Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 25

The building that is now the Tap Room (south west corner of Bohemia Avenue and Second Street) was once a thriving bakery own by William Queck. It was also Brambles and for a long while the lower, attached part was Martin’s Tavern. In the early fifties a small restaurant was in the large, main building on the corner. The cook was Howard Carter, who served the best Chili I had ever tasted. Disobeying the rules, we high school students would sneak down there during lunch period so that we could eat Howard’s hot dogs, hamburgers, and Chili. He also served cokes and milk shakes. It was our half-hour gathering place. I played the pinball machine often, and ended up “tilting” it most of the time. The building was probably built in the mid-1800s. About 1915, when they were young boys, my father and Cousin John Sager used to play marbles in the alley right up against the bakery wall. John told me that they liked it there because it was warm and that they enjoyed the aroma from the baking bread. Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

  

Charles Queck with his bread wagon, circa 1895. Charles owned a bakery in Elkton and delivered his baked goods in the Elkton area. Can anyone identify the buildings in the background? Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.