Ahead of the 2018 summer season, Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper, Madison Marquette has announced a new addition to the local team and that all of its container pop up tenants will return.  Project Director George Ladyman announced the hire of Jennifer Star, who will take on the role of senior leasing representative. “As a Monmouth […]

In honor of International Women’s Day we spotlight a new addition to Asbury Park’s entrepreneurial pool. Breana Van Rye, 32, is a Bergen County native who opened Proven Poke [pronounced po-kay] on Cookman Avenue. The woman that most influenced this corporate woman by day, restaurateur by night – her mother Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Van Rye. “She’s […]

A new concert series along the Asbury Park boardwalk launches next week. MOGO, Korean Fusion Tacos, and the Lakehouse Music Academy are coming together to present “Asbury Park Live,” a free weekly summer concert series. The concerts are held 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays on the First Avenue greenspace next to MOGO’s pop up site. […]

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 […]

Downtown Asbury Park restaurant Munch closed Friday after seven years at 632 Cookman Ave., and the owners of Mogo, the Korean taco stand on the boardwalk, have plans to take over the space. Kendan “Ken” Lee has plans to sell the lease and all of the equipment in Munch to Mogo co-owners Jay Devino and […]

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 […]

The owners of Mogo, the Korean taco pop-up on the Asbury boardwalk, have applied for a special permit to sponsor Friday beach bonfires this summer. “We are looking to continue the bonfire tradition,” said Jay Devino, co-owner of Mogo [at far right with his business partner Sam Chung]. Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette sponsored the weekly […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for both […]