Martin's Bar occupied 732 Morgan Boulevard, one of the stores in the strip shopping center at the corner of South 8th Street and Morgan Street.  Martin's Bar appears to have first opened for business sometime between 1956 and 1959, when it appears in the New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory.

Martin Ginsburg was the Martin for whom the bar was named. He appears in the 1947 Camden City Directory as a salesman, living with his wife Blanche at 1404 Park Boulevard in the Parkside section of Camden, a short walk from Camden High School, Farnham Park, and Congregation Beth El. The Ginsburg's remained in Camden through 1959. By 1970 they had moved to 1 MacArthur Boulevard in Westmont NJ. The Ginsburg's are not listed in the 1977 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory, but the bar, which had previously appeared under Martin Ginsburg's name, is listed as Martin's Bar. 

Martin's Bar would remain at 732 Morgan Street until around 2001, when it relocated to 2461 South 7th Street, the former home of the 14th Ward Democratic Club, just a few hundred feet from Martin's original location. 

In February of 2002 a shooting took place outside of the new Martin's Bar. This may have led to an apparent change of ownership, as by the summer of 2003 the building at 2461 South 7th Street was trading as A.J.'s Touch of Class Lounge.

Another View
of
732 Morgan Boulevard

The Original Martin's Bar

November 22, 2003

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The second Martin's Bar at 2461 South 7th Street
As seen from the original bar -  November 22, 2003