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NATIVE GUIDE TO SOMERS POINT RESTAURANTS
By Bill Kelly

-         Aldo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant – 741 Bay Ave. – 926 –8800. Quaint Italian grill with counter, outdoor café style tables.

-         Anchorage Tavern – Delaware and Bay Ave. – 927-1776. No reservations except for large parties. Nostalgia personified, memories galore. Free off-street parking, ATM $ machine, all Mj.cc accepted, digital jukebox, 2 pool tables, beer on tap, Guinness, TVs with sports, Chef-proprietor Don Mahoney does lunch, weekday early birds ($10), dinner and late-nite snacks. *****

-         Bayshores II – 824 Bay Ave.- 653-6772. Great breakfasts, lunch, with Great Bay view. Eat InTkOut, free off-street parking. Pancake specials. Nice & Friendly, bottomless cup of coffee. Open 7 days, year ‘round.

-         Boston Market – Rt. #9 and Bethel Road. Drive thru.

-         Brownies By the Bay (B3) – 653-0030. Now Club Impulse disco. Open Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. DJ dance party weekends. Former site of the legendary Tony Marts Café.

-         Bubba Mac Shack – 520 Bay Ave. – 927-7575. Bubba Mac’s Blues & Barbeque.  

-         Burger King – 520 New Road (Rt.#9) – 927-9853.

-         Caroline’s Restaurant & Bar – Maryland and Bay Ave. – 927-9007 / Fax: 926-1775. Open 7 days from 11am – 2am. 2 bars inside, one on dack with view of Atlantic City skyline, 2 pool tables, juke box, free off-street parking.

-         Charlie’s Bar – 800 Shore Road – 653-9848 / for Take Out – 927-FOOD  (3663) Fax:927-7994. Sports tv, juke box, pool table, shuffleboard, leagues, good food, back bar for locals, daily specials, home of the hot wings, fresh squeezed screwdrivers. On line @ charliesbar.com

-         Clam Bar – 910 Bay Ave. – 927-8783. BYOB. Still the same after all these years. Reopens Friday before Bayfest.

-         Crab Trap – On the Circle – 927-7377. No reservations, free off-street parking, seafood specials, consistently good, Mjcc. Accepted, good lunches, live music for your dancing pleasure Wed.-Fri.-Sat. nights.

-         Chubby’s Pizza – Bethel Road. Historic old seaman’s church, now good grille, pizza, sandwiches, eat-in/take-out.

-         Chuck’s Hideaway – Fire Road, Bargaintown – 927-5556. Old Brownies, CD jukebox, Danny Boy in the kitchen.

-         DiOrio’s Circle Café – MacArthur Blvd. – 927-6111. Disco dancing, package goods, TkOt-Delivery, pool table, sports on tv, coldest beer in town. Family run.

-         Doc’s Place – 646 Bay Ave. – 926-0404. Lunch, dinner daily, breakfast Sat. & Sun., free parking, view of bay docks, liquor, booths, sandwiches.

-         Emilio’s – 12 E. Maryland Ave. – 927-7343. Italian, Eat-in/Tk-Out.

-         Enzo’s Pizza – 307 Shore Road – 927-9477. Since 1972. Family run. Delivers.

-         Fitzpatrick’s Jewish Deli – Groveland Center, New Road (Rt.#9). Eat-in/Tk-Out

-         Frien Deli – 55 Laurel Drive – 926-9220. EtInTkOt, Last stop before Parkway. Famous cheesesteaks.

-         Golden Point Chinese – Somers Point Shopping Plaza – 927-1545. EtInTkOt, BYOB, quick service, free parking.

-         Greate Bay Golf Club Bar & Grill – 927-5071.

-         Gregory’s – 900 Shore Road – 927-6665 (reservations) – 653-9843 (bar). Recently renovated. Family run for 50 years, seafood specials, lunch, dinner, sandwiches, fireside tables, EtinTkOt, whole lobster special ($15), Taco Tues & Thurs., 2 for 1 dinner & $1 drafts Wed., Tom days, Hawk Thursdays, Keith Sunday. Cold draught beer on tap.  

-         Hatteras – 801 Bay Ave. – 927-3326. Gourmet American cousine, reservations, Mjcc. Accepted, BYOB. Weekday specials, good food, romantic. Bill & Ellen Rollins your hosts. Smoke free and with handicap access.

-         Islander Restaurant – Seaview Harbor, Longport Blvd. 

-         Joe’s Subs & Pizza – New Road (Rt.#9) 

-         Josephine’s Pizza and Italian deli – 218 W. New York Ave. – 927-9230. TkOt. Sicilian specials, free delivery.

-         KFC – Kentucky Fried Chicken – 10 MacArthur Blvd. – 926-0222.

-         Mac’s Restaurant – 908 Shore Road.  – 927-2759/927-4360. Free off-street parking, Maj.cc accepted, seafood, steaks, Italian, booths, Previti family run for decades.

-         McDonalds – Rt. #9 – New Road. Mickey D’s.

-         Mayer’s Inn – 800 Bay Ave. – (609) 927-3100. Fax: 926-3707. BYOB. Nice, classy, renovated historic Victorian era building, rooms and boat slips available, Sunday breakfast buffet. Mayersinn.com.

-         Our Place Too – Somers Point – Mays Landing Road – 653-1868. Breakfast, lunch, off-street parking, good grill.

-         Pizza Hut – 198 Braddock Ave. & MacArthur Blvd. – 926-4545. Mj.cc 

-         Pearl – On the Circle – 653-1155. Chinese cousine, EtInTkOt, free off-street park, Mjcc; late nite after work crowd.

-         Point Diner – On the Circle – 927-2284. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-nite, open all night, a local institution.

-         Point Pub  – Carl’s Point Pub. Somers Point Shopping Center – 927-1522. Free off-street parking, package goods.

-         Primo’s Pizza – Shore Road, 927-4464. Free delivery.

-         Schooner’s Restaurant – New Road (Rt.#9) 927-1117. Microbrew draft beer, free off-street parking, pool tables, sports on tv, live music on weekends, Thurs. nite.

-         Sullivan’s Bar – 650 New Road (Rt.#9) – 653-9853. Grill, pool table, English darts, shuffleboard, juke box, sports tv, cheap draft beer, the last of the old dives.

-         Somers Inn – 101 Longport Blvd. (Maryland Ave.) – 926-9400. Lunch & dinner from 11:30 am, Sun. from 1pm. Dinner specials 3 – 6 pm., Senior Citz discounts, free off-street parking, live music on weekends, new dance floor.

-         Smity’s Coffee Shop – 910 Bay Ave. 927-5056. At Smith’s Pier, behind the Clam Bar, on the bay, tables with a view, counter, good breakfasts, where the old timers hang. Welcome B.J.’s Breakfast Shop.

-         Terry’s Deli – 43 Somers Point – Mays Landing Road – 927-5005. TkOt.

-         Tokyo Palace – Somers Point – Longport Blvd. – 927-6280/927-8650 Fax: 822-0301. Sushi & Jap specials.

-         Vita Bella – 131  Jordan Road. 927-5188. Italian. BYOB. 

-         Tuckahoe Inn – Rt.39 and Harbor Road, Beesley’s Point. 390-3322/Fax:822-0301. Boat dock, outdoor deck with live music in the afternoons, good food from your host Tyson Merryman. Jacque Major performs on Fridays.

-         Ventura’s Off-Shore Café – Shore Road, Northfield. Italian, pizza, pasta. Free pizza at happy hour.

-         Waterfront – 653-0099. Jay Lamont’s location, location, location. Live music on the Deck all summer.

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3/23/01