It became a home-away-from-home for America's "greatest generation."
"Coming to you live from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Route 23, the Newark-Pompton Turnpike in Cedar Grove, New Jersey," said the announcer in those all-so-familiar radio broadcasts beamed at home and abroad.
This is where Frank Sinatra sang with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the age of swing and the big bands. Glenn Miller. Harry James. Kay Kyser. All played here, and more...