Bunny has found apple fritters for National Fritter Day from the most popular spot for fritters in Winter Haven, ‘The Donut Man’. Trilby is jealous that someone knows how to make something out of apples more than he can. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy at Arnold’s Royal Castle, 12490 NW 7th Avenue, in North Miami. The front is as many Royal Castles were as they closed in the mid-60s. This one and one near Hialeah are the two that survived in Florida.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s Really Cool” declares the sign of an installation of the new-fangled air conditioner at the Golf Park Building restaurant in Miami in the 1920s or 30s. Seth Bramson, author of the book noted below, notes that the open doors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby has whipped up an all-natural Trilby special seafood bisque just for Swampy. It’s so fresh it’s almost alive! Friend, Judy Geiger, highly recommendeds Hurricane Seafood Restaurant in Pass-A-Grille. The restaurant opened in 1977 and is a very popular spot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber and Trilby are in their German best for German-American Day! Swampy’s best suggestion for celebrating German-American Day is a trip to Mr. Dunderbak’s in Tampa. The food is the considered by many to be the best German food in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bar-B-Q is all over our state. Though, harder to find than a few decades ago. Most know 95 year old Sonny Tillman’s creation, Sonny’s. There tends to be a place here and place there. There’s Original Uncle Tom’s BBQ that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sheraton Hotel, now called B Ocean Resort, is still along the ocean in Fort Lauderdale, but The Venetian Room is gone. One room still at the Sheraton that was there at the time of this postcard is The Wreck[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Morrison’s Cafeteria was much beloved throughout the South. Certainly in Florida. Here is an advertisement for Morrison’s that was on 41. The food was terrific and pure Southern. Lots of salt, sugar and butter. I sure miss it. This ad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
! Zuber indulges in the yummy dessert at Bo’s Ice Cream in Tampa! There are so many fun historic soft serve ice cream places across Florida! Here are a few: Dreamette in Jacksonville, Del’s Freez in Melbourne, Powell’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This recipe is from the 2001 copy of ‘The Seabreeze by the Bay Cookbook: Recipes from our Kitchen to Yours’ by Helen & Robert Richards. This was once a very popular restaurant that started back in 1926 in Port of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Wilson’s moved from Ohio to Florida for health reasons. The Willard Wilson’s health improved and he bought an existing diner and turned it into The Marvel Diner. The spot was on Forrest Avenue, which was U.S. 1 at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…