Ok, so friends of ours insist that Uncle Joe's was bought, is open for the last time tonight, and is giving away all their beer. I can't vouch for whether this is true, but I'm going over there around 9:30 or 10 to find out. FAFP anyone?
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)
Uncle's Joe's myspace message:
I am no more.
Body: Unfortunatly Uncle Joes has been sold and shut down. This is a sad day for Jersey City.
I have just been informed that there will be one last party here tonight. Most of the liquor is gone but there is really, really, really cheap tap beer ; )
We will be putting back the PA system in for one last night so that the DJ can rock you out one last time. Hope to see you there.
Drink me dry.
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)
So that was LAST night, eh? Friggin' UK datestamp... I'd never gone, I know it was something of an FMU hangout.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)
Eh, it wasn't the greatest bar ever, but it had some character. It was also a block from my house. It was also the only goddamned place in this goddamned town that actually had bands.
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
Didn't that guy cdwilliams work there? I haven't noticed him on the board in a while. Chris, if you're out there, what are you doing now?
― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 8 May 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)
three months pass...
Group of squatters is chased from a condemned bar
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
A group of squatters occupying a shuttered Downtown bar were kicked out by city officials yesterday, reports said.
Uncle Joe's Bar, on First Street off Marin Boulevard, was closed several months ago after building inspectors determined the building was unsafe, reports said, and last week it was condemned, officials said.
City officials were tipped yesterday that squatters were occupying the building, Fire Department Deputy Director Jerome Cala said, and when inspectors arrived they saw several people run out of the building. One man stayed behind and argued with inspectors, but fled when police showed up, Cala said.
The squatters were apparently using an illegal hookup to a PSE&G pole to steal electricity, Cala said. The hookup was disconnected yesterday by PSE&G workers, Cala said.
The bank that now owns the building also was contacted and told it must secure the building, Cala said.
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 1 September 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)
I never heard anything about it having been closed because of fire safety issues. I was just told (by employees) that the owner wanted to sell it.
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 1 September 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)