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Miami Herald
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Miami used to look like that? See old nightclubs, restaurants and stores
South Florida Miami used to look like that? See old nightclubs, restaurants and stores In Miami's past, icons like Lums served beer-steamed hot dogs while shoppers strolled Flagler Street and high-energy clubs packed South Beach. Bayside Marketplace and CocoWalk helped shift the city's social scene, drawing crowds with dining, music, and shopping. Photos show how department stores, classic clubs like the Latin Quarter, and mom-and-pop businesses defined neighborhoods before towers and chain stores moved in. Lums, once a mainstay with its signature hot dogs and bright red roof, brings back memories of simpler lunches and neighborhood gathering spots. Looking back at old clubs, restaurants and retail hubs certainly brings back the old feelings we either remember or heard about. Club goers dance during one of the famed foam parties at the open-air club Amnesia, 136 Collins Ave., in the mid-1990s. By David Bergman NO. 1: WHERE DID MIAMI EAT AND PARTY IN 1994? SEE A RETRO LIST OF CLUBS, RESTAURANTS, SHOWS Let's enter the time capsule and to see what kept South Florida entertained back when. | Published February 8, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives Harbor Pilot Dario Pedrajo Waves goodbye to the Sea Escape after piloting it out of Port of Miami in 1985. By Murry Sill NO. 2: CRUISE SHIPS IN MIAMI USED TO LOOK LIKE THAT? HOW WE TRAVELED IN THE 1970S AND '80S Let's go through the old photos. | Published April 30, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives In 1970, Hans Reiss,maitre d' at the Carillon Hotel in Miami Beach, has pleasant memories as he looks back on the revues and stars appearing in the hotel's Le Cafe supper Club. The Carillon nightspot was known as the Club Siam when it opened in February 1958, featuring such weekly changing entertainers as the Ames Brothers and Andrews Sisters. The name was changed to Cafe Le Can Can in 1959 and, for several years, the Carillon's executive director, Herb Robins, brought in top-flight revues produced by Lou Walters, who was Barbara Walters' father. Because the public wanted something more modern, the Carillon launched another new trend in Miami Beach entertainment with 'Shazzam,' offering the entire family comedy and spectacular illusions blended into colorful production numbers. NO. 3: MIAMI CLUBS USED TO LOOK LIKE THAT? SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW WE PARTIED THE NIGHT AWAY Take a look at the hottest places in South Florida. | Published September 13, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives Dupont Plaza, flanked by with highway ramps, seen in 1968 from first National Bank Building. NO. 4: REMEMBER WHEN SOUTH FLORIDA LOOKED LIKE THIS? SEE THE STREETS, CLUBS, HOTELS, STORES There's some history here. | Published October 19, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herad Archives A meeting of different generations in the Miami area in 1969. By Bob East NO. 5: MIAMI WAS ONCE A HIPPIE HANGOUT. SEE HOW THE STREETS LOOKED DURING THE 1960S AND '70S Peace, love, drugs and long hair. | Published October 26, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives A restaurant location with the familiar signs. NO. 6: THIS POPULAR MIAMI RESTAURANT CHAIN STEAMED HOT DOGS IN BEER. DO YOU REMEMBER? Take a look at the old photos. | Published February 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archive In 1993, the stairways leading up to CocoWalk's AMC theaters in the Grove. By Donna E. Natale NO. 7: COCOWALK AND BAYSIDE MARKETPLACE CHANGED MIAMI. SEE HOW LANDMARKS LOOKED AT THE START They looked different in these early photos. | Published February 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Miami Herald
12-02-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
This popular Miami restaurant chain steamed hot dogs in beer. Do you remember?
Feel like having a hot dog steamed in beer. Or maybe an Ollieburger? What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break? If you were living in South Florida from the 1950s through the '70s, you'd know exactly where to go. Lums. The chain, which started out as Lum's with the apostrophe (just like Burdine's / Burdines) had dozens of locations on what seemed like every main street. Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Lincoln Road and Collins Avenue on South Beach. State Road 441 in Broward. Let's take a look back through the Miami Herald archives at the familiar restaurant with the red roof: What Lums looked like Lums founders Brothers Stuart and Clifford Perlman parlayed a Miami Beach hotdog stand into the original Lums restaurants. When the Philadelphia-born Perlman brothers brought their enterprise skills to Miami, they brought with them a winning recipe. By the time they got out of the food business, there were 450 restaurants bearing the name Lums. Stuart Perlman once recalled the time in 1961 when a stranger walked into Lums and asked the man behind the counter what he knew of the company and its prospects. Unknowingly, the man he asked was Stuart Perlman. 'I just bought a hundred shares of stock in this company, ' the customer said, 'and I'd like to know something about the management.' Said Mr. Perlman: 'I didn't have the courage to tell him that the guy handing him his hot dog was the president of the company he had just bought stock in. He might have gone right out and sold his shares. And I know he would not have left me the quarter tip.' The Perlman brothers later expanded their holdings to include Gold Seal Meats and Eagle Army surplus stores. In 1969, Stuart and Clifford Perlman entered the gaming industry with the purchase of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. For $58 million they bought the 3-year-old, 680-room hotel and turned into the flagship of their new enterprise, Caesars World. Caesars World eventually included Caesars Tahoe, Caesars Boardwalk Regency in Atlantic City, plus nongambling resorts in the Poconos and other interests. They became interested in Caesars Palace through the restaurant business. The brothers had met a broker for the Denny's restaurant chain who was involved in negotiations for Denny's purchase of the hotel. When that deal fell through, the Perlmans took up the negotiations and bought the hotel. By 1982, Stuart and Clifford Perlman, vice chairman and chairman respectively of Caesars World, had divested themselves of the company and all gambling interests. Lums history
