When the 1000th Burger Chef opened August 9th, 1969 in Treasure Island, south of Clearwater, the pirates came out in force to celebrate with burger, fries and shakes! Came across this image when Swampy’s Friend, Gar, sent a story about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Food Stops
Learned today a favorite Swampy stop closed it’s first location February 20th. Bobby Rubino’s Place for Ribs closed and is to be demolished for still another fast food chicken place. Those are popping up all over. Bobby Rubino had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The photo is of Swampy and Big Boy in Sanford in June, 2010. Big Boy restaurants returned to Florida in the mid-2000s to about 2011. There were only a handful built between Jacksonville and Sanford. I frequented one near the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads – What 45 cents got you at McDonalds in 1960.
Here’s an ad that was inside of a Sarasota High School football program from October 7th, 1960. The program is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . #Flordia #Sarasota #McDonalds #Burgers #Hamburgers #Lunch #Dinner
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads – Riksha Inn in Fern Park, 1962.
Fern Park is in southern Seminole County and there you would have found the Riksha Inn. I believe this was very near Freddie’s Steak House. I remember this restaurant but can’t place it exactly. Please post if you know where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Ads from today, 1961: Free McDonalds Valentine’s Ham in Sarasota!
Does seem an odd advertisement from McDonald’s to give away steaks and ham for Valentine’s Day. But this is from 1961 and even the logo is different at McDonald’s. This advertisement is from the February 10th, 1961 Sarasota Journal. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jack’s Saloon on Key West was considered the fanciest on the island back in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Key West” by Stan Windhorn & Wright Langley. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a matchbook of Baker’s Skyway Club in Jacksonville. This is from sometime in the 1940’s. Notice the “Remember Pearl Harbor”. On the left is the outside of the matchbook. To the right is the inside of the matchbook.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Historic Photos: The Palace Soda Fountain Shop, early ’20s, Tampa.
This photo is from Floridians at Work: Yesterday and Today’ by Margaret G. Wilson, page 77. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3g6a8Vy This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, south of Miami
Get your frog legs! at Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, 12 miles south of Miami on U.S. 1. The back of the postcards states the inn is famous for “Southern fried chicken, barbecued spare ribs. two cocktail bars. Air conditioned. Fishermen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Al Bruchez opened Chez Bruchez with it’s French cuisine in 1956 on Seabreeze Boulevard. In it’s place today is Anna’s Trattoria Italian Cuisine. Chez Bruchez closed in the 1980s. Here’s what Chez Brunchez looks like today: This postcard is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the first offices of the Holly Hill Grove and Fruit Company in Davenport, in Polk County. In the background, to the right, is the Holly Hill Hotel. Today Davenport has been lost to the action of the U.S.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…