KENDALL, Fla. – July 1 marks 50 years since Shorty’s Bar-B-Q on U.S. 1 burned down in a devastating fire.
The South Miami landmark was uninsured at the time, according to Wolfson Archives, but the restaurant was rebuilt on the same location two years later.
Things got a bit too hot at Shorty’s Bar-B-Q Ranch #OTD in 1972, when the restaurant, already a South Miami-Dade landmark, went up in flames. Although uninsured, Shorty’s rose again and is to this day a top South Florida stop for barbecue. #SouthFLArchives #WolfsonYouTube pic.twitter.com/AhJ4DPYDZc— Wolfson Archives (@WolfsonArchives) July 1, 2022
The restaurant next to Datran Center Skyscrapers and a block away from Dadeland Mall first opened its doors 70 years ago on 9200 S. Dixie Highway.
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