In these parts, it’s ‘Let’s eat!’ | From the editor
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
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Hi Neighbor,
Back in journalism’s Dark Ages, the pre-1990s, when newspapers were only printed on paper and didn’t appear magically on your phone, journalists were in the dark, too.
Before the snide comments come flying – “You’re still in the dark you
[insert degrading
adjective here] know-nothing
[Pick one: left-wing liberal, right-wing conservative] blowhard” – what I mean is we were in the dark about what people wanted to read.
The Advance landed on your doorstep every day, you read what appealed to you, and we had little way of knowing.
Vintage photos of the rich and famous who graced the shores of our borough | Time Capsule: Staten Island
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
1960: From the Terrace was playing at the Fox Theater, which was in New Dorp, and starred Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, real life husband and wife. This was their third picture together and an adaption of the explosive John O Hara novel. Academy Award wining actor Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, started out in an apartment in St. George. The two lived in the Ambassador Arms building.
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It’s no secret the roster of famous Staten Islanders include politicians, literary figures, musicians, sports heroes, comedians, actors and singers, artists, clergy and religious as well as all types of business entrepreneurs.
Step back in time with some of the borough’s most popular vintage restaurants | Time Capsule: Staten Island
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
1992: Miss Staten Island. At the Historic Old Bermuda Inn in Rossville are from left, Vinnie Picciotto of the former Windjammer Restaurant on Mansion Avenue, Great Kills; Elizabeth Solazzo, executive director; contestants Maria Somma and Christina Klein, and Joseph Labita, president of the Board of Directors (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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Though we are in the middle of a pandemic and South Shore restaurants are open for outside dining and take-out only, Staten Island can nonetheless boast of its classic restaurants, casual eateries, coal-fired pizzerias and a number of neighborhood taverns and pubs that serve up their own signature dishes.