Pretty sure that one is out of business.
Same with the spot they moved to in Neptune City.
OT: Long time Sayreville/South Amboy eyesore going away?
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Same with the spot they moved to in Neptune City.
Yeah not right across but close. Changed name to Bello’s. Or Bello’s first. Memory fuzzy. Was called something else in the 70s
We called the drive-in the Finger Bowl. Got stuck in a snow pile backing up one night and had to wait for a tow truck. Lot of pregnancies started there, cuz the tow didn't come until waaaay after the movies were done.
Simko's became Bello's about 20ish years ago. One of my friends from h.s. is still there pretty much every Friday night.
My wife graduated from Sayreville in 1975. She lived in Oak Tree section of Parlin.
In 1972/1973 she ran track on the boy's track team. They started a girls' team after that year.
She was scholar athlete at RU when she graduated. At RU she also played field hockey.
Like all men I married up.
That’s nuts. Where did he go to elementary school? I went to Roosevelt School. RIP.
Pretty close to OLV.
Ask him if he remembers J. Fig. It’s a shortened last name but if we know/knew each other he’ll know.
Ha! One of my closest buds. Also good friends with Will L. who lived on the other corner from your family's house. Damato's too. RIP JJ.
JJ was my best friend growing up. He stood at my wedding and I at his. I remember Billy L. too. So you were probably friends with Robby. Small world.
Went past Amboy cinemas today and there is definitely action going on. Fence around building and the building is partially down. I don’t know if the building collapsed (didn’t see any heavy machinery near) or it was taken down. The building is partially down.
The Amboy Cinemas are mostly down right now. Drove by around 7:30 a.m. today, and very little of it left standing.
Jolly-K’s. Had to text my brother who remembers every bar in SA, Parlin and Sayreville from that era
Stumbled into there once with my family when I was in my 20’s. Actually I think after coming home from Rutgers?
Right in the middle of “JUSTIN IS FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY!” party.
The noise and screaming was deafening. We left immediately.
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Yup, that sounds right. I also remember they had what I thought at the time was a very impressive arcade.
I used to know every bar within a 15 mile radius of Rahway
Three XXXs
Swanees
2x4
Gatsby's (most disgusting dive I've ever been in)
Clarkes
Red Top
Step In
Tumble Inn
Most of the local dives in lower Sayreville. There are a ton more. It was hard to go thirsty back in the day.
Swanees
2x4
Gatsby's (most disgusting dive I've ever been in)
Clarkes
Red Top
Step In
Tumble Inn
Most of the local dives in lower Sayreville. There are a ton more. It was hard to go thirsty back in the day.
South Edison used to have a lot of dives
Linden too
I was in the perfect spot centrally located in Rahway
