One Last Time, for now… Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant – DeLand, Fl
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One Last Time, for now… Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant – DeLand, Fl

On December 31, 2017 ownership of Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant in DeLand, FL passed to new owners, ending a nearly 40 year era.  My family has a close relationship with Won Lee’s from the very beginning: my dad and my brother helped renovate the building from Jimmy’s Highway Steakhouse into Won Lee’s back in the…

Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017
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Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017

This crazy remnant was loitering on the wall behind Waterworks, what could it be?  The last time I was in Waterworks it wasn’t even yet Waterworks, it was still the old Kent’s Northside Lounge.  And I was only there a couple of times, my old-man-dive-bar back then was the Office Lounge, and while Office Regulars (of…

Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017
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Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017

Ah, the old wall of candy and gum machines!  There was a bank of these inside the Roses store in DeLand (it wasn’t a “discount” outfit then, it was still middle-of-the-road, I’m sure it was…) when I was a kid that I would covet over for hours (OK, I’m sure my dad only let me linger…

Sweet Shop – Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL – June 22, 2017
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Sweet Shop – Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL – June 22, 2017

It has probably been 25 years since I stepped foot into the Sweet Shop across from the FSU campus, and while a lot has changed at FSU over those years there’s a lot of the 96 year old Sweet Shop that is still the same.  I was disappointed to see that the juke box which…

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Luzy Ho’s (aka Uforia) + Mark’s Bar – Tallahassee, FL

This was the original location of Lucy Ho’s, a Tallahassee institution.  Later in life it was known as Uforia (as can be seen on the signage), and there was a little bar off the right called Mark’s Bar, ran by a guy named Mark.  Now (Feb 2018) it’s been demolished and something “new” is being…