Guidebook for Bradley Beach

Kelly
Guidebook for Bradley Beach

Food Scene

Great breakfast! Get there early to avoid long lines. If you cant get in then Sweetpeppers breakfast place is one block south on the same side of the street.
48 locals recommend
The Buttered Biscuit
700 Main St
48 locals recommend
Great breakfast! Get there early to avoid long lines. If you cant get in then Sweetpeppers breakfast place is one block south on the same side of the street.
Ride your bike down-Great coffee shop in the back!
7 locals recommend
Playa Bowls Belmar
803 N Ocean Ave
7 locals recommend
Ride your bike down-Great coffee shop in the back!
Great Italian food and energetic atmosphere.
24 locals recommend
Brando's Citi Cucina
162 Main St
24 locals recommend
Great Italian food and energetic atmosphere.
Excellent Italian food and wines. Decent happy hour 4-7 GREAT bands upstairs on Fridays/Saturdays 8-12.
Giamano's
301 Main Street
Excellent Italian food and wines. Decent happy hour 4-7 GREAT bands upstairs on Fridays/Saturdays 8-12.
This place is the quintessential "local" right off the beach place for happy hour. Go to the back area to order steamers, 1lb lobsters for 12$, snow crab clusters, lobster bisque, peel and eat shrimp and mini burgers. There's another area near the bar where you can order 25 cent clams and a variety of oysters on the half shell. Reggae and other local bands, great drink prices. Super casual. Around 3-5 the place is hopping.
17 locals recommend
The Columns
601 N Ocean Ave
17 locals recommend
This place is the quintessential "local" right off the beach place for happy hour. Go to the back area to order steamers, 1lb lobsters for 12$, snow crab clusters, lobster bisque, peel and eat shrimp and mini burgers. There's another area near the bar where you can order 25 cent clams and a variety of oysters on the half shell. Reggae and other local bands, great drink prices. Super casual. Around 3-5 the place is hopping.
Breakfast that you can walk to. Located right on the boardwalk. Take a stroll south on the boardwalk and you can sit on the inlet and watch the fishing boats and fisherman on the rocks.
18 locals recommend
Avon Pavilion
600 N Ocean Ave
18 locals recommend
Breakfast that you can walk to. Located right on the boardwalk. Take a stroll south on the boardwalk and you can sit on the inlet and watch the fishing boats and fisherman on the rocks.
Because....Thai food. YUM! One of my favorite places to eat! and its BYOB.
20 locals recommend
Bamboo Leaf
722-724 Main St
20 locals recommend
Because....Thai food. YUM! One of my favorite places to eat! and its BYOB.
Looking for sushi?- go nowhere else. Great drinks. Happy hour too. Great atmosphere.
78 locals recommend
Taka
660 Cookman Ave
78 locals recommend
Looking for sushi?- go nowhere else. Great drinks. Happy hour too. Great atmosphere.
If you like homemade Kombucha this is the place for you!
Fine Health Kombucha
120 W Sylvania Ave
If you like homemade Kombucha this is the place for you!
THE place for interesting, homemade, healthy food. Vegan/Vegetarian.
18 locals recommend
Seed To Sprout
410 Main St
18 locals recommend
THE place for interesting, homemade, healthy food. Vegan/Vegetarian.
Great coal fired pizza- BYOB.
15 locals recommend
Del Ponte's Coal Fired Pizza
600 Main St
15 locals recommend
Great coal fired pizza- BYOB.
Breakfast- anticipate a line if you don't go early.
41 locals recommend
Toast Asbury Park
516 Cookman Ave
41 locals recommend
Breakfast- anticipate a line if you don't go early.
lunch, dinner- this is another one of my favorites! Interesting cocktails. Mixed, eclectic crowd.
49 locals recommend
Talula's
550 Cookman Ave
49 locals recommend
lunch, dinner- this is another one of my favorites! Interesting cocktails. Mixed, eclectic crowd.
Taking a bike ride on the boardwalk and need a quick snack? Hit this place up! Awesome Korean tacos that won't blast your wallet! AND- you can sit on a boardwalk bench and people watch while you dine. Across from the Stone Pony summer stage.
26 locals recommend
MOGO Korean Fusion Tacos
632 Cookman Ave
26 locals recommend
Taking a bike ride on the boardwalk and need a quick snack? Hit this place up! Awesome Korean tacos that won't blast your wallet! AND- you can sit on a boardwalk bench and people watch while you dine. Across from the Stone Pony summer stage.
If you like donuts THIS is the spot for you! Homemade-interesting make your own donuts.
12 locals recommend
Purple Glaze Donuts etc.
516 Summerfield Ave
12 locals recommend
If you like donuts THIS is the spot for you! Homemade-interesting make your own donuts.
Intimate restaurant with great food, atmosphere, art work, very local. Enjoy a cocktail at the pool. Very unassuming- just go in (:
10 locals recommend
Hotel Tides
408 7th Ave
10 locals recommend
Intimate restaurant with great food, atmosphere, art work, very local. Enjoy a cocktail at the pool. Very unassuming- just go in (:
This place opened a few months ago and it is one of my new favorite spots. Great food. Close by. Small setting. Did I say great food? Try the Octopus salad.
16 locals recommend
The Grand Tavern
1105 6th Ave
16 locals recommend
This place opened a few months ago and it is one of my new favorite spots. Great food. Close by. Small setting. Did I say great food? Try the Octopus salad.
Watch the fishing boats go by while having a drink on the deck. It can be touristy but if you hit it for happy hour- you can enjoy some music and a cocktail right on the back end of the Shark River inlet.
21 locals recommend
Klein's Fish Market
708 River Rd
21 locals recommend
Watch the fishing boats go by while having a drink on the deck. It can be touristy but if you hit it for happy hour- you can enjoy some music and a cocktail right on the back end of the Shark River inlet.
Beans- Coffee
17 locals recommend
Asbury Park Roastery
803 2nd Ave
17 locals recommend
Beans- Coffee
Beans- coffee
Americas Cup Coffee Company
633 Cookman Ave
Beans- coffee
bar/restaurant with other restaurants around it.
33 locals recommend
Brickwall Tavern & Dining Room
522 Cookman Ave
33 locals recommend
bar/restaurant with other restaurants around it.
French restaurant, great food, nice atmosphere.
43 locals recommend
Pascal & Sabine
601 Bangs Ave
43 locals recommend
French restaurant, great food, nice atmosphere.
Homemade ice cream located within the heart of Ocean Grove- A MUST SEE town.
17 locals recommend
Days Ice Cream
48 Pitman Ave
17 locals recommend
Homemade ice cream located within the heart of Ocean Grove- A MUST SEE town.
Located in the heart of Ocean Grove- on Mondays its half off every entrée starting at 4. It fills up by 4:30-5 so get here early with your favorite bottle of wine. (:
29 locals recommend
SeaGrass Restaurant
68 Main Ave
29 locals recommend
Located in the heart of Ocean Grove- on Mondays its half off every entrée starting at 4. It fills up by 4:30-5 so get here early with your favorite bottle of wine. (:
If you like fresh, made daily Mozzarella you need to go here- go early as they sell out by noon.
Tuscany By The Sea
314 Main St
If you like fresh, made daily Mozzarella you need to go here- go early as they sell out by noon.

Drinks & Nightlife

Tons of great restaurants on the boardwalk (Stella Marina, Cubacan, Langosta Lounge) and into town on Cookman Avenue.
123 locals recommend
Asbury Park
123 locals recommend
Tons of great restaurants on the boardwalk (Stella Marina, Cubacan, Langosta Lounge) and into town on Cookman Avenue.
If you like German beer you need to check this place out!!! One of my favorite places to stop in. Mixed age crowd. Super casual. Lock your bike up and head up to the outside garden located on the second floor. Great views- great food! the beer selection is off the hook.
67 locals recommend
Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten
527 Lake Ave
67 locals recommend
If you like German beer you need to check this place out!!! One of my favorite places to stop in. Mixed age crowd. Super casual. Lock your bike up and head up to the outside garden located on the second floor. Great views- great food! the beer selection is off the hook.
Friday nights at 11pm Dragshow. Sunday Tea parties start at 3pm.
17 locals recommend
Paradise
101 Asbury Ave
17 locals recommend
Friday nights at 11pm Dragshow. Sunday Tea parties start at 3pm.
great drinks, swanky beach location with outside couches, great drinks, lounge music. Casual during the day and dressier at night.
57 locals recommend
Watermark
800 Ocean Avenue
57 locals recommend
great drinks, swanky beach location with outside couches, great drinks, lounge music. Casual during the day and dressier at night.
Everyone's favorite local divey, hipster bar. There are several bars and restaurants attached to this one. Shuffle board table. cheap food and drinks.
Bond Street
Bond Street
Everyone's favorite local divey, hipster bar. There are several bars and restaurants attached to this one. Shuffle board table. cheap food and drinks.
Just opened- pretty interesting place. New -swanky bar/hotel, indoor bar where you can play your own records??- two roof top bars one with an outside movie theatre (The Baronet).
30 locals recommend
The Asbury Hotel
210 5th Ave
30 locals recommend
Just opened- pretty interesting place. New -swanky bar/hotel, indoor bar where you can play your own records??- two roof top bars one with an outside movie theatre (The Baronet).
If you are inclined to witness the inspiration for the characters of "The Jersey Shore" tv show you will need to go here. Doesn't get more surreal than this. (:
21 locals recommend
D'jais Oceanview Bar & Cafe
1801 N Ocean Ave
21 locals recommend
If you are inclined to witness the inspiration for the characters of "The Jersey Shore" tv show you will need to go here. Doesn't get more surreal than this. (:

Entertainment & Activities

Local soccer bar. Lots of screens. This is where you watch the world cup!
8 locals recommend
D'Arcy's Tavern
310 Main Street
8 locals recommend
Local soccer bar. Lots of screens. This is where you watch the world cup!
Historic live music venue- maybe you'll catch a glimpse of Bruce Springsteen! Check website for concert listings. You can also just bring a beach blanket and some road sodas and sit on the grass across the street and hear the concert perfectly if going inside is too much for you!
69 locals recommend
The Stone Pony
913 N Ocean Ave
69 locals recommend
Historic live music venue- maybe you'll catch a glimpse of Bruce Springsteen! Check website for concert listings. You can also just bring a beach blanket and some road sodas and sit on the grass across the street and hear the concert perfectly if going inside is too much for you!
horse racing- accessible by train! Great horse park!
31 locals recommend
Monmouth Park
175 Oceanport Ave
31 locals recommend
horse racing- accessible by train! Great horse park!
charter fishing boat for ocean fishing. there are several other charter boats at this location as well.
Golden Eagle Fishing
905 NJ-35
charter fishing boat for ocean fishing. there are several other charter boats at this location as well.

Everything Else

Ask for Alex- tell them Kim Baker sent you. He will help you find the wine you are looking for.
Bradley Liquors
618 Main St
Ask for Alex- tell them Kim Baker sent you. He will help you find the wine you are looking for.
You can rent a stand up paddle board here and paddle around in the river.
Shark River Mail Order
321 Main St
You can rent a stand up paddle board here and paddle around in the river.
hot yoga- intermediate to advanced- maybe some beginner lots of classes
Jersey Shore Hot Yoga
622 Main St
hot yoga- intermediate to advanced- maybe some beginner lots of classes
my local gym- they have everything. Look up website to see classes. 24 hour gym. I've been a member here for 12 years.
6 locals recommend
Jersey Shore Fitness Shop
711 Brinley Ave
6 locals recommend
my local gym- they have everything. Look up website to see classes. 24 hour gym. I've been a member here for 12 years.
There's another WOW in Wall if you're a member.
Jersey Strong Gym
Seaview Square Mall
There's another WOW in Wall if you're a member.
This is fun! and you can ride your bike to it.
13 locals recommend
Belmar Parasail - NO JETSKIS
608 River Rd
13 locals recommend
This is fun! and you can ride your bike to it.
Local hospital- 5 minutes away
Maternity Center at Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33
Local hospital- 5 minutes away
Yoga
The Daley Practice Iyengar yoga of Asbury Park
625 Bangs Ave
Yoga
Massage- The place I go to is not listed- its on Bangs Avenue and its called Tao Massage. GREAT Ashiatsu massages.
9 locals recommend
Kur Wellness Studios
412 Bond St
9 locals recommend
Massage- The place I go to is not listed- its on Bangs Avenue and its called Tao Massage. GREAT Ashiatsu massages.
I go here for Ashiatsu massage- I usually ask for Vivian
TaoMassage
611 Bangs Ave
I go here for Ashiatsu massage- I usually ask for Vivian

Arts & Culture

lots of Art galleries on this street and Bangs Avenue.
8 locals recommend
Cookman Avenue
Cookman Avenue
8 locals recommend
lots of Art galleries on this street and Bangs Avenue.

Essentials

Closest grocery store. They do offer some organic produce and healthier foods in the "Natural" section.
12 locals recommend
Stop & Shop
116 NJ-35
12 locals recommend
Closest grocery store. They do offer some organic produce and healthier foods in the "Natural" section.
Organic, health food store.
8 locals recommend
Dean's Natural Food Market
490 Broad St
8 locals recommend
Organic, health food store.
This place has everything including a full sized discount liquor store, prepared meals, natural section etc....
39 locals recommend
Wegmans
1104 NJ-35
39 locals recommend
This place has everything including a full sized discount liquor store, prepared meals, natural section etc....
Closest Pharmacy
17 locals recommend
Rite Aid
75 S Main St
17 locals recommend
Closest Pharmacy

Shopping

Aside from my garden, this is the only place I buy organic and locally grown vegetables during the season. Go here!! Local Artisans. Fridays 5:30-9 and Sundays 11am-4pm. Outside farmers market with all kinds of interesting veggies, foods, etc.
Kennedy Park
104 Grand Ave
Aside from my garden, this is the only place I buy organic and locally grown vegetables during the season. Go here!! Local Artisans. Fridays 5:30-9 and Sundays 11am-4pm. Outside farmers market with all kinds of interesting veggies, foods, etc.
If its raining and you need a mall fix- this one has more to offer than the Monmouth Mall.
20 locals recommend
Freehold Raceway Mall station
20 locals recommend
If its raining and you need a mall fix- this one has more to offer than the Monmouth Mall.
boardwalk, beaches, shopping, restaurants- a 5-10 minute drive north up Ocean Avenue.
68 locals recommend
Pier Village
50 Chelsea Ave
68 locals recommend
boardwalk, beaches, shopping, restaurants- a 5-10 minute drive north up Ocean Avenue.