Restaurants in Florida

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> I have this craving to eat at a restaurant called
> Wolfy's which is in Miami. Its been at least 20 years
> since the last time I set foot in Miami, but I heard
> that Wolfy's is still in business. Is that so? The
> portions at Wolfy's used to be humungous! It was sort
> of a Kosher style deli, if I remember correctly. If
> anyone is familiar with this place and has eaten there
> recently, please let me know.
>
> There was also a restaurant called Junior's which
> was on Biscane Boulevard in one of the hotels near
> the beach. Junior's was a family style restaurant. My
> parents used to take my sister and me there for dinner
> quite a lot whenver we visited family in Miami way back
> in the sixties and seventies. Does anyone who's reading
> this posting happen to know if Junior's is still there?
>
> For that matter, I am looking for suggestions for good
> family type restaurants, with moderate prices, in Orlando
> and Miami. In Orlando, there will be two young children
> dining with us so kid friendly places are a priority.
>
> Hopefully, changing my return flight will not be too
> expensive. I suspect it shouldn't be.
>
Stan-Wolfie's is down toward South Beach, near the Lincoln Road yupscale shopping area.  There's also the Rascal House, which is in North Miami Beach.  Both have serious deli style food.  Corky's (another deli with some of the best latkes in existence) moved up to Fort Lauderdale or Miami.  Mike Gordon's Seafood Restaurant is on the mainland off the 69th St. causeway.  It's more reasonably priced and less pretentious than Joe's Stone Crab.  There's a good Cuban restaurant at Biscayne Blvd and 8th St or so called Puerto Sagua.

There are plenty of chain places in Orlando.  I was there for a meeting a year ago and was extremely unimpressed.  Since I didn't have a car, I was stuck with the offerings on International Drive near the Convention Center.  There is a branch of Monte's (famed Miami seafood restaurant) in the International Drive area.  Not bad.  Don't worry about Orlando restaurants not being kid friendly-the joints are full of them.

If I think of any others in Miami, I'll let you know.

Cindy

NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:34:06 EST
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Big B. wrote:
> Three words:
>
> Joe's Stone Crab.  It think it closes for the season on the 15th, so this
is
> your last chance.
>

Yeah Great!

Unless you tip the Maitre d' $100. expect to spend about four hours in line to get a crowded table and have an insufferably rude server throw overcooked crab claws at you.  Great fun.  Bring your children too, Joe's will cook them to order during your wait.

pavane