Epstein's, Cutter's, More: Which Morristown Businesses Would You Bring Back?

MORRISTOWN, NJ — In the words of the 1980s power ballad, you don't know what you got till it's gone. This can easily apply to local businesses, as recent Patch discussions had readers longing for Greater Morristown's stores and restaurants of the past.

Morristown Patch and Morris Township-Morris Plains Patch asked readers the following: If you could bring back one local business that closed in town (it doesn't matter how long ago), which would it be?

Some of the responses included recent closures, such as Century 21, which shut down in December 2020 as the chain declared bankruptcy. Others remembered blasts from the past, such as the Epstein's department store.

Here were some of the answers to Patch's prompt:

• "Olive Lucy’s…lively atmosphere."
• "High street Cafe. I still miss it all these decades later. And in more recent history, The Morristown Deli."
• "The sugar pine shop, eptein's, bamburgers, and Pete's pizza oh also cutles grill , they made the best veal parmesean."
• "Pete’s!!!! And Pazzo Pazzo for their awesome outdoor space."
• "Epsteins Jodo Macys and Cutters where I had my first date with my late husband 45 years ago."
• "La Campanga, best Italian restaurant in town."
• "Of course Epsteins, and there was a unique place called Khiva for Mongolian BBQ."
• "Epstein’s, Woolworth, August Moon, Mayflower, Tibs, Gap, Calaloo….actually just bring everything back and make it the town it used to be. That’d be so nice."
• "Absolutely everything from the 60s."
• "Jodo Gift Shop, Morristown Pancake House, Ginty’s, Gap, Scotti’s."
• "Impossible to pick just one. Of course, Epsteins and Macys, Goffins, Jodo, NY Tea Garden and the Mayflower and August Moon, Sugar Pine Shop, basically all of the retail that has been driven out by the high rents."
• "Century 21 & Market Taverne."
• "Hennessey’s, Ginty’s Irish Gifts, Morristown Book Shop, The Town Mouse, Pier One, Jos. A. Banks."
• "Any store on the leg of the Green that is totally empty! Let’s fill those before we tear down more beautiful spaces!"
• "Max’s Army & Navy."
• "Hamburger Depot."

Which shuttered Greater Morristown business would you bring back? Comment below, or join the conversation on the Morristown Patch or Morris Township-Morris Plains Patch Facebook pages.

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