Philip Mistichelli (also known as Philip Mitchell) had emigrated to America from Italy in 1913. By 1920 he was married with two sons, and working at one of Camden's shipyards. He acquired the bar at 1402 Broadway after the repeal of prohibition, and operated it as Philip's Cafe though at least 1959. By 1966 the bar had been sold, and was renamed Joe Herman's Bar. A Joseph F. Rubino applied for a liquor license in 1967 trading as Joe Herman's Bar- he may have been "Joe Herman" Joe Herman's Bar remains open in 2006. 

Curiously, the telephone books have always recorded this bar as being Herman Joe's Bar. Go figure!

February 11, 2003

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