Atlantic City dining back in the day
Atlantic City residents and visitors of a certain age have warm memories of their favorite restaurants of yore, with the most frequently mentioned as “missed” being Hackney’s, Captain Starn’s, and Lou’s Deli in Ventnor. Indeed, the pieces on Lou’s in Shore Local and...
The hidden history of Atlantic City nightclubs
While there’s no doubt that Atlantic City 500 Club is the most famous nightspot in the city’s history, there were other clubs in the boardwalk area through the years that, at least for a time, rivaled the 500 in terms of popularity and notoriety. However, clubs like...
Jazz comes to Atlantic City and Ocean City
For 26 years, Atlantic City’s Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation has presented “Jazz on the Beach,” a series of free jazz concerts that take place on the Boardwalk at Kennedy Plaza. The Foundation’s bookings through the years have been diverse and well thought...
Teamwork: A century of comedy teams in Atlantic City
In addition to salt water taffy, the diving horse at Steel Pier, and the Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City will forever be known as the town where one of the most successful comedy teams in entertainment history, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, first teamed up....
