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Re: Fort Lee Radio Station
Posted By: Bill Mitchell In Response To: Re: Fort Lee Radio Station (Marilyn Lynch Reiser)
Date: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, at 7:57 p.m.
> Krieger's which was my Dads favorite bar.
My Dad had a few favorite bars; they’re all gone now. If I think hard enough, I might remember most of them. I was just looking at a picture of my Dad on a softball team in the 50’s, Moe’s Fort Lee Tavern. It was across the street from the Fort Lee Diner and called The Fort Lee Tavern. It had formally been Hunts Funeral Home and had urns over the two entrances. When Johnny Rumelo moved the license a few doors south, near the point, it became the Fort Lee Pet Shop.
> I knew that was Minieri's butcher shop. Al & Freddy
> but I didn't think you were familiar with their name.I played ball with John Minieri, and our family also moved from Whiteman Street to West Fort Lee in 1960.
> Al was a loyal fireman to Firehouse #1 right across
> the street from thei store. My mom use to say he
> would be waiting on a custimer and when that
> whistle blew, Al went flying out the door to the firehouse.Many of us did the same. Reminds me of when I was on Co. 3 myself. We had the two Exxons on Rt.4 near
Aiello’s Hilltop Motel. I’d often run off to answer an alarm.> You mentioned Eddies Auto Body Shop. My
> husband & I knew where that was. We lived right
> there on the end of Edwin Ave. in the 60's.The walls of the body shop still serve as the foundation of the restaurant that replaced the bar Ulrich’s In & Out. (originally Jim’s)
> And also, do you remember Chris' grocery
> store on the corner of John & Main Sts.Yes, it’s been Gloria’s for years, though Gloria died a few years ago. She was Almore Favaro’s wife. Chris was there for ages, and used be the school crossing guard after he retired from the store. He lived in a tiny house at the corner of Fletcher & Kelby. It was converted into a Real Estate office later on.
> And also DeMatteo's butcher across from Chris'
Vincent DeMatteo’s West Fort Lee Market. He had a liquor licence. Rumor was that you only needed to be tall enough to see over the counter…
> and also Laujon's Appliance store.
Where my parents bought our first TV. I remember they had to take out a loan from the Trust Company of NJ to purchase it. It had a record player and AM radio built it.
Artie Dalton, who later became Chief of Police, ran Laujons. I have pictures of the Laujon fire when it burned down. It still is a vacant lot.
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