Home History The Brasserie 1970’s Disco by Ken Wilde

The Brasserie 1970’s Disco by Ken Wilde

Special contribution from the Miami Springs Historical Society

March 27, 2025

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The Brasserie was a disco located near the the intersection of Lejeune Rd and

NW 36th St. popular with Miami Springs and other South Florida residents in the 1970’s. Among the rules posted above the front entrance were no unbuttoned shirts for guys & no hats for girls. In addition to the lighted from underneath dance floor they had pinball machines, 3 separate pool rooms, computer games & 2 Fooseball games. In 1979 Frank Zappa immortalized the Brasserie & their wet t-shirt nights in his song Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt in his Joe’s Garage album. The Brasserie became the fancy Miami-Miami disco in 1980 after which the building burned down.

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Address:
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Miami Springs, FL 33166

Directions:

From the Palmetto, exit at NW 36th Street and head East on NW 36th Street. Continue East on NW 36th Street and make a left hand turn (North) on East Drive. Continue North until you reach 501 East Drive.

From I-95, take I-95 to State Road 112 Westbound. Exit State Road 112 at NW 36th Street. Continue west on NW 36th Street until you reach East Drive. Make a right hand turn at East Drive (North). Continue North on East Drive until you reach 501 East Drive.

From Hialeah, take Okeechobee Road until you reach East 4th Avenue. Turn south on East 4th Avenue and cross the bridge into Miami Springs. Take the center lane and continue south onto East Drive. You’ll see Stafford Park on your left hand side and then the entrance to the Museum Parking lot at 501 East Drive.