STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. —Port Richmond has lost a beloved figure, but Tommy Hanrahan’s neighborhood establishment, Buddy’s Wonder Bar, continues to serve the community he cherished. Hanrahan, who owned the bar for 56 years after purchasing it when he was just 22, was known as a character and stable presence in the Port Richmond community.
Hanrahan was 78 when he died on June 21 after a brief illness.
“He was kind of known in the community for having a heart of gold, like the kind of guy who’d give you the shirt off his back,” said “Little Tommy,” one of Hanrahan’s two sons.
He and his brother Joe have taken over the business…