CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

Drinking in Camden
A Look at the Bars, Taverns, Nightclubs & Social Clubs

UPDATED - 02/16/2023

Any look at Camden that purports to be real has to first accept that Camden is a place where real people lived and still live. This town, ANY town, is more than its buildings, more than its churches, more than it politicians, and more than its schools.

The bars, taverns, and social clubs of Camden provided entertainment opportunities for social activities for their patrons and members. The bars would sponsor sports teams, and provide financial support for other social activities, as evidenced in the advertising sections of programs ranging from banquets to high school and college yearbooks.  

In times when Camden was the place to be, it can also be said that Camden was the place to be in a social sense for the many who cared to step out for a taste after a hard days work! 

Camden Bars Before Prohibition

Between 1919 and 1933 there were no legally operating bars as we know them in Camden, as the country was operating under Prohibition. There had been, of course, many such establishments open prior to 1919. Some closed shop forever, others remained open as restaurants, or in related businesses such as soft drink bottling. Some stayed in business operating on a "soft drink" permit, serving near beer. 

Camden's bars were as much a part of the life of the city as the churches and industries. Just as in the days of the American Revolution, a LOT of political activity occurred in and came out of the bars. A lot of appointments to city positions such as the police and fire departments in the days before civil service were received by bar owners, their family members and bartenders. 

When I set this page up, I had few pre-1918 sources at hand, and the coverage on these saloons was quite incomplete. In June of 2009 I came across three newspaper articles listing liquor license renewals in Camden, from 1894, 1895, and 1904. Click on the dates to read the articles in their entirety. The information about the individual bars named will be added to this page as time permits.

Camden Bars During Prohibition

 A very long and very good book could probably be written about Prohibition in Camden. While some tavern owners sold out and others switched to other lines of work, many business owners, with wives and children to support, found there way around the unpopular laws against alcoholic beverages.

A diluted brew of beer was legal, and many of Camden's taverns became "soft drink" houses. Needless to say, the demands of the public for real beer and alcohol and the needs of the businessmen to make a living often met somewhere outside the letter of the law!
A photo of what appears to be a local Camden baseball tavern tournament team, early 1920's. My grandfather, Charles David Letts, Sr. is lying on the ground with the open bottle. The rest of the males in the Letts family have always tried to follow his example. The picture looks like a cross between the Bowery Boys and the Katzenjammer Kids.- Edward Letts, January 2011 

Camden Courier-Post columnist James M. O'Neill, writing under the byline of "JIMINY" noted in the February 2, 1933 edition of the paper that"

"Twenty-seven of the 142 so-called "soft drink" establishments which were granted a Camden license for 1933, were raided by federal agents during the past year. . . So who was the mayor who said some months ago that Camden was beerless?"

While Camden may not have been a "wide open" town in the 1920s and early 1930s, it undoubtedly was "interesting". Philadelphia gangster Mickey Duffy controlled the Camden brewery until he was gunned down in an Atlantic City hotel room, and the saloons and speakeasies of the city in many cases were tipped off about raids. Many stills also were noted in newspapers of the day.

On April 7, 1933, it became legal to serve beer once again in New Jersey. An interesting article appeared in the June 9, 1933 Camden Courier-Post concerning the effects that legalization had on the bars and the speakeasies in and around Camden.

Camden Courier-Post - June 9, 1933

Both Saloons and Speaks Hit By Legalization of 3.2 Beer 
Legitimate Places Lose Lucrative Trade From Philadelphia and Unlawful Hangouts
Are Abandoned by Prohibition Era Patrons

What effect has the legalization of beer had on the speakeasy proprietor or the saloonkeeper in Camden? 

That both the legitimate dispenser of the amber fluid and the fellow who takes a chance on the "hard stuff" are humming a mournful dirge is evident in the conversations of both to their thirsty customers. 

The growth of tap rooms in all parts of the city is one of the complaints of the regular beer places but the order preventing them from using their bars is probably the sharpest thorn in the side of their business. 

Then, too, a number of the "better places" in Camden before April 7 depended almost entirely on trade from Philadelphia and with this lacking, they are 'at their wits' end. 
With bar service unlawful and the drinker forced to sit at a table, the saloon proprietor is wondering what he can do to hang on to the rapidly dwindling clientele. 

Speakeasies, on the other hand, are suffering from the legal return of beer much more painfully. Most of the owners are ready to admit that their once lucrative racket is "taking it on the chin" and the cash registers which jingled so merrily before April 7 are now practically silenced in an awesome lull. 

The explanation advanced is that the "speaks" have been abandoned not because the frequenters have changed their drinking habits but for the simple reason that they would much rather drink 3.2 at 10 cents a glass than some unknown concoction at 50 or 75 cents. 

These warm afternoons which once sent those wishing to "cool off" to their favorite haunts behind peek-hole doors, now find them in the taverns where anyone can hoist a seidel without looking out one corner of the eye. 

The woes of the speakeasy proprietor also have been aggravated in that they must compete with the law-abiding establishments which serve 10-cent beer. 

Roadhouse proprietors, have suffered to a great extent by the whoopee makers who used to bring their own private stock and order beverage and ice to go with it at profitable price but now order beer. 

Some have put on cover charges while others have specified on their menus that parties must meet a minimum bill. 

Taking the whole situation into consideration, one gathers that the only person benefiting in Camden from the legal return of beer is the realtor who has "turned over'" favorite spots to some purveyors anxious to get corner stands. 

The next day, however, word came from city hall, and all was well at the saloons!

Camden Courier-Post - June 10, 1933

STEWART GIVES PERMISSION TO USE DAYLIGHT TIME LOOPHOLE 
Saloon Men's Protest at 1 A. M. Closing Wins Quick Action 
SCREENS ARE SCRAPPED AS WORD IS PASSED 
Report Spread Legislature Will Change Beer Bill Monday

Most of Camden's saloons started selling beer over the bar last night. No arrests were made.

Proprietors of "soft drink" parlors are said to have received an "O. K." to sell over the bar with the understanding they would not be molested.

At the same time it was learned that Mayor Roy R. Stewart had issued an official order at 5 p. m. to acting Chief of Police John W. Golden permitting all beer dispensaries, cafes, etc., to remain open until 2 a. m., daylight saving time, except on Saturday when they must close at midnight. 

Saloonkeepers Protest 

Through their own organization saloonkeepers are known to have put up a vigorous protest on closing at 1 a. m., while in Philadelphia the same closing hour is enforced in standard time, permitting places there to do business until 2 a. m. daylight time. It was said a close check-up failed to reveal anything in t he state or city ordinances differentiating between daylight and. standard time. 

Word is understood to have been passed to the saloon men by high authority that the existing state law "will be changed Monday, sure" when the legislature meets at Trenton, and would knock out the clauses requiring screens and forbidding sale of beer over the bar. 

News Spreads Rapidly 

As if by some mysterious communication system, all saloons seemed to receive the advice at the same time. About 6 o'clock they started removing tables and screens. 

From official sources in Trenton there was firm denial that the beer law even would be taken up Monday.

Meanwhile, court cases were still pending and sentences were still being given out in Federal Court

Camden Courier-Post - June 13, 1933
excerpts

27 Mild Padlocks Provided In U.S. Court Rules by Avis

Camden County Padlocks 

Probationary padlocks of one year were ordered by Judge Avis for the following establishments: [Frank's Cafe] Frank Auletto, as proprietor; William J. Stettler, bartender; Rebecca Friedenberg and Lena Teitelman, owners, 1135 and 1137 South Fourth Street, $1000 bond; William Barr, proprietor; George E. Stone, bartender; Marion R. Klump, owner, 11 South Third Street, $1000 bond; Annabale Corda, proprietor and owner; Mary Corda, employee, 1104 South Fourth Street, $1000 bond; Anthony and Stanley Knast, owners, 7807 East Park Avenue, Pennsauken, $1000 bond; Oliver Smith, proprietor; [Thomas "Bluch" Golding] Bertha Golding; owner, 1726 Master Street, $1000 bond; [Big Ed's Place] Edward W. Williams, proprietor; William J. Dolan, bartender, 623 Pearl Street, $1000 bond. 

Conrad Lambert, 44, of 1427 South Ninth Street, Camden, pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and was fined $35. 

Frank Tischner, 1244 Cambridge Street, pleaded guilty to possession and nuisance and sentence was deferred until June 19.

Frank H. Poole, 1400 Rose Street, pleaded guilty to possession and maintaining a nuisance and was fined $35. James Rodgers, 1000 Segal Street, pleaded guilty to possession and maintaining a nuisance. Agents said he conducted a speakeasy and he was fined $l0 and given 10 days in jail.

Harry Getty, 48, of 29 North Third Street, Camden, was fined $35 for possession of beer and maintaining a nuisance. A fine of $25 was imposed upon Charles H. Lee, 30, of 1565 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, Camden, when he pleaded guilty to possession and nuisance charges. Annibale Corda, 35, of 1104 South Fourth Street, Camden, was fined $10 when he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of liquor and maintenance of a nuisance.

[Steppy's Cafe] Walenty Szczepankiewicz, 63, of 1621 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, was given a 45-day jail term and fined $25 when he pleaded guilty to possession and nuisance charges. His son, Edward, 19, was freed on a suspended sentence and placed on probation for six months on similar charges. 

John Baronkin, 669-1/2 Van Hook Street, Camden, was given a suspended sentence upon pleading guilty to possession of liquor, after his attorney pleaded he was keeping a wife, child and an ill mother. 

A bench warrant was issued for Mike Britto, of 112 North Delaware Avenue, and bail of $500 was ordered forfeited when he failed to answer charges of possession and maintaining a nuisance. 

Frank Cipriani, of 713 South Third Street, Camden, was sent to jail for 10 days and fined $1 when he pleaded guilty to possession and nuisance charges. His attorney said he was a prosperous South Camden business man who lost his holdings in the depression and has six children to support. 

Lawrence L. Murphy, 33, of 552 Haddon Avenue, Camden, was fined $25 when he pleaded guilty to possession of two jugs of liquor. He was arrested February 10 with the liquor in his possession. 

William Deroncone, 38, of 520 South Second Street, Camden, was given five days in jail and fined $1. He pleaded guilty to possession of a half pint, of liquor, in his cigar store. 

 

Camden Bars in the 21st Century

Take a ride through any neighborhood in Camden, and if you are observant you will notice that at one time there must have been a lot of bars! In a time when the neighborhood bar was not a luxury, but almost as much a necessity as the corner grocery and barbershop, Camden had its share. In August of 1936 there were 213 liquor licenses.

Most of the bars are gone, a sign of changing times, attitudes, and the cost of doing business in these modern times. The same thing happened to shoe repair shop- in 1947 Camden had 78 of them.... there may have been 2 left in the city in 2004.   

In order to get a handle on the many bars and taverns the city once had and those it still has, I've divided the city up into several sections, drawn partly on geographical lines, and partly on "neighborhood" lines. 

North Camden

North of Linden Street,
bounded by the Delaware & Cooper Rivers

Cramer Hill 

North of Federal Street, East of the Cooper River at the State Street Bridge, & West of the Railroad.

East Camden

North of Admiral Wilson Boulevard, East of the Railroad, from 15th Street at Federal Street

Center City Camden

North of Mickle, South of Linden, West of 15th Street to the Delaware River,

South Camden

North of Everett Street, South of Mickle Street, East of 9th Street- less Centerville 

8th Ward

North of Morgan Boulevard, South of Everett Street, 
West of railroad tracks

Fairview-
Morgan Village

South of Bulson Street, 
East of railroad tracks

Centerville

From 7th to 9th Streets, between Morton and Chelton Avenue

Haddon Avenue

East of 9th Street to Kaighn Avenue, and along Haddon Avenue from Mickle Street to Old White Horse Pike

Mount Ephraim Avenue

North of Morgan Boulevard, South of Kaighn Avenue, East of 7th Street, West of Haddon Avenue - less Centerville 

Admiral Wilson Boulevard

On the Boulevard

HELP!!!!!!!

If you can help me fill in the blanks, PLEASE e-mail me! I'm also looking for pictures of these bars, both inside and out. THANKS in advance!

Phil Cohen phil552@comcast.net 


NORTH CAMDEN

One of the older sections of Camden, much of North Camden was fully built up prior to World War I. While no neighborhood was ever exclusively dominated by any ethnic group, in the older days much of North Camden was populated by people of Irish, German, and English descent, with a small Italian neighborhood near 2nd and Main and a black section in the east of 10th Street around Penn Street. The bars reflected the people in the neighborhood. Best remembered are Kelly's at the foot of State Street, Mancine's at 3rd and Elm, Nittingers at North 7th and Birch Street, Anne's Tavern on Vine Street, and Ford's Cafe at 941 Pearl Street, along with the State Bar, the last of the North Camden bars.

The sources used below are the 1946 Camden City Directory, and the Bell Telephone Books for 1956, 1959, 1966, 1970 & 1977. For 1990 and 2004 personal research was done!

Address  

924 Beach

1892-1893 William N. Banks (grocery, sold liquor without a license)

34 Erie

1888-1893 John S. Smith 1894 William N. Banks 1895 Martin McNeil - 1905 Louis Ederle

245 Erie

1936  Brady's 1947 International Fur & Leather Workers Union Local 206 CIO

800 Fern

1893-1901 Fred (Fritz) Henberger 1901-July 1903 Owen Kernan
July 1903-August 1903 Frank Lavalle August 1893- September 1903 Jerry Sullivan
September 1903-1905 Peter F. Morgan 1905-1906 John Graham
1908 John McGovern 1918-1924 Catherine McGovern 1926-1936 Hugh P. Reilly 
1938-1949 Clancy's Cafe 1954-1956 New Mill Bar & Grille 1959 Stew's Bar & Grill 
1963-1968 Fern Grille 2004 Gone

800 Linden

1904-1947 Daly's Cafe 1952-59 Linden Grill 1967 Linden Grill t/a McCormick's
GONE

125 Main

1895 William N. Banks
1900-1913 Dan McConnell's

127 Main

1935-1936 Harry Wieland

505 Main 

1883-1896 Joseph Zanner 1902-1903 John S.B. Candler 1904 Thomas B. Sheppard 
1905 William Oberman Sr. 1918-1928 Mrs. Tekla Oberman 1931-1943 William Oberman Jr.
1947 Walter E Gross Main Cafe 1956 Main Street Cafe 1959-1964 Ann's Tavern 
Gone by 1966

900 N 2nd

1931 James O'Donnell 1936-1943 William E. Morgan Morgan's Cafe 
1947-1949 Caesar Campana Sr. 1954-1956 Tony's Supper Club 1959 Happy Landing Bar
1964-1966 Tuggie & Squeal's Bar 1967 Squeal's Bar & Lounge 2003 Gone
940 N 2nd 1895-1896 Katie Beck
1904 Christian Glenger 1918-1921 James McAninley 1947 Vacant 2003 Gone

609 N 3rd 

1940 Mancine's Bar 1956-1970 Mancine's Bali Club  
1974 Mancine's Liquor Store & Bar 1977-2004 Mancine's Liquors

901 N 3rd

 1895-1896 Julius Brass 1904-1909 Alvena Brass 1909-1920 Harry Rodenbeck 
No bar by 1922 1931-1947 A&P Grocery 

938 N 3rd

1908-1966 Lynch's Cafe 
1941-1943 Club Royal, managed by Russell Utter
1990s R&R Bar

939 N 3rd

1896 B. Simpkins 1904 John Lynch 1918-1931 Brady's  
1935 Clem Bridgeman 
A grocery Store since the 1940s
636 N 5th 1918-1919 William Eckenhoff 1947 Max Greenberg's Grocery Store
624 N 6th 1895-1896 Henry Felden 1904 William Eckenhoff 
406 N 7th 1933 Harry Adams

519-521 N 7th

1895 Annie Sullivan 1896 John & Kate Daly 
1897-1905 George Gmeiner 1910 George Doerrfuss
1920-1980 Nittinger's Tavern 1920-1921 Irvin Nittinger 1924-1931 Louise Nittinger
414 N Front 

1967 First Ward Italian Democratic Club 
Alphonse LaTorre. 201 South 27th Street. Camden President.
Anthony LaTorre Sr. 201 South 27th Street Vice President.
Nicholas P. Mancini. Sr. 132 South 23rd Street Financial Secretary and Treasurer
Trustees: Umberto Martini 127 Elm Street; Lazzaro Rossi 819 Howard Street; 
              Tony Cicalo 7636 River Road Pennsauken NJ; George Spadea 122 Dannenhower Street
House Committee: George Spadea 122 Dannenhower Street; 
                             Nicholas P. Mancini Sr. 132 South 23rd Street; Luigi Meccariello. 212 Elm Street
423 N Front  1890s-1906 John Opfer 1918-1921 John T. Whelan 1924-1926 Joseph L Manderfield
517 N Front  1906 John W. Bockius
524 N Front  1895 John Campbell 1896 John Flood 
1904-1906 Thomas Kenney 1914-1921 Mrs. Mary Kenney 

601 N Front 

1896 Eliza Jones 1904-1905 Thomas Tracy 1905 Frederick Speck 
1918-26 Charles E. Snyder 1927-1947 Clara C. Snyder 
1954 Cooper Tavern 1959 Sally's Cafe 1964-1966 Sam's Cafe 
1967 Casa Santiago (Francisco Santiago)

619 N Front 

 1869-1889 Ernest Albert 1895 L.G. Leudik

641-643
N Front 

1890-1891 Mechanics Hotel John F. Hoelzle 1895 Charles Hoelzle 1896 Caroline Hoelzle 1897-1899 John S. Smith 1900 Peter J. Kelly 
1908-1949 Joseph Dowling 1959-1970 Dowling Inc. (1967 Joseph Wilson & G.W. Michel)
1971 DESTROYED in the riot of August 1971

952 N Front 

1896-1906 Albert Ebener 1906-1909 Christian Gienger 
1909-1946 Eugene Widmann Sr. 1946-1947 Walter Widmann 
1949 George Engel 1956-1959 Erie Cafe aka Frontier Playhouse, closed in mid-1960s 

5 Northgate Plaza

1964-1978 Lamplighter Room (Richard & Elaine Bower)
1980-1982 Pegasus 

100 Pearl

1883 North Camden Hotel, John Geist 1895-1896 John Dugan -
1931  Thomas J. Kenney, John A. Smith and Charles H. Schwab Bridge Cafe 
1936-1943 William F. Gannon Gannon's Bridge Cafe
1947-1970 Reese W. Gannon Gannon's Tavern 1977 Gone

107 Pearl

1895-1896 Elmer W. Barr

601 Pearl

1896-1899 William Kohl 1900-1904 Ernest Allen 
1905-1906 George Lotz 1906-1911 Owen Kernan 
1912-1913 James "Jimmy" Martin 1913-1915 John H. Smith
1915-1921 Matthew Geoghegan 
1921-1929 Eddie Welsh Cafe  (Edward A. Welsh) 
1933-1964 Big Ed's Place (Edward Williams) 2003 Gone

623 Pearl

1895-1904 Henrietta Hussong 1931 George Murray 

941 Pearl

1929-1933 Harry G. Wells - cigar store 
1934-1947 Harry's Tap Room - Harry G. Wells
1947-1971 Ford's Cafe - William A. Ford
1971-1975 Beverly's Cafe - Sterling Beverly (died 12/3/1975))

600 Point

1904 Jacob Schweitzer 1910 William Merkle 
1936-1943 Caesar Campana Sr. Caesar's Grille / Caesar's Sandwich Shop 
1946-1970 Johnny Moore's

901 Point

1888-1889 Charles Moore 1890-1904 Albert E. Kayser 1904-1906 Conrad Ahrens 
1918-1919 John Lewis Dungan 
Not a  Bar after Prohibition enacted in 1919

943 Point

1880-1891 Albert Ebener 1895-1904 Herman Schenck 1918-1919 Jacob Blankenhorn 
1928 Anchen Szurlej 1929-1931 John Davish

1000 Segal

1933 SPEAKEASY Jimmy Rogers

69 State

1896 Henry Demnitz 1904 Margaret Felden 1910 Conrad Ahrens 
1918-1940 William Pfeiffer 
1947 Frederick Weldon
1959-1974 Kelly's Cafe 1977 Gone

226 State 

1939-1943 Charles F. Miller 1947 Lee & George's Bar, Mrs. Theresa Doris 
1954-2004 State Bar
2004 Jack's Bar & Pizza Restaurant

304 State

1939 Capt. H.G. Sparrow Ship No. 1269 VFW

201 Vine

1895-1896 Earnest Koetz 1904 Harry M.C. Fry
1908-1939 Daly's Bar 1939 Daly's Cafe 1943-early 1970s Daly's Tavern 

600 Vine

1966-1976 Ann's Tavern (Frank & Anna Malek) 1976-1980 Robert Shuff
Destroyed by Fire on September 2, 1980 after "activists" threatened to burn it down. 

45 York 

1896 Charles Trommer 1910 John P. Scannell 
1918-1924 Frank Ziemski 1926-1931 Mrs. Annie Ziemski 1933 Alex Ziemski 
1936 Baker's Bar & Grill 1939-1969 Joe's Joe.Zawitkowski


CRAMER HILL

Originally part of Stockton Township, Cramer Hill was made part of Camden City in 1899. There was a strong German community, but for the most part Cramer Hill was white, but ethnically diverse. Today there is a strong Latino presence, and some of the old bars remain, under new management, reflecting the present community. 

My memories of Cramer Hill were that there were A LOT of bars, and one could literally drink one's way up River Road, and have a pretty good head on by the time you hit 36th Street!

Address

  

933 Cambridge

 1940 Jacob Tischner 

1244 Cambridge

 1933 SPEAKEASY Frank Tischner  1940 

2712 Hayes

 1936-1977 Corporal Matthews-Purnell Post 518 VFW  
2003 Building is Gone  

1787 River 

1964-2004 The Chateau

1898 River 

1918-1931 George Huder 1939-1959 Niewinski's Cafe  
1964-1966 Walt's Place 1970-1984 Gretta's Inc  
2000 Sunshine Lounge

2000 River 

1939-1966 Keating's Cafe 1970-1981 Lin-Rick Tavern  
2000 G & N Grocery Store

2600 River 

1924 Pavonia Hotel

3125 River 

1936-1939 Alfred Ray Munyan 1943 George W. Starr 
1947 Red Anchor Bar & Liquor Store 
1949-1964 Anchorage Bar & Liquor Store 
1966-1982 Anchor Bar & Liquor Store 

3209 River 

1940-1943 George E. Hoover 
1947-1983 Engel's Cafe (Francis X. "Frank" & Mary T. Engel)
1983-2001 Silver Dollar Saloon - Billy & Marge Eckel 
2000s Rumba Rengue nightclub -
permanently closed after shooting and license violations

2802 Buren 

1940 August W. Oswald Jr. 1947-1970 Jimmy's Tavern  
1976-1977 Step Inn 1990 Gone

1006-08
N 24th

 1904 Chales Rugart 1918-1928 Hugo Stettnisch 
1931 Adolph Newmeyer 1940-1943 Joe Wandy's Chateau

1010-12
N 24th

 1954 Al's Cafe 1959 Steve's Cafe 1964-1980 Little Tavern  
 1982  Gregory Cafe 2000 Closed

1144 N 24th

 1893-1899 Burkhardt Buenzle 

641 N 25th

1947 This was a grocery store 1970-1990s Terry's Cafe 2003-2013 Vizcaya Liquors

949 N 25th

1888-1906 Charles Irle Sr. BAKERY
1900s-1921 Charles Irle Sr. 1924-1928 William J. Hinkson 1929-1935 Mrs. Mary Hinkson
1935-1947 Beatty's Grille 1959-1966 Juno's Tavern  
1970-1974 Schoell's Tavern 
1977 Crane's Tavern Late 1988 Olde City Brewery Tavern 2003 Closed

1001 N 25th

1893-2014 Crescent Bottling Company (Beer Distributor & Liquor Store)
1893-1900 Christopher L. Dietz 1900-1935 John Schimpf

925 N 26th

 1947 Lincoln Association 

948 N 26th 

1892 Union Hotel (Christopher L. Dietz) 
1893-1898 Valentine Doerr, No Bar
1898 Valentine Doerr (licensed in April 1898, died October 15, 1898) 
1898-1899 Catherine Dietz Doerr
1899-1904 George Doerrfuss
1914-early 1980s
Pavonia House (aka Strahle's Grill, aka Donato's Pavonia House, Wonder Inn)  
Fire in early 1980s, building was razed  

1123 N 26th

 1939 Pauline Everly  

1148 N 26th

 1939 Jacob Merger  

721 N 27th

1902-September 1903 John G. Schramm
September 1903-1904 August Hauser
1906 William F. Arnholt
1918-1930 Leon Faerber 1936 Pavonia Cafe 
1939 Joseph "Joe Wandy" Wandsleben Joe Wandy's Chateau 1947 No Bar 

854 N 27th

1934 Unknown Saloon  

933 N 27th

1939-1947 Silver Rail Grille  

1000 N 27th

September 1903 Joseph O. Schmid
1939 August W. Oswald Jr 1940-1947 Dick's Cafe 1959-1976 Rio Bar  
1976 Connie's Corner    

1014 N 27th

 1935-1947 11th Ward Democratic Club 

1031 N 27th

1947-2000 German Maennerchoer Closed around 2001

1101 N 27th

1919-1984 Pepeta's Cafe  
1251 N 27th 1900-1908 John & Mary Hoosey "Hoosey's Park" 
1911 Joseph Schramm
1912-1919 William E. Banks

2900 Adams

1979-2004 Waterview Inn

1041 Cambridge 1906 Gottlieb & Wilhemina Foehl 1914 John & William Foehl (their sons)

EAST CAMDEN

Also part of Stockton Township, most of East Camden's Bars lay along Federal Street, the main corridor, with a few on 27th Street leading in to Cramer Hill. East Camden has been my home pretty much since the mid-70s.... I've had some pretty good times here! 

Address  
1502 Federal 1906-1910 Andrew Cummiskey
1504 Federal &
1506 Mickle		 1918-1921 James Mullins 1924 Seigle & McNally 
1925-1927 Martin Segal
1936 George A. Keppard 1944 Roddy's Cafe 1947 Roddy's Restaurant

1546 Federal

1904 John Kempf

1600 Federal

1959-1970 Olga's Diner

1700-1702 Federal 

1904-1919 Annie L. Cannon 1920-1921 Charles Nixon 
1924 Irving Bachman
1943-1950 Stanley Bar & Liquors 1950 Fire 1959 No Bar

1730 Federal

 1956 Stanley's Bar & Liquors Inc.
1959 Jan's Inc. 1964 Front Page Tavern 1970 Donato's Bar 
1977 Harvey's Hangout
1978 Federal 1983-1984 Club Brizas Del Caribe
1984 Federal   1891-1892 August Muench

1990 Federal

1930 Owen Kernan
1931-1966 Marty's Tappe House aka Old Tappe House
Martin Segal & Joseph Seigle were brothers. Martin sold out when he elected Sheriff in 1956. 
1966-1979 Towers Bar Hyman Karpowitz
License sold to Harbor Place in 1983 
1999 Federal 1904 William Molt 1918-1919 Emily F. Greenwald
2006 Federal 1918-1919 Jule Glassman 1924 Elmer Cochran
2046 Federal

1890s-1906 Henry Grossmick
1900s-1921 George W. Spicks 1924 William McDonald 1929-1931 Martin Segal 

2079 Federal

1939-1947 Bill's Cafe 1954-1966 Cross Road Tavern 1970-1982 Stetser's Tavern 
Closed & razed around 1982
2102 Federal 1887-1890 John Berge 1890-1891 Junction Hotel George W. Spicks  
1918-1919 Max Lukas By 1924 Uriah D. Davis 
1947 this address was an Auto Parts Store

2224 Federal

1935-1990 Dominic Guglielmi U-Need-A Cafe  
1990 Rivera Palace Tavern 
Late 1990s Obsession Lounge 2003 Tierra Dominicana Bar

23rd & Federal

 1888-1891 Ludwig Schuck

2312 Federal

1906-1919 Harry Bedford 1924-1927 Ralph DeLucia 
1936-1959 Harry J. Spuhler Spuhler's Cafe 
1964-1966 Cressman's Cafe 1970-1998 Apollo Bar CLOSED June 1998

2318 Federal

 1890 Samuel Bakley 1895-1902 William Denneler 1903-1904 Samuel Bakley 
1905 Henry F. Bodine 1906-1910 William H. Cole

2400 Federal

1904 Harry Thompson 1918-1943 John T. White 
(1926-1927 Calvin Brong 1928-1931 Higgins' Cafe William J. Higgins) 
1945-1964 East Side Cafe Closed early 1980s.

2512 Federal

1939 David V. Murray 1940 Stanley S. & Helen Levy 
1943 The Victoria (Frank & Mary Davalos) 
1947 Del Duca's Victoria Bar (Mrs. Dorothy Del Duca)

2516-2520 Federal

1947 Victoria Theater 1959 Holly Diner 1970-1980 Jackson Diner 
1990 The Star 2003 Elegante

2620 Federal

1936 Francis J. Schill Rathskeller Cafe 1940-1943 Mrs. Emma Schill 1947-1959 Rathskeller Cafe
1964-1970 Sports Lounge (2616 1/2) 
mid-1970s to mid-1990s Satellite Lounge aka "Mike Love's"
2626 Federal 1904 Annie Costello 1918-1919 Ernest Neumann
3000 Federal 1918-21 Frank Stecher
3406
Federal		 1943 Walter Winslow

3601 Federal

1906 Jacob Bendinger 1917 Rosedale Inn Closed around 2001

3905 Federal

1936-1943 O'Donnell's Restaurant & Cafe 1949 Blue Mirror 
1954-1966 Ron Day Voo Bar 1970 Dio's Supper Club 
1977-1983 Dr. Jekyll's High Times 1989 G. Whilliker's Closed Early 1990s

4100 Federal

1959-1970 Waldorf Liquor Company 1970 Waldorf Tavern & Restaurant 
1980-2000 Giambrone's Waldorf Tavern 2000 Cafaro's Waldorf Tavern
114 Marlton  1904 John J. Trost 1918-1921 Edward Penn 114 Marlton Hotel
210 Marlton  1967 J & M Bar & Liquors
2818 Marlton 1970-1977 Elks Lodge 1980-mid-1990s Renegades CB Club
3014 Marlton  1936-1956
Hinkson's Dude Ranch, Rodeo Ray's Dude Ranch, Hinkson's Cafe
1959-1970 Johnny's Tavern 1977 Liquor World 2003 Closed
3713 Marlton 1936-1940 Louis Putnik Highland Beer Gardens 1959 Highland Cafe 
1990 - 2006 Pat's Place Closed
3829 Marlton 1940-1977 Howard Johnson Howard's Cafe aka Club Royal 1941
1990 Cliff's Place Closed in the late 1990s

2 N 27th 

1906 Charles Grossman 1918 Anna Lingsch Howell 1924j-1936 Mrs. Anna Lingsch
1940 Anthony Sipio 1943-1977 Boulevard Grille 1980 Freddy's

500 N 27th

 1904 Lehman Hastings 1915 Andrew Cummiskey

506 N 27th

 1970 Joseph Burzanski 1974-2003 Holmes Lounge 2003 Holmes Lounge under new ownership

550 N 27th

1918-1921 Elizabeth Walz 1924 Elizabeth Roth
1929-1931 Philip Hart 1939 Joseph J. Guetherman
 1943-1947 Mrs. Elizabeth Roth Five-Fifty Cafe

576 N 27th

1889 Frank Shaw 1904 Philip Mager 1906 Frank. J. Foy 
1918-1921 George A. Smyth 
1924 John A. Barlow 1930 Bar Closed 
1936-1947 John T Morrow Pleasant Cafe 1954-1966 Jo-Vic Cafe 
1977 Gone

4400 N 41st 

1947-166 Lucky's Grille
211 N 42nd Lucky's Grille Leo J. Leichleidner

10 S 25th

1939-1947 Bismark Tavern The bar was renamed sometime between 1947 and 1949
1949-1981 Bismark Bar

3512 Westfield

 1940-2004 Choice Bar & Liquors

ADMIRAL WILSON BOULEVARD

More than a few bars and clubs did business on the Boulevard before Governor Whitman razed everything on the south side in 1999 and 2000. The Boulevard's reputation was far, far worse than the reality..... the price of being located across the river from Philadelphia, where the media constantly paint's Camden in the worst of colors on order to diminish the many, many shortcomings of that blighted city.

The reality is that there were never more than five bars serving liquor on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden, and no more than three liquor stores, at any time. Given the location, and the State Store situation in Pennsylvania, the liquor stores were (and the two that remain) very profitable.

Of the four bars that did business on the boulevard, three featured dancers clad in the state minimum which consists of a bikini. That's right, in New Jersey, you can't serve a beer and see a nipple at the same time! Not exactly one's conception of a den of iniquity.

What the boulevard did feature were three motels, which by the 1970s had devolved into "by the hour" joints. A certain degree of prostitution took place, and the bars and other legitimate businesses on the Boulevard paid the price, reputation-wise, for that. It did not help that one of the bars, the Oasis, was located in the same building and owned by the same people who owned the Oasis Motel.

Oh yes, we can't forget the infamous "LIVE NUDE SHOW" that Camden was always blamed for. It was on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard..... in PENNSAUKEN.

Address  

1840 Admiral Wilson Boulevard

 1967 S.P. Liquors Sam Pearl 1977 P.B. Monahan's Razed 1999

2000 Admiral Wilson Boulevard

1960s-1977 Oasis Lounge (1967 Herbert Furniss) 
1980-1987 Harem Lounge

2007 Admiral Wilson Boulevard

 mid-1970s-mid 1980s Minnie's Lounge 1980s-date Carools Liquors (No Bar)

2250 Admiral Wilson Boulevard

1956-1999 Admiral Tavern aka Admiral Lounge & Liquors Razed 1999

2360 Admiral Wilson Boulevard

1964 Holiday Tavern & Lounge 1966-1996 French Quarter Razed 1999

Crescent Boulevard

1930s-1951 Weber's Hof Brau

 

CENTER CITY CAMDEN

In the days when Camden's downtown was thriving, downtown Camden, defined here as the area between Linden Street and the "Chinese Wall" elevated rail lines at Mickle Street, the Delaware River and the Federal Street Bridge had many bars and restaurants. Some left to declining business, others were forced out in the assorted urban renewal projects that did as much to destroy Camden as revitalize it.

Address

  

101 or 131 Arch

1896 Wilhelmina Mester 1904 John Egner 
1918-1931 John Wasserman 1926 Jacob Maurer 1927-1928 Anastasio Viviani

123 Arch

1878 John Hertlein 

136 Arch

1883 John Shannon 1885-1888 John Geist 1890-1897 Wilhelmina Geist
1918-1919 George Bowman 1936-1943 Cesar Capriotti (Restaurant only by 1943)

138 Arch

1904 Andreas Ming

200-202 Arch

1947-1961 Arch Cafe Cesare Capriotti & Leni (Leonard) Capriotti 
1961-1977 Herman S. Szatkowski & Mary Szatkowski

201 Arch

1890-1900s Thomas F. Bell William Baumiller Sr. 1904-1906 1900s-1910s Guy Smith  
1914 Peter Thommen 1910s Peter Saulino 1918-1931 August Fuehrer 

304-306 Arch

1936-1972 Genova Cafe 1940-1972 Joseph Macciocca

329 Arch

1878 Adam Rumph

333 Arch

1896 Mashall & Goodall

336-338 Arch

1872 Goetz's Hall - George Goetz 1943 Big Horn Grille 

438 Arch

1889-1922 John A. Oetzel's Saloon. 

517 Arch

1895-1896 John A. Van Sciver 1904-1919 William A. Curlis 1924 Frank M. Toppin

560 Carman

1936-1959 Roy Steele's Tavern

635 Carman

1896 Owen Hughes

741 Carman

1906 Julius Lingsch

745 Carman

1890s-1900s John J. Keefe's Saloon

946 Carpenter

 1878 Herman Kuhle 1904 Joseph F. Kern 1918-1919 George Immendorf 

1144
Carpenter

 1920-1930 John Jackle 

201 Cooper

1935 John Lynch Saloon 1946 Palace Restaurant

512 Cooper

1939-1979 Plaza Hotel Bar

621 Cooper

1923-1970s Hotel Walt Whitman 

807 Cooper

1967 Camden Lodge #293 B.P.O. Elks 

46 Delaware

 1895 John J. Wright 1904 Ellen Redmond

21 Delaware

 1895-1896 Washington Perks

112 Federal

1918-1919 Charles H. Lawson 1924 Ferry Hotel

117 Federal

1896 Lazarus Moyer, wholesale

124 Federal

1896 Strene & Company, wholesale

130 Federal

1902-September 1903 Frank Rose
September 1903 James K. Munyan 
June 1904 Josephine Rose

200-202 Federal 

1918-1920 William Molt  
1924-1940 Beringer's Cafe 
1941-1948 May & Hugh Radwell 
1956-1970 Grand Bar (1967 John E. Crane & Matthew Powers)

Federal
Near 2nd St.

 Embassy Cafe, Garfield Del Duca - before May 1933

201 Federal

1931 Arcadia Cafe William and Sophia Siobodzian 
1935-1936 Harold Clark Club Royal 
1936 Fannie Mazer Arcadia Cafe 
1947 No Bar Veteran's Restaurant

202 Federal

1895 Charles F Hoell 1896 Louisa Hoell 1904 Fred Brazel

210 Federal

1896 William H. Getty 1904 Thomas Morton 1905 Peter Morgan 
1918-1921 Joseph Taylor 1924 John Moss

221 Federal

1933-1935 Anderson's Grill Bar gone by 1946

223 Federal

1904 Louis Ederle 1905 Emma Moore 1905 Christian Staib
1905-1906 James McKechnie 1906 Lawrence LaMaina

306-308 Federal 

1832-1905 John Beck Sr. & John Beck Jr. 
1905-1910 John Thompson (father of James Thompson)
1910-1916 George Schu 1917-1949 Joe Manfredini's  
1950-1953 Vari's (Vincent Vari) 1953-1957 Byer's Bar (Herman Byer)
1957-1958 Mid-City Bar (Frank S. Vari) 1958-1970 Mid-City Bar (1967 Vincent Pasquarelli)

313 Federal

1878 Charles Horner 

318 Federal

1896 William McGinniss 1905-1906 A.S. Strouse - 1906 Michael J. Ryan
1943 Michael Jordan's 1947 Jack's Grill 
1953 318 Club aka Marjay's 1954 Closed

319 Federal

1931-1940 McKenna's Cafe  (1936 Jack's Grill)

321 Federal

1904 William Holland

340 Federal

1933-1956 Edward Markowitz
1933-1936 Wall Street Club 1947-1967 Mindy's  Restaurant & Bar 1959 Closed

342 Federal

1904 William H. Frech 1897-1899 John S. Smith 1918-1921 John McCarry 

400-02 Federal

1954-1964 Harmony Tavern 
1966-1967 Your Girl's Tavern (Andrew Jackson 100 Lincoln Drive Cherry Hill NJ)
1970 Hut Bar 

419 Federal

1935-1939 John F. Waters Waters Grille 1939-1977 George W. Kirby Kirby's Tavern

503 Federal

1895-1896 J. Jerome Gallagher 1904 Samuel Elliot 1918-1919 Gustav Kunkel

520 Federal

1966-1970 Beef'n'Bottle

521-523 Federal

1892 The Court, William J. Gallagher, proprietor

527-529 Federal

1896 Theodore Brown 1904 Andreas Almindes
1918-1921 Charles W. Gengenbach 1924-1926 Joseph A. White 1927-1928 Arcadia Cafe

530 Federal

1939 Gus Chigounis Lintonia

550 Federal

1905-1909 William A. "Billy" Moore
1909-1919 Palace Hotel William Moebius  1924 No Bar

600-602-604 Federal

1899-1904 John W. Sutton
1918-1919 Mace Brown  

636 Federal

1895-1904 Jacob Neithamer 1918-21 Theodore Steffens 1924-1928 George J. Hamill 

703 Federal 

1896 William Irvin Cave

704 Federal 

1893 Trenton House, Cliff Valentine, proprietor

733 Federal 

1954-1970 Roy's Cafe (Roy Wagner)

744 Federal 

19804 Mrs. Agnes Chamberlin 1924 Federal Cafe

800 Federal

1924 No Bar 1929 George J. Hamill 1936-1947 Roy Wagner Roy's Cafe

811 Federal 

1947 Deighan's Five O'Clock Club 1949 Deighan's Sports CenterSection D-KK-17-5

900 Federal

1895 Otis Gowen 1904 Louis Hack 1912-1913 Harry Rodenbeck 1918-1922 Percy A. Hart 
1947 Private residence 1970 Razed

941 Federal

1895 Thomas Bernard

942 Federal

1890-1908 Charles Krattenmaker 

944 Federal

1918-1919 Henrietta Storch 1947 No Bar 1970 Razed

1025 Federal

1895 Louis Hack  

1116 Federal

1878 George Schweitzer 

1138 Federal

1887-1888 George Bleidorn 1888-1889 Charles Krattenmaker 

1157 Federal

1895 Charles Maas 1896 Moses Hughes 
1904 John Jackle 1918-1929 John Jackle 1938 McKay's Gulf Station

24 Fogarty Avenue

1904 Jacob Hess

33 North Front

1887-1896 Thomas McKenna

3, 5, 7 and 9 
Ferry Walk

1933 Matthew Orland (see 3-9 Market Street)

1 Haddon 

1929 John Hoover 1947-1964 Four Point Cafe (1967 Morris Silverman) 1990 McDonald's 

28 Haddon

1895-1896 Charles F. Reese 1904 William Rowland 
1910-1930 John W. Suthel aka John W. Sutton 
1928 Deighan & Campbell 1929 Joseph Campbell 
1931 H. Roy Steele 1939-1943 Mrs. Stella Suthel 1947-1967 Century Bar 

37-39 Haddon

 1896-1904 Charles Pockerto 1918-1921 Hugo E. Pohle 1924 Gone

40 Haddon
1902-September 1903 Eberhard Ries
September 1903-1908 Jeremiah J. "Jerry" Sullivan

Haddon at the Pennsylvania R.R.  

 1877-1890 Junction Hotel William and Katie Zimmerman

12 Hudson

No bar before Prohibition 1931 Cafe Hudson 1934 Hudson Cafe 1938 Joe Feinstein 1940 Walter Carley & Charley Humes 
1954-2000 Hudson Tavern 2000 Closed 2002 Razed

1 Market

 1895-1896 Antonio Mecca 

2 Market

 1849-1909 West Jersey Hotel 1909 Camden Hotel 
Later known as the New Ridgeway Hotel
1918-1919 Augustus H. Butterworth 1920-1921 Frank M Toppin 1947 Anthony Mattia's Restaurant

5-7 Market

1887-1890 James F. Shannon

9 Market

1884-1891 William H. Grant & George W. Grant
1895 Charles Berg 1896-1904 Philip Flancher

3-9 Market

1933-1936 Terminal Restaurant & Bar 1939 Maxwell Orlando 1946 Terminal Restaurant & Bar

11 Market 

1887-1904 Peter C. Verga's Saloon

18 Market

 1896 John Chambers 1904 Antonio Mecca  
1918-1921 Harry J. Thompson 1926-1931 William J. Thompson 
1947 No Bar (Otto Steiner Bakery)

20 Market

1936 Victor Cafe 1940 Charles Harris 
1947 Mazer's Brass Rail 1954-1959 Sparkler's Brass Rail 1966-1970 Brass Rail Liquors

25 Market

 1929-1931 Howard L. Faunce 1947 No Bar

28 Market

1939-1943 William Swetkoff 1947-1970 Paul W. Swetkoff 
1936-1970 Coney Island Restaurant / Lunch (1967 Joseph DiMunno)

112 Market

1866-1889 City Hotel Louis Herbst 1890-1892 William F. Sanders 1893-1898 Frank Peterson 1899-1902 City Hotel William Moebius
1903-1906 Frederick Forster 1907-1913 Charles Hartmeier
1914-1919 City Hotel Frank Hecht 1920 City Hotel Rosa Hecht
1947 Campbell Soup Plant

120 Market

1880 Lewis Linkenhiel 1881-1882 John Daniel Hann 1883-1884 Henry Schulz

200-202 Market

1918-1947 Kernan's Cafe aka Hotel Kernan
1918-1934 Owen Kernan (died 1934) 1939-1947 Joseph B. & James P. Kernan 

201 Market

1887 John E. Shannon 1895 John Chambers 

201-203 Market

After 1949
201-203-205 Market

1933-1943 Nicholas Stafre & Christopher Manou 1943 Delight Grill 
1943-1944 Hyde's Tavern Joe Hyde
1944-1954 John F. Clifford & Charles Calnan Johnnie's Bar 
1953-1959 Sylvera Bar (Morris & Vera Tacknoff, Edward & Sylvia Kessler)
1964-1977 J Bar & Liquor Sylvia Ruttenberg 
1977-1991 Herman's Bar Herman S. Szatkowski
1991-July 2010 Hank's Bar & Grill Hank Szatkowski & Judy Szatkowski
Reopened during the 2010s

210 Market

1895-1896 John McCormick 1904 Frederick G. Schott 1918-1919 Frederick G Moebius 
1947 Campbell Soup Plant

211 Market

1934 The Oasis 1947 Champion Shoe Repair

224 Market

1883-1884 Edward Rimke 1887-1906 Columbia Hotel 1905 Thomas Wilson
1906-1909 John P. Scannell
1910-1913 Walter J. Ott
1915-1924 Victor Hotel John J. Reilly 
1924-1932 Victor Hotel William J. Sheehan
1936-1943 Hi Hatters Club  Hi-Hat Grill 1956 High Hat Club  
 1959-1984 Bell Bar

227-29 Market

1936 West Jersey Cafe - Shamus Maguire 1939-1947 Charles Marion Homo's 
1954-1977 Terminal Bar & Liquor (the Orland Family) 1990-2004 Market Street West

313 Market

1895-1904 Everett Brewster 1904 Hicks Cafe (Robert Hicks)

314 Market

1977 Arch Cafe Herman S. Szatkowski

316 Market

1895 George Dokenwadel 1904 Frank Peterson

318 Market

1908-1939 The Stag Cafe 1940 Mrs. Elizabeth C. Miller 1947-1956  Majestic Restaurant

327-329 Market 

 1967 Green Pepper Inc. Madge R. Malandra, Ralph Kmiec, Lynn Kmiec

333 Market 

 1904-1906 Everett Ackley 1918-1919 Mary C. Ricker Bernard Lowden Cigar Store

400 Market

1896 David Young 

401 Market

1885-1904 August Riceman 1904-1905 Arthur Bedell 1905-1907 George Lightenberger
1907 John Healy 1907-1909 James Daly 1909-1912 John Gallagher 
1912-1914 Allen Hotel Abram B. Allen 1915 Howard B. Robinson 
1917-1922 Big Ben Hotel Ben Casper 1922-1924 Temple Hotel 1931 United States Post Office

407-09 Market

1896 John Devine 1900-1919 Temple Bar & Hotel 1947 United States Post Office

409 Market

1887-1891 Thomas O'Hara's Saloon 1947 United States Post Office

425 Market

1931 Thomas Kelly 1947 Shapiro Electric Supply

510 Market

1896 George Dokenwadel

517 Market

1936 Thompson's Cafe

531 Market

1867-1897 Heileman's Hall John Heileman 1904 Harry Halbert 
1910-1914 Dilmore's Hotel George S. Dilmore Sr.1918-1919 William G. Wentz 
1927-1931 Brewer's Dining Rooms Horace L. Brewer
1933-1934 Neil F. Deighan
1936-1970 Thomas Kenney Kenney's Cafe 1939 John H. Keane 1977-1978 Pat's Tavern 1979-1989 Raimundo's 1990-2000 Crawford's 2000-2002  Lauretta's 
Dates after 1988 approximate

639 Market

1947 No Bar Roberts Restaurant 1977 David's

701 Block Market 

  1967 Towne Park Motel (Maurice Clyman)

804-812 Market

1947 Deighan's Den 1975 Razed

808 Market

1939 Camden Moose Lodge 1975 Razed 

821 Market

1931 Jimmie Campbell's New Cafe 1947 Supplee-Jones-Willis Dairy

816 Market

1918-1919 Carl Gropp 1947 Private Residence 1975 Razed

826 Market

1895-1896 Herman Meyers 1904 John Greaf 
1924-1926 John Moore 1927 Phillip Bert 1928 Luigi Alesandrini

833 Market

1883-1884 Charles Voigt

839 Market

1895-1896 Albert Hein 1904 George L. Schute 
1910-1914 Andrew Cummiskey 
1918-1959 John G. MacDougall Mac's Bar

900 Market

1890-1904 Edward McCabe 1918-1919 John Moore 1947 Benjamin Frank floor coverings

930 Market

1895-1904 Fred Schoellkopf 1918-1919 Lawrence Kirwin 1947 Al's Service Station

931 Market

1888-1889 Charles Schoelkopf 1931 Charles E.A. "Pop" Mathews 1947 Sweet Shop candy store

939 Market

1939-1947  John Stevenson 
1954 Nine Thirty Nine Bar 1959 Pink Poodle Inc. 1967 Nine Thirty Nine Bar 
July 1967 Bar owner Martin W. Baskow is murdered. The case is still unsolved as of July 2019

Martin William Baskow was brutally murdered in his bar on the morning of July 14, 1967. If you have any information concerning this crime, please e-mail me. Your identity will be kept confidential and there is a reward for information leading to an arrest.

Phil Cohen
 February 16, 2023

1025 Market

1895 Louis Hack 1904-1906 James Harry McFarland 1906 Thomas Taylor

29 N 3rd

1895-1896 John Magowan 1904 Joseph Richardson 1910 George W. Fry
1910-1931 John P. Scannell Saloon aka Bronx Cafe
(Managed 1928-1931 by John L. Durkin for the widowed Mrs. Scannell)
October 1931 Thomas J. Boland and Florence Scannell 1933 Harry Getty

5-7-9 
N 4th

1936-1949 Big Horn Cafe 1954-1966 Center Tavern

109 N 6th

1936-1939 Charles F. Sattler 1940-2003 The Tavern 2003 6th Street Lounge

213 N 6th

1931-1936 Albert Ballantine & John Holt The Grille 
1959-1971 Dick and Dorothy Large 
(Dick Large had been a bartender in Camden for many years prior to acquiring the bar.) 
1971-1978 Four (4) Rutgers graduates 1978-1980s Tom O'Malley
1990 The Grille aka Appy's Tappy 
2003 The Grille was razed to make room for the LEAP Academy High School

201 N 9th

1947-1967 In & Out Liquors & Bar Peter J. Branco

203 N 9th

 1938 Larry Callahan's Cafe 1940-1949 Branigan's Cafe Lawrence F. Branigan 

225 N 9th

1896 John A. Riddle To 1908 Richard Daly (1857-8/10/1908) 1918-1928 Charles Wedemeyer 1936 Larry Callaghan 1939-1940 John J. Jackson
1940-1949 Herbert V. Deckert 1954-1966 Terry's Cafe 

227 N 9th

1895 John Daly 1896 Thomas A Farnan 
1904 John Malan 1918-1931 William Merkle 1947 No Bar

131 N 11th

1887-1896 John U. Meiler 1904 George Lotz 1918-1919 Anthony J. Hoban 
1924 DeLucia Brothers1926-1931 John DeLucia 1939-1947 John G. Woods 
1959-1967 Buddy's Bar & Liquors (Harry Kazanski, 6 Meryl Lane Cherry Hill NJ)
1970-1977 McCormick's Liquor Store 1990 Gone

267 N 11th

1967 Second Ward Colored Citizens Club
President Preston Dowen 1100 Penn Street
Vice President Arthur Griffin 1119 Cooper street
Financial secretary Lee Hackney 1038 Penn Street
Recording Secretary Charles Hall 321 North 11th Street
Treasurer Calvin Earle 323 North 11th Street
Trustees: Edward Dobson 721 North 10th Street
              Frank Murray 1028 Penn Street
              Walter Ross 424 Clinton Street
              Walter Green 1314 Park Boulevard

120 N Broadway

1990 Les Croissants Pierre 2000 A Nice Little Bar

200 N Broadway

 1934-1970s Walt Whitman Hotel

222-234
 N Broadway
& 
624 Penn Street

1939-1977 Garden Stae Bar & Liquor 
  1939 Spiros Vallianos & Harris Vlasses 
  1967 Harris Vlasses President; Olimbia Vallianos Vice President,                                                  Gregory Vallianos Secretary & Treasurer
1990 Gone

300 N Broadway

 1956 Al's Cafe 1959 Camden Liquor Corp. 

112 N Delaware 

1933 SPEAKEASY Mike Britto

67 Penn 

1896-1904 James Trainor 1918-1921 George J. Spoerl 1947 Nick's Restaurant 
1970-1989 Kozy Korner

9 S 2nd 

1885 Patrick Murphy

10 S 2nd  

1904 John O'Donnell 1906 Thomas J. Farnan

3 & 6 S 3rd

1896 C.A.G. Miller

9 S 3rd

1896 B. Frank Campbell 1904-1929 Mrs. Mary Campbell (1939 James Fleming) l931-1946 Raymond Campbell
1947 Chic Campbell's Cafe 1949-1959 Campbell's Tavern

11 S 3rd

1896-1904 Thomas Madden 1918-1934 Charles Klump & Marion Klump 1936 Joseph J. O'Brien

15 S 4th

1939-1947 Vesper's Cafe

18 S 4th 

 1887-1889 John P. Kenney 1895-1896 Thomas Devine 1904 Mary J. Devine
1906-1928 Thomas P. Timmons 1929 Pete's Cafe Peter Di Vito

27 S 4th

  1878 Henry Garren

32 S 5th

  1895-1896 August C. Miller

110 S 5th

  1895-1896 John O'Connell

119 S 5th

  1887-1888 Ludwig & Lewis Schuck 1888-1891 Lewis Schuck

39 S 6th

 1890-1909 New Junction Hotel  
1890- 1893 Mrs. Katie Zimmerman  1893-1894 John Haas 1894-1895 Mrs. Fannie Haas
1896-1909 New Junction Hotel Mr. & Mrs. J. Carrow Dubosq & Katie Zimmerman Dubosq
1909-1914 Hotel Dubosq Katie Zimmerman Dubosq
1910-1918 Aldine Hotel John Carrow Dubosq 1920-1921 Aldine Hotel Agnes Wurst
1921-1924 Aldine Hotel Charles Nixon - Not a bar after 1924

22 S 8th

 1896 B.F. Lyons

NW Corner
7th Street & Carman

September 1903 John Oetzell

12th & Federal

1878 William Gsands
1880-1888 Exchange Hotel, Christian Eckert
1902-1906 Charles Grossman 

516 Taylor's Ave.

1885-1889 James Dunn 1890-1891 Cecelia Dunn (James Jennings, bartender) 
1895-1896 Cecelia Dunn 1904 Mary Dunn

 

SOUTH CAMDEN

South of Mickle along Broadway to Everett Street, this section of Camden featured many fine  establishments, some of which are still in operation today. 

Address  

129 Atlantic

1946-1947 Brick's Cafe 
354 Atlantic 1931 Samuel T. Lang  
305 Benson 1933 Daniel Cirucci
412 Benson 1967 Hijos de Santa Isabel Social Club (Sons of St. Isabel Social Club)  
Ignacio Rodriguez President. 423 Stevens Street; Jesus Torres Vice President 3041 State Street; Maria Margarita Rodriguez Secretary 112 State Street
Trustees: Ismael Rosado 535 Washington Street; Mrs. Dolores Juarbe 420 West Street; 
Pedro J. Maldonado 535 Washington Street; Juan Rivera 535 Washington Street; 
Justo Rodriguez 420 Mickle Street
216
Broadway 		1967-1970s Camden Post 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars   
308
Broadway 		1921-1947 Camden Post 980, Veterans of Foreign War 
1950s-1970s Camden Liquor Company liquor store 
310
Broadway 		1921-1936 August F. Walter Chapter No. 4, Disabled American Veterans  
400
Broadway 		1930s-1947 Camden Liquor Company liquor store 
431 Broadway
2nd Floor 		1930s-1940s The Silent Club  

536
Broadway

1936-1959 Ninth Ward Republican Club

538
Broadway

 1936-1942 Central Labor Union - Labor Temple Association 1947 NJ State Employment Service  

708 Broadway

1947-1964 Tower's Bar 1966-1990s Dale's Bar (E. Dale Rose) 
1998 Nefertiti's Lounge

710 Broadway

1940-1941 Victor R. Potamkin

804 Broadway

1967 804 Bar George W. & Janet Blatherwick
The Blatherwicks were from Berlin NJ. The family owned a Chevrolet dealership there for many years.

806 Broadway

1967 Zuni Athletic Association
President Dominic Radegna 806 Broadway; Vice President Frank Palermo 408 Beckett Street; Secretery-Treasuer Joseph Bonomo 6703 Chandler Avenue Pennsauken;
Trustees: Nicholas Radogna 618 St. John street; Robert McLaughlin, 323 South 6th Street; 
Martin Doto 741 Clinton Street.

814 Broadway

1967 Spanish Civil Social Club
Mario R. Rodriguez President. 842 Erie Street; Daniel Montes Vice President 830 Birch Street
Mrs. Carmen Rodriguez Secretary 3066 S. Atlanta Road; Mario Rodriguez Treasurer 3066 S. Atlanta Rd.
Trustees: Luis Acosta 417 North 9th Street; Daniel Montes 830 Birch Street; 
Joan Montes 711 North 8th Street; Jorge Rivera 48 Sherwood Lane Willingboro NJ; 
Mario Rodriguez Treasurer 3066 South Atlanta Road

817 Broadway

1906 August Schultz 1913-1914 Benjamin Klein 1914-1915 Harry Galbraith 1924 No Bar

818 Broadway

1892-1906 Nicholas Dillon 1910-1919 William Lickfeld 
1924-1928 Jesse D. Seybold 1929-1930 Peek In Inn (James Richardson)
1933-1959 John A. Pennington Pennington's Bar & Grille 
1959 Jack Sukoneck, Lawrence & Judith Sukoneck
1977 Pink's Tavern

820 Broadway
2nd Floor Rear

1939-1941 A.M. Mucci Post 2865, VFW

833 Broadway

1936-1968 Broadway Grille 
1939-1944 Robert P. Stackhouse 1947-1966 Mrs. Lillian Stackhouse 1967 Lillian M. Humes 
Robert Stackhouse died in 1944. 
1955-1968 M&A Bar and Grille Mike and Antoinette Spiduro 
The Spiduros operated the bar from 1959 into the 1970s under Mrs. Stackhouse's license. 

943 Broadway

 1936-1939 Mitchell Brothers Grill
By 1947 the Theo and Ernest Mitchell were out of the bar business. They were running a candy store at this location.

1001 Broadway

 1883-1884 Lena Schiemer 1895-1904 George Horneff
1918-1919 Broadway House Patrick Michael Mulvihill 1928-1929 Joseph Jackevich 

1005 Broadway

1940 Mitchell's Grill 1940-1943 Clito Viviani 1947 Venetian Restaurant & Bar 
1964-1967 Reggie's Cafe (Renato & Louis Canzanese)

1007 Broadway

1920-1921 Henry D. Adams 1940 Peter & Lillian Dechnik 1943 William Udell 1947 Closed
1009 Broadway 1887-1888 Jacob Cook 

1011 
Broadway

1895-1896 Jacob Vissel 1890s-1900s Thomas Kenney 1904 Daniel J. Woods
1915 Joseph Taylor 1918-1921 John H. Crossley 1924 George Haub 
1927 Joseph Jackevich

1025 Broadway

1895-1904 John Toy

1027-31 Broadway

1926 Arthur Colsey 1929 Elwood T. Franklin 1947 Olympic Restaurant

1034 Broadway

1967 Quality Liquors
1037-39 Broadway  1984 Cozy Corner Bar 1988-1999 E&P Red Carpet Lounge  CLOSED 1999
1101 Broadway 1900-1919 Palace Hotel Adam T. Davis Jr. (died 1912) and Mary E. Davis  
1920 No Bar
1112 Broadway 1896 William Stauts 
1117 Broadway 1895 Harry Stetser 

1129 Broadway

1939-1943 Louis Seidman 1944-1945 Royal Bar 1947-1949 Broadway Bar & Liquor Store 
1152 Broadway 1918-1919 Frank E. Price 
1223 Broadway 1906 David Bodine 1918-1919 John Writt 

1226 Broadway

1904-1921 Joseph M. Dole 1924 Jacob Sax 1926-1927 Alfred Weeks 1928 Jacob Sax 
1935-1943 Louis Di Nunzio Broadway Beer Garden 
1944-1946 Anthony Soulis & Vasilios Tsonis Broadway Garden
1946-1949 Buradine's 1956-1970 Bert's Cafe 1974-2001 Tender Trap 2001 Closed
1300 Broadway 1931 Joseph Rosenberg 1900 No Bar 
1400 Broadway 1896 Philip Knauff 1904 William Fitzgerald 

1401 Broadway

1909 Hugo Uhlig
1909-1919 Ernest F. Jones 1926-1959 Phillip's Cafe 1964-2008 Joe Herman's Bar 

1418 Broadway

1931 Gus DeLuca 1939-1940 Charles DeLuca 1943 Morris DiAngelo 1936-1975 Club Lido 

1426 Broadway

1895 John Walters 1896 Jospeh Dole 1904 Daniel Considine 

1447 Broadway

1904 Frank Travaligni 1931 Jacob Toner 
1938-1970 Lansdowne Cafe (1967- Joseph & Mildred Greco, Anthony M. Lario) 
1978 Jewel Box Cafe 1979-1984 New Jewel Box Cafe 1984-1988 Debonair Lounge
1451 Broadway 1918-1921 Stephen Stefaniak 1947 Frank Leonard Funeral Home

1469 Broadway

1977-79 Ebony Showplace 1990 Gone

101 Chestnut

 1933 Max Klienfeld

245 Chestnut

 1892-1893 John Delaney 1894-1897 George H. Jones 1898-1899 George T. Groll
1899-1900 Max Senger 1901 Charles Schaumberg 1902-1908 William Flynn 
1914 Joseph M. Dole 1918-1928 Giovanni Di Paolo 
1929-1931 Pasquale DiFelice 1935 Dominic Guglielmi
1939-1940 Giovino Di Paolo 1947 Bowne's & Brownleafe 
1956-1967 Joe's Little Click (Donald Kerr, John Crane, Donald Rose) 
1968-1969 Ford's Stardust Lounge 1990 Gone
301 Chestnut 1931-1932 Mack's Cafe- Frank "Frankie Mack" Manfredi
327 Chestnut 1892-1893 Mary A. Davis (widow of Adam Davis Sr.)
434 Chestnut 1887-1888 Casper Walter 1904 L.C. Brittingham 1920-1921 William H. Burtman 

513 Chestnut

 1935-1940 Mrs. Mabel Duffield 1943 Chestnut Grille 1947-1975 Mary E. Liebert Chestnut Grille
569 Chestnut 1918-1919 John H. Toy 
601 Chestnut 1899 Peter J. Kelly 1904 Harry Sheer 

703 Chestnut

 1933 Samuel Hurwitz 

705 Chestnut

 1887 Daniel F. Hurley
1888-1889 Charles Steeger 1890-1904 Gustav Schwoeri  
1940-1941 Mayme L. Wolf
1954-1966 Seven-O-Five Bar
1967-1977 Chestnut Bar 
707 Chestnut 1890-1891 Gustav Schwoeri 1980s-1994 Hole in the Wall 1994 Closed

789 Chestnut

 1887-1888 Philip Barr 1896-1908 John A. Gorman 
1918-1919 Walter D. Leonard 
1924 Leon J. Crevier 1926-1927 Lionel J. Crevier
1928-1970 Weisfeld's Cafe 1980-1981 Just Pals; Mommy's 
1989-2012 Krystal Lounge
801 Chestnut 1887-1888 Alfred Blake 1904 Charles P. Hass 1931 Chestnut Grill 1935 Peter Bradsky 1990 Gone

828-8300 Chestnut

 1904 John L. Mahargg 1918-1931 John Bretschneider 
1936-1938 Edward R. Hunt 1939 Romola Canzanese
1940-1941 Stephen Schoen 1947-1970 Mrs. Tillie Badyna Chestnut Street Cafe

833 Chestnut

 1896 Thomas E. Mullane 

825-827 Clare St.

 1967 Young Men's Catholic Club of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
 (also had an address at 331-333 Division Street)

201-203 Clinton

 1887-1888 Join W. Elliot 1895-1896 George Wasserman 1904 Thomas Sheahan 
1918-1926 Gennaro Totarello 1927 Mrs. Jennie Totarello 1928-1929 Joseph Corea 1947 Gennaro Totarella

512 Clinton

1947-1959 A.M. Mucci Post 2865, VFW

650 Clinton

 1896-1924 Philipp Berger 1936-1947 John F. McKenna McKenna's Cafe

224 Division

 1907-1909 Giuseppe "Joseph" & Mary Ventresca

925 Division

 1896-1901 John McGowan Jr,
35 Kaighn  1890-1891 Charles Steeger 
1891-1919 George Brehm 1924-1936 C. Leonard Brehm 1947 Gone
37 Kaighn  1895-1904 George Brehm
100 Kaighn 1895-1896 William Gallagher 
101 Kaighn 1895 Frank T. Steinbach
1896-1900 Hotel Royal Henry Fach 1900-1914 William Bosch 
1918-1919 Anton A. Fredericksen 
1924 Hotel Royal Jacob Fleck 1928 James L. Hawkins- 
Closed September, 1928 after gangland murder of Joseph "Mose" Flannery
102 Kaighn 1895-1896 William Bosch 
103 Kaighn 1895-1900 Frank A. Schuster 1904 Helene Schuster 1906 Peter J. Kelly
1918-1919 Mary Conway 1924 Chase Conway 1926 Leonard Holmes 1947 Gone
108 Kaighn 1896 Daniel J. Woods 
109 Kaighn 1895-1896 Jasper Grant 1903 Moore & Hanna 1904 Bernard F. Moore 
125 Kaighn 1896 Jacob Shapiro (127-129 wholesale & retail)
1939 James J. Irwin 1947 Aero Model Supply 
127-129 Kaighn 1905-1913 Camden City Hotel & Garden, Bernard F. Moore, Proprietor
1914 Camden City Hotel & Garden, August D. Gebhard, Proprietor
1915 no hotel, no bar
138-140 Kaighn 1874-1883 Adam T. Davis Sr. 1895-1900 Adam T. Davis Jr.
1918-1919 Jacob Hoffman 1947 No Listing

2nd &  Kaighn

1904 George J. Lotz 1905-1906 Harry Stalhut 1906 Thomas Kelly

201 Kaighn

1906 George Callan
1908-1959 Victoria Hotel 1966 No Bar Listed

250 Kaighn

1904 Joseph Munyan

251 Kaighn

1884-1900 Francis T. "Frank" Steinbach 1901-1907 George E. Kadisch

251-1/2 Kaighn

 1887-1891 Not a bar. Residence of Peter D. Strang, 
who later founded P.D. Strang & Son Coal at 212 Mechanic Street
1908-1919 George E. Kadisch 1924-1931 Stephen Jolowy
1939-1947 John J. Stevenson 1947 Jacob Wise Locust Grille
1956 Green Goose Cafe 1966-1984 Brownie's Green Goose Cafe
252  Kaighn 1918-1919 Harry D. Fricke 1924 Joseph Auletto 1926 Frank Auletto 
1947 Vacant 
252 &
254-256 Kaighn		 1894-1923 Camden Bottling Company, 
Alfred B. Mason & Maurice Hertz (1902 Bernard F. Moore, manager)
Saloon at 252, Bottling plant at 254, Office at 256
299-1/2
Kaighn		 1926-1929 Anthony McNulty
303 Kaighn 1939 Lauraine Bieri 1940 Joseph Pierzinski 1943-1947 Charles Redemann 
1947-1974 Three-O-Three Bar 1978-1981 Togetherness Bar 
307 Kaighn 1888-1896 Robert Mitchell 1904 John Keys
1918-1919 Martin A. McNulty - No bar after Prohibiution 
1920-1959 Martin A. McNulty House Furnishings 
318 Kaighn 1933 Charles A. Bieri
341 Kaighn 1893-1906 George S. Dilmore Sr.1914 Joseph Palese 1918-1919 Lawrence Palese 
No Bar after 1919 
1947 Camden Bar Supplies Inc. 
400 Kaighn 1885 Five Points Hotel 1887-1888 William J. Houck 
1895-1904 John F. Reiger 1918-1940 Carl Stahl 
1943-1959 Ward's Cafe  
1964-1984 Lobey's Bar aka Four Hundred Bar aka Gina's 
437 Kaighn 1920-1921 George Brehm 1947 Maxine Hosiery Shop 
460 Kaighn 1918-1926 Edmund S. Carmany 1927-1928 J. Henry Neutze 
1947 Star Lighting & Fixture Company 
501 Kaighn 1895 David Bodin
504-506 Kaighn 1960s-1970s American Restaurant (1967 Anthony & Donato Kolioutas)
508 Kaighn 1940 James Whittle 1943-1959 William Shapiro Bill's Cafe 
508-512 Kaighn 1964-1975 Sepia Lounge (bar was destroyed by fire on January 17, 1975) 
1990s Talk of the Town 2002 Closed 
2019 Vacant for many years, badly damaged by fire March 18, 2019
526 Kaighn 1896 Albert Reiser 1964-1975 Edmund Carmany
534-536 Kaighn 1940 Sophia Aronow 1943 Jacob Mitnick 1947-1958 A &  R Cafe Morris Aronow & Milton Rosenberg
1958-1970 Renee's Liquor & Bar 1974-1980s Rosetta's Bar & Liquor Store
1980s 534 Bar 
Burned around 1990 and gone
538 Kaighn 1939-1940 Louis Bader Bader Cafe 1943-1947 Gorhan's Cafe 1956-1980 Bond's Bar (Ada Bond) 
1981 No Bar Listed 1990 Gone
601 Kaighn 1888-1890 August Muench 1896 F.J. Fickinger 1904 Frank Gallagher 
1910 Joseph & Theodosia Conaghy  
1918-1919 Jacob Feldman 1924 Edward Markowitz 1939-1959 Alfred Alesandrini Alfred's Tavern 
1964-1967 Ed's Place (Jane Cotter and Mildred Carty) 1982-90 Poor Tom's Elbow Room 
Closed early 1990s Gone
611 Kaighn 1929 Michael J. Moen
701 Kaighn 1882-1893 James Deegan 1896-1906 Patrick F. Carr 1918-1924 Jacob Goldman 
1926-1928 Patrick F. Carr 1931-1940 Catherine Carr
1947-1954 Brady's Cafe; Jack Brady 1950s Sig's Bar, Irvin Seigle
1959-1970 Rudy & Chink's Bar 1981-2001 Bazemore Lounge 
2001 7th & Kaighn Lounge Mid-2000s closed
711 Kaighn 1941-1967 Pride of Camden Lodge #83 I.B.P.O.Elks of W.  
Exalted Ruler- Calvin C. Bayard 707 Walnut Street; Treasurer- Irvin Roundtree 748 Mt. Vernon Street
Directors- John A. Raby 715 Silver Street; Horace Nelson 906 Mt. Ephraim Avenue; 
Harry Jones 716 Mt. Vernion Street; Wiley Borne 426 Stevens Street.
800 Kaighn 1883-1884 William F. Sands
801 Kaighn 1887-1896 John Hughes 1904 John Haines 1918-1921 Joseph P Hughes 
1924-1929 Mrs. Reba Bowman 1939 Sarah Levin 1943 Joseph Levin
1947 John J. Stevenson Green Goose 
1959-1967 Colonial Cocktail Lounge (Mamie Tarter 1361 Bradley Avenue)

The 800 block of Kaighn Avenue was razed to make way for Interstate Highway 676 in the 1970s

806 Kaighn  1913-1914 William F. Turner
1914-1920 George Ware 1927-1928 Milton Feinstein 1947 Chinese American Restaurant
The 800 block of Kaighn Avenue was razed to make way for Interstate Highway 676 in the 1970s
226 & 230 Liberty 1896 Henry Roeschman, wholesale
524 Liberty 1896 George Miller
535 Liberty 1959-1970 The Spot (1967 Benjamin Maseloff)
547 Liberty 1943-1956 Roland Farmer's Tavern 1947-1956  The Spot 
338 Line  1939 A.M. Mucci Post 2865, VFW
408-410 Line  1941-1973 South Camden Bocce Club 1973-1979 Tiger's Den
519 Line 1939-2001 Line Cafe Closed around 2001
825 Line 1895 Oscar C. Meyers 
826
Locust		 1909-1915 Ventresca's Saloon Giuseppe "Joseph" & Mary Ventresca
1915-1916 Pasquale Rapini 1917-1954 A Bar  
1954-1966 Caesar Campana Sr. -  Campana's  A Bar 1970-1990 Dick's A Bar  
2003 Gone
842 Locust 1904 Langi Giamatassle 
854 Locust 1891 Christian Eppinger 1891 Frank Yeager
1910-1914 Cipriano Moles 1915-1919 Joseph LaMaina 1947 No Listing 2003 Gone 

1114 Locust

1884-1891 Francis T. "Frank" Steinbach
1252 Locust 1894-1904 Harry Lennox 1914-1926 James Barry 1928 William R. Deno 1929-1931 Walter E. Kennedy aka Walter West 
1947 No Listing 2003 Gone 
201 Mechanic 1896 August Knoll 1929-1931 Harry Scholz 1933 Irving Cartin 1947 No Listing 2003 Gone 
300 Mechanic 1887-1888 Joseph Roath 1921 John J. Lang 1928-1931 John DiCesares 1935-1941 John Salvatore
1947 No Bar - Private Residence 2003 Gone
301 Mechanic 1895-1896 Thomas E. Clayton 1904 Patrick Early 1918-1919 John Lang 
1947 No Bar - Private Residence 2003 Gone
400 Mechanic 1883-1884 George Miller 1895 Jonathan Cox 1904 Julius Galvin 1914 Domenico Palese
1918-1956 Niewinski's Cafe 1959-1970 Hi-Lite Tavern  
Late 1970s Disco Lounge  1980-1982 Holiday Inn Lounge 
200-202 Mickle 1896 Hugh Fitzpatrick 1904 Ellen Fitzpatrick 1918-1919 Henry N. Wein 
1947 No Listing 1970-2004 Mickle Tower apartment building
260 Mickle 1904 Bridget Maher
278
Mt. Vernon		 1920-1921 Vito LaMaina 1947 No Bar - Private Residence 2003 Gone
600
Mt. Vernon

1935 Charles Bateman 1939-1943 Howard Wentzell 
1947-1977 Leon Podlenski Leon's Cafe 1978-1983 Big John's Place 
700
Mt. Vernon		 1888-1893 Daniel F. Hurley
1894-1917 Mary Hurley (Widow of Daniel F. Hurley; did not run bar after 1895)
1904 William Clark 
1947 New Deal Cafe 1956 Pat's Bar 1954-1959 Pat Caridi's Bar 
1966-1967 Mike's Corner 
1967-1968 Walt's Bar (Walter, Romolo, & Anna Canzanese- all of 293 Morse Street)
902 Newton 1924 John Flood
1101 Newton 1918-1919 William E Bartman 1924-1927 Anna Bartman 1947 Joe Commisso gas station 
201 Pine 1926-1927 Bertha Whitmayer
237 Pine 1895 H. Pearce
234 Pine 1931 Anthony Coniglio 1947 No Bar - Private Residence 
250 Pine 1920-1921 Joseph LaMaina 1947 No Bar - Private Residence 
264-266 Pine 1910 Domenico Palese 1914-1928 1931-1977 Frank Viggiano; South Jersey Bottling Co. 
265 Pine 1918-1919 Antonio diPaolo 1947 No Bar - Private Residence 
266 Pine 1904 Joseph Caputi 
301 Pine 1895 Patrick McGoohan  
302 Pine 1904 Thomas Lyons 1918-1931 Jerome LoMurno 1947 Todeschi & Sons Grocery  
304 Pine 1896 Patrick McGoohan 1931 Lawrence Salti 1947 William Attardi Billiards 
402 Pine 1904 John R. Law 1908-1916 Lawrence LaMaina 
1918-1926 Luigi DiNunzio 1927-1935 Anthony DiNunzio 1936 License revoked 
589 Pine 1904 John J. Keefe 1918-1921 Max Roth 1939-1940 Pine Street Tavern  
1947-1958 Nora's Cafe 
1958-1977 Vince & Fred's Tavern 1987-1990 Dreamer's Lounge CLOSED early 1990s
640 Pine 1895 John Kleinfelder 1896-1904 Patrick Flood 1918-1938 McKenna's Tavern No Bar after 1938
723-725 Royden 1904-1919 Norton Westcott 1947 Leon Frank Grocery 
300
S 2nd		 1896 James Flood 1904 Henry O'Grady 1924 Archie Cook
400-402
S 2nd		 1880-1894 Thomas J. Sheeran October 1894-May 1895 John Berge & (died January 1895) Mary Berge 
1895-1902 David J. Russell 1902-1909 Mrs. Mary Russell 
1909-1917 Schilling's Saloon Andreas Schilling 1917-1918 William Schilling 1919 No Bar 1970 Gone
430 S 2nd 1904-1909 John H. Riddle 1910-1919 Mary S. Riddle  1920 No Bar - Private Residence 1970 Gone
520 S 2nd 1935-1936 Daniel Auletto's Taproom 1947 No Bar - Ballance Lunch Room 1970 Gone
522 S 2nd 1904 Adolph Peschlow
532 S 2nd 1906 Elizabeth Peschlow 1918-1919 Charles Jennings  1947 No Bar - Private Residence 1970 Gone
624 S 2nd 1939-1943 Salvatore Spitalere Spitalere Tavern 1947-1949 Grace Markowitz Beckett Bar
1954-1956 Marine Terminal Bar 1959 No Bar Listed 
1967 Pal's Bar aka Twi-Lite Zone (Melvin Brewer of 1267 Park Blvd.)
702 S 2nd 1887-1888 John W. Sutton
1904 Jacob Kline 1918-1921 Joseph Vilardo 1931 Louis Cinaglia 1936-1940 Mrs. Francesca Cinaglia 
1942-1945 Paradise Cafe Frank Robinson, Joseph R. "Teddy" Walley, 
1947-1948 Paradise Cafe Rabon L. Mosley
1948-1950 New Paradise Bar & Liquor Store Samuel Neimeiser
1950-1952 New Paradise Bar & Liquor Store Lillian Pincus & Irving Bottler
1952-1977 New Paradise Bar Edward Hoff
801 S 2nd 1870s-1919 Gordon's Hotel (Thomas Gordon, Robert & Emma Gordon)
1924 Joseph Devine 1928-1929 Jerome A. Mauro 1931 Umberto DiClaudio 1947 No Listing 
835 S 2nd 1990's Page's 2000s Twenty Horse Tavern
900 S 2nd 1902-September 1903 Antonio Mecca 
September 1903 Porrace Teti
1050 S 2nd 1918-1919 Samuel Bogen 1924-1929 Samuel Hurwitz 1947 Foos & Young Grocery 
1075 S 2nd 1904-1905 John Thompson 1905 George Schu 1918-1919 Samuel Frank 
1924-1929 Henry Dellerson 1939-1947 Eva & Henry Dellerson Eva's Cafe 
1954 Henry's Tavern 1959 Dor-Sha Tavern 
1245S 2nd 1904 Harry Hayes 1918-1919 Mary E. Gallagher 1947 No Listing
210 S 3rd 1927 
300 S 3rd 1926 Archie Cook 1927-1928 Vito F. Moles
301 S 3rd See 232-234 Stevens Street
302 S 3rd 1931 Leon J. Kelly 1947 Cavalier Barber Shop 
309 S 3rd 1940 Anna LaMaina 1947 No Bar - Private Residence 1970 Gone
422 S 3rd 1930s-February 1938 Joseph Fimiani (transferred liquor license to 2277 South 7th in February, 1938)
1938-1943 Joseph Fimiani (no liquor license) 1947 Washington Restaurant
438 S 3rd 1939 George E. Brunner 3rd Ward Democratic Club 1947 Ace Control & Engine Company
450 S 3rd 1959 Cinderella Cafe
451 S 3rd 1889-1896 John W. Sutton 1898-1899 Ike Toy 1899-1900 John W. Elliott (Ike Toy's father-in-law)
1904 Harry B. Middleton 1906-1914 Elizabeth J. Middleton (widow of Harry J. Middleton)
1914-1943 James Monahan 1947-1964 Marvin Mazer Berkeley Bar 
1970 Razed to make room for Royal Court Townhomes
452 S 3rd 1890-1921 John W. Sutton 1939 Pietro Bernardo 1946 Patsy's Coffee House 1954-1959 Cinderella Cafe
1964-1970 Blevin's Cove (Nat Blevins, William Joyner, James Stephens)
2003 Gone
523 S 3rd 1935 Frank D'Alesandro 1943 John Palazzo 1947 Flamini Jewelry Store 2003 Gone
600 S 3rd 1924 Elentavio DeFilippo 1928-1929 Eleuteria DeFilippo 1931 Joseph Griffo 1934-1936 Bert Bottura 
1939-1967 Roma Cafe Closed by 1970
713 S 3rd 1904 Ernest Geshke 1910-1920 Antonio DiPaolo 1931 Joseph Harris 1933 Frank Cipriani 
1939 Vasco Canzanese 1947 Seven Brothers Cafe 1954-1980 Vasco's Cafe  
Closed shortly after the October 13, 1980 death of then owner Willie "Frank" Harris
812 S 3rd 1883-1884 John Wolff 1907 James Lomurno
824 S 3rd 1906 Joseph LaMaina 1918-1919 Vito LaMaina 1924 Joseph LaMaina 
1926-1943 Mrs. Theresa LaMaina 1947 Anna LaMaina 2003 Gone
830 S 3rd 1895 James Hanlon 1918-1919 Marco Marino 1947 Emmanuel Turse cigar store 2003 Vacant
900 S 3rd See 302 Spruce Street 
907 S 3rd Fall of 1903 Joseph Palese
921 S 3rd 1926 Michael Daley
922 S 3rd 1885-1931 John H. Carroll 1936 William Asheville 1940 Mrs. Rachel Pastor 1947 No Bar 2003 Gone
1120 S 3rd 1896 F.A. Schuster
1132 S 3rd 1943 Salvatore's Cafe 1947-1970 American Rescue Workers
1149 S 3rd 1895-1896 THomas McCormick 
1904-1924 Jacob Koch Sr. 1947 No Bar- Jacob Koch residing on premises -2003 Gone
1248 S 3rd 1924 John Lang 1926 William Milne 1927 Owen J Riley
200-202
S 4th (AKA
400-404 Mickle)		 1896 J.A. Thompson 1904 Mrs. Mary O'Connell
1918-1924 Abraham Gould 1929-1931 Julius Cinelli 1936 Jimmie Buono The Bronx
1938 Michael Mignogna June 1939 Elvira Vari 1940-1943 Dominick Colangelo
1947 Sammy's Tavern Sam Pearl 1956 Mickle Tavern 1959 Brownie's Bar 1966 A.B.S. Incorporated
Late 1966-1967 The Key Bar John Anthony, Charles & Domenico
1983-1992 Harbor Place - Razed in mid-1990s
601 S 4th 1920-1921 Giulio Cinelli 
1926-1959 Sciamanna's Cafe (also known as Sherman's Cafe in the 1940s & 1950s
1978-1981 Spanish-American Cafe 1983 Chic's Cafe 
701 S 4th  1939-1943 Guido Piotti 1947 Larry Attardi Larry's Cafe
724 S 4th 1928-1931 Stephen Mignogno 1947 Vacant
810-818
S 4th		 1967 Camden Knights of St. George
President- Frank Scicchitano 413 N. 38th St; Vice President- Harry Lorusso 2307 Federal St.; 
Secretary-Treasurer- Joseph Adinolfi, 3704 Terrace Ave.; 
Recording Secretary Alexander DiBartolomeo 1629 River Drive, Pennsauken; 
Trustees- Anthony DiGiacomo, 4477 Witherspoon Ave., Pennsuken; Dominick Cipriotti 611 S. 3rd St.; 
Fiore Troncone, 518 King St. Collingswood.
813 S 4th 1967 First Italian Republican League
President Leonard Viggiano, 501 Washington Terrace Audubon; 
Vice President Peter Del Grande 1062 Collings Road; 
Secretary Nicholas Mangano, 559 Haddon Avenue Collingswood; 
Treasurer Joseph Palese 1345 Morton Street.
House Committee- Joseph Visceglia 1611 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, Anthony Pieri 5005 Garfield Avenue Pennsauken, Angelo Costello 410 Emerald Avenue, Rox Gimello 270 Mt. Vernon Street.
824 S 4th 1898 Peter J. Kelly
830 S 4th 1895-1896 Albert Schradin
900 S 4th 1895 James Hatfield 1896 Walter Darlington 1904 Albert Schradin 
1917-1928 Domenico Palese 1931 Lucia Palese 1939 Joseph Palese 1940 Lucia Palese
1943-1947 Louis Palato 1959 Vittorio Veneto Lodge No. 1378 
909 S 4th 1896 John Saul 1900 Thomas Croker 1902-1904 Joseph Palese 1906-1909 Michael Priore
941 S 4th 1930s Florentine Beer Garden Joseph Italiano
1939-1983 Joseph Cuffari Florentine Grill 1984 T&T Lounge 1990 TMT Lounge 2003 Closed
1014 S 4th 1883-1884 Edward Tromenschlager 
1016 S 4th 1887-1904 William W. Chew 
1918-1929 D.A. Loscalzo & Son 1931 Filomena Loscalzo
1939 Joseph Miraglia 1943-1949 Marsilio Daziani Monte Carlo Cafe 2003 Gone
1022 S 4th  1959 Anthony Amato 
1102-1104
  S 4th		 1887-1891 John J. Brown 1904 William K. Moffert
1918-1919 Daniel Lamb 1924-1929 Annibale Corda 1929-1931 Luigi Corda 1933 Annibale Corda
1936-1940 Marsilio Daziani Monte Carlo Cafe 1943-1964 Pete's Cafe  
1966-1967 Joe's Cafe Joseph Brandon
1977 Baron's Lounge 1985 Phase 2, 1991 Pauline's 1994 Cotton Club
1133 S 4th 1924-1926 Lawrence Palese
1135-37
S 4th		 1895-1896 Neil Coyle 1904 Thomas Whalen 1909-1914 Theodore Wimley
1918-1921 Charles S. Ricco 1924 Charles Burke 1928-1939 Frank's Cafe  
1940 Elizabeth Auletto 1946-1956 Benjamin Richman (Richmond?) 
1959-1967 Johnny's Cafe (1967 Edward Lesniewski) 1970-1974 Playgirls
1139 S 4th 1926 Richard Sheer
1247 S 4th 1931 Thomas Vickery 
1424 S 4th 1904 Louis Bishop 
225 S 5th 1895 W.B. Cline 
200-202
S 5th		 1910s-1938 Ludwig Buch 1940 Elmer E. Orcutt 1947 Creato's Cafe 1949 Eddie's Cafe 1954-1967 Ray's Tavern 1977 Roy's Cafe 1982 Traveler's Home Port 1992 C'est La Vie Lounge 1996 GONE
300 S 5th

1896 Benjamin Wetzel
320-322
 S 5th

1939 Dominick J Colangelo Happy Hour Cafe NO BAR by 1946
437 S 5th 1935-1960 Joseph Cimino Joe's Cafe 
1961-1982 liquor license sold in 1984 Fat Daddy's Abraham "New York Fats" Harris & Bridget Harris 
Abe Beyel Harris' brother Joe Beyel owned Camden Liquor Company liquor store at 306 Broadway
519 S 5th 1939-1956 Battista Di Marco DiMarco's Cafe 1959 A-M Cafe 1966-1967 Mary K. Biedrzycki
1972-1975 Mel Jones Sam & Mel's Bar 
521 S 5th 1931 Ernest P Stuebing Jr. 1935 Joseph Cimino 1947 Aniello Pietronude Restaurant 
720 S 5th 1939-1943 Bert Bottura 1947 Sabatino Frattaroli 1954-1988 Pine Grill & Bar Pasquale Massi
1989 5th & Pine Restaurant Closed & Converted to Apartments mid 1990s
822 S 5th 1931 Jerome Morro 1933-2004 Giambrone's Meat Market
823 S 5th 1890-1891 Adam T. Davis Sr.
924 S 5th 1947 Private Residence 1959-2004 Ye Olde Tymers Club
939 S 5th 1932 Cook's Grill (Basil Cook)
950 S 5th 1884-1889 Adam T. Davis Sr. 1890-1891 Hugh Lavery 
1904 A. Reiser & Son 1905 Walter S. Gillespie 
1912-1915 Conaghy's Joseph & Theodosia Conaghy  
1917-1919 Herman Bloom 
1924-1926 Jacob Sax 1927 Ernest J. Steubing 1928 Thomas Walls 
1930 Jacob Sax
1935-1939 Davalos' Cafe Frank Davalos 1940 Frank Blair  
1941 Walnut Cafe Louis Di Mattia 1947-1990 Walnut Cafe Renee DiMattia 
527 S 6th 1896 Jacob Pross
529 S 6th 1896 Thomas P. Sullivan 1904 Ferdinand Roth 1906 Frederick Roth 1918-1921 Fred W. Roth Jr.
1924 William Sanders 1926-1927 Cesare Capriotti 1928 Galbraith & Huhn 
1929-1931 Kemmerle & Galbraith 1939 John Grzybowski 1940 John Bush
1943 Anthony Iacovelli Tony's Grill 1943-1974 Tony's Grill
556 S 6th 1904 George Walther
600 S 6th 1896 D. Frank Garrison 1900s-1910s John J. Keefe 1918-1919 John Monaghan 
1924 Mrs. Nora Monaghan 1926-1931 William K. Horey 
1939-1959 600 Club aka 600 Cafe 
1967 My Girls Inc. (Harry Carty & Angelo DeClemente)
711 S 6th 1918-1921 Max Roth 1939-1940 Pine Street Tavern 1940-1959 Nora's Cafe 
1961 Steve's Tavern
1966-1977 Vince & Fred's Tavern 1988-92 Dreamer's Lounge -
 CLOSED early 1990s - Razed Spring of 2012
812 S 6th 1924 Louis Ratener 
842 S 6th 1904 James Morris 1918-1919 David J. Duffy 1924-1927 Andrew J. McGuire 
927 S 6th 1931 George B. Hovis
1008 S 8th 1924-1926 Philip Samuels
1024 S 8th 1941 Seventh Ward Republican Association
1118-22
S Front		 1896-1959 George P.H. & Frederick J. Kroecker 1924-1929 Mrs. Kathleen Kroecker Kroecker's Cafe 2003 Gone
302 Spruce 1860s-1870s Adam Kolb Sr. 1883-1884 John Lack 1890-1891 John Jennings
1895-1896 John McIntyre 1904 Frank Foy 
1905-1929 Joseph Palese, Antonio Palese & Antonio Abbott 
1931-1970 Rocco Palese 1931-1940 Mrs. Anna Palese
1939-1947 Rocco A. Palese 1947-1970 Palese's Cafe (1967 Angelina Palese)
320 Spruce 1913-1914 G. Frank Travis 1914 Charles Epifanos
325 Spruce 1878 John Lock
344 Spruce 1878 Andrew Sheddinger
345 Spruce 1895 Jacob Blankenhorn
345 Spruce 1895-1896 Caroline Eckert 1904 Joseph Honsbeck 1918-1919 Peter DiVone 
1924-1929 Mrs. Anna DiVone 
1929-1931 Mrs. Anna Garguso 2004 Norma's Grocery
432 Spruce 1896 Wehrle & Compnay (wholesale) 
440 Spruce 1933-1939 Vittorio Veneto Lodge No. 1378 1947 No Bar DiMedio Lime Company listed at the address 
521 Spruce 1990s-2009 Off Broadway Lounge 
578 Spruce 1895-1896 Frank Rawle 1904 William Fennell 1918-1919 Charles Geiges 
1924 Frederick K. Steubing 1924-1928 George Shaw 1929 Phillip Hammell 1936 J. Granhan 
1939 Ella M. Passwater 1954-1959 M.H. Passwater 1964-1966 Marge's Cafe
1967 Creamer's Bar aka Cora's Corner (Cora & Carolyn Creamer)
1970 Afro Lounge 1980 Spinning Wheel Lounge 1981 Faces Lounge
783 Spruce 1904 Marshall Hutchinson 1918-28 John N Schultz 1930 John McCauley
1940 George Shapiro Harmony Tavern 1947 Mrs. Ruth Shapiro Harmony Tavern
1949-1967 Bill's Bar & Liquor Store 1967 Marvin Mazer 1967-2006 Bill's Liquor Store
201 Stevens 1918-1919 Giulio Cinelli 1947 No Bar 
232-234 Stevens 1940-1964 Egizi's Cafe aka High Speed Line Cafe 
1964-1966 Primrose Inn (Francis P. Kochaniwicz, Frank A. Kochanowicz) 
1967 Primrose Inn (Zenella Blackburn, Ethel Soderman, John P. Reilly)
1968 Primrose Inn (Jessica, Helen, & Francis P. Kochaniwicz) 
1970 Razed to make room for Royal Court Townhomes 
241 Stevens 1940-1956 William Lorusso Lorusso's Cafe 1954-1959 Stevens Bar 1964-1967 Golden Goose Bar
1970 Razed to make room for Royal Court Townhomes
300 Stevens 1918-1919 Frank Moles 
302-304 Stevens 1939-1940 Egizi's Cafe 1940-1947 Joseph Miraglia Miraglia's Cafe 1956 R&M Cafe 1959-1974 Lev's Bar
631 Sycamore 1883-1884 William H. Smith  1891-1892 Albert Holland Blue Anchor Hotel  
701 Sycamore 1887-1888 John Darkins 1895-1904 John Clifton 1918-1919 Hyman Mandel 
1924-1927 Henry Weisfeldt 1928 Max Weisfeld 1929 Milton Feinstein 1947 No Bar 2003 Gone 
1008 Sycamore 1887-1888 Charles Grayson 
501 Trenton

1895-1896 Wilhelmina Moll 1904-1906 John McGowan 
1918-1929 Lawrence LaMaina 1931-1947 La Maina Cafe
1954 Stanley's Tavern 1954-1959 Petro's Bar 1964-1970 Syl's Tavern Closed by 1977 
Demolished in late 1990s
573 Trenton

1895-1896 Oscar C. Meyers
575 Trenton

1893 George H. Jones 1904 James Flood 1918-1920s Maria Coffey 
1920s-1956 Charles J. Welsh (may have been closed after 1940) 1959-1966 Trent Liquors
Razed around 1970 for highway construction. Trent Liquors moved to 938 Kaighn Avenue
415 Walnut 1947 Italian-American War veterans General Eduardo Ferrero Post No. 3
417-419 Walnut 1936 Antonio Amato 1939 Gaetano Licata 1947 No bar 
522-524 Walnut 1933 Clito Viviani
600 Walnut 1896 Alfred Kemble 1904 Harry Nager 1918-1921 William E. Barr 1929 George B. Hovis 1947 No Bar
826 Walnut 1887-1888 Joseph M. Dole 1947 Robert Bloodsworth Grocery Store 
900 Walnut 1898-1900 MArshall Hutchinson
1904 Charles Gallagher 1918-1926 John Kirk 1927-1928 Joseph Jans 1929 Anthony Egidi  
1940-1967 Bernard Shapiro Anchor Cafe
901 Walnut 1896 William H. Gross
524 West 1896 John Getty 1904 Harry F. Stewart 1918-1919 Daniel J. Woods 1926-1929 Agostino Capriotti 
1947-1967 Union of Brotherly Love Camp Walt Whitman No. 1  1970s RJ Lounge

 

CENTERVILLE

This neighborhood of Camden was predominantly black prior to the 1950s, and has always seemed to have its own feel. There were and are a few establishments in and around Centerville which traditionally served that community.

Address  

681 Central

1878 George W. Mowrey's Grocery
1882 George W. Mowrey's Saloon
1892 Samuel H. Mowrey's Saloon
1899-1900 Mary E. Mowrey's Saloon
1900 Charles Yoder
1906 Max Yaroch

699 Central

Nick and Sophie's Tavern
The bar appears to have been in the same family since 1934. 
Licensees and City Directories show 
1936-1940 Peter Kucharski Pete's Cafe
1941-1943 Mrs. Catherine Kucharski 
1947 Nick's Cafe (Nick & Sophie Domenices
NJ Bell Telephone Directories show  
1949-1966 Domenices' Tavern 
1977-present  Nick & Sophie's Tavern

773 Central

1904-1906 Benjamin Dorsey 
1918-1939 Louis Bruten 1939-1949 Margaret Bruten Bruten's Cafe 
Razed in the early 1950s to make room for the 
Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor Public Housing Project
900 Central 1890-1891 Hugh Morgan 1895 Sebastan Tiller
Razed in the mid 1930s to make room for the 
Clement T. Branch Village Public Housing Project  

1055-1057 Central

1940-1947 Samuel Wasiluk Central Cafe 1954-2003 Tioga Tavern 2003 Closed

667 Ferry

1896 Daniel Kelly 

671-673 Ferry

1896 1904 Daniel Kelly 1918-1924 John Asbert Saloon 1933 Frank Markiewicz 1939 Felix Knast 1943 Wanda's Cafe 1947 Knast Cafe 
Moved to 1703 Mulford Street by 1956

751 Ferry

1890-1904 F. Joseph Rouh 1918-1919 L. Najulis Saloon
1919-1940 Veronica Jakubauskas 1943 Mrs. Anna Jakubauskas 
1946-1952 Anderson Tavern 
Razed in the early 1952 to make room for the 
Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor Public Housing Project

852 Ferry 

No bar before early 1950s - 
1952 Anderson Tavern aka Vic's Cafe 
1977 Carl & Eddie's Bar 1979 Closed. Property taken for unpaid taxes.
883 Ferry 1896 Charles Yoder1904 Charles Kleeman 
921 Ferry 1887-1888 Thomas Krips 1931 Andrew B. Robinson
Razed in the mid 1930s to make room for the
Clement T. Branch Village Public Housing Project
951 Ferry 1904 Samuel Mowrey 1918-1924 Morris Polivnick
Razed in the mid 1930s to make room for the
Clement T. Branch Village Public Housing Project

1009-1013 Ferry

1947-present day -
Progressive Democratic Club of the Eighth Ward

1067 Ferry

1918-1921 Jacob Hiesiger 1921-1970 Brass Cafe Closed by 1990

1473 S 8th

1960s-2006 Five Star Club of Oriental Lodge #1 Free & Accepted Masons
54-1974 Valentine's Cafe 
(Clarence A. Valentine Sr. & Clarence A. Valentine Jr. 956 Jefferson Avenue Camden NJ)
1979-1981 Three Ways Inn 1990 Permanently closed by 1991

1584 S 8th

1954-1974 Valentine's Cafe 
(Clarence A. Valentine Sr. & Clarence A. Valentine Jr. 956 Jefferson Avenue Camden NJ)
1979-1981 Three Ways Inn 1990 Permanently closed by 1991
1701
Van Buren 		1929 Peter Kucharski
1727
Van Buren 		1929-1933 Thomas G. Golding 1947 No Bar
696 
Van Hook 		1918-1919 Gaetano D'Annunzio 1924 Lewis C. Moore 1947 No Bar (Candy Store)
699 1/2
Van Hook 		1933 John Baronkin 1939 Peter Szyszkoski 1947 No Bar (Shoe Repair Shop) 
733
Van Hook 		1924-1926 Louis Gibson

 

EIGHTH WARD

Centered around the intersection of Ferry Avenue and Broadway and separated from South Camden's residential neighborhoods by a few blocks of industrial and commercial buildings, the Eighth Ward community was driven economically by jobs at the New York Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Howland Croft & Sons textile mill, and the McAndrews & Forbes licorice plant, among others. There was a large Italian community, and apparently smaller Ukrainian and Croatian communities. The bars declined as the factories left, and in 2004 there is only one regular bar open in the entire neighborhood, one private club, and a single liquor store.

Address  
2051 Arlington 1924 Evelyn Thomas 1931-1974 Rosemont Cafe 1977 The Frosty Mug  
1982 Closed 2004 Razed
1600 Broadway 1904 William Brown 1918-1921 Jack's Cafe 
 1924-1926 Hugh T. Greenan 
1928 Edmund A. Walsh 1930-1943 Iggy's Cafe  
1931 Jacob Maurer 1947-1966 Jackson Cafe  
1970-1981 Mr. Broadway Bar 1990 Gone
1619 Broadway 1924 Josephine Russo 
1705 Broadway 1934-1936 Theodore F. Bergerson
1936 Sullivan Goncharoff Rudolph Alchohol Beverage Distributors Inc. 
1967 Original Rudolph's
1719 Broadway 1947-1977 Harry A. Rudolph Liquor Store 1990-2004 South Camden Liquors
1723
Broadway		 September 1903 A. Olsen
1724 Broadway 1939-1947 Eighth Ward Democratic Club
1735-1737
Broadway		 1903-1906 Owen Kernan
1906-1914 Flat Iron Hotel Isaac Kline 1918-1919 John Olsen 1947 Shapiro's Drug Store
1744 Broadway 1904 Charles Rouh 1918-1919 Michael Raab 1947 Joseph Greenberg men's furnishings
1800 Broadway 1895-1896 Jaacob Cook 1901-1902 Samuel T. WImley 
1904 Owen Kernan
1819 Broadway 1887-June 1905 Martin J. Ewe (died 1911) June 1905-1909 Albert E. James 
1909-1910 Jacob Pfisterer 1911-1914 Charles C. Geiges
1914-1918 Chris Waldenmaier 1924 Charles Henzler 
1926 Jacob Maurer 1927-1929 Mrs. Olga Maurer
1931 Mrs. Katherine Waldemaier 1939 Edward Whalen 
1940-1943 Durbin Adams
1947 Zippilli's Cafe 1954 Sam's Tavern 1956 Vari's Cafe
 1959 Sam's Tavern 1964-1978 Paul's Tavern
1978-1985 Continental Lounge 1985 License transferred to 227-229 Market Street
1821 Broadway 1887-1890 Henry R. Barrett
1845 Broadway 1931 Arthur Nolan
1944 Broadway 1903-1912 Croker's Tammany House (James P. Croker) 1914 Walter Fenley 
1918-1920 Frederick K. Stuebing 
1924 Edward Melnik 1928 William R. Cox 1929 William Jordan 1931 Vincent Dobson 
1933-1934 Constantino Piraine 1935-1939 Mamie Piraine  
1939-2007 American Legion Post 274
2001 Broadway 1894-1916 John Murschel 
1916-1918 Herman Harle (dies in October 1918 influenza pandemic) 1918-1920 Amelia Harle 
1921-1929 Peter Koszarecki 1934 Mill Tavern 1943 Belleview Inn
2101 Broadway 1904 Max Hellmig 1918-1929 Martin Banewicz 
1931 Mrs. Olga Maurer 1932-1933 William Koehler 1936 Joseph Martin 
1940-1941 The Gaye Club Mrs. Adella Oreb 1942-1947 Jules' Grill 
2142 Broadway 1904-1906 Ludwig (aka Louis) Buch 1918-1919 Gottlieb Henzler 1924 Mackin Brothers
1947 No Bar, building was long gone by the late 1970s
2360-2362 Broadway 1939-1967 Dave's Grill
2366
Broadway		 1936-1940 Yorkship Village Inn 1941-mid 1990s Hi Step Bar
650 Central 1933 Thomas Golding
417 Emerald 1902-September 1903 Salvator Pipito
September 1903 Tommaseo Foga
1431 Ferry  1931 Mrs. Delia Kubersteine 1947 No Bar
1600 Ferry 1890-1895 Gottlieb Jung 
1600 - 1618 Ferry  1896-1904 WIlliam Oberman 1918-1924 Michael J. Maloney 1927 Walsh & Maloney 
1931 Edmund A. Walsh 1936-1939 Truckers Tavern / Cafe 1947 No Bar 2003 Gone

Michael J. Maloney ran service station and auto parts business out of this location. Edmund A. Walsh was managing this business as early as 1924
1701 Ferry 1887-1888 John Derry 1895-1904 Catherine "Kate" Schorpp 1918-1924 John J. Mazur 
1931 Leonard J. Cravier
1940-1943 John P. Miles 1947 John J. Flacco Triangle Cafe  
1954-mid 1990s Triangle Tavern (1967 Richard Allgeier)
512 Ferry 1938 Eighth Ward Democratic Club 
521 Ferry 1938-1939 Eighth Ward Roosevelt Italian Democratic Club 1947 Gone
601 Ferry 1896-1921 William Mullin (or Mullen) 
1939-1967 Frank Corado Frank's Cafe  
1978-85 Happy's Cafe 1990 Silver Door Cafe Closed late 1990s
612 Ferry 1939-1957 Russian Workers Mutual Aid Society 2003 Gone
619 Ferry 1947-1967 Federation of Yugoslav Workers Club #578 
1970 Eighth Ward Republican Club 2003 Gone
623 Ferry 1893 Charles Marshall
625 Ferry 1891-1893 William M. Hendricks 1894-1895 Samuel Fenner 1896-1897 Hugh Greenan 1898-1910 John F. Whalen & Family 1911-1913 Kolman Goldstein 
1914-1916 Andrew Miller 1917-1924 William Plevinsky Saloon  
1924 Harry Stridick 1947 Harry Stridlich's Grocery 2003 Gone
629 Ferry 1904 Mrs. Charles Yoder 1918-1924 Solomon Rosenberg 
1926 Walter Evanuk 1927-1931 Michael Brown 1940 Eugene Zalewski
1947-1949 Central Cafe 1956-1959 Cindy's Central Cafe  
1964-1967 Payton's Place 
1990 Tee's Place Closed by early 1990s
1800 Fillmore 1939-1956 Alex's Tavern  
 1959-1979 Steve's Tavern 1980 Sanchez Bar
Closed by 1982, converted to residential use 
Burned in the summer of 2003 and scheduled for demolition
1900 Fillmore 1933-1940 Foma Senchuck 1947 William Zawojski  
1954-1966 Televison Cafe  
1967 T.V. Bar
  (V.M.K. Corporation Albert & Violet Kovilaritch, Lydia Maiella)
1970-1981 T&V Bar 1983-1984 TEV Bar 1988-1990 T&V Bar  
1995 TV Tavern Closed late 1990s
1939 Fillmore

1890 John P. Kenney 1895-1896 Charles Kauffman  
 1904 Caroline Brazel 1918-1921 Joseph Schneider Saloon 1924-1926 Smith & Blizzard 1939 No Bar
510 Jackson 1896 John Whalen 1904 John F. Maguire 
400 Jasper 1893 William Brown 1894-1900 James P. Croker
1918-1926 Samuel Rosenberg 1927-1943 Walter's Cafe  
1947 Zenie Cafe 
1954-1964 Walter's Cafe 1966 Jasper Cafe  
1967-1970 Jasper Tavern 
1974-1982 Hughie's Tavern  
2006 - Announcement that the long-vacant building would be converted into a theater
2009 - South Camden Theater
522-524 Jefferson 1918-1924 John B. Bouillion 1926 William Mullin 
1935-1936 Mrs. Carolina Bouillion
October 1936-1956 Blanche Cook Blanche Cafe  
1959-2003 An-Be Tavern 
August 2003 El Bohio Bar & Grill
1855 S 4th 1914-1919 Thomas Foga 1924-1931 Mrs. Rosa Foga 
1934-1953 George Cafe George Pipito & Maggie Pipito
1953-1954 The Lone Eagle
1956-1970 The Gay Spot Dominick & Marietta Gallucci
1971-1976 Gallucci's Cafe Dominick & Marietta Gallucci
1977 Kippy's Corner 
1978-1980 Little Man's Lounge (James S. Bell)
1982-1983 Jerry & Kippy's Corner Clifford Still
1983-1989 Gene's Tavern Morris Lokey      
Closed by 1994, converted to community center 1995
1901 S 4th 1939 Nunzio Milano 1940-1943 James Milano 1947-1970 Stanley's Cafe 2004 Closed
1921 S 4th

1918-1943 Wlaclaw (Walter) Konopka 1947 Friendly Tavern 2004 Closed
1700 S 7th 1967 Eighth Ward Progressive Republican Club
President- Willie Holloman 918 Spruce St.; Secretary- Frederick Henderson 1861 Mulford St.; 
Treasurer- Rose Moore 91 Branch Village; Trustees- Edward McKinnon 875 Central Avenue; Arnold Jones 725 Clinton Street; Walter Trusty 496 Jackson Street
1600 S 6th
aka
600 Jackson		 1896-1955 Joseph Hyde Sr. & Joseph Hyde Jr. Hyde's Cafe 
1928 Philip Gorman 1929-1931 Leonard F. Holway
1958-1966 Sam's Bar 1967-1972 Sam's Bar (Fred Wyatt)
1900 S 6th 1924-1928 Michael Ellis 1929-1931 Mrs.Cecelia Ellis 1900 Charles T. Bateman
1903 S 6th 1918-1921 Walenty (Valentine) Tansky 
1924 -1943 William H. Tansky's Cafe
1947-1949 Dominik's Cafe 1990 Building was gone
574
Van Hook 		 1895 George Miller 1904 Ernest Steubing
575
Van Hook 		 1896 J.C. Westerfelhaur 
1918-1921 Harry Friedenberg 1924 Eva Friedenberg 
1926-1931 Edward J. Whalen
1933 Samuel Friedenberg 1936-1939 Samuel Rosenberg Sam's Cafe 
1954-1959 Van Hook Tavern 1964 MDM Bar
1990 Vacant 2003 Razed

 

FAIRVIEW-MORGAN VILLAGE

Built around the time of World War I to provide housing for the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard's workers. There were never too many bars in Fairview, as the community was built and first settled during the days leading up to Prohibition. After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, a few licenses were granted, but most of Fairview's drinking seems to have been centered around the social clubs, and in the bars of Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim, and West Collingswood.

Address  

1250
Collings Road

1946-2003 ICAC Closed and moved to Gloucester City

674 Fairview 

1924-1932 Garfield Del Duca Sr. & Arthur "Gyp" Del Duca

701 Fairview 

1900-1909 William Laute (bottling business at this location to 1913)

3007 Fenwick 

1934-2000 Fairview Gardens aka The Pink Cat 2000 Closed

732
Morgan Blvd

1959-2001 Martin's Bar

2117
Mt. Ephraim

1947-1981 Lou's Tavern 1990-2004 A&A Tavern
2600
Mt. Ephraim 		1979-1982 JEM Lounge
2630
Mt. Ephraim 		1967 M&B Cocktail Lounge

2643
Mt. Ephraim

1956-1981 My Friend's Bar (Royden Hayman Sr. & Jr.)

2993 
Mt. Ephraim

 1933 14th Ward Republican Club aka Fairview Republican Club

2995 
Mt. Ephraim

 1939-1970 Fairview Post 71 American Legion

3200
Mt. Ephraim

1947-1956 Alfred's Cafe 
3225
Mt. Ephraim 		1940 Otto Mattner 1947 No Bar
1242 New Merrimac Rd. 1967 Shipbuilder's Educational Society
President, Frank Kelly; Vice President, John Baybo; Treasurer William Sheffer; 
Directors: Adolph Pryzwara, Pasquale Valeriano, Herman Schomber, Albert Glemser, Anthony Narducci

2000 S 7th 

1918-1931 Joseph Wisniewski Jefferson House 1935 John Neidick 1939 Adella Oreb

2232 S 7th

Bar was gone by 1947 

2277 S 7th

1918-1919 John W. Pearson 1924 Walter Evanuk
1926-1929 Chester Czereszkowski 1931 Frank Casper & Chester Czereszkowski
1939 Nancy Drogo February 1939 Joseph Fimiani 1940 Katherine Liparota 
1943-1974 Joe's Bar
2326 S 7th 1926 Joseph Greenan
2376 S 7th 1926-1927 John J. Greenan 1928 John J. & Thomas P. Greenan 
1929-1931 William H. Greenan 1947 No Bar

2461 S 7th

1936-1977 14th Ward Democratic Club 2001-2002 Martin's Bar 
2004 A.J.'s Touch of Class Lounge
2470 S 7th 1928 Peter Greenan

697 Sylvan

1904 John Columbine 1908 Edward Sterling 
1910-1921 Jacob Pfisterer 1924 William Greenan 
1926-1927 Peter Greenan 1928 Gabriel DiPaolo 1929-1931 Albert Garrity 
1939-1940 Joseph A. Ragan 1943-1970 Village Cafe 1977 Closed

 

MOUNT EPHRAIM AVENUE

This large section of Camden encompasses the predominantly Polish Whitman Park neighborhood. There were many corner bars on Mount Ephraim Avenue, and on the parallel streets. 

Address  
1000 Atlantic 1918-1931 Jacob Lewandoski 
1148 Atlantic 1941 Adella Oreb - 
License was transferred here from 2101 Broadway June of 1941, but it is unclear if she ever did business here.  
1166 Chase 1939 Polish Army Veterans Post 121 
1199 Chase  1918-1921 Joseph Brzozowski 1924-1928 Simon Sochanski
1939-1973 Stanley Zbikowski Stanley's Cafe aka Zibby's
1973-1977 John S. Tureck 1980s La Copa Del Oro
1989 Time & Place Lounge Closed late 1990s
1209 Chase 1928 John Frenia
1300 Decatur 1947 13th Ward Italian Club
1301 Decatur 1947-1977  Victory Cafe
1200 Everett 1933 Anthony Laskowski
935-937-939 Jackson 1956 Rip's Bar & Grille 1959 Izzy's Bar & Grill 
1966-1967 New Village Cafe (William & Bernice Lester, James Lester)
1970 Apollo Supper Club
1990 Gone
1200 Jackson  1947 Hubert's Cafe
938 Kaighn

1921 Kozciuszko Hall (Kasimir Folejewski) 
1967-1981 Trent Bar & Liquor
1986 Sir Winston's House of Jazz 
Closed in late 1990s after owner was killed.
942 Kaighn

1904-1906 Stanislaus Burzynski 
1918-1947 Kazimierz Folejewski Foley's Tavern 1977 Gone
1039 Kaighn 1906 Alexander Jasienski (wholesale license)
1045 Kaighn 1878-1884 William A.H. White 1887-1888 Joseph Blake 1918 No Bar 
1057 Kaighn 1896 William Fitzgerald 1897 Isaac Hibbs
1058 Kaighn 1939-1955 Pete's Place 1956-1955 Cane's Tavern Pat Cane
 1959-1960 Mrs. Mary McCarthy 1960-1964 B&G Bar August B.Guyette
1964-1969 Emilio's Bar - Emilio DiMatteo 1975 Doll House
1978 Sunny's Bunny Supper Club 1982-1985 Sunrise Lounge at 1056-1058 Kaighn
Closed by 1990 Burned in early 1990 and building was razed
1068 Kaighn 1895-1904 John Sand 1918-1919 Mary Sand 1926 No Bar 
1947 A&P Food Store 2002 FAX Pizza Parlor 
1101 Kaighn 1934-1935 Peter & Lillian Dechnik 1939-2001 La Victoria Cafe
  2001 Kaighn Avenue Bar 
1140 Kaighn 1902-Fall of  1903 John Schuda Fall 1903 Max Yaroch JUne 1904 Ignacy Poyat 1906 Mary Poyat 
1186 Kaighn 1895-1904 Jacob Seiser 
1197Lansdowne 1943-1947 Briggs Cafe 1974-1990 Walt's Cafe 1990's Camelot Lounge

1135 Liberty

1895-1896 Wladyslaw Wilgocki 1904 Vlad Wilgoski 1924 Teofil Knast 
The Knast family owned a liquor store here as late as 1967, and a bottling business and beer distributorship next door at 1137-1139 Liberty.

1181 Liberty

1939-1947 Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club 

1200 Liberty

1946 Camden Branch No. 57 Fleet Reserve Association Inc.
1201 Liberty 1896-1903 Liberty Park Casino Bernhard Oberst 
1904 James S. Haines 1895-1909 Louis Knecht 1909-1912 Peter Mueller
1913-1948 Stumm's Cafe Rudolph Stumm 1943-1948 Mrs. Augusta Stumm
1949-1949 Bill's Cafe William Kauffman  
1950-1980 Stanley Pucilowski Stanley's Cafe aka Pouche's Lounge
1980-2004 Aquarius Lounge, aka Mr. Wiggles Aquarius Lounge
1210 Liberty 1938-1939 Frohsinn Singing Society 
1628 Louis  1943 James J. Corbett 1947 Romeo Benton Barbershop
1038 Lowell  1950-1994 Polish American Citizens Club Closed around 1994
955 Mechanic 1967 Jule's Cafe Victor F. Jagielski
1050 Mechanic 1904 Frank E. Morris 
1918-1931 Frank Urzynski 1934 Chez La Joy 1935 John Friar 1936-1952 Club Cadix
1956-1970 Edward Zajac Chaney's Bar 1970s Huggs 1976-1980s J & B Lounge
1988-1993 The Bullpen Closed around 1993
1166 Mechanic 1930s-1967 Keystone Liquor Store - Edward Dolinski
1186 Mechanic 1939-1942 John Revallo Gone
1201 Mechanic 1942-1974 Revallo's Cafe John Revallo & John Revallo Jr..1977-1985 B&J Lounge Closed by 1990
1251 Mechanic 1924 J. William Embick 1926 Ralph W. New 1927 William Marshall 1929-1931 John Frenia 1939 William W. Ewing 1943 Louis J. Malinowski 
1101 Morton 1927-1940 Vincent Raczykowski 1959-1970 Newport Bottling Works 
1299 Morton 1936 Nicholson's Cafe 1939-1974 Morton Cafe 1977-1978 Buck's Lounge 1990 No Bar
1122
Mt Ephraim		 1928-1959 Little Ritz Cafe 1977-1980 Mr. D's Society Lounge 1981 Clarence Shields 
1127 
Mt Ephraim		 1895 Anna Roth 1896-1906 John T. Fitzgerald 1924 Perry Szyszkoski 
1926-1927 Louis Zaleski  1938-June 1939 Bert Bottura  
1219
Mt Ephraim		 1931-1938 Liberty Cafe John Bubien 1933 Leon Bubien 
1938-1939 Chester Szalanski 
1940-1944 Harry C. Wichert 
1946-1949 George Conte Cafe
1959-1981 Winnie's Grove 
1989-1997 Spencer's  Caribbean Inn - Closed around 1997
1306
Mt Ephraim		  1970 Polish Army Veterans Post 121  
1425
Mt Ephraim		 1918-1919 Adam Cwik 1933 Albert Ross 1936-1939 John Stetz 1940-1943 Atlantic Cafe
1947 John J. Walker Atlantic Cafe
1426
Mt Ephraim		 1899-1900 Charles Ihlenfeld
1903-1910 Samuel T. Wimley 
1911-1915 William Laskowski
1916-1922 Walter Papiernik (died January 13, 1924)
1923-1924 Charles S. Urban Farmer's Hotel 
1925-1931 Bronislaw "Bruno" Bubnoski Atlantic Hotel 
1930s-1979 Bronislaw "Bruno" Bubnoski Bruno's Cafe 
(1967 Zenon A. Bubnoski, Alfreda B. Novak & Anna Bubnoski)
1985 City Lights Razed around 2000 to make room for a Rite-Aid Drug Store
1498
Mt Ephraim		 1918-39 Joseph Kraczyk 1946 Standard Radio Repair 
1501
Mt Ephraim		 1947-1960 Malin's Cafe 1960-1977 Spooly's Cafe 1977-2015 Schemenski's Tavern
1510
Mt Ephraim		 1946-1959 Okulicz Furniture 1977-present day Polish Army Veterans Post 121 
1549
Mt Ephraim		 1918-1924 Boleslaw Ryzinski Liquors 1930-1959 B. Ryzinski Hardware Store 

1559
Mt Ephraim

1946 Polish American Citizens Club
1565
Mt Ephraim		 1933 SPEAKEASY Charles H. Lee
1598
Mt Ephraim		 1940-1970 Mikolaj Miskiewicz Mike's Tavern (1967 Peter Miskiewicz) 
1979-1985 Rainbow Lounge 1990 No Bar
1621
Mt Ephraim		 1918-1943 Walenty (Valentine) Szczepankiewicz 
1947-1977 Edward Szczepankiewicz Steppy's Cafe
2000 Closed
1633
Mt Ephraim		 1931 Green Rag Cafe 1940 Villa Roma Cafe 1943 Betty's Cafe 1947 No Bar
1674
Mt Ephraim		 1918-1919 George H. Jones 1931 Purdy's Cafe Margaret Purdy 
1934 Johnnie's Cafe 1938-1947 Knauer's Cafe  
1956-1973 Hubert's Cafe 1973-2000 Giacomo's Closed Around 2000
1768
Mt Ephraim		 1929-1930 John A. Ward 1931 Frederick Glossman 
1939-1943 Charles Lawson 
1946 St. Joseph Catholic School Annex 1952-1979 St. Joseph High School
1979-1986 Vacant 1986-2000s Dayton Manor, a home for the elderly.
2000s-2010s Capital Academy, juvenile delinquent facility
1703
Mulford St.		 1956-1970 Knast's Cafe 1974-1983 Flash Gordon's Lounge 1988-2004 Wildfire's Place
1627 Norris 1939-1947 Ginger's Tavern 1954-1984 Ginger's Cafe 1985-1991 DejaVu Cafe 
1991-2003 Various 2004 Presently closed
1322 Rose 1935-1938 Harry Andruszko 
1400 Rose 1918-1928 Alexander Trykoska 1933 Frank Poole 
1939 Harry Andruszko 
1940-1943 Philip Jaskulski 1947 Veronica Jaskulski Rose Cafe
1964 Brock's Cafe 
1967 Black Orchid Lounge 
         Joseph J. Burgo 918 South 4th Street & Ephraim Galiazzi 443 Cherry Street
1970 Augie's Beef & Ale 
1977-1980 David James Lounge 1980s Perry's Lounge 2002 Closed
1448 Rose 1914 Vincent Michalak 1918-1919 Boleslaw Witkowski 
1935-1977 Joseph Wardach aka Wardach's Cafe
1978-1979 Carol's Lounge 1982 No Bar Listed
1400 Sheridan 1939-1947 Bussie's Cafe 1949-1959 Martin & Owens Bar 1964-1978 
Tony & Rab's Bar 1979-85 T&A Cafe 1987 Richmart Corporation 1989-1990 Morris' Lounge 1990 All Nations Lounge
1427 S 9th St 1922-1933 Conrad Lambert 1934-1966 Mitchell Lambert 1940-1947 Conrad Lambert 
1972-1977 Lazy J Cafe t/a Capricorn Bar & Lounge
1981-1997 Betty Berry Betty's Lounge 1998 Darryl Davis Emerald Lounge Closed 2000
1478 S 9th St 1931-1955 Shirley's Cafe (Andrew Szurlej 1939 John Szurlej 1940-1947 Andrew Szurlej)
1956-1959 Anna K. Diehl 1959-1962 Ninth Street Tavern 
1963-1968 W Bar Frances Babbitt & Ethel Wortheim
1968-1969 Fairmount Bar Howard Jones & Becky Jones 1970 No Bar
1423 S 10th 1896 Jacob Selding 1906 Andrew Miller
1499 S 10th 1931 Roginski & Oslowski Diamond Cafe 1940 No Bar
1579 S 10th 1931 Stanley Ellis 1940 No Bar
1030 Thurman 1916-1967 Stefan & Anna Fiderko Steve's Tavern (Agnes Fiderko) 1974 J & E Tavern
1063 Thurman 1918-1926 Stephen Fiderko
1198 Thurman 1938-1939 Joseph Samselski 1939-1943 Leon Walczynski 1947 No Bar Listed
1967 John K. Rogulski
1199 Thurman 1918-1919 John Dziatkiewicz 1926-1931 Felix Taraskiewicz 1939 Antonina Taraskiewicz
1940-1977 Mommie's Tavern Anna & Walter Taraskiewicz
1101 Van Hook 1939 Camden County Polish-American Republican Club 
1947 No Bar - Isaac W. Cherry Barrel Dealer 
1176 Van Hook 1956 H W J Tavern 1959-1982 Avalon Bar 1990s Closed
1175 Whitman 1939-1970 Camden Police & Firemen's Association
1201 Whitman 1918-1931 Ignatz Konieczka 1947 Benjamin Buczynski's Candy Store 
1361 Whitman 1943-1972 Newfoundland American Club 

 

HADDON AVENUE

Haddon Avenue south of Mickle Street had a few bars, one still operating today dates back toi before Prohibition. There were no neighborhood bars in Parkside, all the tavern life was on Haddon Avenue. There were a few bars just west of Haddon, on Mount Vernon and on Kaighn Avenue. 

Address  
571 Haddon 1877-1914 William F. "Billy" Sand
1914-1933 Thompson's Cafe - James D. Thompson son of John Thompson
1936-1951 William Dischert 1951-1955 Stewart's Toby Tavern  
1957-1969 The Corner 1970 Gone
916 Haddon 1906-1906 Theodore T. Wimley
1000 Haddon 1936 Sloan's Cafe 1939-1947 Michael Mulvihill 
1954-1970 Haddon Tavern 
1990 Closed 2000s Gone
1039 Haddon 1918-1943 Frank Wisniewski 1947-1970 Helen Wisniewski Frank's Cafe
1977-2004 Bundy's Jokers Wild
1085 Haddon 1950s-1970s Canary Cottage - James Sarli & Family
1101 Haddon 1896 Jacob Schmidt

1151 Haddon

 1895 Jacob Schmidt 1904 Joseph Trost 1918-1924 William F. Leskowski 
1947 Pep Boys Auto Parts
1223 Haddon 1939-1942 Charles E.A. Mathews 1943 Ada Mathews 1947-present  Donkey's Place
1415 Haddon 1904 Peter Glosser
1445 Haddon 1895-1896 John Snuffin
1904-1925 Emil Muckensturm's Saloon 1925-1926 Samuel L. Sweeten 
1926-1939 Ruth Muckensturm  1946-1984 Chapman's Cafe Alf Chapman 
1982-2006 Charley's Place
1473 Haddon  1918-1919 William Smith 1924 William Fenimore 1929-1931 John Kirk 
1939 Frank Caromano 1940-1943 Alf McCart 1947 Chester S Coach Last Chance Cafe
1956-1982 First & Last Chance Bar & Liquors 1985 Lenny's Pub
1988 First & Last Chance Bar & Liquors 1990 Francine's Closed in 2001
1240 Kaighn 1918-1949 Daly's Grille
James F. Daly 1924-1929 Mrs. Lillian Daly 1929 Albert Davis & Emil Muckensturm Jr.
1931-1949 Mrs. Lillian Daly
1954 Kaighns Bar 1964-1966 Public Bar 
1967 Zig E. Inc. - Earl Johnson
1980s Luby V & Bev's Jam Lounge
1992-2008 Luby Vann's Jam Lounge
1250 Kaighn 1926 Not a bar, The Guarantee Mortgage & Title Insurance Company was located here.
1931-1940 Parkside Grill (Emil Muckensturm Jr.) 
1943-1949 Bill Barr's Cafe 
1954-1977 S&S Cafe (1967 Stelios Saffos)
Razed in 2002
1299 Kaighn 1895 Paul Sands 1904-1919 Charles Kauffman No Bar was here after Prohibition was enacted in 1919
1150
Mt. Vernon		 1931 William Thum 1936-1977 Mt. Vernon Cafe
1940-1943 Edward Krause 1947 Oscar R. Letts
1024 Chestnut 1939-1947 Julian Jagielski
1195 Chestnut September 1903-1904 Anton Lukaszewski
1910s-1980s Boulevard Inn (The Frank Wozniak Family)
1918-1928 Frank Wozniak 1931-1940 Mrs. Wladyslawa Wozniak 
1943 Boulevard Inn 1947-1959 Walter L. Wozniak 2000 Gone
1215 Chestnut 1939 William Adam 1940 William Hughes
1230 Chestnut 1908 Harry Powers 1924-1932 Marion Purzycki
1282 
Liberty		 1930 Blue Hour Luncheonette
1324 Mechanic 1915-1966 Mechanic Hall 1959-1966 13th Ward Republican Club
1966-1970 The Lost Seagulls of Stockholm Sweden Inc.
1977 Sons of Italy Grand Council of NJ  
1979 La Bona Casa
1980-1982 Bacchanal
1979 Club Elite 
1848 
White Horse Pike		 1983 to 2002 The Saloon 2002 Closed 2003 Cafe II
2101 Ferry 1977-1982 Zog's Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge

 

Camden Courier-Post * July 1, 1941
21 CITY TAPROOMS RENEW LICENSES AS PERMITS EXPIRE
All but One Retailer and Four Clubs Take Out New Papers

 With the exception of one tap room and four clubs, all liquor per­mits in the city were renewed last night by the Excise Board sitting at its last meeting of the fiscal year which ended at midnight.

Total permits in the city are 211 retail, 23 distributor and 44 clubs. The five who did not receive their licenses last night have until July 31 to renew.

Mrs. A. Messick, of 303 Erie Street appeared before the board and entered a complaint against Russell Utter, holder of a retail license at 938 North Third Street. Mrs. Messick stated music was played loudly and much confusion could be heard as patrons left the establishment. Members of the board, John L. Morrissey, chairman, Mrs. Ann M. Baumgartner, secretary, and Vincent Canzanese, conferred and informed Utter he was responsible for any noises  caused by patrons, and to guard against any reoccurrences,

Transfer Granted

A person to person transfer was granted from Frank Tenerelli, of 950 South Fifth street, to Louis Di Mattia who will continue business at the same address.

A transfer from 2101 Broadway to 1148 Atlantic avenue was granted to Adella Oreb. This is the one retail license that has not been renewed, the transfer being granted under the 1940·41 permit.

Permits Approved

Retail permits were granted the following: George W. Kirby, 419 Federal street; Edward H. Kraus, 1150 Mt. Vernon street; Stefan Schoen, 828 Chestnut street; Mayme L. Wolf, 705 Chestnut street; Ottavio De Ascentiis, 519 Line street; Joseph Miraglia, 302 Stevens street; John T. Morrow, 576 North Twenty-seventh street; Tullio Egizi, 232 Stevens street; John Salvatore, 300 Mechanic street; Louis Seidman, 1129 Broadway; Russell Utter. 938 North Third Street; Louis Di Mattia, 950 South Fifth street; Edward Williams, 601 Pearl street; Charles L. Humes and Walter N. Carley, 12 Hudson street; Charles F. Miller, 226 State Street; Harry G. Wells, 941 Pearl street; Rocco Palese, 302 Spruce Street; Clara C. Snyder, 601 North Front street; Plaza Club Hotel, 500 Cooper street; Victor R Potamkin, 710 Broadway; John Revallo, 1186 Mechanic street; Vasco Canzanese. 713 South Third Street; Thomas Kenney, 531 Market Street and Harry C. Wichert, 1219 Mt. Ephraim Avenue.

Club licenses were granted to Fairview Post No. 71, American Legion, 2995 Mt. Ephraim Avenue; Seventh Ward Republican Association, 1024 South Eighth street; Pride of Camden Lodge of Colored Elks, 711·Kaighn Avenue and Veterans of Foreign Wars Mucci Post, 820 Broadway.

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