This is another graphic that lends itself to enlarging and zeroing in on a specific scene....in this case the Tremont. But Pete's Steak House? That's a new one on me. I defer to Mike or Ed or Ralph to enlighten us as to whether this is the same Pete's family that was on Chambers Street in 1951 when I was a teenager.HI TOM....THE TREMONT BAR, MIKE BUDDY'S BAR NEXT DOOR AND JOE MILLER'S NEWSSTAND WERE OUR NEIGHBORS WHILE I WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE DOWN THE STREET IN THE 40'S AND 50'S. I DON'T BELIEVE PETE'S HAD AN INTEREST. WE SPENT LUNCH TIME AND MANY OTHER HOURS HANGING OUT IN THOSE PLACES. THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE DOING FINE. VERY BEST REGARDS.
HI TOM....THE TREMONT BAR, MIKE BUDDY'S BAR NEXT DOOR AND JOE MILLER'S NEWSSTAND WERE OUR NEIGHBORS WHILE I WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE DOWN THE STREET IN THE 40'S AND 50'S. I DON'T BELIEVE PETE'S HAD AN INTEREST. WE SPENT LUNCH TIME AND MANY OTHER HOURS HANGING OUT IN THOSE PLACES. THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE DOING FINE. VERY BEST REGARDS.
ReplyDeleteJoe Sachs owned the Tremont, and Mike Buddy ( both great guys and splendid gentlemen) had the place around and on the corner on the north side of this block ( unseen) it overlooked the old Trenton Arena, and Rossi's bakery. Last known they are both now city parking lots.
ReplyDeletePete Tonti started his "Pete's Steak house" in the burg near the corner of Anderson and Morris Ave. in an old barn like building in the mid 40's, my first year at Jr. 4. It would have been a few feet before Crecco's bar ( was a resturant than) and across from the old Chicken market which later became home to John Porfierio and Son's pasta and sauce shop.
Pete spent a lot of time at the Tremonte with his buddies handicapping the horses, which ultimately was his downfall, and he lost the Chambers St. loction to Duke Milacci, & Vince Iorio (Bogeek) not the muscian.