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Maryann Ignatz never figured on being part of the family business. She wasn't allowed in the place. A taproom filled with railroaders and foundry men was no place for a young woman in the 1950s and 60s. "You could come in with your wife but there was never women hanging around here," said Ignatz, whose great-grandfather established Steve's Cafe at 766 S. Main St. in Phillipsburg in 1915. "It was a working man's bar." Things changed in 1977 when Ignatz's father Steve — the third-generation owner — was stricken and died at age 64. Maryann Ignatz gave up her teaching job in the Easton Area School District and with her mother, Mary, took over the place that survived the Great Depression, Prohibition and the retreat of manufacturing jobs from the proud, blue-collar town in Warren County. Click here to read the article.
Maryann Ignatz never figured on being part of the family business. She wasn't allowed in the place.
A taproom filled with railroaders and foundry men was no place for a young woman in the 1950s and 60s.
"You could come in with your wife but there was never women hanging around here," said Ignatz, whose great-grandfather established Steve's Cafe at 766 S. Main St. in Phillipsburg in 1915. "It was a working man's bar."
Things changed in 1977 when Ignatz's father Steve — the third-generation owner — was stricken and died at age 64.
Maryann Ignatz gave up her teaching job in the Easton Area School District and with her mother, Mary, took over the place that survived the Great Depression, Prohibition and the retreat of manufacturing jobs from the proud, blue-collar town in Warren County.
Click here to read the article.