Joe's News on Sunset Drive
Connie Banko's swimsuit shop
Feeding the ducks at the Duck Pond
Dante Fascell Park where he served hotdogs and hamburgers on the 4th of July
Robert's Western Wear for saddles, bridles and all sorts of western gear
Sunset Drugs and the lunch counter there..yum!
Sunset Elementary
The old coral rock South Miami Library
Parrot Jungle and the parrots roosting on our trees before heading back there every night
The Depot Restaurant
Zips Sporting Goods
Doc's Feed Store
Kids riding their ponies down Red Road
Orr's Pond when it was a homestead and not a walled community!
The College Inn restaurant for tasty sandwhiches
Bob's Pipe and Tobacco store
Gardener's market on Red Road
Chief Tatum and the tough but lovable South Miami cops on the beat
Pencil Pines where Robert Frost spent his winter months
The Howard Johnson's Restaurant on US 1 with the all you can eat catfish lunch on Teusdays
The Moderne Book Shop on US 1
and Finally, Fox's Serron Inn that IS STILL THERE and serving tasty burgers and roast beef still!
10 comments:
I remember Sunset Drugs. Was it on Bird Road not too far from Coral Way. We lived on 41 st street off Bird Road when I was 7 or 8. I went to Fairchild elementary for a brief period.
Hi Sparroweye: You are probably thinking of Allen's Drug Store on the southwest corner of Bird Road and Red Road. The Sunset Drug Store is on the southeast corner of Sunset Drive and Red Road. Both had luch counters in those days and Allen's still does to this day.
Yes, Allens Drugs. I could walk there from my 41st street house. They had a huge candy selection and a soda bar. And I think there was a Deweese bar up there my Daddy liked to frequent. Lol.
By the way. We drove down Miracle Mile in Coral Gables in our 35 ft RV. It was a trip. With all those electric cable cars. But the old Sear's store is still there on the corner. Get a pic of that would you. It's a landmark too.
My brother just informed me that Deweese was a drug store where we drank cherry cokes. And Red Bird was the bar our Dad hung out at, with many of the neighbors like The Millers. Had a friend named Trudy Miller who lived right behind us at 41st and Bird Road.
Sparroweye: I can't remember Deweese at all. Your brother is right about the Red Bird Bar, it was on the corner of Ludlam Road (67th Avenue) and Bird Road. It was the neighborhood bar in that area and was owned by an italian family named Leonardi. I think his name was Leo. It was there until the 90's and renamed as Sid's Piano bar. Today it is a Papa John's Pizza store. Most of these neighborhood bars went the way of the dodo bird I'm afaid. The only one left in the area is Duffy's Tavern on Red Road and 21st Street just north of Coral Way.
I grew up in the Grove, my father grew up on Palm Island and my grandfather built most of the early landmarks in Miami and the Gables. The old Kress 5&10, where I spent my first allowance is now a Ceviche resturant...who'da thunk it.
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