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SJM_BestOfTheShore_622 - FINAL - R1_SJM Feature 5 / 24 / 22 6 : 51 PM Page r CAFÉ LOREN Bar Snacks at Avalon suckers for the meat - during the afternoon or Brew Pub ball with ricotta and after dinner , this Good beer and good the Ventura , a white pie hotspot for ice cream food are synonymous made with mozzarella continues to draw in with a good time and and topped with slices the crowds every sum - here they serve up light of prosciutto , sprigs of mer . And while a cone bites that are far from arugula and finished filled with swirls of soft run of the mill . From with truffle oil . serve and topped with the fries with duck con - jimmies is certainly a fit , Manchego , Takeout Dinner at winner , few things sig - caramelized onions Croce Pasta nify the season as and cherry tomatoes to This tiny offshoot of much as sitting on the the PEI mussels with the Cherry Hill main - blue bench and enjoy - bacon lardons and stay is the perfect place ing a Freezer topped leeks , these elevated to grab fresh pasta or a with your choice of appetizers are the per - number of prepared candy . fect complement to dinners ranging from OCEANSIDE any one of the in - chicken marsala and Panini at Isabel’s SEAFOOD house brews . penne alla vodka to Bakery and Café broiled salmon and With nearly 30 options Fish Sandwiches fried flounder with tar - Pizza at Fratelli’s shrimp scampi . You’ll available , this is the at Oceanside tar sauce , lobster Wood Fired Pizza also find antipasto place for lightly Seafood grilled cheese on Texas The Neapolitan pies trays , mozzarella tow - pressed paninis that This market not only toast , a fried shrimp being cranked out of ers , fried long hots and , appeal to any discern - sells fresh , quality fish po’boy and our the 650 - degree oven at of course , slices of their ing eater’s taste buds . for you to create your favorite : the soft - shell Fratelli’s arrive slightly signature tomato pie . With veggie options own seafood fest at crab with lettuce , charred and crispy with like fresh brie , toma - home , but their tomato and a lemon just the right amount Ice Cream at toes and basil , and lunchtime sandwiches aioli on a sesame seed of chew in the fer - Avalon Freeze popular choices like are can’t - miss . Think bun . mented dough . We’re Whether you’re visiting the grilled chicken and 3 0 | S o u t h J e rs ey M a g a z i n e . c o m | VO L U M E 1 9 , I S S U E 2 | S O U T H J E R S E Y M AG A Z I N E
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SJM_BestOfTheShore_622 - FINAL - R1_SJM Feature 5 / 24 / 22 6 : 51 PM Page 4 B E S T O F T H E S H O R E WHAT’S everything from bar bites to the signature sushi rolls satisfies the masses . Meanwhile , the ICONA Windrift is where you’ll want to NEW The Princeton Whitebrier is the sip on sophisticated AT THE SHORE attracts crowds of all place to be for happy cocktails while enjoy - ages and it’s always hour , or any hour ing stunning ocean - rocking , even when really as the drinks front views and the AVALON the live entertainment flow , live music fills irresistible allure of The Windrift is now branded as ICONA takes a quick 5 . The the air and the mix of the sea air . Windrift and the property recently underwent a series of full renovations to all the guest rooms . Updates to the dining and event spaces are next on READERS ’ the list . CHOICE : BEST The Avalon Seafood Festi - ITALIAN : val will take place on Oct . 8 POLPO ( rain date is Oct . 9 ) from 10 a.m . to 5 p.m . at 30th Street and the Beach . Green Cuisine has extended its hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 7 p.m . A new bookstore , Beach Bound Books , has opened along Dune Drive . This is the second location for owner Deanna Wilson , who has operated the original store in Stone Harbor for more than a decade . CAPE MAY goat cheese or the familial atmosphere be found up and down Can’t decide between seafood and grilled yellowfin makes diners feel right the menu from the steak ? You don’t have to at Oyster Bay tuna with bacon and as home as they chow papparadelle with a roasted garlic down on Italian lamb ragu , mush - Restaurant & Bar which is under new mayonnaise , there favorites like eggplant rooms , ricotta salata ownership this year . If you’re looking really is something for parm and frutti di mare and a demi - glace to the for a minimalist approach to fine dining everyone . on their way to a stun - veal piccata served through local and seasonal ingredients , ning encore by way of over a bed of capellini make a reservation at Grana Restau - FOR DINNER the tiramisu or ricotta with a lemon white rant , now under the charge of new Via Mare Ristorante cheesecake . wine sauce . executive chef / operator , Carl Messick . The dining room at Via The Cricket Club of Cape May ( for - Mare has been full for Il Posto Café Loren merly The Merion Inn ) is Cape May’s decades and it’s no Modern spins on clas - Now in the midst of its newest concept in contemporary secret as to why . The sic Italian dishes can 44th year in Avalon , American flair . It will open for the 2022 gourmands who visit the Shore make it a season with refreshed décor and a IL POSTO point to reserve a table brand - new bar . In other dining news , here so they can enjoy Exit Zero has taken over restaurants refined coastal cuisine and retail shops at Cape that epitomizes fine May Ferry Terminal and dining and proves three new restaurants are high - end food doesn’t planned for 2022 . need to be pretentious . In beer - related news , Behr Brewing Company located on Seashore Road is adding to the region’s list of craft breweries . continued on page 33 S o u t h J e rs ey M a g a z i n e . c o m | VO L U M E 1 9 , I S S U E 2 | S O U T H J E R S E Y M AG A Z I N E | 3 1
