Wardach's Cafe
Wardach’s Tavern, also known as Wardach’s Cafe, operated for many years on Rose Street in the Whitman Park section of Camden NJ. Opened shortly after the 1934 repeal of Prohibition by Polish immigrant Joseph Wardach, the bar was operated from the late 1950s through the late 1970s by Hank Wardach.
While the Camden City Directory for 1947 lists the tavern at 1460 Rose Street (the corner of Rose and Whitman Streets), the bar actually was located at 1448 Rose Street, the corner of Rose and Lansdowne Avenue.
Joseph Wardach was born in Poland on March 18, 1892. He had married his wife Blanche prior to 1920. When he retired, his son, Hank Wardach, took over the bar. Joseph Wardach passed away in June of 1978.
Hank Wardach resided at the bar’s address through at least 1977. He later moved to Bellmawr NJ. He passed away May 30, 1996 at the age of 62.
Photos
Wardach’s Cafe at Rose and Lansdowne Avenue — October 5, 2003
Wardach’s Cafe at Rose and Lansdowne Avenue — photographed around 2000
Saloonkeeper Nabbed in Sunday Violation
Camden Courier-Post —
Charged with selling liquor on Sunday in violation of a city ordinance, Joseph Wardach, 43, was arrested last night in his saloon at Rose Street and Lansdowne Avenue by Sergeant John Garrity. He was released in $500 bail for a hearing in police court today.
Two men, who, Garrity said, were at the bar drinking when the policeman entered, were held as material witnesses. They are Michael Cupreys, 48, of 1450 Louis Street, and Dimitri Skoruk, 54, of 1274 Lansdowne Avenue.
Garrity, who was in plain clothes, said he watched the saloon for more than two hours during which he saw about 20 men pass in and out of the place.