What Do You Miss? Grunings for me.

This came to me when I was viewing photos of N.Y.C. in the '70.s. One was of Chock Full 'O Nuts.  I miss the donuts and hot dogs. 


Not so much the coffee as I roast and grind my own Kona and Blue Mountain blend.






don’s. I really miss don’s


Don’s, and famous deli. 


Gruning’s, didn’t matter which location 


I miss Streamers on Sloan St, not food, but a fun place to shop


Cookie’s diner in Millburn


Pepe’s, though Mia Familia which is in its place isn’t bad at all


In NYC I miss Mona Lisa’s Cafe, and the Tiffany Diner, which the last time I was there was now a Citibank branch


Capitol Theater in Passaic 

Big Man's West in Red Bank

Melody Bar in New Brunswick 


I feel bad I never went to Hawk's Tavern.


All NYC stuff:

The Bottom Line

The Ideal - https://www.chowhound.com/post/ideal-lunch-counter-206953

The original 2nd Avenue Deli on 2nd Avenue

The Promenade, Greek diner at the end of Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights.



Bertrand Island Amusement Park, Lake Hopatcong.


Maplecrest Hardware, Starks, 5 and 10 in the Village (then Maplewood Center), Ken's Drugs, the fabric store on Springfield Avenue.


Carmelita’s

The scout shop on Morris Ave in Union (long-time Boy/Girl Scout volunteers remember)

Sandwich shop in Maplewood village (current Strawberry Fields location I think)

Crane’s


The post office and the parking.


Does anyone remember Wokstar in Maplewood Village?  Loved getting takeout from there and I still wish it were around! 


McElgins Mens shop.   Maplewood Ave. Only because my friend worked there. The clothes were good, also.  


Or was it McGuires?


Grunings (on the hill, loved the view, especially at night), and Don's--great burgers.  Sitting at the counter was an experience unto itself.  Also miss The Bookstop in Maplewood.


Peter's Bakery in Maplewood and Romoser's Bakery in South Orange.


Gary's barbeque ribs on Springfield Ave, where Verjus is now. Also most of what are mentioned above. Oh yes the flea market where home Depot is now. Too many to list.


Oh, how I miss Peter's Bakery, too! Also, Betty and "The Book Stop" - she loved mystery novels and stocked a really good selection of them! And I miss Ken Pharmacy, too - Warren and Elliot were always so much fun to kibbitz with while I was in there! 

I grew up in Brooklyn, so I really miss Ebinger's bakeries (ours was the one on Fulton Street, in Fort Greene) and a wonderful department store called Abraham & Straus. They had the most impressive holiday displays and they also had a bakery in the basement (do you see a theme here? grin  ) with delicious sugar-covered coconut buns. Very Art Deco throughout the store. And I miss the Automat, with the rolls of nickels and the rotating sandwiches.


Abraham and Strauss was here in Short Hills Mall until it was bought out by Macy.  I didn't miss them then, and certainly not now after the buy out.


But the A&S in the Short Hills Mall wasn't an 8-story Art Deco building, with carvings on the elevator doors, Christmas trees hanging from the ceiling in December....it was magical to a child who visited the Fulton Street store. I don't miss the business, per se, I miss the store and the sense of magic that I had when I visited it. I had thought that was what this thread was about.



Tabatchnick's - they had the best sandwiches and pickles.  My mother was a fan from back in their Newark days.


The little Italian rearaurant on Sloan Street.  Can’t remember the name.  Soul29, help me out.  


Richard Roberts.  I still have the furniture I bought from that store.


I don't go back as far as most of you, but I liked when there was a diner in what became Tutor Time. Only ate there a couple of times, don't remember if it was good or not, but I sure loved the location for a diner.


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Sundays said:
I don't go back as far as most of you, but I liked when there was a diner in what became Tutor Time. Only ate there a couple of times, don't remember if it was good or not, but I sure loved the location for a diner.

 It was a deli-restaurant that had gigantic pastrami sandwiches. Heavy food, but good.


cody said:
But the A&S in the Short Hills Mall wasn't an 8-story Art Deco building, with carvings on the elevator doors, Christmas trees hanging from the ceiling in December....it was magical to a child who visited the Fulton Street store. I don't miss the business, per se, I miss the store and the sense of magic that I had when I visited it. I had thought that was what this thread was about.


 Wasn't there one on Rt 4 in Paramus?


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