Comments on: Sunday is Rascal House’s last

By: Hal Niedzviecki

Hal Niedzviecki — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:16:29 +0000

sax, sorry to hear about this…it must be a very hard time for you. we will get together soon and rub our pastrami together. or something.

By: julia s

julia s — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:46:33 +0000

We must, indeed, continue to SAVE THE DELI! I will miss you, Rascal House!!

By: David Drumm

David Drumm — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:10:33 +0000

During my Tuesday - Easter Sunday visit to Florida I managed to get over to The Rascal House for my last time Saturday morning, March 22 2008. I had been down from my Philadelphia home previously 3 years ago Spring when I enjoyed a hot Pastrami Sandwich, potato salad, cole slaw and pickle. But my first memories in life were in 1958 when my Family frequented The Rascal House during our 3 week vacation to The Carib Motel adjacent to the newly built Thunderbird Hotel. At age 6 I vividly remember often enjoying pancakes seated on one of those red stools at the counter. I took a few pictures last Saturday as I did in 2005. I’m very sorry that The Rascal House will be closing on Sunday. For all of my life prior to my Dads passing in 2002 he too remembered The Rascal House. Farewell, old Friend ! from David in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

By: CPO

CPO — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:32:46 +0000

May its memory be as a blessing, and the indigestion be forgotten.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:58:11 +0000

No pilgrimmage from Montreal or New York was complete without a requisite trip (or two!) to the Rascal House. My first trip was in 1968! This restaurant embodied something we’ll rarely, if ever, find again: Great deli, a staggering large menu with something for everyone, and, most importantly, an environment for the family. The “yiddish-keit” of the place just oozed. So much fun, it was, to sit in a room with all the hustle and bustle.

The failure to survive is purely a function of demographics. But I think that if someone with a little gumption ever chose to relocate and relaunch this concept, there would always be room for so great a place. Everything was “ungashtapt” - and I’ll miss it all terribly.

Saddest of all - what it says about the things that are progressively being deleted from our lives - even if our memories survive. What will our children know as the modern age equivalent?

By: Ernie Taylor

Ernie Taylor — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:33:52 +0000

So that is when The Rascal House closed. I discovered that it had been closed on a recent trip to the area. A total heartbreaker for me. I lived in Miami Beach for a couple years in the early 1960’s, & one of the part time jobs I had was selling The Miami Herald just outside the door of The Rascal House, so I had the privilge of eating there every day.

I returned many times since, and was last there in 2004. Had breakfast, which, of course was served with the usual baskets of bread and sweet rolls.

Rest in peace Rascal House. You are sorely missed.

PS Thanks for posting the picture here. I had many taken in 2004, lost them in a hard drive crash.

By: Steve Newman

Steve Newman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:47:31 +0000

How sad to read about another Miami Beach institution closing its doors. I first experienced the Rascal House in 1973 and then, after I had kids, we always took them there whenever we were in the Miami area.

A few years ago, we had an 8-hour layover at Miami International. So what did we do? We left the airport, rented a car for the few hours (for $100) and drove up to the Rascal House for lunch. It was a “never miss” location for us.

Now it’s gone. And don’t let anyone tell you that Jerry’s Deli is just the same. There will never be another Rascal House. RIP.

“You’ll be glad when you’re fed, you rascal, you!”