Above is an R.C. Maxwell photo zeroing in on Gus Heintz's bar on Chambers Street; a very popular "watering hole" back in the 1940's. The 1964 ad under the photo was imported from the Hamilton Library's Local History database.
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HI TOM...NOW YOU ARE BCK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. GUS HEINTZ'S PLACE WAS AMONG THE FINE DRINKING PLACES, CLOSE TO WETZEL FIELD AND ALWAYS WITH A FRIENDLY CROWD. ALONG WITH BARTOLINI'S AND ROSSI'S BAR THEY GAVE YOU A CHOICE TO DOWN A FEW. BEST REGARDS
ReplyDeleteHi Tom: My parents and their friends used to go to Bartolini's. Regards
ReplyDeleteAugust "Gussie" was the consumate German American. Short, rotund, and full of life. His place had the distiction of being the closest place to Trenton ( across the Chambers St.) to get a drink early Sunday afternoon. Back than Trenton was a "Blue" town where no booze could be sold on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteHamlton Twp. allowed booze to be sold only after all the Churches let out, which they felt was 1 pm.
In my late teens, and early 20's me and my jitterbug buddies would convene at Gussie's begin our Sunday afternoon delight, and wind up in Brown's Mills at the hotel to drink, and dance our cares away.
Great times, great memories, and now you couldn't pay me to take a drink.
See what old age does to your system! LOL
Mike Kuzma