Restaurants – Places Gone By[e]

Chopstick Charlie’s

Byks November 23, 2018November 1, 2020

Just south of where this post took place, on Phillip’s Highway in Jacksonville, there is one of those large, in-your-face, evangelical billboards which asks “Where are you going?…

Florida | Hotels | New Smyrna | Restaurants | Roadside

Shangri-La Motel – 805 N Dixie Fwy, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 (and Dairy Queen)

Byks November 23, 2018November 1, 2020

I made a quick stop on US 1 in New Smyrna Beach to get a few snaps of the classic “Dairy Queen”, but the joint next to it, the Shangri-La Motel, was even more classic. …

Demolished | Florida | Matchbooks | Restaurants | Tallahassee

Matchbook Anthropology – Treasure Village

Byks October 27, 2018November 1, 2020

Back in 2015 I stopped in to grab a few snaps of the burnt-out Uforia Restaurant in Tallahassee, and noted that before it was Uforia it had been a Lucy Ho’s for some time. …

Walt Disney World Village Relics

Byks October 2, 2018November 1, 2020

Following on from a couple of recent posts (here and here) I came across some relics of the original Walt Disney World Village in a book I got back in 1988 when I attended an art class at Disney World (for Junior High Art Club, an early boondoggle).…

Julie’s Place – Tallahassee – Matchbook

Byks September 30, 2018

Today we have a small reminder of a once great drinking (and eating, but the drinks were always better than the food in my opinion) establishment in North Tallahassee. …

Pleasure Island Brochure – Spring 1993

Byks September 26, 2018November 2, 2020

Unlike some of the brochures we’ve highlighted recently, including this one on Pleasure Island’s older sister, this one from Disney’s Pleasure Island is easy to pin down to Spring 1993. …

Disney Village Market Place – early ’90’s brochure

Byks September 22, 2018November 2, 2020

Before it was called Disney Springs, and before it was called Downtown Disney, the shopping and entertainment district of the Walt Disney World Resorts was known as Disney Village Marketplace (and before even that it was Disney Village). …

Bars | Closed | Florida | Restaurants | Tallahassee

The Silver Slipper – Tallahassee, FL

Byks September 3, 2018November 2, 2020

The Silver Slipper was one of those places that could only exist in a small backwoods southern capitol city like Tallahassee. For 71 years it hosted all sorts of celebrities, politicians, crooks, etc (how could they tell them apart?). …

Florida | Hotels | Restaurants | Roadside | Stores

Perry Hotels/Motels/Restaurants – Perry, FL

ByKing Scrod April 17, 2015

On one of my jaunts down US 27 to Central Florida I finally took time to stop and get a few snaps of the various hotels/motels/etc around Perry, FL, which at one point, before the interstates I’m sure, appears to have been a major stopping point for Yankees heading south, but today is just barely hanging on for dear life in many cases. …

Abandoned | Demolished | Restaurants | Tallahassee

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

ByKing Scrod March 30, 2015

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. …

Abandoned | Demolished | Restaurants | Tallahassee

Ming Tree Chinese Restaurant – Tallahassee, FL (Updated March 30, 2015)

ByKing Scrod April 24, 2014

Update from March 30, 2015 – The Ming Tree has been demolished and construction is underway on its replacement, Maddio’s Pizza, plus a few other stores.…

Abandoned | Hotels | Jacksonville | Restaurants | Roadside

Other Jacksonville places gone by

ByKing Scrod August 12, 2012November 2, 2020

August 11, 2012…