What has disappeared from the Jersey landscape ?
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Sports World/ Sports 'n Games lazer tag places.
Skating rinks like Skaters World.
The dine-in polynesian style "night out" Chinese restaurants are also almost extinct. I can only think of one or two left....Chan's Dragon Inn and Lee's Hawaiian Islander.
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Don's Drive In
Grunnings at the Top and the one in Village
Olympic Park
Grunnings at the Top and the one in Village
Olympic Park
-2 Guys From Harrison
-EJ Korvettes
-O'Dowds (Enormous Ice Cream Sundaes)
-Park Theatre (Caldwell)
-Bonds (Awful-Awful)
-Kearny Fish & Chips
-Bertrand's Island
-EJ Korvettes
-O'Dowds (Enormous Ice Cream Sundaes)
-Park Theatre (Caldwell)
-Bonds (Awful-Awful)
-Kearny Fish & Chips
-Bertrand's Island
Don't know if they actually recruited. I think guys just said I'm going to Penn St and that was that. College was affordable for most people and that's if you wanted to go there, especially in the 50' s.
Okay since you've gone down the retailers part; what about Bradlees and Two Guys. Bamberger's. Hahne's and on and on.
Woolworth's -- recall going to one in Somerville and eating at the counter a bunch of times.
Arcades at malls.....spent countless hours at the one in Flemington Mall back in the 80's.
Arcades at malls.....spent countless hours at the one in Flemington Mall back in the 80's.
Mr. Softee truck on hot summer nights, transistor radios, pocket knives, Schwinn Stingrays, wiffle ball, places to hunt and fish, swimming in a river, baseball cards, run of the neighborhood, coatrooms at school smelling of wet wool and galoshes during the winter, no Rt 80, and many other fond memories.
Uh, unless I'm crazy Mother's is still there. Mother's Ale House? There's a huge sign for it just north of Willowbrook.
Circle's to navigate while driving. Haven't most of them been removed. Mercifully. I still remember the one on Route 1 in Elizabeth and the one on South Ave in I believe Westfield.
The Newberry' s in NB had balloons hanging behind the counter and if you ordered a banana split, you picked a balloon and inside was the price you would pay. They only cost $ 1.50 anyway so it never was higher then that, but as low as a quarter. Nice snack on the way home from HS.
I remember it well, but that drive-in was actually in Sayreville.
Bamberger's and Ohrbach's I considered Newark's version of Macy's and Gimbels.
Going to the movies in Downtown Newark was either in the balcony of Loew’s or The Paramount .
All are gone now
Had a box turtle as a kid. Named him speedy and feed him salami. Might have been Italian ?
LexLuther said "Uh, unless I'm crazy Mother's is still there. Mother's Ale House? There's a huge sign for it just north of Willowbrook."
You must be crazy then because Mothers Ale House is a sports bar (not a night club) at a different location.
You must be crazy then because Mothers Ale House is a sports bar (not a night club) at a different location.
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Newark Drive-In. The Union Market. Jean's Beans and Chicken Delite on W. St. Georges Ave in Rahway. Are their still any Jimmy Buff's around?
Don't think the one in Flemington is actually Stewards anymore. Just the same colors. The one in Branchbuug is now a park-n-ride.
You could get killed going through the Green St. Circle in Woodbridge. If I remember correctly the Circles in NJ and the Rotaries in Massachusetts have/had completely different rules of right-of-way.
Not the original, but reopened. Was a great place to get into a fight without going in, but attracted large crowds.
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