Stella Maris Bait & Tackle

Stella Maris Bait & Tackle 🐟shop on Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn is permanently closed.

This family-owned shop was founded by the Lauro brothers in 1947. The six brothers even built their own docks, piers, bulkheads & buildings along the their land using driftwood they collected from their rowboats.

In addition to selling bait and tackle, Stella Maris also rented out rowboats handmade by the brothers and crafted their own fishing supplies including nets.

We loved this storefront with its vintage Coca-Cola privilege sign and its glass bricks and included our photo of it in our book “Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present”.

Pearl Diner, one of New York City’s last free-standing diners has sadly closed its doors after 64 years in business.

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Dublin House, on W 79th St in the Upper West Side

Dublin House, on W 79th St in the Upper West Side, is owned by longtime bartender Mike Cormican, who hails from Ireland . It is a great place to have a beer and watch sports. Mets pennants line the bar as Dublin House is known as being a huge Mets supporter.

Dublin House is one of the many bars we included in our book “Great Bars of New York City”.

Let us know if you have been to this historic Irish pub & share your stories with us.

After the storm, NYC

 

Satellite Records on the Bowery was founded in 1994 by Scott Richmond and became one of the best spots for DJs, collectors and club regulars to dig for dance music including house, techno, drum & bass, and trance.

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Niagara, the legendary East Village dive bar located on the corner of Ave A & East 7th St holds a special place in music history as the birthplace of the New York Hardcore scene.

 

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Rough Trade, NYC

Rough Trade, the iconic indie record store, which was founded in West London in 1976, has a large shop which opened in 2021 within the Rockefeller Center complex in Midtown Manhattan. 

Rough Trade is one of the fabulous independent record shops which we feature in our new book “Vinyl NYC: 33 1/3 of the Best Record Stores Across All Five Boroughs”.