Everyone needs 3 pounds of ice cream that looks like a bunny! This Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Store was back when these shops were ice cream only shops. In the 1980s these were often found in malls and shopping strips. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I stopped in for a great steak dinner at Black Angus. Per chance a couple days earlier I had come across this glass in my travels. It has the original “Mr. Angus” character on it that I remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today in 1967 O’Hara’s in Palm Beach was letting Irish lamb invade the Sirloin Room just for St. Patrick’s Day! This advertisement is from the March 17th, 1967 edition of the Palm Beach Post. #SaintPAtricksDay #StPats #SaintPAts #SaintPatricks #Celebrate #Dinner[…]↓ 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…
Friday marked the 67th anniversary of Florida started, ‘Burger King’!!!Actually, the fast food burger joint started as ‘Insta-Burger King’ in Jacksonville about 1953 by two fellows. The name came from the ‘Insta’ burger machines they used. They sold the business[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Further celebrating #GermanAmericanDay, here’s an advertisement to “Thrill to Dining Pleasures” with a trip to dine in the German tradition at The Hofbrau Haus. This ad was in the October 6th, 1954 edition of the Miami News. #Tuesday #Advertising #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Hooper Groves citrus stand in Brevard County in the 1950s. These stands used to be all over Florida. There are few left today. Hard to believe folks would pass up a spot like this to buy oranges at a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Howard Johnson’s restaurants are long gone, but the hotels live on! The restaurant buildings can be found all over the state. The orange and teal still on some. Here’s an advertisement from today, March 4th, 1980, that was in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve visited this location over 25 times. This time was as a great a stop as ever and certainly better than a fast food place. * Coney Island Drive-Inn 1112 E Jefferson Street, Brooksville, 34601 (352) 796-9141 This is an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jimmy Fazio moved to Broward County in ’52 and continued a string of food and entertainment establishments he had started in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His House of Ribs was one of the best known. Fazio died in ’98 and here is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…