Miami Beach’s “Jewish-Style” Cafeterias: Like No Others Anywhere Else Except, Possibly, New York City!

By Seth H. Bramson

We—the Bramson family—moved from New York to Miami Beach in 1946 and when you drove “down” in those days there were no four-lane roads for almost the entire distance between the two cities. It was two lanes all the way but—“and, seriously, folks—there was so little traffic much if not most of the way that it was not a problem.

There were, however, no hotels or motels along the route except in the few major cities that we passed through. What...