Miami Beach - South Beach: Jerry's Famous Deli

Jerry Famous Deli, at 1450 Collins Avenue, was originally built as Hoffman's Cafeteria in 1940 by Henry Hohauser. After World War II, the building became a social hall for retirees of Polish descent and was renamed the Warsaw Ballroom. For much of the late twentieth century, a gay nightclub or "dance hall" operated here under various names, the most famous of which was the Warsaw. In 2001-2, the owners of Jerry's Famous Deli hired Charles Benson & Associates to renovate the space, restoring the grandeur of the original streamline moderne design and converting it back into a twenty-four hour cafeteria.

 

Jerry's Famous Deli was originally opened in Studio City, California in 1978 by Ike Starkman. It has since expanded to ten locations in California and south Florida.

 

The Miami Beach Architectural District, also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District, or the more common, Miami Beach Art Deco District, is roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Alton Road and Collins Canal/Dade Boulevard and 5th Street. With 960 vibrantly colored historic buildings, it contains the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the United States.

 

Miami Beach Architectural District #79000667 (1979)

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