What do you remember as a kid that was a fun thing to do or a place to go, but is now gone ?
A few things come to mind right away - Steward Root Beer Stands and Drive-in movies. Still have a drive-in, but it's across the NY border in Warwick, NY. Real nice setting on a stary night.
There are 2 Stwart Root Beer Stands still around.
One in Denville and One on Route 46 on the Rockaway/Dover Border
Mothers was also called FM Station for a while, and existed under a 3rd name I can't recall. Then it became a NJ Transit Park and Ride.Bars / Clubs that I used to frequent in the 70s and 80s:
Mothers which became Bentleys in Wayne
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Victoria Station in Wayne
The Sandwich Pub in Wayne
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Boodles in Pompton Lakes
I hear you, when I was a kid, driving west on Eagle Rock Ave toward Roseland and Becker Farm or RT 10 toward East Hanover was considered a ride in the country.Thanks Zap. I spent many weeks in many Summer's working on the farm as well as virtually every holiday and most Sunday's for years. I can't bring myself to ride by it and prefer to remember it as it was.
Mothers was also called FM Station for a while, and existed under a 3rd name I can't recall. Then it became a NJ Transit Park and Ride.
They just recently tore down that Victoria Station building on Hamburg Turnpike - within the past 6 months. And I'd forgotten all about the Sandwich Pub.
Also in Pompton Lakes was the Firehouse Pub.
When I was in high school at DePaul, the Sandwich Pub used to kill me on a chilly October or November late afternoon. Football practice would be in its 14th hour (or seemed like it), and they would be frying onions. That smell used to come wafting out of their kitchen, and our practice field was right behind their parking lot. I hadn't eaten since like 11 in the morning, and was starving, and that smell would make me a lunatic. I loved going there on Wednesday nights just a few years later....
The Crystal Bay, later the Waterfront, was my "home field" for my early 20s. Loved it. Watched the O.J. white Bronco chase there.
Also in Pompton Lakes was the Firehouse Pub.
I hear you, when I was a kid, driving west on Eagle Rock Ave toward Roseland and Becker Farm or RT 10 toward East Hanover was considered a ride in the country.
How things have changed!
To twist this a little bit, one place that seems like it should live only in the world of long forgotten NJ, but is still there, is Bowcraft.
With a cute little 9 hole golf course I played built right into the mountain...it's now condo's, what a shock.Pleasant Valley Way use to be a pleasant valley!
Wasn't the Sandwich Pub located in the old Howard Johnson bldg ? If so it should count twice.Bars / Clubs that I used to frequent in the 70s and 80s:
Rum Cellar in Pequannok
Slaters Mill in Riverdale
The Getaway in Wayne
The Red Baron in Cedar Grove
Bill Budds in Fairfield
Joey Harrisons in Clifton
The Hill Top in Boonton
Mothers which became Bentleys in Wayne
Nathan Detroit in Wayne
Victoria Station in Wayne
The Sandwich Pub in Wayne
Butterfield in Lodi (I think)
Crystal Bay in Wayne
Boodles in Pompton Lakes
Awesome. Is that why the Russian Hall was located there because of an ample supply of sturgeon ?Here's a cool one for any Passaic/Essex County old timers:
Willowbrook mall was a skating rink and a riding stable!
Singac - little falls along the river was fishing camps.
My grandfather was a milkman and carpenter back in the 20' s according to my dad. He delivered milk in a horse and wagon in NB, house to house.I remember your farm vividly!
We passed O'Dowds dairy farm on the way to Great Eastern as well.
We had an egg-man and a milk-man deliver to our house as a kid!
And Ben Franklin store. Actually sold some nice electric trains for a dept store.Mothers was also called FM Station for a while, and existed under a 3rd name I can't recall. Then it became a NJ Transit Park and Ride.
They just recently tore down that Victoria Station building on Hamburg Turnpike - within the past 6 months. And I'd forgotten all about the Sandwich Pub.
Also in Pompton Lakes was the Firehouse Pub.
Also the Milk Barn. What was the name of the restaurant just up from the new Quick Check gas station on Hamburg Tpke toward Wayne ? Mom's or momma' s ?Mothers > Michael's > Bentley's > FM Station > Mothers > Park and Ride
Have never seen another miniature golf with brown fairways and green greens or at least it use to be that way.To twist this a little bit, one place that seems like it should live only in the world of long forgotten NJ, but is still there, is Bowcraft.
RU, did you ever play Stoney Hill near Pennington ? 9 hole course, not long, but could use a wood on a few holes, had lights to play at night. Don't know if it still exists.Mothers > Michael's > Bentley's > FM Station > Mothers > Park and Ride
Momma Boy? It was the Spindletop before Brother Bruno movedAlso the Milk Barn. What was the name of the restaurant just up from the new Quick Check gas station on Hamburg Tpke toward Wayne ? Mom's or momma' s ?
The Swiss Chateau was around there too.Momma Boy? It was the Spindletop before Brother Bruno moved
There use to be a bar across from the Milk Barn that I use to go to.
RU, did you ever play Stoney Hill near Pennington ? 9 hole course, not long, but could use a wood on a few holes, had lights to play at night. Don't know if it still exists.
leaving a can outside your front steps and having Charlie Chips deliver a new can of potato chips
Momma Boy? It was the Spindletop before Brother Bruno moved
There use to be a bar across from the Milk Barn that I use to go to.
Yes, I think it was the Green Terrace about 40 years ago.I think it was the Green Terrace which later became The Getaway, which now is an Italian Restaurant.
And Highland Park too.Robert Hall on Smith Street in Perth Amboy
Also the Milk Barn. What was the name of the restaurant just up from the new Quick Check gas station on Hamburg Tpke toward Wayne ? Mom's or momma' s ?
Momma Boy? It was the Spindletop before Brother Bruno moved
There use to be a bar across from the Milk Barn that I use to go to.
It was Cousin Bruno's - we lived across the street from that in Heritage Manor when we first got married. Brother Bruno's was all the way down Hamburg Turnpike at Ratzer Road. The building for the Swiss Chalet is still there, rotting away. I remember going to a party or two in the building after it had closed down. And it's criminal what they did with the Old Milk Barn - took it down to expand Preakness Chevy, which then closed down.The Swiss Chateau was around there too.