Thursday, March 14, 2013

Hello Everyone :))

Hello Everyone :))

I miss all my fave blog readers. Ralph, Noel, JoeZ, Tom, Skip, JoeB, and
everyone else. Hope you are are all well. I am on dial-up at home now for
a bit so cant do this blog. But I will be back. God Bless The Old Burg :))
There are thousands of posts here so any new readers I welcome you, go
look at them and enjoy :)))

The Feast of Lights Back In The Day




The Feast of Lights Back In The Day

A picture so wonderful I had to post it. God Bless The Old Burg :))
Thank you for this wonderful picture Theresa DiMattia Dalanas.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

We Will Be Back But Until Then Enjoy What is Here

We Will Be Back But Until Then Enjoy What is Here.

I miss you guys especially Ralph Lucarella. We will be back when my financial situation improves and that should be a few weeks to a few months. You folks are the best and it has been fun going down memory lane with all of you. But even without new posts you can put on your music device and listen to Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin or any artist that reminds you of your old Burg days and go thru the pictures and comments we have here and get lost in the old Burg world. Until we meet again, All the best :))

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy has been catastrophic to the Shore areas of this state we all love New Jersey. I am deeply saddened by the destruction it caused in Seaside Heights. The Casino Pier where I spent many happy days is no more. God Bless New Jersey and God Bless The Old Burg :)

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Michele Lorie's Cheesecakes, Hamilton Avenue, The Burg 1980



Michele Lorie's Cheesecakes, Hamilton Avenue, The Burg 1980

Gianna Belardino 1988



Gianna Belardino 1988

Mr & Mrs Peter Granaldi 1983



Mr & Mrs Peter Granaldi 1983

There Was A Chill In The Air For The Columbus Day Parade 1988



There Was A Chill In The Air For The Columbus Day Parade 1988

Here are kids trying to keep warm in Columbus Park :)

Friday, September 7, 2012

Mr & Mrs Salvatore Belardo 1988



Mr & Mrs Salvatore Belardo 1988. This was their 25th Anniversary:)

McCorristin High Basketball Champs 1982



McCorristin High Basketball Champs 1982

In my Burg era, if you did not go to Trenton High, you most likely went
to McCorristin High. A few went to Notre Dame High I must add:)

Landolfi's Foods 1983



Landolfi's Foods 1983

Located on Cummings Avenue in the Burg :)

Lacy Conte 1988



Lacy Conte 1988

With Santa at her family's bar Conte's on Liberty & South Clinton
in the Burg :)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Felix Muccioli 1965



Felix Muccioli 1965

Later the owner of Cent'Anni Restaurant and Bar in the Burg:)

Chambersburg Little League Baseball At Columbus Park 1977



Chambersburg Little League Baseball At Columbus Park 1977. God Bless The old Burg:)

La Strada Restaurant 1988



La Strada Restaurant 1988
Located at South Clinton Avenue and Beatty Street :)

Guy Zeppadoro 1965



Guy Zeppadoro 1965

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Junior Four



Junior Four

Where many of us Burg kids would be returning to at this time of the year:)

Joseph Scardone & Rose Agabiti 1983



Joseph Scardone & Rose Agabiti 1983
This is from a Kent AA event :)

Happy New Year 1965 From The Hudson



Happy New Year 1965 From The Hudson :)

Al Annucci 1965



Al Annucci of Chambers Street in the Burg in 1965 :)

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Anthony & Thomas Zucchetti 1983




Anthony & Thomas Zucchetti 1983

The Zucchetti family were owners of Diamond's Restaurant in the
Burg in those days :)

Gervasio Fausti 1971



Gervasio Fausti 1971

Once upon a time owner of the Villa Park Deli on Revere Avenue:)

Dorothy Bucci



This is Dorothy Bucci of Anderson Street in the Burg in 1965:)

Al Agabiti's Restuarant 1982



Al Agabiti's Restuarant 1982

This was located where the Eldorado was at Franklin and Roebling:)

Monday, September 3, 2012

Immaculate Conception Church, Chestnut Avenue, The Burg





Immaculate Conception Church, Chestnut Avenue, The Burg
Our family church :))

Chambersburg Little League 1961 Kent AA Team



Chambersburg Little League 1961 Kent AA Team. Thank you for this
nice picture Dennis Bush :)

SEE THEM LIVE IN SEPTEMBER 1975 (TRENTON AREA

SEE THEM LIVE IN SEPTEMBER 1975 (TRENTON AREA) ..Ralph Palmer, Tony Martin, The Lamplighters, The Continentals, Be-Reckoned, Greaseband, Eclipse, Carnival, The Crestmen, Little Friends, Eddie Fingers, The Jubliers, Sounds Incorporated, Phaze, Innvervisions, Live-A-Little, Holiday 5, Tony Ricco, Variations, Brian Jay, The Matinee Trio, Guy Wayne Trio, Surkle, College Night, The Country Kings, Sundance, Hoochie Cooch..

VILLA PARK SOLDIERS & SAILORS CLUB 1965



VILLA PARK SOLDIERS & SAILORS CLUB 1965 ..Frank Ely, John Angelucci, Daniel Procaccino, Dominick Azzaro, Anthony Procaccino, John Serpico :)

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Saint Joachim's Church, Butler Street, The Burg



Saint Joachim's Church, Butler Street, The Burg

The Feast of Lights



The Feast of Lights
A wonderful picture of the Feast of Lights from back in the
good ole days. Thank you for this nice picture Diana Tazza
Harper:)

Immaculate Conception Church, Chestnut Avenue, The Burg



Immaculate Conception Church, Chestnut Avenue, The Burg

Junior Four



Junior Four

My favorite school of all of them growing up :)

Friday, August 31, 2012

Happy Birthday Ralph




Here is wishing Ralph Lucarella had a happy birthday from me
and all of the readers of this site. Thank you for sharing
your memories of the old Burg with all of us Ralph. You are
a nice guy:)

Picture: Ralph, Joseph, Rose and Lou Lucarella at
Vanessa's Lucarella's Wedding

Papa's Tomato Pie, Chambers Street, The Burg



PAPA'S TOMATO PIE RESTAURANT
804 Chambers Street, The Burg
Trentonian, The (Trenton, NJ) - Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Papa's Tomato Pie Restaurant is celebrating 96 years in
business! We have been serving the Trenton area since 1912.
And we are the second oldest pizza restaurant in the United
States.
The founder of Papa's was the owners grandfather, Joe Papa, from
Naples, Italy, which is the birth place of tomato pies as
we know it today. He opened one of the first pizzarias in
Trenton, located on South Clinton Avenue. As years passed,
he moved to Butler Street, with two locations. One at 109
Butler. The second was built right across the street,
which is now known as Neapolitan Hall. Then moving to
Chambers and Roebling streets in 1945, where it still
operates today as a family run business of four
generations of pie makers.
Starting with the owners grandfather, Joe Papa. He was 17
when he opened his first restaurant, making dough by hand
long before machines, and cooking in an oven using coal.
He also peeled and cooked tomatoes for the pizza sauce,
and used olive oil and resh-cut mozzarella while my grandmother,
Adalene, made the meatballs, the macaroni sauce, and helped
him prepare in the kitchen. Joe Papa was one of the first
businessmen in Trenton, chairman of the Feast of Lights for
many years, and president of Neapolitan Hall. Always in a suit
and tie, he taught many a pie maker who went off to own
businesses of their own, like Tony Gervasio of Gervasio's
Restaurant and Chick and Jimmy DeLorenzo from DeLorenzo's
and many others. Both of the owners grandfathers' sisters married
successful pie makers as Dominik Picca of Picca's on Whittaker
Avenue and Tony of Long Branch, which is still in operation.
My father, Dominik "Abbie" Azzaro, started working for the owners
grandfather in 1945. He met the owners mother, Teresa "Tessie" Papa,
and shortly after married. He worked for the owners grandfather until
he passed away in 1965. Then, he and the owners mother took over the
business. She helped him by taking care of all the paperwork.
He not only continued with the family recipes, but he stayed
open until 3 a.m., serving breakfast to local Chambersburg and
Villa Park patrons. At that time, there were many bars in the
area that came to Papa's when they closed. To mention a few,
Mickey's, Freddie's, Gus Hines, Four Ovals, De Georges Elderado,
Bartolini's, Botel Inn, Count Felix, The Little Spot,
Dart Tavern, Liberty Tavern, and many others.
Another fond memory was being open in the late afternoon
when the teenagers came in and danced in the aisles. We
had a big teen clientele. They came in after the football
games between Trenton High and Trenton Catholic. Then there
was the famous Sports Night at Trenton High. The Red Team used
Papa's as their home base. Most of the girls were from
Chambersburg . Those same teenagers are now in their 60s,
and a group of them return the last Wednesday of every month,
still eating the same tomato pies, just not dancing in the aisle.
Some of our well-known patrons were Mary Roebling, Anthony
Carabelli, Bobby Prunetti, Kathy Di costanza, Jimmy Durante,
Frank Stallone, Louis Prima, Sam Butera, and many more stars
and dignitaries.

Linda Lavine 1973



Linda Lavine 1973

A teacher over at Junior Four in my days there :)