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Asbury Park

Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten Celebrates Two Years

Saturday patrons receive gifts ranging from t-shirts to $200 meal

By Michelle Gladden


Celebrating their two year anniversary, Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten kicked off Saturday with a gift to all its patrons. The Jersey Shore’s first truly authentic Austro-Hungarian biergarten opened its doors at the corner of Lake Avenue and Emory Street February 2015. Immediately, lines of patrons waiting to get in on weekends were a regular occurrence, […]

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Feb 04, 2017
Asbury Park

Downtown chowder house owners settle on a name

By winter 2015, get ready to enter 'The Bonney Read'

By Jill Bartlett


Owners of the chowder house and oyster bar planned for the former Baca space have selected a name for the restaurant: The Bonney Read. Playing on a nautical theme — since they will offer fresh fish, creamy chowders and a rotating variety of oysters — the name combines the first and last name of two well-known […]

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Nov 07, 2014