After more than a decade, Asbury Park’s “home of retro and modern fashion” is leaving town. By the end of September, Susan “Suzi” Kandel and Allan Pollack will soon pack up the wares at Allan and Suzi to head back north, making their flagship New York store their only location once again. Kandel and Pollack […]

A new high-end clothing and consignment store recently opened its doors in Asbury Park. “Fly Standards” sells “urban street wear, surf wear and skate wear” according to co-owner Chris Valdes. The store’s name comes from an urban reference that defines something being cool as “fly.” “It’s a lifestyle boutique,” Valdes said. Valdes, 25, from Marlboro, […]

A downtown tavern is set to expand upward. The Bond Street Bar will add upstairs seating and rooftop bar by summer 2014, owner Pat Fasano said today. The first floor has operated as a bar with a food menu for about two years, Fasano said. The bar and picnic-style table on the first floor tend […]

The owners of popular Asbury restaurants Brickwall and Porta will open a new vegan restaurant called Goldie’s on Cookman Avenue this summer. The group received approval at the April 3 council meeting for extension of the Brickwall’s liquor license, which also covers the adjoining Annex bar. This will make Goldie’s the only vegan restaurant with […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight, with a workshop session beginning at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. prior to the public meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for both […]

A popular breakfast-and-lunch restaurant is set to reopen in May with new owners. Colonel’s Kissing Booth, on Summerfield Avenue and Emory Street, closed its doors last fall, partially due to revenue lost after Hurricane Sandy. But four of its former customers — Stephanie Hunnell, Richard Hunnell, David Napoliello and Rich Dutton — decided to buy […]

APVibe and downtown businesses are celebrating a milestone this week — a new website devoted to informing visitors about events and activities in downtown Asbury Park. Started by Morgan Sackman [pictured, from left] and Rose Crean, APVibe is a marketing campaign intended to promote downtown Asbury Park as a dining and cultural destination. Both Crean […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I have lived on Cookman Avenue in downtown Asbury Park for three years. Every year, I look forward to spring and summer and the wonderful weather that they bring. Prior to moving here, I grew up in the neighboring town of Ocean Township. The part I cringe about is the […]

Two Asbury transplants are looking to promote the downtown with a new marketing plan called APVibe. Morgan Sackman [pictured above, from left] and Rose Crean, who work for Sackman Enterprises, started APVibe as a side project, but it’s lately been their main focus. Sackman and Crean realize small business owners often don’t have time for […]

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts [SICA] will close the doors of its Asbury Park facility at the end of January, according to the president of its board of trustees. “As of January 31, 2013, SICA will no longer continue to operate out of our existing facility on Lake and Cookman Avenues in Asbury […]