Yes, I do, my mother worked for Two Guys in Kearny, NJ. Two Guys got deliveries via Train. Train tracks were in back of the store. Those tracks fell into the river. And part of the old Two Guys building did too. Anyone recall what the Two Guys from Harrison wanted to originally wanted to name their new store? Remember they worked in the RCA factory in Harrison (4th street now Frank E. Rogers Blvd) RCA would discount scratched and slightly lightly damaged merch. First to the employees. Then if they can't sell it to them then it to the public.
East Brunswick 2 Guys/ Mom was shopping with a 3 & 4 year old in the cart. When she got up to the register, the 4 year old had in his hand a manican's hand. She had to go find the manican with the missing hand
Thanks Mac, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.
Good old Caldor department store. Caldor and Bradless were the best department stores, until Walmart came and ran them out of town with all their cheap made in China stuff. Caldor was my first job when I was 16 and in high school. Fond memories of that place.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on RU-vid. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
@@carspiv Yes they did. My grandparents in Clifton used to always have a large can of chips and one of pretzels in the kitchen closet pantry. As preteens we would sit out on the breezeway that was between the main portion of the house and the garage eating Charles Chips and drinking Cokes. Pete the Mailman would come by on his route and in the summer time he would always get an ice cold tall glass of sweet tea and in the winter a large mug of hot chocolate. Their house was in the Robinhood Rd. area off of Rt. 46. It was an older neighborhood of mainly retirees.
I had been to that Woolworth in Audubon when I was a kid. I’m 42 now. I think they closed it in the late 80s or early 90s. There’s a Walmart and a Pep Boys and a bunch of other stores and restaurants there now.
Hi... and a BIG "thank you" for the video. I especially love the photo of my grandfather (John Antonik) and his merry-go-round at 1:05-:06. The video has me and my siblings corresponding and trying to figure out the date the photo was taken. The comments below are from my older sister Kitty. I believe the photo was taken in 1957 and that the little girl in the center is indeed our younger sister Mary. Mary also thinks it is a photo of her. It was taken in Belleville, NJ most likely in front of my grandparents house at 133 Ralph Street. I also remember many of the other places pictured in the video. I left NJ 21 years ago and now live in Wyoming. Thanks for the memories. (Irene Antonik Ward)
Having grown up in Brick, NJ in the 70's there are a lot of stores that I remember--Two Guys (extremely busy on Sundays because Monmouth County still had "Blue Laws" so people would come down to Brick to shop--and my father worked there for a short while), Bambergers (got a lot of back to school clothing there), Rickel's, Wetsons (loved their burgers), Burger Chef, just to name a few. So many more stores I remember which were not shown (obviously, you can't cover them all!). Does anyone remember Britt's department store (the go-to place for Boy Scout stuff), or Steinbach's, or H.L. Green's (all of which were in Brick Plaza)? How about Glen Rock Lumber (father worked there for a short while), or Geno's (or was it Gino's) burgers (they sold Kentucky Fried Chicken--back where it was still good), or Bonanza steak house? Thanks for the memories.
Sean - I still have a quality leather belt i bought in Steinbach's circa 1976. It doesn't fit me now, but I could still wear it today if i lost weight. My grandmother loved Britts. If you're as old as i am you probably remember the "Dutch Hut" hamburger joint across Brick Blvd from that location. I remember enjoying those hamburgers and fries a lot.
Hi, its driving me crazy. There was a gay sauna private club in Brick where I believe a mafia guy was shot outside. Do you remember the name of it? Believe late 70s early 80s
There was a Wetson's in Elizabeth on Rahway Ave. for many years starting in the early 60's. We would go there to get our "Super burgers" and fries and by the time we got home there would nearly always be a HUGE oily stain at the bottom of the bag with the contents ready to break through.
Wow! So many places I visited as a kid. My folks were big on variety and exposure and overcoming the fear of strangers and different places. New Jersey was/is a WONDERFUL place to be born and raised. Seashore to mountains, deserts to lakes: Fantastic. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Paul. I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Paul can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
I used to hang out with my friends under Seaside pier as a teen, that was taken by Hurricane Sandy. Used to clime underneath it with my first love, high above the beech and ocean. I was timid, he was wild. I loved him to much...still do. I haven't seen him for about 25years.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
I spotted the Wild Mouse roller coaster at Seaside in one of the images too. Although I'm originally a New Yorker, I spent my summer vacations there in the 1950's & 60's. And now those memories live on in an old man's mind out here in Los Angeles. This was a wonderful look back.
@@CEG0720 So funny, I now live in Colorado. I was born an raised in N.J. Moved out here after hurricane Sandy. I miss Jersey very much, the food, and the smell of the ocean.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
The same here, my mother would read a section in the Sunday paper called Jersey jaunts and then we'd all go to wherever it was in our Desoto, she was the navigator and map reader.
Thanks for the memories - 1st one shown being Bertrand's Island at Lk Hopatcong! But best 1 is at 1:07 my grandfather, John Antonik & his wonderful merry-go-round w/ metal peg music box that played different songs depending on its position. Father & uncle drove it in the 30s after their high school class days, charging a few cents for a ride. My younger brothers & sisters & I loved to visit Dziadzi ("grandfather" in Polish) & get him to back the merry-go -round out of the old garage that housed it & operate it in the driveway. It wasn't unusual for a few neighborhood kids to come over. I was mostly too old to ride but just loved that music box everytime. Thanks to my brother, Walt for forwarding this link!
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer Thanks so much for letting me know about your Grandfather. Those were great times growing up. I have another video coming out soon about how great it was to be a kid, and how I long for those days. I hope to have it out soon. Look for it on my you tube channel. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think it's the best song I've ever written. Paul
+Paul Czekaj Thank you very much for including this photo. Do you recall how you came to have it? It was taken in the Belleville area where my grandparents lived (next to a large drycleaning company near the Passaic river - house & yard is now a parking lot :( ), though Dziadzi would take the merry-go-round to nearby towns too. My youngest sister & I are pretty certain that the young girl in the center front is her; she'd be about 5yo & time about 1956. Although we've seen the photo before in the family we're not absolutely certain of its exact location, date or who took it. I checked out your oldest vid - NJ as your home & liked your composition. Look forward to your new one. BTW I like pumping my own gas here in Arizona & everywhere else we've traveled; I don't miss the restriction by law in NJ of doing so.
+Paul Czekaj Just got an email from my youngest brother who's answered the question of how you likely got the photo. Chris sent the "pics to a nostalgia reporter for the Star Ledger several years back in an effort to try to locate the truck." He added that young girl is not likely our sister after a round of deducing w/ man who'd been a youngster living behind my grandparents (who contacted him after article ran) he is in the photo & is same age as my brother, 4 yrs younger than my sister. The pic was probably taken in early 60s making our sister too old to be the dark haired little girl in center.
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer All the kids on my block including me were so thrilled when your grandfather came down our street and we got to give him $.10c to have a ride. We didn't have the money back then to go to a real amusement park. We also would wait to hear "Tops All" ice cream man that came around 7:00 PM. We run out of our house with .25c in our hand to get out favorite ice cream. Oh those were the days. Please look for my new song and video coming out soon. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". It's about how great it was to be a kid, and how we wish we could go back to that happy simpler time. Paul
Wow. I'm 66 and grew up in Glen Rock and Upper Saddle River. Seeing Two Guys,Packards (Italian ices were sold right next to the entrance to the liquor dept.) and Bertrands Island really brought back great memories of all the things that made NJ unique. There was racism,poverty,pollution and corruption aplenty . I know that growing up in a white,middle class suburb shielded me from alot of the bad stuff but it was still a great time and place to be a kid. It was a simpler time (for better or worse) when kids were allowed to be kids and the grown-ups lived in there own world. I live in Maine now but a bit of my heart remains in New Jersey. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks B K, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
Thanks Jackie ,Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Jackie can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
How could anyone "Unlike " this? Great memories....anyone remember "Eagan's" in North Arlington ...I have their 14' Neon Sign in my yard and it works!!! LOL! Love this video. thanks
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
Hey! Used to cruise Union Blvd, early seventies, 66 Chevelle. Would drive down from Wayne. Lived first street past Mothers. Used to be swamp there. And what about T G`s, up at Greenwood Lake?
Love, love, love this! I grew up in New Jersey in the 1960s/1970s, and remember many of these establishments. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! And good song too, btw.
Thanks for all the great memories, once a Jersey boy always Jersey boy. I remember Living right around the corner from Brookdale sodas in Brookdale,N.J.., which was In Bloomfield, N.J. Made many visits to the factor . They always showed us around as well as the old Brookdale Soda Trucks that use to the delivery their product wherever you wanted locally. You just selected what ever flavors you wanted and they would deliver and pick up old cases previously ordered no charge. Thanks.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj P. S. I bought the guitar that I played on this song from Rondo music.!!!
Love this!! One of my favorite memories is the sound the little locker doors made on the Good Humor truck - and the man would have to go to different lockers for different items. That sound, along with the date stamper at the library with its double "kluck-kluck" and the wonderful smell of wood at the old library on Washington Ave in Bergenfield, are good memories. And how all the clothes sold at Two Guys smelled like sauerkraut... I don't know how, but one guy selling hot dogs out front managed to get the smell into everything inside the store! My dad loved Casa Hofbrau, so it wasn't our fault it went out of business - the only place you could get red cabbage. Lots of great memories! Thanks!
+Catherine Guldner Thanks Catherine, Yes they were the good old days. They may sound like little things to people now a days, but they were some of our most cherished memories.
It was wonderful watching all the great photos and music of "Old New Jersey". I felt as if I was reliving my childhood. However, I noticed something odd and "out of place" and was wondering if anyone else noticed the same? While the film depicts the many fabulous old photos of New Jersey, inserted at the 1:16 point is a brief video of pre-pubescent children in bathing suits, getting ice cream. It seemed completely out of place. Not only was it an actual video rather than still photos, but it appeared to have taken place in modern times( observe what seems to be a cellphone and more modern apparel.) Also, this is not an ice cream truck from the 60s. I have no clue why this video was inserted as a part what was otherwise, a wonderful trip down memory lane. It just struck me as being somewhat unusual.
Ron Haimowitz - Wow. You're right. It looks like it may be a smart phone 📱 or maybe a wallet in the girl's hand. It is a video, completely INAPPROPRIATE. What kind of a sick perv. Is taking videos of young girls from behind?
The "modern" video of kids buying ice cream fits if you would actually listen to the song. I don't think there is much in the way of photos of kids buying ice cream from a Good Humor truck in the 60's. It is not a preverted video as some would like to infer. It is kids buying ice cream ffs. Now if that commenter NEEDS it to be perverted to satisfy some NEED they have as an individual, then have at it. Other than that, forget about it!
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
Great video, FWIW that brown Pabst Blue Ribbon @ 0:20 was actually a green Hoffman soda bottle back in the day. What I really miss is Olympic Park. As a kid I could walk there from my house. Great times gone forever. :(
Thanks for the memories! My car-avatar is a photo of my first car, parked at my parents' home north of Somerville. I'll bet you can find some photos of the Somerville Traffic Circle I drove around during my first 33 years in NJ, as well as the Leaning Tower of Pizza. My folks and I spent lots of summer weekend days at Lake Hopatcong, and I have fond memories of the Chris-Craft speedboat ride and the huge Water Fountain just below the dam... took me years to get big and strong enough to make it through to the railing in the center. 24 years in CA and the last 10 years in NC and I still have tons of memories of good times in NJ. Great song and photos! Thanks, again!
The dentist our family went to during my childhood was on Main Street, Somerville. I had scary memories of driving the Somerville Circle as a new driver in 1972. Yikes!
This is a great trip down nostalgia road. I grew up in Jersey City. Dad used to take us to Two Guys in nearby North Bergen, now Food Bazaar. It and several other Hudson County businesses were shown. However, the only one whose location was identified was the Clam Broth House in Hoboken.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
@@elmiguel6725 Born and raised there. PS#30 ,Snyder High, Bayonne pool, Roosevelt Stadium,the drive-in, I miss them all. I live in Colorado now but I'll always be a Jersey Girl.
Oh my gosh. Audubon NJ and a photo of the Audubon shopping center. Somehow it's nice to know it hasn't been completely forgotten. I spent many hours there growing up. Sometimes we'd drive there, sometimes we'd walk. It was close enough to do so. Woolworth's had great hot soft pretzels and water ice at the walk up window as well as an indoor restaurant. It's funny the things one remembers. I was about 7, we were waiting in line to turn into the shopping center when, BANG. Somebody rear ended my dad's '63 Chevy Nova.
I remember I went there with my Dad and Uncle when they were auctioning off everything, There wanted to buy the train, They had $ 2,000 it went for $25,000, I will never forget that story.
I didn't miss Atlantic City. It's in my other videos about N J. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. It has tons of places and things about Jersey. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
Channel Lumber, the Capitol Theater, Rickel, Bamberger's, Caldor's, Burger Chef, Packard's, Clam Broth House ..... Got my first credit card at Korvette's to buy a tape recorder back in '64. Boy, can't believe they're all gone. Thanks for finding all these photos.
+Timothy Rea As a matter of fact I can beat that. My friend who lived 3 houses away from me was named "ROBERT HALL". We would kid him all the time that he owned the store. He was very happy that I included the store in my video.
There was a Robert Hall's on Journal Square in Jersey City when the Square was the best place to shop & go to the movies in the 3 big, beautiful theaters there & before it all went downhill. The great theaters were the State, Lowes & The Stanley whose ceiling had beautiful twinkling stars. Lowes is a landmark now & the fabulous Stanley is now Kingdom Hall. so sad all of these great places were replaced by trash.
Grew up in Passaic. I remember when the tore up the railroad tracks. Anyone remember Dietches (sp) Farm? And Uncle Floyd! You can take the girl out of NJ but . . .
I was on the set of Uncle Floyd when a guy named Dale Oprandy appeared on an episode. Oprandy was a Harry Houdini escape artist act. Also, when I moved from Dumont to Fairlawn they had a magic store on the avenue there in Fairlawn. Uncle Floyd's side kick ran it.(mr.greenjeans) I can't remember his real name but I do remember "snap it pal!"
@USS Pandumbic It was the infamous Scott Gordon. He was the owner of the magic shop! If you search U tube you can find a lot of interesting interviews and gems from the cast of the show . I just found a clip of Loony Ship Rooney.Giant bow tie and top hat. lol
WOW WOW WOW !!! Grunnings in Plainfield was a great hang and I remember the Steer Inn. I got my first guitar at Rhondo Music on Route 22 in Union. And of course, got my first 45s at Two Guys an EJ Korvettes! What a great video!!!!
+Robin O I got my first electric guitar at E J Korvettes, and I bought my Guild acoustic guitar at Rondo music over 40 years ago. I also remember buying my first 45 rpm at Two Guys. It was Wake up Little Susie by the Every Brothers. I played the Guild on the song.
+Paul Czekaj Sound like you were from the Plainfield area - Grunnings - nobody knows that unless they were from that area. And John's Bargain Store, JJ Newberry's and McCrory's on Front Street, and Robert Hall on 22. I went to the Capitol Theater in Passaic and Art Stock's Royal Manor. I could go on and on - the Neptune Diner, old Asbury Park shots, and the ride in Seaside that was lost in Sandy. I can't believe that you found all of this!!! This is something that I will watch over and over. THANKS
Great video and great memories. If I may, can I suggest slower cutaways, I barely had time to read most of the signs. But all in all great images. More please.
Thanks Doug, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.
A simpler time in many ways, but I did notice that some of the places that were in south Jersey were either not identified by town or just left out. But it was a nice trip back to my youth, thanks.
Thanks Harry, Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Harry can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Remember Lake Hapatcong , school trip to Palisades riding the roller coaster with wood Falling off the ride in it's final year/ More scary then most HA, not to speak of Springsteen + Steel Mill at the Highlands beach club ,circa 69-70 ? / Middletown cops came to shut down the show , the band pushing the speaker towers at them ,pandemonium rained. Fun memories of life at the shore!
Worked along with many friends at Bond's Ice Cream in Clifton next to Rizzuto-Berra bowling alleys while in high school. Drink three Awful Awfuls and get one free.
Thanks Ani, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
There was on in North Arlington . It's a CVS now. At least it was in 2012.
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I don't remember everything because my dad was either working so much, or perhaps some places not in a radius to cover. But many things, sightseeing, family stopovers; I can remember. It's a shame even more will disappear as our children grow up & miss what still remains.
Thank you! I been trying to remember the name of Rustlers steak house for a while! I could see the place all the details inside but could not remember the name and no one else knew what I was talking about!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
The stadium at 2:30 was in East Rutherford, not Rutherford. And yes, there's a difference. Also, to the commenter who said they think Rutt's Hut is still there. it is.
I used to bicycle near the construction site with my friends when I was a kid. I liked the area better without the stadium. Traffic got a lot worse and stayed that way!
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj Having grown up in Brooklyn, I've made many Jersey jokes over the years (most of them corny as heck). But it was all in fun as you Jersey folks are cool. Nice video!
Thanks Cirderf, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on RU-vid. Paul Czekaj
@@sallymiller1359 Hi Sally. Lived right across the street from Paterson General. 791 E. 18th St. Right where it tee`s into Market St. 1954. 10 years old. Harry`s Food Basket was on the corner. All condo`s there now. By.
I went to a couple of nice concerts at The Joint In The Woods. The township made them change the name because everybody used to call it 'A' Joint In The Woods. I think they changed the name to 'In the Woods'. Nice job on the video. For the next one add a couple of the iconic drive in movies. Also try and fit White Castles and the Claremont Diner.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Some great memories but you forgot a few of my favorites: Zabers in Atlantic City, Brigantine Castle, Kiddie City, and Ideal clothing....I still sing that ideal theme song every time I drive down the white horse pike
+Buffy Summers I'm glad the video brought back some nice memories for you. Like you I didn't get in many of my favorite places that are gone from N J. Alexanders, Montgomery Ward, Borders books, Story Land, Action Park, Great Eastern Mills Etc. I had over 100 more photos of places that are gone, but only 3:00 minutes to get them in. I tried to get in something from all around the state. Please check out my other videos about N J.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I loved Bertrand's Island! I grew up in Montclair and my family bought a house in Lake Hopatcong, where I spent the summers of 1975, 76, 77, 78, and 79.
@@winros3042 I lived in Westfield (born at Overlook in Summit), Matawan, North Arlington and Rutherford. I remember Good Humor from Rutherford. We moved to CT when I was 7 years old. I always missed NJ.
@@miriambucholtz9315 I was born in Newark raised in Elizabeth now I live in East Brunswick. Every Time I Think of Westfield now, I think of that house the Haunted House on Boulevard Avenue!👻
This is great! Love that it includes parts of North Jersey like Lafayette Township and Hamburg. I live in Hamburg, but sadly the Gingerbread Castle is a wreck and no longer open. 50's-60's were a great time to live and sure wish we could turn the clock back or find another place like it. Thanks for sharing!!!
Captain Starn's deserved recognition. . But wow, many of those were national names as well as some Jersey businesses mixed in. Great job taking us down Memory Lane.
Mac Claire My parents would always take me and friends to a great seafood dinner there when we vacationed in Brigantine-a real favorite! I went there with them in the late 60’s one more time...it must have closed soon after that! Also love Hackney’s in Atlantic City....💕☺️
Its so sad what many of the places have become, rundown ghettos, crime, and lawless individuals, I'm glad to have experienced some of the good old days in the 80s, I'm the last of Gen-X
Hunka Bunka in Sayreville is still there, it’s name has changed it’s now called the Starland Ballroom now. The club in Sayreville that is gone is Club Bene. Big names played there and Bon Jovi started there.
Joe - I saw Robin Trower at Club Bene' in the late 70s. J. Dewar was still in the band then. Great show, and the place wasn't jammed. I found parking and basically had my choice of seats. Odd thing happened, two girls sat across me at a table, didn't say boo to me nor i to them. They ordered some foo foo drinks, didn't touch them, and bolted before paying. Waitress came to get payed and looked at me, i told the waitress the girls weren't with me, waitress started getting cranky, but i wasnt budging, then a random guy, also across the table, heard the story, pulled out a wad and paid the girl's tab. I'll ever be grateful to him because scene was headed South, and being forced to pay for their drinks would've blown my budget, as i was student and living on my Summer money.
