The journal's advertisements which date from April 23, 1938 and celebrate the 4th Annual Ball of Sta

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Just as residents do, businesses come and go. Two journals from events, one in 1938 the other in 1942, give a snapshot of the many mom-and-pop customer reviews hotels and resorts shops that were once the heart and soul of retail business on the Island.
A party journal, dating from 1938, provides a list of businesses past in North Shore neighborhoods Virginia N. Sherry In 1942, the Dove Inn was located at this storefront at 534 Midland Ave., Midland Beach.
Taco Bell didn't always sit at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Van Duzer Street. And the Everything Goes Cafe in Tompkinsville wasn't even a twinkle customer reviews hotels and resorts in anyone's eye over 70 years ago. But that doesn't mean the land sat empty.
Thanks to a worn, but intact, red-covered customer reviews hotels and resorts journal that Port Richmond resident George Wallace shared last week, a partial picture emerges of commercial life along Victory Boulevard in Tompkinsville, Jersey Street in New Brighton, and major streets in Stapleton.
The journal's advertisements which date from April 23, 1938 and celebrate the 4th Annual Ball of Staten Island Coach Employees, members of Local 726 of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) make clear that these neighborhoods were hardly at a loss for places to eat, drink, and shop as the city emerged from the Great Depression.
In New Brighton, Vincent C. Savoca's Island Inn Bar and Grill, at 283 Jersey St., advertised steaks and chops, wines, and liquors. Up the street, Bovino's Caf , a bar and grill at 483 Jersey St., provided "tables for ladies."
Bill Grennan's Caf and Restaurant, at 55 Victory Blvd. in Tompkinsville, advertised itself as an establishment "where good fellows get together" and "friends meet, eat and drink." John Lees Tavern, at 164 Victory customer reviews hotels and resorts Blvd., was the place to stop "when you want a good drink." The Mirror Grill, at 400 Bay St. in Stapleton, was a place to dine and dance, and The Park Inn, at 222 Bay St. in Tompkinsville, a pizzeria, really customer reviews hotels and resorts maintained customer reviews hotels and resorts "ravioli customer reviews hotels and resorts our specialty."
On the East Shore, the Advance got a snapshot look at what was up and running 70 years ago, in 1942 five months after Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, World War II was raging, and Staten Island's population stood at about 175,000 people.
The journal was printed for the 8th Annual Ball of the Staten Island Coach Employees, held at Cromwell Center on May 9 of that year. It contained pages of advertisements from local businesses, many of them located on this side of Staten Island.
"Spend the summer at Graham's Beach, customer reviews hotels and resorts the children's paradise," read one such promo from the Graham-Slater Company, which rented furnished bungalows by the week, month, and season. The manager was noted as Frank J. Kilroy.