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Miami Herald
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Remember these Miami gathering spots to party, eat and shop? Take a look
South Florida Remember these Miami gathering spots to party, eat and shop? Take a look This collection of stories explores South Florida's iconic gathering spots, tracing the evolution of popular locations for dining, partying and shopping. Dive into the vibrant nightlife at clubs and venues including the Cameo Theater and Amnesia in South Beach. Hialeah brings its history to life with glimpses of early shopping and business through archival photos. And Lum's restaurants captured local taste with beer-steamed hot dogs and the Ollieburger. See the photos and stories below. Club goers dance during one of the famed foam parties at the open-air club Amnesia, 136 Collins Ave., in the mid-1990s. NO. 1: WHERE DID MIAMI EAT AND PARTY IN 1994? SEE A RETRO LIST OF CLUBS, RESTAURANTS, SHOWS Let's enter the time capsule and to see what kept South Florida entertained back when. | Published February 8, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives Palm Springs Shopping Center in Hialeah in 1965. By Tom McCarthy NO. 2: HIALEAH USED TO LOOK LIKE THAT? SEE PHOTOS OF EARLY SHOPPING AND BUSINESS IN THE CITY Let's go into the archives for a time warp. | Published September 16, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives A restaurant location with the familiar signs. NO. 3: THIS POPULAR MIAMI RESTAURANT CHAIN STEAMED HOT DOGS IN BEER. DO YOU REMEMBER? Take a look at the old photos. | Published February 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archive The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Miami Herald
12-02-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
This popular Miami restaurant chain steamed hot dogs in beer. Do you remember?
Feel like having a hot dog steamed in beer. Or maybe an Ollieburger? What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break? If you were living in South Florida from the 1950s through the '70s, you'd know exactly where to go. Lums. The chain, which started out as Lum's with the apostrophe (just like Burdine's / Burdines) had dozens of locations on what seemed like every main street. Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Lincoln Road and Collins Avenue on South Beach. State Road 441 in Broward. Let's take a look back through the Miami Herald archives at the familiar restaurant with the red roof: What Lums looked like Lums founders Brothers Stuart and Clifford Perlman parlayed a Miami Beach hotdog stand into the original Lums restaurants. When the Philadelphia-born Perlman brothers brought their enterprise skills to Miami, they brought with them a winning recipe. By the time they got out of the food business, there were 450 restaurants bearing the name Lums. Stuart Perlman once recalled the time in 1961 when a stranger walked into Lums and asked the man behind the counter what he knew of the company and its prospects. Unknowingly, the man he asked was Stuart Perlman. 'I just bought a hundred shares of stock in this company, ' the customer said, 'and I'd like to know something about the management.' Said Mr. Perlman: 'I didn't have the courage to tell him that the guy handing him his hot dog was the president of the company he had just bought stock in. He might have gone right out and sold his shares. And I know he would not have left me the quarter tip.' The Perlman brothers later expanded their holdings to include Gold Seal Meats and Eagle Army surplus stores. In 1969, Stuart and Clifford Perlman entered the gaming industry with the purchase of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. For $58 million they bought the 3-year-old, 680-room hotel and turned into the flagship of their new enterprise, Caesars World. Caesars World eventually included Caesars Tahoe, Caesars Boardwalk Regency in Atlantic City, plus nongambling resorts in the Poconos and other interests. They became interested in Caesars Palace through the restaurant business. The brothers had met a broker for the Denny's restaurant chain who was involved in negotiations for Denny's purchase of the hotel. When that deal fell through, the Perlmans took up the negotiations and bought the hotel. By 1982, Stuart and Clifford Perlman, vice chairman and chairman respectively of Caesars World, had divested themselves of the company and all gambling interests. Lums history
