The weather cooperated, lending to a record breaking number of attendees during Sunday’s Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Set against a landscape of bustling redevelopment along the waterfront and downtown, the parade drew a record number of participants and onlookers. “Its gets bigger every year and the weather really helped out,” event founder Garrett […]

There’s a ‘Secret Santa’ running around town distributing $100 gift cards to Asbury Park students. This England born Santa has an Irish heritage and runs a little pub called Johnny Mac House of Spirits, located on Main Street in Asbury Park. With his wife Mary in tow, John McGillion spent the week shopping for the […]

The Cameo Bar has closed after nearly 50 years operating on Main Street. Asbury Park entrepreneur John McGillion, owner of Johnny Mac House of Spirits on Main Street, confirmed the landmark art deco structure on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues [shown at right] saw its last night of service Tuesday. Within the weeks ahead, McGillion […]

John McGillion, owner of Johnny Mac House of Spirits on Main Street, is under contract to add another liquor establishment to his portfolio of Asbury Park properties. McGillion has bought the Cameo bar, housed in a landmark art deco structure on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues, he said. The closing of title on […]

John McGillion’s newest Asbury Park addition is being named Candy Bar, announced at a bar-naming party on Wednesday, Oct. 17. McGillion owns Johnny Mac’s tavern on Main Street between Cookman and Mattison avenues, as well as several bars in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He held a bar-naming contest, promising $500 to the winner, to name the […]