U-Need-A Cafe
The U-Need-A Cafe, known for “the longest bar in town,” was a fixture on Federal Street in East Camden for over 50 years. Previously known as the Four Deuces Lounge, it was owned and operated from fall of 1935 through the early 1970s by Dominic Guglielmi and his family. Dominic Guglielmi had previously been involved in a bar at 245 Chestnut Street. He applied to transfer the liquor license from Chestnut Street to 2222 Federal Street in the fall of 1935, was the proprietor in 1943, and a telephone was listed in his name at the bar’s address even after his death in August of 1969 at age 65.
In the mid-1990s the bar was sold, and was known as the Obsession Lounge for a few years. Shortly after a January 31, 2002 shooting outside of the bar, it was sold again, and as of this writing in September of 2003 is known as the Tierra Dominicana Bar, and caters to the community in Camden that hails from the Dominican Republic.
U-Need-A Cafe
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LONGEST BAR — LARGEST BEER IN TOWN
Beer Direct from the Keg • Delicious Sandwiches of All Kinds • Complete Line of Packaged Goods • Drop In and Meet Your Friends
Inquire About Our WEEK-END SPECIALS
BUY DEFENSE BONDS and STAMPS
U-NEED-A CAFE — 2224 FEDERAL STREET
U-Need-A Cafe
St. Joseph's Church 1893–1943 Golden Jubilee Yearbook
Phone, Camden 10024
Longest Bar and Largest Beer in Town — Beer Direct from the Keg
U-NEED-A-CAFE — Dominic Guglielmi, Prop.
2224 FEDERAL STREET, CAMDEN, N.J.
Try Our Special 20¢ Spaghetti Platter — All Kinds of Sandwiches
U-Need-A Cafe — 1940s
U-Need-A Cafe interior — 1940s postcard
2224 Federal Street
2224 Federal Street — September 2003
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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book — 1943
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Established 1884
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The Origin of St. Joseph’s Parish—Continued
priest, took over March 6, 1897 and remained till September, 1899. Father Hendricks came for about one week, until the coming of the Reverend Doctor Joseph Rathner, September 17, 1899.
In July of 1892, there arrived in little Saint Joseph’s parish a man who was destined to spend the next 28 years of his life here. A saintly, scholarly, humorous, and sympathetic priest, he became in truest sense a shepherd of his flock, knowing and watching over it, his people knowing and following his leadership. Though he has been gone from the east side for more than 13 years, the memory of Father Anthony C. Shuvlin’s wisdom, erudition, and overflowing charity is still fresh and strong. He was priest and nurse during the flu epidemic, quiet sustainer of the underfed and ill-clothed all during his pastorate, but especially during the post-war slump and the trying days of the stock market crash. Creed or color never influenced his judgment of a man, and when he left, his departure was lamented by people of all races and creeds who came within range of his ministry.
In October, 1915, the old church at 25th and Howell Streets was badly damaged by fire, and the contract for repairs was awarded to James W. Draper at a cost of $3,987.00. While the building was being renovated, Mass was said in the old theater at 24th and Federal Streets.
Phone, Camden 10024
Longest Bar and Largest Beer in Town
Beer Direct from the Keg
U-NEED-A-CAFE
Dominic Guglielmi, Prop.
2224 FEDERAL STREET
CAMDEN, N. J.
Try Our Special 20c Spaghetti Platter
All Kinds of Sandwiches
Compliments of
LANG’S BAKERY
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ST. JOSEPH’S GOLDEN JUBILEE