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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
Posts: 29,881
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The Chatterbox is officially gone
It was a 50s 60s themed drive-n, hosted bike nights and occasionally had car hops. Now it's a WaWa.
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: the border between the states of inebriation & confusion
Posts: 2,037
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Yes, it is closed - it happened a while ago. The demolition was March 2021, I believe.
It was quite the local news item: https://patch.com/new-jersey/hopatcong-sparta/famed-nj-drive-restaurant-chatterbox-closing-wawa https://www.njherald.com/story/news/2021/01/07/chatterbox-sold-popular-restaurant-demolished-make-room-wawa/6563830002/ https://www.nj.com/news/2021/03/iconic-drive-in-restaurant-demolished-to-make-way-for-a-new-wawa.html |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
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That sucks big time!
![]() ![]() Loved that place. Was real upset when I heard they were closing down. .
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It was special to me in that one of the owner's ran a hometown drive in called Johnny and Hanges back in Paterson. It was a real American Graffitti kind of place. Burgers, fries, hot dogs and shakes. Rock and roll in the parking lot every Friday and Saturday night.
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