Gone but not forgotten in Tampa Bay. (Clearwater, Holiday: sales, tenants)

[tampaguy03]

Originally Posted by tamparesident26

Frankie's Patio WAS awesome. So was the Blues Ship. The 90's were good times in Ybor indeed.

Speedy Browns, Frankies Patio, Ovo Cafe, Masquerades, Harpos, Jazz Cellar, Blues Ship, Tracks, Killians...ahh the good old ybor of the early 90s.

[U-R-Y]

How about the fish store that was a tepee on Dale Mabry south of Kennedy. How about when TECO was at DM and Kennedy.

[matt_sfl]

I went to Riviera Middle School in 1986. They recently demolished it. I heard there was serious mold problems there. Anyway it was the only school I ever got paddled in and I still get mad thinking about it. And please, don't anyone chime in about how that's a good thing, and how your dad would give you another whippin when you got home.

[jordan2]

I have used my best search engines but can't seem to find a thing about a place called "Rudy's," that was on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in the late 60's and the 70's. I only remember that it was on the north side but can't remember the exact location.

It was actually a bar with good food, especially the smoked mullet roe. They served the entire roe in one piece.

When the wait at the Mullet Inn was too long, a lot of people would go there. I have lived here here for over 30 years and crossed that Causeway hundreds of time but can't pinpoint the location. Does anyone remember it?

[matt_sfl]

I went to a few school "skate parties" at Gay Blades. Then a family named the Goulds bought it: St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search
We knew the Gould family from Canterbury school where there kids went. I can't believe it wasn't air conditioned. I don't recall complaining. Now I've turned into a heat-wuss.

Originally Posted by WinterK

Gay Blades Roller Rink in St. Pete and Gay Way Roller Rink in Clearwater.
Edward White Hospital is now where Gay Blades used to be on 9th Ave. No., and a Salvation Army store is in the old Gay Way on Missouri Ave.

Neither had air conditioning. Gay Blades always played traditional skating music, except for one pop song, "Build Me Up, Buttercup". Wow, really radical!

[crazynip]

The following Drive-In theaters:
Garden Drive-In (Park St/Tyrone Bl)
Thunderbird Drive-In (East Bay Dr)
Mustang Drive-In (Park Blvd)
Tower Drive-In (Tampa)

Webb City (St. Pete)

Gulf Golf (Madeira Beach)

Sunshine Mall (clearwater) (dont know why, it was always a dump)

Sears Town (clearwater)

Woolworth's in downtown Tampa and St. Pete on Central Ave

Maas Brothers in Downtown St. Pete and Downtown Tampa

Tampa Jai Lai

Seaboard Coast Line / Amtrak railroad station in St. Pete off of 38th Ave North

The following Movie Theaters:
Mission Bell
NorthDale Court
Varsity 6
Plaza 5th Ave (St pete)(HUGE screen)
The OLD Tyrone movie theatre

[Keeper]

Originally Posted by jordan2

I have used my best search engines but can't seem to find a thing about a place called "Rudy's," that was on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in the late 60's and the 70's. I only remember that it was on the north side but can't remember the exact location.

It was actually a bar with good food, especially the smoked mullet roe. They served the entire roe in one piece.

When the wait at the Mullet Inn was too long, a lot of people would go there. I have lived here here for over 30 years and crossed that Causeway hundreds of time but can't pinpoint the location. Does anyone remember it?

Wasn't it close to the turn off onto CCC? There was Charanns where the Bucs use to hang out, I thought there was another restaurant next to it that served Smoked Mullet. When they tore down the Mullet Inn it was the end of an era.

Has been a long time.

[sandman22]

I remember the drive-in at Gandy and Dale-Mabry. Also the Jai-lai fronton, and the old go-cart track and put-put golf on Dale-Mabry just north of Gandy. I used to love Shakey's Pizza behind Britton Plaza, Lamas restaurant. So many places to list.

[dk22]

Originally Posted by tampaguy03

Speedy Browns, Frankies Patio, Ovo Cafe, Masquerades, Harpos, Jazz Cellar, Blues Ship, Tracks, Killians...ahh the good old ybor of the early 90s.

Man, I do miss Ovo Cafe and Tracks. It was pretty fun in the 90s there.

[ozlo]

That cafe on Clearwater Beach (with the fried zuccini sticks) they tore down for the ridiculous round-about.