Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Long Standing Restaurants in South Beach

This came to my attention after realizing that Grillfish on Collins Ave and Tantra were both still open and places I haven't been to in 10 + years.

1. Joe's - 1913
2. Puerta Sagua-1962
3. Kim's Chinese-1964
4. David's Cafe-1977
5. Bella Napoli - 1980
6. Osteria Del Teatro- 1987 (Never Been)
7. Toni's Sushi -1987
8. Tiramesu- 1988 (shocker.  Not sure when it moved to Lincoln Road from Ocean) 
9. News Cafe-1988
10. La Sandwicherie- 1988 (including b/c it's a favorite of mine)
11. A Fish Called Avalon-1989
12. Front Porch Cafe-1990
13. Maiko Japanese- 1992
14. 11th Street Diner- 1992 (dining car dates back to 1948)
15. Larios on the Beach-1992
16. Da Leo Trattoria-1993  
17. Sushi Rock-1993  
18. Escopazzo - 1993
19. El Rancho Grande- 1993
20. Grillfish -1994   (surprising longevity.  haven't been since '98) 
21. Tap Tap-1994  (Never been)
22. Van Dyke-1994
23. Thai House- 1994
24. Caffe Milano- 1995
25. Yuca- 1995
26. Spiga-1995 
27. Monty's- 1996
28. Pizza Rustica -1996
29. China Grill - 1996 
30. Big Pink- 1996
31. El Chalan- 1997
32. Rosinella -1997  
33. Blue Door -1997
34. Balans-1997  
35. Smith & Wollensky- 1997
36. Tantra -1997   
37. Nexxt Cafe-1998 (surprising)
38. Sushi Siam- 1998
39.Joe Allen-1998 
40. Spris- 1998
41. Wish-1998  
42. World Resource Cafe- 1999 (thought it was older than that)
43. Macaluso's-1999

I left Mango's off the list.  Clevelander too.

2 comments:

Whack-a-mole said...

S & S Diner, 1757 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33132, (305) 373-4291 -- 1938

The Chowfather said...

Thanks Whack a Mole- I was sticking to South Beach