SJM_BestOfTheShore_622 - FINAL - R1_SJM Feature 5 / 24 / 22 6 : 51 PM Page 8 B E S T O F T H E S H O R E FOR DINNER like LBI , nearly every seafood caught by The Beach House restaurant makes local fishermen . If you WHAT’S Whether you prefer seafood a central part fancy a handcrafted your dinner pulled of the menu . Rai - cocktail before or after from the sea or nur - mondo’s does , too , dinner , repair to The tured on the mainland , though this Ship Bot - Rooftop Bar to enjoy this North Beach tom spot is better the salt air and the Haven wonder aims to known as one of LBI’s coastal view . NEW please . Guests rave premier dining destina - about the shrimp tions for exquisite Ital - Stefano’s AT THE SHORE scampi with broccoli , ian cuisine . For our While everything on the baby back ribs and money , we like the pork the menu is a can’t - with quiches or salads as well as freshly the pistachio scallops , chop Calabrese , a zesty miss dish , seafood is pressed juices . which are a Beach house - brined chop the name of the game House staple . Give seri - served with mashed at this North Beach Jam out at the newly expanded ous consideration to potatoes spiked with Haven mainstay . From Greenie Uplugged : Tides , Tunes & their inventive daily garlic . the shrimp and lobster Togetherness behind Ventura’s Green - specials ; recent exam - in the risotto del mar to house Wednesdays from July 7 ples include the sesame Salt Kitchen & Bar the jumbo lump crab through Aug . 25 . If you’ve always seared tuna and the Here’s what to expect cakes to the lobster wanted to try your hand at corn hole , brie - and - tomato from a reservation at ravioli to the Barnegat look no further than Margate’s Catch penne . the restaurant at Hotel Light seared sea scal - the Wave Corn Hole sum - LBI in Ship Bottom : an lops , each dish mer league beginning July Raimondo’s upscale dining experi - abounds with elegance , 11 . Margate Business Associ - Life by the water has its ence featuring steaks , authenticity and freshly ation’s annual wine tasting advantages . In a town artisanal pizzas and caught flavor . has a new outdoor loca - tion at Edgmar Circle simple sophistication Recreation Field this and elegant cocktails . summer . Sip away on For those who wish LBI July 29 while also enjoy - had a great rooftop ing games , food and live bar , make a beeline music . for Daddy O in Brant Beach . Finally , if you OCEAN CITY Head to either hood atmosphere sure prefer your “ adult bev - In lodging news , both the Nardi’s Tavern in to make you feel right erage ” with sides of Port - O - Call Hotel and The Scarbor - Long Beach Township at home . On the other sun , sand and surf , set ough Inn have been newly renovated or Tucker’s Tavern in hand , The Tavern at your GPS for the Sand for 2022 . Beach Haven for cold Black Eyed Susans in Dollar Beach Bar at beer , good food and Harvey Cedars makes the Spray Beach Ocean City has introduced a new the kind of neighbor - an impression with its Hotel . jitney service for the summer , running two routes and transporting people to the Boardwalk as well as the down - town shopping area . City officials say INLET DELICATESSEN there will be four to five jitneys running every day . Additionally , the city will be installing a sound barrier and making other improvements to the pickleball courts located at 18th Street and Haven Avenue . Ocean City has received approval for a $ 17 million beach replen - ishment project that is slated to begin this fall . Night in Venice , the town’s signa - ture summer event , will take place on Saturday , July 23 . continued on page 39