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<br />Sur-day '<<>v~rrter 01 2:J09
<br />WORCC3TCR, ~.lA
<br />')9 755 '7)
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<br />Sunny :&'&$ Beach
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<br />o Nostalgia, chic mix well in Sunny Isles
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<br />By DiaDe Speare n1aDt HanJd BindeuI, the I"PSnt'l ~
<br />GLO" COlluro"DL'fr mer martIctin& dlrectar. -10 :1005
<br />SUNNY ISLES BEACH. FIL - It conwrted to the Doubletree
<br />1l)'OU remember tblJ city from 111 traachJIe. It wu . . . the ftnt to
<br />heyd&J In tbe 19601 and '701 start the rtnaill&DCe of Sunn,
<br />rwnslilll! Golden Nuget. c,.;. IsIeI BeadL-'
<br />ousel, Chateau, Thunderbird, SWlD;y III. ('N~ ODCe sell-
<br />0uDeI, or 'nu1Iien wID be famil- conscious" caned Itself Nortb
<br />Iar. They v.ee aD motell sttuaIed Miami Beacb) b. encour....
<br />alol1l CoBlns Avenue In an uu. othen to fellow the Doubletree
<br />broken 4O-bloc:k row on 1I1t AJ,- 1-= A.c:qua11na, a ~ ~ do
<br />1ande OCean JUIt north of MIamI tluent BruilllDl and RussiaaI;
<br />Be8c:b. above 156th Street. and Le Meridlen, self4elcribed
<br />MOlt wert two-stor" H- u -a chic location [with] Ew&
<br />shaped complexa splWq onto pe&n Rlvlera-style IIlmJ')t"
<br />the be8cb, wIb rec:tansu1ar paoli rerbapt the mOlt eye.catcb-
<br />and dh1q boardl. The unlm Ins additioD II the 1h1mp co.
<br />typJcaD.y oft'ered kitc:benettel for pia, wttb~ sm_
<br />JIletti reluc:tant to battle tbe stacU thI& evdre the opulence ci
<br />linea at popular restaoraDtIlOIIl oc:eaa travel. Inside the Ttump
<br />Arthur Wilde's or Grandma" International Beadl Raort, deJI.
<br />KItrhen. cate <ftbId pIanta. watIr cucM-
<br />0urInI dreu7 mld-~ am- . 1111 dowD.,... and the IOUndI
<br />twy winterl pl_ of snowblrda of muted Jill ooze sopblstica-
<br />c:&Dle here to soak up the sun, don. ICJdlao wiJd for the three
<br />stroll the 887.foot.lolll oCean pooll, waterfalll, arc:bel, and
<br />pier It 167tb Street. and tatja... grottaIl'I!"'ln~ ora national
<br />IockInI sandwicbellt Wolfte ~ parIL Tbe poollide cabanaI even
<br />hfJl" RucalIJoUle dell OIl Col- otrern:r:.n::,U:=~
<br />O I1DIAvenue.. boteII. beauUfyfns tbe ~ with
<br />1be ~ VICItIoned It tbI troplc:al p1antlnp. and I~
<br />Eden Roe or Fontainebleau boo InI areeD sp..... with parka and
<br />tell in Mfaml BeM:b proper, but beIcbeI. 1be nearby BaJ HaIbour
<br />for the aveI'IIII! paItwIr familleI, boutlquel ..u.fJ smoUl shop.
<br />-motel row" in Sunny Islel - pen and for club-pn South
<br />with 111 steekfnuD bu1dI, shaf-' ,
<br />lleboard tournamentl, and Be8dllsaClll'ride~
<br />belchside'pl~ WIt para. AI toorliU redllcoYer Suno,y
<br />d1Ie eDOUIb. But tbe 19801 saw 1aJeI. new eatr:rieI rono. Marcel-
<br />mot.eJl beiIn to mu. u Iota'- 10 Gf.~ the prop1etGr of
<br />ell gravttated 10 South BeIdL '(b. La Terrazza - an "eclec:tlc ltaJ.
<br />dQ motel row Is laraelJ history, laD" restauraDt - III a Rome n.-
<br />and Rascal Hou.. _ the iut tJve. He abandoned South BeadI
<br />holdout amolll tJx. old restm- ill' SunD,J 1s1e18e8dL
<br />raotI _ doled last yea "I WII one oftbe ilrIt In South
<br />An3 4O-block Itretdl of real Beacb.- be SQ'L "I had & ~
<br />estate sandwlc:bed between the rant then and enterUlDed IDIDJ
<br />Intracoutal Waterway to the celd:lrlt1r.llJke Sytvester StaDone.
<br />welt and Atlantic 10 the e.ut II But more than 300 restauranta
<br />unliMlJ to remlln stapant for o~ and it became too t.diI:.
<br />lona. however. The Doub1etree ;:::"~dI partytnc Into the lata
<br />Oc:ean Point Resort . Spa wu By lanf:l!m II..... mix 01'-..1
<br />the ftJ'It to see the poutbWdeI. ~ a ......
<br />"1'11e hotel opened In early Desantn, oJd.dm~ and tour-
<br />2001 u the Oc:ean Point." sl)'I IstI dine OD penne with 8amin1
<br />pink vodka sauce, feUua:lDi gaD
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<br />C 1'3e. SuNCAl'rrlCOn.A"
<br />..I'\qt.-n_.......
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<br />bera (shrimp, zuc:c:biDl, garlic,
<br />olive oil), or fresb.au&bt gronpel'
<br />in lemo...wtne I&\lCI.
<br />Other lkwcomen are Neomrt
<br />LIIin-fusion srm in 1lump In....
<br />national; TImo, offeril1l rock-
<br />sbrimp pizza; ADd the Bplc:are
<br />Gourmet MuUt..Cd. Epicure
<br />preparel stuffed c:abbap and
<br />brllMt - stap1el of the revered
<br />Raaal Houe. formerly loc:&tecl
<br />on the same spot.
<br />Bplc:ure's approlId1 recopli.zs
<br />a yeamJllI in some who visit to
<br />re1fve the old Sunny IIJa 1bere
<br />Is the (D.IYI) Thunderbird Motel,
<br />with . viDtql1955 aqua Ford
<br />Thundelblnl in I1IIobbr. the s.-
<br />han Beacb Club, when camel
<br />ftJllrea ha.. been roaminl the
<br />front lawn since 1953; and the
<br />1967 Newport ee.....eIM. wbent
<br />DIe and 11Da Thmer perbmed.
<br />At the weD-maintaJned New-
<br />port, oraDle, &qna. and lime-
<br />greeD rooms feature pull-down
<br />MurpbJ bedI anclslidilll room
<br />dIvIdsI. GuelItI tll>>traveI back
<br />10 a sprawllnl pool of pink and
<br />aqua mea. with . tNIIdled-roof
<br />bit DfUtlJ and rebu pooGide cb
<br />il1llllU bJDJD and limbo. The
<br />room I"ItII are retro, roo. at $1.
<br />Tbe Newport now ownl tb.
<br />famed Ii. pi. that stletcllel
<br />Into the.. b1 the pool deck.
<br />Whetb. )'Ou seek nostalgia or
<br />aave sophlltic:atJon, Sunny IaIs
<br />Be&cb is bIck wttb botb.
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<br />Dioll. 8p.0,.. n;o,.t eo,. b.
<br />7"IJI1I:Iwl at darlant@.rmaiLaJIII.
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