Louise & Jerry's Tavern

When it was first built in the 1880’s, it was a hotel. Then, my Aunt Louise and Uncle Jerry rented it in 1958. At the time, it was a Dutch sailor’s bar called The Old Neerlandia. It was basically a planks-on-barrels bar with a potbelly stove in the back.

So my aunt and uncle bought the bar from the Schaeffer’s family and wheeled it into Louise & Jerry’s on dollys. In fact, my uncle was the bartender by himself until he developed a heart condition, which hurt his ability to keep working.

Eventually, my father, Anthony 'Rocky' Romano took over the bar and made some changes such as adding cable, an ice machine, and air conditioning.