Tag: Donkeys Place
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Robert L. Lucas
Robert Lee “Bob” Lucas was the son of Alice and Leon “Donkey” Lucas, later assuming responsibility for operations of Donkeys Place.
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Leon Lucas
LEON LUCAS was born in Camden, New Jersey on September 4, 1901, and in addition to being an Olympic boxer, he founded a well-known South Jersey restaurant.
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Camden landmark does one thing – and does it right
Donkey’s Place, a bar and cheesesteak landmark on Haddon Avenue, is alive and well after 61 years of operation by the Lucas family.
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Donkey’s Place is a Stubborn Survivor, and so is its Cheesesteak
Philadelphia Inquirer – July 11, 2004 By Rick Nichols, Inquirer Columnist It is a bit of Camden in amber now, Donkey’s Place is, or maybe a shrine – the dingy bar hung with photos of the founder, his dukes perpetually up; the grill steaming with steaks and onions; the back room still swathed in the…
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In Camden, A Neighborhood Bar with The Works
Her sister-in-law, Elsie Lucas, 40, of Medford, chimed in with a story about how, when she was visiting Italy a few years ago, an American woman spotted her.