{"id":19267,"date":"2021-08-27T23:48:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=19267"},"modified":"2021-09-07T22:07:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:07:35","slug":"grandpas-steakhouse-3660-king-street-cocoa-florida-5-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=19267","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa's Steakhouse, 3660 King Street (Cocoa Florida): 5 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was always intrigued by this railroad-themed steakhouse when I was in Cocoa, but their vacation times seemed to corespond with mine, and I never actually got to eat there.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is a story on the closing of the place in 2018 after 39 years in business. It seems the original owner passed away and his widow decided to retire after carrying on a few more years.<\/p>\n

The lot was sold, and is now a Kia<\/i> dealership, as you can see in the last few photos, and there is no sign of the railway cars.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 7 September 2021<\/b> -- Commenter Joe Shlabotnik sends these pictures of the place in operation, with this comment:<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of photos of Grandpa's Steakhouse from 2013. It was definitely a unique diner and the line to get in was about 20 deep on a week night when we ate there. Huge salad bar and good steaks. They had lots of memorabilia on the walls and a separate gift alcove located inside the doorway. As I recall the dining cars were interconnected side by side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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