Post #268667 by TikiGardener on Sat, Nov 25, 2006 11:37 AM

Found this article that was written just a few months after I ran across the Porpoise Pub. Has anyone been by it lately?

Porpoise Pub to reopen, sans monkey
By SHARON L. BOND and ANNE LINDBERG
Published December 5, 2004

SEMINOLE - The Porpoise Pub at 8701 Seminole Blvd. is under renovation and expects to have its kitchen reopened Dec. 13 after being closed for more than a decade, according to Dan Mannello, the pub's new general manager.

Mannello said the ownership group has two new partners who are refurbishing the pub, which opened in 1958 and at one time featured porpoises in its pool and at least one monkey in its open-air bar.

Mannello said that in the pub's heyday, it was known for its deli sandwiches and plans to revert to those stackers in its new life as well as pizza and Cuban sandwiches.

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