Green awareness continues to spread as Porta joins in Earth Day events happening across the city. At 11:30 a.m. Saturday a Pop-up Bazaar kicks off in Porta’s National Park, located at 911 Kingsley St. The event features a guided meditation and pay-what-you-want pie campaign, in support of the New Jersey Sierra Club. There will be live […]

The Philly-Asbury connection continues as Smith moves to open branches of their Porta and Brickwall Tavern eateries on Chestnut Street in the east side of Center City, according to a Philly.com article by staff writer Michael Klein. Smith landed in Asbury Park in 1996 as Knockout. Their flagship restaurant Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room opened […]

Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room back of house staff will walk out Thursday with the full support of the venue owners. Held in solidarity with the national ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ movement, the walkout is part of Smith’s continued support of the social movements sparked following the 2016 presidential elections. Smith is the group that […]

Vegan restaurant Goldie’s will shut its doors after service on Sunday. The eatery is one of the four restaurants in Asbury Park owned and operated by Smith Group. The high-end restaurant with exposed kitchen opened the in the summer of 2013 as New Jersey’s first vegan restaurant with a liquor license, as previously reported in the […]

A local group of entrepreneurs that own several successful restaurants in Asbury Park will grand open their fifth venture in the city, Pascal & Sabine, Friday night. Pascal & Sabine takes its name from two characters in Albert Lamorisse’s fantasy featurette, “The Red Balloon”, according to Mark Hinchliffe, spokesperson for Smith, a partnership of local investors. Smith […]