Back to the Future - Then vs. Now

A Morristown Scoop Series - Look how Morris Street in Morristown has changed over the decades.

December 31, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Hardware or Bagels?

So many of you are going to remember this one: the hardware store on Morris street right across from the 🚉 train station? And if you look closely, you’ll see the famous Pete’s Tavern which many of us use to enjoy as the local dive bar and best spot in town for pizza 🍕 .

In the updated picture, you’ll see the blue frame and the doors leading to the upstairs apartments seem unchanged in the main building, although Morristown Bagels and Deli 🥯 have taken over the space. Mediterranean Grill has replaced Pete’s, and the 7-Eleven which was completed in early 2024 has taken over the corner lot where the Exxon gas station used to be.

📍 123 Morris Street, Morristown, NJ 📅Unknown (1990’s?)

📍12 Morris Street, Morristown, NJ 📅 2024

Unfortunately I never had the chance to visit the old Hardware Store (can anyone provide the actual name of the store?). Pete’s was a place we frequented when a Friday night craving for pizza hit.

“Old buildings are like a book. You can open it and read the history of a place, of a people, of a civilization. The more things change, the more they remain the same.”

- Richard Henriquez