RALPH LUCARELLA said...HI TOM....AS I RECALL, THE PONTANI FAMILY ALSO OWNED THE LIQUOR STORE ON HAMILTON AVENUE NEAR CHAMBERS FOR QUIT SOME TIME. REGARDS.
Omad said...Is this the same liquor store owned by the Lucidis in the
1940s? They were three doors down from our restaurant.
Anonymous said...I just assumed that such names were associated with the town from which the family had it's origins, perhaps a coastal fishing village? Or, perhaps to give a simple place in Trenton some "zing" or flair. As a kid I was always puzzled that the Hudson Beer Garden was nothing like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Where were the toga draped young ladies playing harps amid trays of grapes, figs and other exotic fruit?
Ed Millerick
omad said...LOL Ed
Anonymous said...Tom:
Descendants of the Pontani family might be able to tell you the origin. The Pontani brothers run a Jewelry store at five points in Mercervill where the old Exxon Station was.
Regrards
Mike Kuzma
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HI TOM....AS I RECALL, THE PONTANI FAMILY ALSO OWNED THE LIQUOR STORE ON HAMILTON AVENUE NEAR CHAMBERS FOR QUIT SOME TIME. REGARDS.
Is this the same liquor store owned by the Lucidis in the
1940s? They were three doors down from our restaurant.
I just assumed that such names were associated with the town from which the family had it's origins, perhaps a coastal fishing village? Or, perhaps to give a simple place in Trenton some "zing" or flair. As a kid I was always puzzled that the Hudson Beer Garden was nothing like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Where were the toga draped young ladies playing harps amid trays of grapes, figs and other exotic fruit?
Ed Millerick
LOL Ed
Tom:
Descendants of the Pontani family might be able to tell you the origin. The Pontani brothers run a Jewelry store at five points in Mercervill where the old Exxon Station was.
Regrards
Mike Kuzma
I have a 10" long bottle opener that has written on it "Casa Lido Liquor Store, 120 S. Warren St., Trenton, N.J. Phone Export 48195." Can anyone tell me anything about this? Thanks
The 10" bottle opener was a give away for the store during the early 1950's. It should list all of the beers sold on one side and the store info on the other.
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