Le Tub, Hollywood’s kitschy hamburger dive, turns 50 with big weekend bash

When Le Tub Saloon first opened on Christmas Eve 1975, toilet seats on the front lawn encouraged diners to “seat yourself.” Beside these sat dented license plates, rusty anchors and a driftwood sign discouraging any noisy kids, infants, hat wearers, and anyone under 22 from entering — a sign that stayed up until the city of Hollywood, a decade later, asked founder Russell Kohuth to take it down.For as long as hungry birds have swooped from the saloon’s leafy branches to stalk diners’ steak fries, Le Tub, the kitschy-divey national treasure on Hollywood’s Intracoastal Waterway, has delighted and polarized locals with tacky decor and huge hamburgers.Now the waterfront eatery is turning 50 years old with a three-day celebration from May 30 to June 1, a milestone to be marked with food and drink specials, souvenir tees and live music on a waterfront barge.Fort Lauderdale restaurateurs Dan and Lise-Anne Serafini (GG’s Waterfront Bar & Grill, Tiki Tiki), who bought Le Tub in late 2022, consi...