Elaine’s Lounge: Where the stars came out
Original Golden Nugget nightspot featured nothing but the best By Bruce Klauber Elaine’s Lounge, within the original Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, was an extraordinary venue where visitors, for the price of a drink, could see legendary...Postcards from the Past
With locations in North Wildwood and Egg Harbor Township (pictured), Zaberers opened in 1961 and closed in the mid-1980s. The sprawling restaurant was called Zaberville. It was home of the Zaberized cocktail, $7.95 complete dinners, and enough decorations to entertain...Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: Life after the 500 Club
By Bruce Klauber Many show business aficionados of a certain age know the story of how Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis became a comedy team at Paul “Skinny” D’Amato’s 500 Club in Atlantic City on July 25, 1946. They were, in every sense of the term, “an overnight...Remembering Jessica Savitch: Margate’s ‘Golden Girl’ of TV news
By Bruce Klauber Though hardly remembered today, the late, ground-breaking news anchorwoman Jessica Savitch, who spent her formative years in Margate, was among the most influential individuals in the history of television news. At the height of her career in 1977,...Atlantic City’s amusement piers that aren’t there anymore
By Bruce Klauber The history of Atlantic City’s iconic amusement piers has been detailed in these pages several times before. But after the stories of Steeplechase Pier, Million Dollar Pier, Central Pier, Garden Pier and Steel Pier had been written and published, it...
