![]() ![]() “Way out” at the time was Leonard’s La Peña, at 7699 Bird Road. ![]() ![]() Among the other Coral Gables establishments were Great Gables, Fox’s (though now reincarnated and not quite lost!), the Dixie Belle Inn, and of course, Paoletti’s (now run by third generation owners in Highlands, NC). Mandel, after selling it, opened Cye’s Rivergate on the Miami River, also long gone), was a favorite spot for then-President Richard Nixon when he was in Miami (his home having been on Key Biscayne) and his neighbor and friend on Key Biscayne, Miami banker Bebe Rebozo. The Gables would see a number of fine operations either within city limits or close there to, including the Hasta, which when owned by Cye Mandel (Mr. The “steak houses,” for lack of a better term, were originally centered in Miami or on Miami Beach, for what we think are obvious reasons - the population center and the main major tourist area - including Seven Seas in downtown Miami, the name of which, after the store moved, was carried by new owners on Red Road near Coral Gables. Our first three columns (read Part I, Part II, and Part III ) went well back into Greater Miami’s past, but with this article (in which we don’t bring the story completely up to date), we now bring back memories of a number of operations which were known in the vernacular as “steak houses.” Truth be told, they for the most part served much more than just beef, with wide-ranging menus that included poultry, pork, various types of meats, and of course, seafood, along with such wonderful side dishes as Gallagher’s (on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami) “Tubby: The Great Big Baked Potato,” which most often weighed at or close to a full pound when served. The memories of not only the great years of grand and glorious dining - as well as of the wonderful places with all the happy memories connected to and with them - just keep roaring back, and with our discussions of the earlier years and some of the long gone-and-forgotten places (until the publication of our Lost Restaurants of Miami book), a new cognizance of “the past” seems to have arisen, as told by the numerous emails and, yes, even telephone calls (along with several pieces of mail) that we have received and are thanking you all for. ![]()
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