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Welcome. NDCCA is proud to celebrate the rich history of
our community with this history page. We'll be updating this
page continuously with special articles on different aspects of New Dorp's
past.
This month's feature:
Restaurants of New Dorp
It’s not a stretch of the imagination to call New Dorp
Lane “Restaurant Row”. As a matter of fact, the town of New Dorp has
been a diner’s delight for generations with establishments such as Bacci’s
Chop House and Cocktail Lounge (now La Strada), Taste of
India (formerly Marty’s Luncheonette), and King Chef,
although a better name might have been “The Old Post Office”.
You don’t have to be an old-timer to remember when Nouveau
was Pennyfeathers or Evvia was Rick’s Titanic or
the long-running Chinatown. Levy’s Station Tavern is now
the site of the American Cancer Society. Toto’s, that sadly
closed this summer, had originally been the Three Jays, and is now
reincarnated as Crown Palace.
If your taste or pocketbook called for something simpler,
there were a variety of fast food places, although that term wasn’t in
vogue when they were popular. Does anyone remember the Dutch Treat
at New Dorp Lane and Hylan Boulevard that specialized in
chicken-in-the-basket or the nearby New Dorp Custard Stand? I have
been told it was in the shape of an iceberg.
For a change of pace, there were numerous luncheonettes and soda
fountains, among them the afore-mentioned Marty’s. Gerace’s Nut
Shop was across the street and May’s Luncheonette was next to
Bacci’s Chop House. LeMole’s and Grennie’s
pharmacies were known for their ice cream confections.
The diner is a long-time establishment, but before that
there was a lunch wagon on the corner of New Dorp Lane and Tenth Street,
now the site of the Staten Island Savings Bank parking lot.
If you were willing to travel to the beach you could dine
at Marconi’s. It was in back of a grape arbor at Ebbitts Street
and Mill Road, which were dirt roads back then. In addition to good food,
Marconi’s had an old-world atmosphere and a large electric sign that
could be seen from Hylan Boulevard.
Not too far away on Hylan Boulevard was the well-known Tavern on the
Green. At one time it had been the clubhouse for the Tysens Manor Golf
Course, it is now the site of the “new” Post Office.
Across the street from the Tavern was Bacci’s Charcoal Haven.
Their flame-broiled hamburgers were a new taste sensation and very
popular. The original building still stands as part of Bistro’s.
Do you have any memories about the above eating places you would like to
share with us? Are there others you remember?
What was your favorite restaurant?
Send your comments to us at ndcca@excite.com
or mail them to: New Dorp Central Civic Association P.O.Box 060245, Staten
Island, New York 10306-0003