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State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0240
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Date
1964 (circa)
Format
Coverage
Topic
Subjects
Geographic Term
Miami beach
Colonial Inn Complete Resort Motel
on the Oceanfront at 181st St.
Completely Air Conditioned
[image of motel]
[right column]
Modified American Plan
Complete Breakfast and DeLuxe 7-Course Dinner
$3.00 per person
Children under 12 $1.75
Typical Dinner Menu
Choice of Appetizer
Fresh Florida Fruit Cup Iced Cantaloupe Chilled Tomato Juice
Sunsweet Prune Juice V-8 Juice Marinated Herring in Sour Cream
Fresh Florida Shrimp Cocktail 35 cents extra Chopped Chicken Liver
Choice of Soup
French Onion Soup Fresh Garden Vegetable Soup
Cold Berscht Consomme, Rice Cold Madrilene
Whole Broiled Fresh Flounder, Parsley Butter
Broiled Fillet of Red Snapper, Maitre d'Hotel
Brisket of Corned Beed and New Cabbage
Charcoal Broiled Chopped Beefsteak, Mushroom Sauce
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti en Casserole
Braised Tenderloin Tips of Beef with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Roast Whole Squab Chicken, Old Fashioned Dressing
Charcoal Broiled Hickory Smoked Ham Steak,
Glazed Pineapple Ring
Fresh Chicken Liver Saute with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Charcoal Broiled New York Cut Sirloin Steak
Tiny Whole Harvard Beets Fresh Garden Limas
Parsley Broiled Potatoes Snowflake Potatoes
Fresh Mixed Green Salad, Your Choice of Dressing
Napoleons Cherry Cheese Cake Chocolate Layer Cake
Deep Dish Strawberry Shortcake Brownie Deep Dish Apple Pie
Plain Pound Cake Ice Cream Cake Roll Colonial Dish Apple Pie
French Ice Cream Sherbet Fruit Jello, Whipped Cream
Chocolate Pudding Frozen Eclair Iced Watermelon
Gruyere, Camembert or Bleu Cheese and Crackers
or your choice of CORDIALS
Apricot Peach Cherry Creme de Cacao Creme de Menthe
Coffee Tea Milk
TYPICAL CLUB BREAKFAST
Choice of
Stewed Prunes Orange Juice Tomato Juice
Half Grapefruit Sliced Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Oranges Bananas with Cream
Melon in Season
Hot or Cold Cereals with Cream
Two Eggs, Any Style
Eggs with Bacon, Ham or Sausages
Griddle Cake with Maple Syrup
French Toast
Rolls Muffins Toast Danish Pastry
Jam Marmalade Jelly
Coffee Tea Milk
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S DINNER
Chilled Orange, Prune, Tomato Juice
or Soup du Jour
Half Florida Grapefruit Fresh Fruit Cup
1/4 Broiled Spring Chicken
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce
Single Lamb Chop
Chopped Beefsteak
Choice of Vegetable and Potato
Choice of Desserts
Chocolate Milk Milk
Root Beer Coca Cola
All Baking on Premises
Colonial Inn Complete Resort Motel
on the Oceanfront at 181st St.
Completely Air Conditioned
[image of motel]
[right column]
Modified American Plan
Complete Breakfast and DeLuxe 7-Course Dinner
$3.00 per person
Children under 12 $1.75
Typical Dinner Menu
Choice of Appetizer
Fresh Florida Fruit Cup Iced Cantaloupe Chilled Tomato Juice
Sunsweet Prune Juice V-8 Juice Marinated Herring in Sour Cream
Fresh Florida Shrimp Cocktail 35 cents extra Chopped Chicken Liver
Choice of Soup
French Onion Soup Fresh Garden Vegetable Soup
Cold Berscht Consomme, Rice Cold Madrilene
Whole Broiled Fresh Flounder, Parsley Butter
Broiled Fillet of Red Snapper, Maitre d'Hotel
Brisket of Corned Beed and New Cabbage
Charcoal Broiled Chopped Beefsteak, Mushroom Sauce
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti en Casserole
Braised Tenderloin Tips of Beef with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Roast Whole Squab Chicken, Old Fashioned Dressing
Charcoal Broiled Hickory Smoked Ham Steak,
Glazed Pineapple Ring
Fresh Chicken Liver Saute with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Charcoal Broiled New York Cut Sirloin Steak
Tiny Whole Harvard Beets Fresh Garden Limas
Parsley Broiled Potatoes Snowflake Potatoes
Fresh Mixed Green Salad, Your Choice of Dressing
Napoleons Cherry Cheese Cake Chocolate Layer Cake
Deep Dish Strawberry Shortcake Brownie Deep Dish Apple Pie
Plain Pound Cake Ice Cream Cake Roll Colonial Dish Apple Pie
French Ice Cream Sherbet Fruit Jello, Whipped Cream
Chocolate Pudding Frozen Eclair Iced Watermelon
Gruyere, Camembert or Bleu Cheese and Crackers
or your choice of CORDIALS
Apricot Peach Cherry Creme de Cacao Creme de Menthe
Coffee Tea Milk
TYPICAL CLUB BREAKFAST
Choice of
Stewed Prunes Orange Juice Tomato Juice
Half Grapefruit Sliced Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Oranges Bananas with Cream
Melon in Season
Hot or Cold Cereals with Cream
Two Eggs, Any Style
Eggs with Bacon, Ham or Sausages
Griddle Cake with Maple Syrup
French Toast
Rolls Muffins Toast Danish Pastry
Jam Marmalade Jelly
Coffee Tea Milk
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S DINNER
Chilled Orange, Prune, Tomato Juice
or Soup du Jour
Half Florida Grapefruit Fresh Fruit Cup
1/4 Broiled Spring Chicken
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce
Single Lamb Chop
Chopped Beefsteak
Choice of Vegetable and Potato
Choice of Desserts
Chocolate Milk Milk
Root Beer Coca Cola
All Baking on Premises
Title
Colonial Inn Resort Motel, Miami Beach
Subject
Motels
Source
State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0240
Date
1964 (circa)
Format
advertisements
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
flc_br0240
Coverage
Postwar Florida (1945-1968)
Geographic Term
Miami Beach (Fla.)
Miami-Dade County (Fla.)
Thumbnail
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0240.jpg
Display Date
ca. 1964
ImageID
flc_br0240_01
flc_br0240_02
topic
Tourism and Attractions
Transcript
Miami beach
Colonial Inn Complete Resort Motel
on the Oceanfront at 181st St.
Completely Air Conditioned
[image of motel]
[right column]
Modified American Plan
Complete Breakfast and DeLuxe 7-Course Dinner
$3.00 per person
Children under 12 $1.75
Typical Dinner Menu
Choice of Appetizer
Fresh Florida Fruit Cup Iced Cantaloupe Chilled Tomato Juice
Sunsweet Prune Juice V-8 Juice Marinated Herring in Sour Cream
Fresh Florida Shrimp Cocktail 35 cents extra Chopped Chicken Liver
Choice of Soup
French Onion Soup Fresh Garden Vegetable Soup
Cold Berscht Consomme, Rice Cold Madrilene
Whole Broiled Fresh Flounder, Parsley Butter
Broiled Fillet of Red Snapper, Maitre d'Hotel
Brisket of Corned Beed and New Cabbage
Charcoal Broiled Chopped Beefsteak, Mushroom Sauce
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti en Casserole
Braised Tenderloin Tips of Beef with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Roast Whole Squab Chicken, Old Fashioned Dressing
Charcoal Broiled Hickory Smoked Ham Steak,
Glazed Pineapple Ring
Fresh Chicken Liver Saute with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Charcoal Broiled New York Cut Sirloin Steak
Tiny Whole Harvard Beets Fresh Garden Limas
Parsley Broiled Potatoes Snowflake Potatoes
Fresh Mixed Green Salad, Your Choice of Dressing
Napoleons Cherry Cheese Cake Chocolate Layer Cake
Deep Dish Strawberry Shortcake Brownie Deep Dish Apple Pie
Plain Pound Cake Ice Cream Cake Roll Colonial Dish Apple Pie
French Ice Cream Sherbet Fruit Jello, Whipped Cream
Chocolate Pudding Frozen Eclair Iced Watermelon
Gruyere, Camembert or Bleu Cheese and Crackers
or your choice of CORDIALS
Apricot Peach Cherry Creme de Cacao Creme de Menthe
Coffee Tea Milk
TYPICAL CLUB BREAKFAST
Choice of
Stewed Prunes Orange Juice Tomato Juice
Half Grapefruit Sliced Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Oranges Bananas with Cream
Melon in Season
Hot or Cold Cereals with Cream
Two Eggs, Any Style
Eggs with Bacon, Ham or Sausages
Griddle Cake with Maple Syrup
French Toast
Rolls Muffins Toast Danish Pastry
Jam Marmalade Jelly
Coffee Tea Milk
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S DINNER
Chilled Orange, Prune, Tomato Juice
or Soup du Jour
Half Florida Grapefruit Fresh Fruit Cup
1/4 Broiled Spring Chicken
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce
Single Lamb Chop
Chopped Beefsteak
Choice of Vegetable and Potato
Choice of Desserts
Chocolate Milk Milk
Root Beer Coca Cola
All Baking on Premises
Colonial Inn Complete Resort Motel
on the Oceanfront at 181st St.
Completely Air Conditioned
[image of motel]
[right column]
Modified American Plan
Complete Breakfast and DeLuxe 7-Course Dinner
$3.00 per person
Children under 12 $1.75
Typical Dinner Menu
Choice of Appetizer
Fresh Florida Fruit Cup Iced Cantaloupe Chilled Tomato Juice
Sunsweet Prune Juice V-8 Juice Marinated Herring in Sour Cream
Fresh Florida Shrimp Cocktail 35 cents extra Chopped Chicken Liver
Choice of Soup
French Onion Soup Fresh Garden Vegetable Soup
Cold Berscht Consomme, Rice Cold Madrilene
Whole Broiled Fresh Flounder, Parsley Butter
Broiled Fillet of Red Snapper, Maitre d'Hotel
Brisket of Corned Beed and New Cabbage
Charcoal Broiled Chopped Beefsteak, Mushroom Sauce
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti en Casserole
Braised Tenderloin Tips of Beef with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Roast Whole Squab Chicken, Old Fashioned Dressing
Charcoal Broiled Hickory Smoked Ham Steak,
Glazed Pineapple Ring
Fresh Chicken Liver Saute with Mushrooms
and Rice Pilaff
Charcoal Broiled New York Cut Sirloin Steak
Tiny Whole Harvard Beets Fresh Garden Limas
Parsley Broiled Potatoes Snowflake Potatoes
Fresh Mixed Green Salad, Your Choice of Dressing
Napoleons Cherry Cheese Cake Chocolate Layer Cake
Deep Dish Strawberry Shortcake Brownie Deep Dish Apple Pie
Plain Pound Cake Ice Cream Cake Roll Colonial Dish Apple Pie
French Ice Cream Sherbet Fruit Jello, Whipped Cream
Chocolate Pudding Frozen Eclair Iced Watermelon
Gruyere, Camembert or Bleu Cheese and Crackers
or your choice of CORDIALS
Apricot Peach Cherry Creme de Cacao Creme de Menthe
Coffee Tea Milk
TYPICAL CLUB BREAKFAST
Choice of
Stewed Prunes Orange Juice Tomato Juice
Half Grapefruit Sliced Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Oranges Bananas with Cream
Melon in Season
Hot or Cold Cereals with Cream
Two Eggs, Any Style
Eggs with Bacon, Ham or Sausages
Griddle Cake with Maple Syrup
French Toast
Rolls Muffins Toast Danish Pastry
Jam Marmalade Jelly
Coffee Tea Milk
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S DINNER
Chilled Orange, Prune, Tomato Juice
or Soup du Jour
Half Florida Grapefruit Fresh Fruit Cup
1/4 Broiled Spring Chicken
Veal Cacciatore with Spaghetti
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce
Single Lamb Chop
Chopped Beefsteak
Choice of Vegetable and Potato
Choice of Desserts
Chocolate Milk Milk
Root Beer Coca Cola
All Baking on Premises
Luxury Vacation for the Whole family! 50 of 300 rooms $4 daily, per person double occupancy May 1st to Dec. 18th $1 additional July 1st to Sept 4th Modified American Plan Complete Breakfast and DeLuxe 7-Course Dinner $3 additional Children under 12 $1.75 [center] completely air conditioned Colonial Inn complete resort motel On the Oceanfront at 181st Street Miami Beach Phone WI-7-4571 Enjoy the informality and splendor of the Largest Resort Motel in Miami Beach completely on the ocean No annoying extra charges Free television in every room Free chaise lounges and pads Free parking at your door Refrigerator units in all main bldg rooms 3 swimming pools 500 ft. of private sand beach Exciting entertainment every night All Star Shows Dancing Weiner roasts and Square Dancing Guest participation contests with prizes Ping Pong Shuffleboard For Teenagers - their own Nite Club and Rumpus Room For Kiddies - their own Supervised Playroom with Counselor from 9 AM to 11 PM Member: American Express Hilton and Diners' Clubs [right] Colonial Inn Daily Rates European Rates [blurry] Planned activities for the youngsters... Bar-B-Que and Hayride Sand Sculpturing Drawing Contest Sea Shell Hunt Swim Races All-Day Trip to Seminole Indian Reservation and Flamingo Groves ... and many more.
Chicago Manual of Style
Colonial Inn Resort Motel, Miami Beach. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212603>, accessed 6 January 2025.
MLA
Colonial Inn Resort Motel, Miami Beach. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212603>