Weeks after Money magazine named Asbury Park the second best beach in nation, the city landed once again on the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Award list. The small Jersey Shore City also won accolades from New Jersey Monthly and US News and World Report.   The small beach community is ranked No. 3 on […]

Partnerships between the city’s creative minds will result in a fall celebration for all the senses. The popular Asbury Park Underground, slated for Oct. 15 and 16 is being held in conjunction with Harvest Fest and Asbury Bites, organizers announced Monday. Asbury Underground, a series of free acoustic pop-up sets held throughout the city’s downtown […]

When The Complex [below right] readied to open last month, the audio sound system they had spent thousands to incorporate at the Italian Capitoline, Mexican fare La Loteria, and downstairs hangout The Basement, fell short of what the city’s code outlines. At the time Fasano said the costly sound mitigation requirements were not implemented at […]

Where has the music gone? Businesses in Asbury Park’s Central Business District recently received a letter instructing them that Asbury Park requires a sound mitigation report in order to play music in their establishments. The required acoustic engineering report will cost a minimum of $1000, on top of which are the $500 in escrow for […]

Toast owner Amy Russo will open another of her breakfast and lunch restaurants in Red Bank in the current location of the Broadway Diner [right] on Monmouth Street. The Asbury Park restauranteur [shown above in Toast Asbury] said she expects ownership to formally transfer by the end of the month. The Red Bank restaurant will […]

Toast, Asbury Park’s downtown breakfast spot [shown above], will host their first charity 5k run/walk Saturday. The event ends with a pancake after party in Kennedy Park. Restaurant owner Amy Russo hoped to have at least 100 runners sign up to run this first year. By the close of registration Friday morning, 140 runners preregistered for […]

Get ready to lace up your running shoes, Asbury Park. Toast restaurant will host a charity 5k run/walk in the city this fall that will end with a pancake breakfast after-party in Kennedy Park. The race, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 12, will raise funds to benefit Global Camps Africa and the Michael J. Fox […]

After checking out windows and displays of businesses all over town, the Chamber of Commerce has chosen winners of the 2013 holiday decorations contest. Businesses were judged on two criteria: “Spirit of Asbury” and “Holiday Festive,” according to Jackie Pappas, the Chamber’s executive director. The combined scored was used to determine who would take home […]