long pinkie nails.'". This grove replaced the famous Labyrinth grove, installed in 1665-1666 and enhanced in 1677 with a series of thirty-nine painted lead fountains in a lifelike representation of the animals in Aesop's fables. A lot of restaurants are not in that list, a lotfor example, Steak & Eggs and Zum der alte Fritz, both in Coral Way during the middle 70'sThere was also a French restaurant that closed in a couple of months. 8/21/1988, Candance barbot/Miami Herald Staff: Story concerning residents rights to use certain routes on their way home. Born in the Bronx, he moved to Miami as a toddler in 1972 and got his start in music as a mobile DJ at 16, teaming up soon after with childhood friend Oscar Gaetan, better known to the world as Oscar G. The duo, who first met in third grade, went on to form the legendary record label and production group Murk, which put Miami on the house music map, long before the city had a love/hate relationship with Ultra Music Festival. Thank you for your valuable contributions! Do you know what it is? Hi, what was the name of the seafood restaurant located at the Falls Shopping Center before Hurricane Andrew . It was tough to get discovered then as a new artist, and Murk had just released their second record. This is a disaster of a book. No. We held my daughter's forth birthday party there, that was many years ago. 2/27/1989, Mary Lou Foy/Miami Herald Staff: Al and Sandy Arostegue walk onto their driveway. The Mutiny Hotel was a cocaine mecca in the late '70s and '80s. On one of the pictures of the Town Theatre it is slightly visible, the sign is readable if you remember the name of the place. I compiled the list, I composed the words and you may not copy and paste the below list on forums or wherever like some scumbag a-hole with a username of ray1945 did on City-Data.com. 1. Always buy round-trips, even if you were only going to use one leg. 11/8/1963: Sprawling banyans provide a fascinating sight for Miami visitors. I appreciate it because accuracy is important to me. In terms of plot it's a rather loose jaunt through Soviet-era St Petersberg, with plenty of smuggling and secret police, although the book never gets as exciting as those words would suggest. Anyway, I guess Chippy's is gone, because I can't find too many references to it. America in the late 1970s and early '80s was in a pronounced funk: Inflation and unemployment were high; consumer sentiment was in the dumps. I have fond memories of the Yorkshire Inn with Mac MacDonald at the piano bar - He had a slide projector that projected the lyrics on a screen above his head - A great intro to karaoke Who knows the rest. I remember it now that you mentioned it and it was quite unique and very popular at the time. The Mutiny stood out as a lush oasis within this apocalypse. Its been more than 20 years since Ralph and Oscar put out their first single Some Lovin and theyre still going strong. This book was pretty terrible in comparison to "A Clockwork Orange" or "The Wanting Seed." How about Wolfie's Deli? I had the best pina colada I have ever had there, and I can still remember it after all these years. A&W drive-in restaurants, numerous locations throughout the county Ale House, 5830 S. Dixie Highway, Coral Gables Alley Cat, Coral Gables Arthur Maisel's, NE 79th Street and Biscayne Bouvelard, A1A and 183rd Street in Sunny Isles Bahamas Steak House, NW 36th Street and NW North River Drive, Miami This is the long and short of it: So big and sprawling was Muchachos Corp. (a big drug-dealing syndicate that hung out at the Mutiny Club), so voracious were the demands of its supply chain, that it was bound to suck in the peculiar resum of someone like Owen Band. Main Highway. A couple of locations in Miami, run by Mr. Joe Clemente. Indeed They Are and the Young ladies are learning to use them as rifles in drill formations. Hi Don, do you have any pics of the Yorkshire Inn restuarant on bird road and 65ave???? 'Daddy,' your kid would say, 'the neighbors say you sell drugs.'". Its beer menu has expanded, along with a new happy hour featuring the return of Moose Juice, a borderline lethal cocktail classic from old-school Grove favorite Mr. Moe's made with various rums and juices, served in an oil can. Band was summoned to Steve Rubell's mansion at least three times to deliver his product. These nice comments came to me via e-mail and I am reposting them here with permission of Bev Jacobson Lefcourt (MHS class of 1960): Carol, thank you for posting your memories. While Miami Beach nightlife is going through another change, Ralph and Oscar along with Casanova have created a weekly party in a new location, Murk on Mondays at Coyo Taco in Wynwood, which is introducing their sound to a whole new generation. Hi there! People couldnt put the pieces together. Browse our many collections & find the perfect print for your home or office display, framed and matted. This darkly comic tale of a visit to 1960s Soviet Russia has a nightmarish quality. On Fridays all the fried fresh catch dolphin you could eat. It was, and is because it's still in operation, the 94th Aero Squadron. Even a sidewalk art show was featured. Cagneys in the same location where the Flick had been. in the comments section below and I will add them to the list as time permits. He crunched the risk-reward scenarios in his head as Venao tooted more of the pink stuff and licked powder up into his gums. The Mutiny's pirate logo graced everything from pendants to members' cards. 11/11/1990, Candace Barbot/Miami Herald Staff: Scenes of "Cocowalk" shopping center in downtown Coconut Grove. A no-frills whisk (e)y joint carrying hundreds of Irish, Scotch and American varieties, plus a sizeable craft beer . Signup for our Honey & Bees Newsletter. " Honey for the Bees " is a song by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 1984 as a track on her debut solo album Alf. They had ashtrays that said "Nicked From Pumperniks". The young ladies are gotten up to represent the Pine Needles, a group of young girls organized back in 1886 by Mary Barr Munroe, wife of pioneer Miami resident Kirk Munroe.It's all part of a pageant showing early Coconut Grove to be given by the woman's club of Coconut Grove. We have always tried to avoid dining out on Friday and Saturday nights unless it's a birthday, anniversary, etc. I dont see a reference above for a bar or club on Lejune Road called Mothers. Anyway, it should be One South, not Trysting Place, at the above-mentioned address. Please help! Thank you Bob and other contributors! He took a bayonet to the shoulder while attempting to fight his jailers. 4/16/1971, John Pineda/Miami Herald Staff: LR: Donna Lowe, Tom Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, ( Center - Mrs. Fredrick A. Kent). Murk took off in the mid-late 90s with their production, [also under aliases Liberty City and Funky Green Dogs] ,charting a massive seven consecutive number-one singles on Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. If not I don't know the answer. Oh, it was such a wonderfully friendly place to eat and smooze. Overall, I think the story is just depressing unhappy marriage, lost loves, etc., etc. Candance Barbot/Miami Herald Staff: Scenes of "Cocowalk" Shopping Center In Downtown Coconut Grove. That was a great Italian & Pizza Restaurant at least thru the 1960's. Do you remember where in Hialeah it was? He walked over to her and asked if he could show her without hurting herself. Pop homemade gummy bears out of mold and store them in an airtight container. Do not remember the address, but it was near downtown Miami. My friend and I frequented it during 1972 & 1973. I can send you photos of the menu and the original dinner plates, if you like. This book is clearly a product of its time and has not aged well. I don't know whatever happened to it but perhaps some of this site's viewers know and will comment on this matter. Thats where I first heard of Trax, DJ International, Strictly. and After the Cattleman at El Capitan on 4th Street and Alton Road. The Cattleman? You forgot two more restaurants. By the third year everyone had their own party, and the fourth year we stopped doing it. 2/3/1988, Carol Guzy/Miami Herald Staff: Grove Harbor. The chicken had more batter than actually chicken but it was still . Band apologized and swore he didn't intend disrespect. The Down Under restaurant on Oakland Park Blvd @ Intracoastal in Lauderdale; luncheonette at Williams City Drugs on NE 26 St in Wilton Manors; Gaslight Inn on US 441 & NW 5 St. in Plantation; BBQ Spot - two locatons in Broward - North US 1 and US 441 in Plantation; Charcoal Smoke House on NE 4th Ave in Lauderdale; Diney's Drive In on NE 4th Ave in Lauderdale; Kim's Cabin restaurant on W. Sunrise Blvd & NW 3 Ave. in Lauderdale; Patricia Murphy's Restaurant @ Bahia Mar on A1A in Lauderdale; Clock Restaurant - chain, several in South Florida; Burt & Jack's Steakhouse @ Port Everglades, Ft Lauderdale; Bennigan's - chain, several in South Floirda; Black Eyed Pea restaurant, Sheridan St., Hollywood. There was also a Bit o" Sweden in Broward that looked the same. Danny was a huge influence, says Falcon. I might have photos of The Promenade somewhere in boxes upon boxes of prints I haven't seen since the 70's and 80's and someday I'll scan what I have to put up on the site. 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