Babette’s: Atlantic City’s first notorious nightclub
By Bruce Klauber It’s nearly forgotten now, but Babette’s, on 2211 Pacific Avenue, later the site of Trump Plaza, was one of the most popular and, at times, infamous nightspots and restaurants in Atlantic City from 1920 to 1950. Nelson Johnson, in his book, “Boardwalk...It wasn’t only movies at the Warner Theatre
By Bruce Klauber By all accounts the Atlantic City Boardwalk’s Warner Theatre was a movie palace. As detailed in our recent Shore Local piece on the history of movie theaters in Atlantic City, the Warner, located at 2015 Boardwalk, stood alone as a spectacular piece...The Revel saga: miracle on the boardwalk
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City has had its share of comeback stories over the years. The Million Dollar Pier and the Steel Pier were almost destroyed several times by fires and hurricanes, but they were rebuilt and have continued operating for years. The venue once...Grabel’s was the place to go in Atlantic City, all day and all night
By Bruce Klauber It was a cocktail lounge, an after-hours mecca, a restaurant, a nightclub, a piano bar, a hangout. It was sometimes a dance club, sometimes a jazz club, and sometimes a karaoke bar. It was an Atlantic City institution for 33 years. It was Grabel’s,...
