A cross country trip while dating led to the creation of Taste of Asbury Food Tours, the new venture by Bonnie and Justin Brown of Wanamassa. “We went on a cross country four years ago and did a food tour while visiting Seattle,” said Bonnie Brown. “I had never heard of a food tour. We […]

Two former colleagues who shared a love for Korean food launched a pop up fusion taco stand along the Asbury Park boardwalk five years ago. Today that pop up summer business has grown into a year round eatery and will be expanding further by the launch of the 2017 summer season. Asbury Park resident Jason […]

Held every Wednesday evening from 7 to 10 p.m., the Asbury Park Live family-friendly outdoor concert series returns June 22 to First Avenue Greenspace at the corner of First and Ocean avenues. The free 10-concert series, held next to MOGO Korean Fusion Tacos at 850 Ocean Ave., features a diverse lineup of talent performing their […]

At 11 a.m. on Dec. 14, Mogo’s co-owners will open the doors of their new Cookman Avenue location and start serving Korean tacos for the first time over the winter months. Co-owners Sam Chung and Jay Devino [shown above, respectively] have operated their Korean taco pop-up stand on the boardwalk for the past few years. After […]

The owners of Mogo, the Korean taco pop-up on the Asbury Park boardwalk, must find a private contractor to transport firewood onto the beach and perform cleanup if they are to host the weekly Friday night bonfires. Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette had sponsored the event in past years, but declined to do so this season. […]

The owners of Mogo, the Korean taco pop-up on the Asbury boardwalk, are still unsure when weekly bonfires will begin. “We are still trying to figure out the logistics of utilizing [Department of Public Works] sources,” said Sam Chung, co-owner of Mogo. “Next week is crazy because it is the Fourth [of July], but we […]

The owners of Mogo, the Korean taco pop-up on the Asbury boardwalk, have received approval to hold beach bonfires every Friday until the end of September. Their special event application to reserve the dates was passed by the City Council on Wednesday. The vote was 5-0. When the actual bonfires will start is still up in […]

In an Asbury Park version of the traditional hot dog-eating contests found in places like Coney Island, the owners of MOGO Korean Tacos on the boardwalk have announced the winner of the First Annual Korean taco-eating contest. He’s Stephen Farley [pictured above, far left] of North Brunswick, who consumed nine Korean tacos in 12 minutes, […]