Hubert's Cafe

George H. Jones operated a saloon at 1674 Mount Ephraim Avenue according to the 1918–1919 Camden City Directory. Prohibition was enacted in 1919, and many establishments remained open under “soft drink” licenses. Harry F. and Margaret Purdy operated 1674 Mount Ephraim Avenue as Purdy’s Cafe through at least October of 1931.

When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, a liquor license was obtained for 1672 Mount Ephraim Avenue, the corner of Mount Ephraim and Van Hook Street. In 1934 the bar was operating as Johnnie’s Cafe.

The Camden Courier-Post reported in June of 1939 that Henry Knauer received a renewal of the liquor license for 1674 Mount Ephraim Avenue. The Camden City Directories for 1940, 1943, and 1947 report Edward Knauer as the proprietor, and the 1947 Directory reports that Henry and John Knauer worked there as bartenders. During these years the bar was known as Knauer’s Cafe.

By 1954 the bar was owned and operated by William H. Hubert, who had previously run a bar at 1200 Jackson Street in the late 1940s. Hubert ran the bar into the 1970s and passed away in the fall of 1973. From the late 1970s through the late 1990s the bar was popularly known as Giacomo’s. New management stepped in around 1999, and the bar was shut permanently by 2001.