Sunny Isles Beach Preconstruction 305-935-3533
EPICURE RESIDENCES OFFICES
RETAIL WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE
EPICURE RESIDENCES • OFFICES • RETAIL • WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE
STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED PROJECT! THE SITE OF THE WORLD FAMOUS WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE IS BEING TRANSFORMED TO A MULTI-USE COMPLEX; INCLUDING EPICURE GOURMET MARKET, EPICURE RESIDENCES, EPICURE RETAIL & A REVAMPED WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE!
Isaac "Ike" Starkman"Lt. Pastrami"
Ike Starkman may not be an easy man to please but he knows what he wants with military precision. And that just may be the secret to his success.
The former Israeli Defense Forces lieutenant immigrated to the United States in 1961, working his way through a series of menial jobs into the food industry. By 1977 he opened the first Jerry's restaurant in Beverly Hills with a partner. And the rest, as they say, is history.
But it wasn't all pastrami on rye in the early days. After the business began suffering financial losses, Starkman bought out his partner, Jerry, in 1984. He pulled Jerry's out of its nosedive and took the company public in 1995. He reversed that decision in 2001 after the company's stock, once traded at more than $10, dipped below $3 by the end of the '90s, according to a Los Angeles Jewish Journal article. Another smart strategy apparently, because later in the decade Starkman was able to expand his mini-empire from California to Florida. In addition to seven California Jerry's locations and a Solley's deli, plus some business ventures in New York, he bought Rascal House from Wolfie Cohen's family in 1996. "It worked out great because it was an existing operation, so I took an established place and expanded it, eventually opening one up in Boca Raton," Starkman told this paper a couple of years ago. The acquisition of Epicure Fine Foods, a Beach institution, came in 1999. The first Florida Jerry's Famous Deli opened on South Beach in 2002.
These days Starkman, like a thriving 24-hour deli, appears to be going nonstop despite being well into his golden years. Looking to the future as always, he has indicated plans in the next couple of years to turn the valuable but shopworn Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House property in Sunny Isles Beach into a residential building with, of course, an Epicure market and a Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House on premises. The Sunny Isles Beach City Commission approved site plans and variances needed for a 14-story mixed-used facility with 20,500 square feet of retail, 77,400 square feet of office space and 243 residential units at 172nd Street and Collins Avenue, the current site of the Rascal House.
EPICURE, SOUTH BEACH- Whether its baked goods, produce or meat from the butcher shop, Epicure displays only the crème de la crème of food products. So if you want to cook up an impressive gourmet meal for a prospective companion or if you own a restaurant and you find you're short a filet minion of two, head over to Epicure. Not a good cook? Epicure has a daily menu of prepared dishes, salads and pastas and, bonus, has a florist. Location: 1656 Alton Road, Miami Beach. Visit EPICURE MARKET website by clicking the link!
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida • Waterway Realty
RETAIL WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE
EPICURE RESIDENCES • OFFICES • RETAIL • WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE
STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED PROJECT! THE SITE OF THE WORLD FAMOUS WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE IS BEING TRANSFORMED TO A MULTI-USE COMPLEX; INCLUDING EPICURE GOURMET MARKET, EPICURE RESIDENCES, EPICURE RETAIL & A REVAMPED WOLFIE COHEN'S RASCAL HOUSE!
Isaac "Ike" Starkman"Lt. Pastrami"
Ike Starkman may not be an easy man to please but he knows what he wants with military precision. And that just may be the secret to his success.
The former Israeli Defense Forces lieutenant immigrated to the United States in 1961, working his way through a series of menial jobs into the food industry. By 1977 he opened the first Jerry's restaurant in Beverly Hills with a partner. And the rest, as they say, is history.
But it wasn't all pastrami on rye in the early days. After the business began suffering financial losses, Starkman bought out his partner, Jerry, in 1984. He pulled Jerry's out of its nosedive and took the company public in 1995. He reversed that decision in 2001 after the company's stock, once traded at more than $10, dipped below $3 by the end of the '90s, according to a Los Angeles Jewish Journal article. Another smart strategy apparently, because later in the decade Starkman was able to expand his mini-empire from California to Florida. In addition to seven California Jerry's locations and a Solley's deli, plus some business ventures in New York, he bought Rascal House from Wolfie Cohen's family in 1996. "It worked out great because it was an existing operation, so I took an established place and expanded it, eventually opening one up in Boca Raton," Starkman told this paper a couple of years ago. The acquisition of Epicure Fine Foods, a Beach institution, came in 1999. The first Florida Jerry's Famous Deli opened on South Beach in 2002.
These days Starkman, like a thriving 24-hour deli, appears to be going nonstop despite being well into his golden years. Looking to the future as always, he has indicated plans in the next couple of years to turn the valuable but shopworn Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House property in Sunny Isles Beach into a residential building with, of course, an Epicure market and a Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House on premises. The Sunny Isles Beach City Commission approved site plans and variances needed for a 14-story mixed-used facility with 20,500 square feet of retail, 77,400 square feet of office space and 243 residential units at 172nd Street and Collins Avenue, the current site of the Rascal House.
EPICURE, SOUTH BEACH- Whether its baked goods, produce or meat from the butcher shop, Epicure displays only the crème de la crème of food products. So if you want to cook up an impressive gourmet meal for a prospective companion or if you own a restaurant and you find you're short a filet minion of two, head over to Epicure. Not a good cook? Epicure has a daily menu of prepared dishes, salads and pastas and, bonus, has a florist. Location: 1656 Alton Road, Miami Beach. Visit EPICURE MARKET website by clicking the link!
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida • Waterway Realty
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