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1950s Courtesy of Daniel Worth

1950s - the fabulous Casa Lu Motel in Hialeah

Okeechobee Road, Hialeah, Florida


Thanks to Daniel Worth for supplying this image of one of Hialeah's premier motels at the time.


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Guest 10-Nov-2021 01:46
There were a couple of nice motels like the Casa Lu along Okeechobee Road near the airport, but farther west was Hialeah's famous (infamous?) seedy motel row. This looks like it would have been a really nice place to stay. I like the way all the rooms look out toward the pool and patio area.
Don Boyd05-Oct-2014 07:07
Estela, the restaurant you are thinking of did have a ship sculpture or something on top. It was the Chesapeake Restaurant originally and they had excellent seafood. After many years of operating as an independent restaurant, New England Oyster House took them over but kept Chesapeake in the name, presumably to keep the loyal customers coming in for meals. As I recall, the quality went down and they eventually closed down, probably around the same time the rest of the restaurants in the chain ceased operating.

Don
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Estela 05-Oct-2014 03:57
New England Oyster House? Wow! I remember that place which stood right off NW 36th St and NW So River Drive near the Miami Jai-Alai and its sign was a rocking ship or something like that? Am I right?
Guest 07-Aug-2014 20:49
During the summer of 1967 & 1968 I was a Lifeguard / Pool Boy part time at the CASA LU ... the owners were 2 brothers .... my boss was LOU ARGONOPOLIS .. they were from New Jersey .... Great memories and a very clean nice motel!
Bill Windrem 18-Feb-2012 00:34
I believe this is still a motel, fronting on Okeechobee Road. Probably rents by the hour. The strip club, I believe is about a block or two west of Home Depot, a couple of blocks north of Okeechobee Road.
Guest 31-Jul-2011 01:37
What a wonderful memory! My father used to stop in for Cuban Coffee at the window before jumping on 112 to go visit our grandmother. My siblings and I still joke about the CasaLu to this day.
Milton 16-Apr-2009 19:18
It is not a strip club, it is now a run down motel called the "Fantasy Motel"
John Boger 11-Jan-2009 20:17
One of my first jobs as a teenager was working here as the 'handyman' doing all sorts of odd jobs from counting laundry with the maids to all sorts of minor repairs. The managers and operators at the time were a Mr. and Mrs. Greene and they were quite a pair.
Guest 03-Jan-2009 21:29
that, if you can believe it, is now a strip joint and a business district storage, ship storage etc....
gail 01-Dec-2007 08:11
I remember this motel on Okeechobee Rd . On the other side under the 112 expressway is the Miami Jai-Lai and the New england oyster house. Also does anyone out there remember the Hialeah Motel?