When Dean LaSasso opened his Italian specialty food venue along Main Street in Asbury Park 13 years ago, it was for the convenient location and the hope that it would help bring progress to the downtown area. Today, the Dino’s on Main Marketplace owner says the neighborhood is suffering the abuse of weekend bar patrons […]

An amended resolution adopted by the Asbury City Council this month removes restrictions placed on the House of Independents liquor license. The liquor license, valid for the Cookman Avenue entertainment venue as well as the Lake Avenue Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten, called for off duty police officers to be stationed at the venues during certain […]

To help reduce parking frustrations in the downtown corridor, Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten has established its own four-pronged parking plan that asks patrons to leave the car at home. “While parking in Asbury can be frustrating it is a clear sign of the long-awaited revitalization of our ‘City by the Sea,” said Festhalle Managing Partner […]

Two partners of the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten are on their way to securing a second business in Asbury Park — Baca Sushi Bar and Sports Lounge. Andrej Ivanov and Ladiflav Sebestyen, also business partners in Hoboken’s Pilsener House and Biergarten, have “fallen in love with the historic gateway location where Baca has been suffering from […]

A city official has commented on a social media site that the $400,000 sewer connection fee calculated for the Asbury Park Festhalle and Biergarden is inaccurate. “The $400,000 potential fee for the Beer Garden is not currently and never was accurate [too high],” said City Engineer Joe Cunha on a Asbury Park Nextdoor.com post about […]

A $400,000 sewer connection fee has caused construction to cease at the Asbury Park Festhalle and Beergarden site. Jennifer Lampert, a resident of Deal Lake Drive and partner in the two-story restaurant and beer garden slated for the corner of Lake Avenue and Press Plaza, brought her concerns about the future of the project in […]