Fifty days ago the all-volunteer Holiday Express set out to celebrate its 25th anniversary by performing and spreading the season’s cheer at a record breaking 100 events. On Christmas Eve that mission was accomplished when the team landed at St. John’s Soup Kitchen in Newark. Founded by restaurateur Tim McLoone, Holiday Express is comprised of […]

Holiday Express has an edict of spreading human kindness that is based in simplicity but was born from desperation. “For me personally it’s been transformative,” said Tim McLoone, who created the nonprofit 25 years ago. “I’m honest with people about this – it came from a dark place for me. I just did not want […]

The Robinson Ale House is nearing its finish line. The revamped local eatery by restaurateur Tim McLoone is located in the iconic Howard Johnson’s structure, downstairs from his Tim McLoones Supper Club. A new niche has been created – boasting a lighter decor, akin to a rustic beach style, and a new menu boasting everything […]

Asbury Park native Jerry Carter, 52, attended this weekend’s Jersey Shore Rescue Mission Coat Drive on Main Street, not to get a coat but to for a hot meal and the duffle bag filled with toiletries donated by partnering nonprofit Holiday Express. “I live day by day,” Carter [at right] said. “This helps me and […]

[UPDATE: The Sun received comments from Scott DeFife, executive vice president of policy and government affairs for the National Restaurant Association, after the article was originally published. His statements have been included in this version of the article.]   The state minimum wage for hourly workers increased a dollar this year to $8.25 per hour, […]

The Asbury Park boardwalk should open by Saturday, May 18, Mayor Ed Johnson [pictured at right] announced at a press conference at Stella Marina Friday afternoon — as long as the weather holds out. “We’re not going to have [the especially snowy winter we had two years ago],” Johnson joked. “We’re hoping for last winter.” […]

Area restaurateur Tim McLoone hosted his radio show at his Asbury Park Boardwalk eatery yesterday, and hopes to make it a weekly tradition. McLoone started the show on Nov. 29, but because of damage to McLoone’s Supper Club on the boardwalk due to Hurricane Sandy, this was the first week he was able to hold […]

Picking up where they left off before Hurricane Sandy, Tim McLoone and his band “The Shirleys” reopened McLoone’s Supper Club Saturday night with the last two songs they played before the October 29 storm shut down the Asbury Park boardwalk. “So where were we?” joked McLoone [at top] as he sat down at the piano […]

McLoone’s Asbury Grille will be the first business to reopen on the boardwalk after Hurricane Sandy when its doors open at 4 p.m. for dinner on Thursday, according to Tim McMahon, vice president for operations at McLoone Enterprises. The restaurant will resume normal operations on Friday. It will then be open for lunch and dinner […]

In a key step toward reopening businesses on the boardwalk, electric power was restored to three oceanfront pavilions on Monday. For the first time since Hurricane Sandy, the lights were on at McLoone’s Asbury Grille in the Fifth Avenue pavilion as shown at top last night. Also turned on were the Ocean Ave. streetlights from […]