OT - Top Bars in NJ
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Rt 71 on the border of Sea Girt and Spring Lake Heights. Across from Wreck Pond.
No it's now protected wet lands.
You may be thinking of Harrigans which is about 1/4-1/2 mile south.
Yes that is the one. You are correct.
Route 71 is just a blur of 7-11s to me these days (with a crucial Surf Taco and Cielito Lindo area).
But can she say the same? LOL
Very true.
Reggie does a great fundraising business for a lot of area schools and organizations.
We have had this discussion before but to quote Claus Von Bulow....you have no idea. LOL
Did you ever get to the Patio Bar in Pt. Beach as I suggested?
Also true.
And if you were local sometimes you could even get a ride home...or so I have heard. LOL
Lots. And after happy hour they ended up at the Parker House.
Man, if I knew you and @zappaa way back then there is no way I would have been able to keep up.
Very true.
You used to need a "resident permit" if you lived on Beacon Blvd. Even few years after it shut its doors for good. I had to get one.
Right on 71 across from Beacon Blvd. Jimmy Byrne's at one end of Beacon with the Parker House at the other...not too shabby. ;)
And I always referred to it as the Warren and not the Pool Bar.
I thought the turtle races were at Mary's Husbands and not Bar A?
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Parking at Jimmy Burns was like arriving at the Green lot at Rutgers Stadiun, you were directed to your parking spot by a guy in an orange vest and flash light.
Parking at Jimmy Burns was like arriving at the Green lot at Rutgers Stadiun, you were directed to your parking spot by a guy in an orange vest and flash light.
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Yes sir. I was leaving it unnamed for those in the know to point out. That place was somethin'.
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Yeah but I don't think I was there at the right time. I have been to many of the more local spots over the years as I know some people there full time, so I get the atmosphere though.
I cannot imagine Sea Girt being accommodating to another bar, though. I think there are more cops outside there weekend summers than there are outside big subway stations, although I find them to be nicer than some of the others. They will direct people to the Uber pickup and forgave my friend who left the taxi with a cup full of...juice...
Love Kroghs (Sparta), San Moritz (Sparta), Village Saloon (Sparta) and Gatwyns (Jefferson) Pub 519 (also great steaks and lobster) (Tranquillity). Vote to skip Taphouse 15
Maybe not in the vicinity, but you never know....I could see something closer to the tracks in town and/or 71 someday. No way by the beach though.
I didn't hear a mention from @zappaa , @knightfan7 or any of the others in the thread about the old Sand Bar in the basement of the Yankee Clipper. That was fun.
Surprised to hear that about the Patio Bar.
So many great places in this thread. For my money the South Monmouth North Ocean bar scene was the greatest. From the Parker House to The Sand Bar at the Brielle Yacht Club, Union Landing, O'neils in Manasquan and all of the others in this thread. Taking the water taxi from the Patio Bar to Clarks landing then to The Sand Bar and Union Landing was always great fun.
However, for my money The Pool Bar at the Warren was hands down, one of the Best Jersey shore spots ever. Sunday afternoons were unbelievable. Immense amounts of talent and always a great time! Its criminal that places like that and the Bluffs are gone. They were everything that was great about the Jersey shore nightlife.
However, for my money The Pool Bar at the Warren was hands down, one of the Best Jersey shore spots ever. Sunday afternoons were unbelievable. Immense amounts of talent and always a great time! Its criminal that places like that and the Bluffs are gone. They were everything that was great about the Jersey shore nightlife.
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I missed a good summer one year while still in school because I decided to hang out in NB at my fraternity house instead of listening to my Dad about the Warren. At 87 he still shakes his head and laughs at me when the topic comes up.
One of the cool things I always found about the place was the age difference as you went from the building itself towards Ocean Avenue. The old people (like really old - wheelchairs) were near the hotel and you had strollers by the curb.
I may have been to the Yankee Clipper once or twice. Leggetts, Osprey, Parker House (was called the Sea Girt Ale House back then), Jimmy Byrnes, D'Jais happy hour, and Royal Manor were the hangouts.
Quick story about Sea Girt. When the new owners took over the Parker House in '74 or '75 they got a lot of heat from the local officials probably because they themselves weren't local. They wouldn't let them serve on the porch or use the small bar they had installed by the main entrance.
The day they reopened after gutting and remodeling the 1st floor, they invited anyone in town who had any authority on their dime. Wined and dined the hell out of them. Closing time was 1am back then and the last people had left by 12:45. At 1:01 the police showed up to make sure no one was still drinking. It was a very rocky relationship for many years.
