Internationally acclaimed Chef David Burke brings his culinary mastery to Asbury Park with Asbury Kitchen by David Burke, a pop-up restaurant at the former site of Modine on Mattison Avenue. A mid-August opening is scheduled.  The restaurant will have outdoor dining seven nights a week for dinner from 4 – 10 p.m., also included will be a happy hour […]

Community activists in Asbury Park have embarked on a new project: Establishing volunteer Community Public Safety Units.  The goal is to “respond to nonviolent community problems/issues in the moment they occur and for us to come to de-escalate issues before they become bigger problems,” according to Derek Minno-Bloom, one of the organizers of the effort.  Those […]

Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn (above), Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton, and Councilwoman Eileen Chapman announced today that they will be seeking four-year terms on the Asbury Park City Council in this November’s election. All three were previously elected in 2016 and will be running again as the Asbury Together ticket.  In a news release, the […]

Look for an August opening at the Deal Lake Bar + Co where owners Phil Villapiano, Jr., Greg Bartz and Andrea Pappas are ready to host patrons at the scenic lakefront location overlooking Asbury Park and Loch Arbour.  As for the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Villapiano says there’s a silver lining in that […]

Veteran vegan restauranteur Omer Basatemur has opened his second location on Lake Avenue in the Lakehouse building, making it the only all-vegan eating establishment in Asbury Park.  “Kaya’s Cafe is a satellite location of our restaurant in Belmar (Kaya’s Kitchen), with a menu more aimed at ‘on the go’ style cuisine,” Basatemur said.  Opening a […]

With the 50th anniversary of the Asbury Park riots, there’s a timely showing of the documentary “Asbury Park: Riot Redemption Rock & Roll” airing this Sunday, July 5 at 10 pm on NJTV. The documentary, directed by Tom Jones, chronicles the role of music in helping to unite the community in the years that followed. […]

Asbury Park Mayor John Moor, along with City Council, and waterfront master redeveloper iStar celebrated the unveiling this morning of the reconstruction project of the north end boardwalk. With a design that was years in the making, the new boardwalk on the north end includes 1,200 linear feet (LF) of straight wooden boardwalk measuring from […]

The Justice for George Floyd protest attracted throngs of people to the center of Asbury Park, with rally speakers addressing the crowd from the steps of the post office next to the municipal complex. Participants spilled out onto the adjacent streets. On the section of Main Street lined on both sides with protesters, vehicles that […]

The Asbury hotel begins its road back from the Covid-19 pandemic with a reopening for room reservations starting on June 25.  “The Asbury will reopen for hotel room reservations on June 25th with limited availability,” said David Bowd, founder and chief executive of Salt Hotels, which operates the hotel for waterfront redeveloper iStar.  “We will […]

In an effort to mitigate the economic impact on small businesses in Asbury Park due to the Covid-19 pandemic, waterfront redeveloper iStar is implementing a “small business support initiative.” Under the initiative, IStar this week will distribute $75,000 to 20 small businesses and non-profit organizations in the form of grants or advance payment for future […]