426 Beatty Street, The Burg.
The orange building in this picture was once
Varga Meat Market according to my records:)
3 years ago
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12 comments:
Varga's Meat Market was the dark brown brick building on the right. Not sure if I can see the store front or if it's been bricked over.
When you walked into this store the first sense to be affected was the smell -- smoke. Good hams, great kolbasz, great szalona, hurka & head cheese..
This was my ideal spot for Hungarian meats. Tindik's was arguably as good, but the experience of Varga's was just wonderful to me. This was what the Hugarian part of the Burg was all about. A pity that this place has fallen.
Mack, did Varga's used to be on Broad Street long before this place on Beatty?
Hi SJ:)
My records are from 1957 and 1963
and then my own memories of the Burg from the early 70s and foward.
Varga could have been on Broad before that:)
I dont recall Varga being any place else but Beatty St, I remember walking to Tindiks from Genesee St a lot, then there was also Steve Thomas on the corner of Genesee & Hudson.. and do any of you remember Paul's on the corner of Genesee & Roebling, used to love the hand packed butter he scooped out of a barrel not to mention the barrel pickeles and saurkraut.. and I can confess now.. we used to go and bite the ends of the rye bread in the outside bread box... LOL and oh yes, SJBill, are you Hungarian.. I found a place down in Hollywood FL that reminds me of Varga's fresh and smoked kolbasz, paprikas szalona, head cheese.. and everything to remind me of my childhood, and that was waaaaayy back when, I'll be 70 in September
Üdvözlet!
My paternal grandmother was named Besci, my paternal grandfather was German.
Steve Thomas was a great friend, and so was Ernie's Mom across the street. The Orosz's were on Hudson and Genesee. I knew some of the nuns, but referred to them by their sacred names even though I was Prostestant.
The pickles were probably Stepien's. The truck parked in the garage next to Pat Pone's place.
Stanley Stepien owned J & L Caps and Hats near Emil Rogers Funeral Home.
We have a few butcher places out here in California that are pretty good, but Germanic in style. You would LOVE Ditmer's (Mt. View) bacon and paprika sausages. The smell when you enter the place tells you they are talking serious business. ;-)
BTW, I graduated from THS in 64, so I'm a bit younger than you.
Ha Ön egészségére!
SJBill,wow, you speak a bit of Hungarian too.... great.. pays to know a second language, when I went to Hungary many years ago I was able to roam all over with no problem. Well before Stan took over J&L hats it was owned by the Levanduski's and as for Emil, I think most every Hungarian in Trenton was buried by his dad Emil Sr and him, he is now on Chambers St in the Chambers Funeral Home.. Emil tells me that the old Hungarians died and so did the business, so it was cheaper to share a location and expenses..
Steve,
I remember a few of the words. Thanks to Google Translate for the spelling. I was taught mch of the words that can get you into trouble by my Dad, Spike Thomas and Steve Lewis while on fishing trips.
It always made my Great-Uncle Steve Kish pretty uneasy.
Did you know the Toths on S. Clinton? They baby sat for me when I was young.
There were more Toth's in Trenton thank Smiths.... lol where did they live on S Clinton the same block as you or closer to Roebling
The Toths were on the 800 block, two doors from Pearl Pfaff. I remember Betty Toth and their kids Doris and Geza (we called him Gilbert in English). Geza played trombone at Junior Four and THS.
I remember the hurricane that destroyed the St. Stephens Rectory, but I think it may have been earlier than when you mentioned. I, too, recall have seen the event.
I meet Gil Toth every morning for expresso on Butler St.
Well SJBill and SteveB...I have 2 words for you to translate into Hungarian "wooden spoon". My grandmothers favorite was "Lofus". Spelled phonetically, as my Hungarian is so bad now, with no one to speak to. Tried to get Rosetta Stone for Hungarian,to brush up-doesn't yet exist.
Fakanál.....BarbP....my mother used the Fakanál well!!
i'm his grandson. if anyone has an old photo of him and my father in the shop,or maybe an old promo calender, would you contact me at varg61@yahoo.com. i remmember the station wagon with the plastic lower window advertisment. it had a pigs head with hungarian? hat on it. thank you.
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