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5 Questions With ... Dom Irrera By Michael Pritchard Philly-born comedian chats before his show with Vinnie Brand at Harrah’s Resort Saturday, Sept. 4.

Magic Men By Michael Pritchard Can Dennis Gomes, with his son Aaron Gomes, turn around Resorts and save another troubled Atlantic City casino?

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Two Days of Laughter By Lori Hoffman Organizers of the first Atlantic City Comedy Festival hope it becomes an annual event in the resort

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The ‘Empire’ Strikes Back By Jeff Schwachter The upcoming HBO series has spawned a number of exciting events in Atlantic City, which, after a tough year, can use some positive media attention.

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On the cover: Aaron and Dennis Gomes / Photo by Kevin McCarty

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Quotables Local Scene Coasting Whitney’s Radar Ask the Geator Curtain Call Ante Up Good Golf Guide

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Nightlife: AC Weekly’s “Local Music Guide”

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After Dark Nightlife Listings

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Dining: Matteo’s in Margate

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Area & Casino Dining

On the Web: • Features: 5 Questions With ... Donna Summer; Stockton’s New Eco-Friendly Parking, Wildwood’s Musical Weekend, Stockton PAC’s Fall Line-up, Ocean City Weekly, Upcoming Concerts, and more.

Arts & Entertainment AC Weekly (casino headliners) Casino Capsule (lounge listings) Attractions, Maps & Performing Arts Editor’s Choice: Revue Shows Movies: 35th Toronto Film Fest

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1 & 2: Shots from the 2010 Atlantic City Air Show, which was held Wednesday, Aug. 25, over the beach and Boardwalk. 3: The Hero Thrill Show, which took place in Margate Saturday, Aug. 28, featured the Philadelphia Police Department Motorcycle Drill Team, a K-9 unit demonstration, stunts by the Philadelphia Police Narcotics Strike Force Bicycle Team, and a demonstration by the Atlantic City Bomb Squad. 4: On Sunday, Aug. 29, Maynard’s of Margate hosted a charity event featuring Fox-29 sportscaster Don Tollefson to benefit disadvantaged children in the region. Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders signed autographs and posed for photos. 5: Stevie Nicks took a break from recording her new album to play at the Trump Taj Mahal last Friday, Aug. 27. 6: The 101 Women Plus membership drive, which had a “Roaring ’20s� theme, was held at the A.C. War Memorial Building. The club was formed in 1982 in Atlantic City. 7: The Tropicana held its annual Taste of the Quarter fundraiser for the local United Way chapter on Monday, Aug. 30. The event, which featured local dignitaries and media personalities, was a huge success nearly doubling the amount of attendees from the previous year. Pictured is AC Weekly editor Jeff Schwachter dishing out delicacies from P.F. Chang’s.

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Joe Fedison was the visionary who decided that a film festival could work in Atlantic City, even though the town no longer even had a movie theater. He started the ball rolling in 1997 with the first Atlantic City Film Festival and kept it going through 2005. The inaugural Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival brings musical talent into the mix and takes place Sept. 8-12, with the support of Harrah’s Entertainment properties Bally’s Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah’s Resort and the Showboat Casino-Hotel. The festival features more than 80 movies and 16 music acts. Among the films is Ice Grill, USA, a movie made by former Brigantine residents Mark Bernardi and Greg Santarsiero. The movie was shot in spring 2008 in Atlantic City including at Resorts and Tony’s Baltimore Grill, and won the Audience Award for “Best of the Fest� at last year’s Atlantic City Cinefest. The Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival will present 20 fulllength independent films and 60 short features. The films will be presented Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 9-11 at the Claridge Theater and Lucky’s Lounge, and Caesars Apollo/Zeus and Mars/Venus Ballrooms. The festival kick-off party will be hosted at the Pool at Harrah’s on Thursday, Sept. 8. The musical acts include Philadelphiabased sonic auteur Lushlife; New Jersey based band Bender and the high-energy dance band Belikos. More music is presented Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9-10, in the House of Blues, and Saturday, Sept. 11, at Caesars’ Circus Maximus. Cost: Passes are $40, $70, $145, $225, $350, $475 and $1,000. Tickets for individual screenings of full-length features or blocks of short films are $12 each. Web site: acifmf.com — Lori Hoffman

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A distinguished guest from western Pennsylvania will grace the Tony Mart Reunion “After the Beach� series bash on Saturday, Sept. 3, in Somers Point. Jill West and Blues Attack, a highly touted, Pittsburgh, Pa.-based blues ensemble, will perform at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908 Shore Rd., from 9pm-midnight. Owning a unique style of hard-edged blues in the tradition of Muddy Waters and brothers Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, and led by the dynamic vocals of Jill West, Blues Attack has shared the stage for about the last decade with blues greats like Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley and B.B. King. The band’s show will follow the free “Concerts on the Beach� series (7pm, on the Somers Point beach) appearance of Franny Smith & the A.C. Band. “We play in the blues- and rock-inspired style of Koko Taylor and Etta James,� says Blues Attack drummer Nicky “No Shoes� Crano. “Jill keeps a fast-paced show, and we have a solid rhythm section and two outstanding soloists in Gregg Krupa and ‘Sudden’ Steve on keys. We’ve been in the Atlantic City area twice before — about four years ago and about two years ago.� Later on Labor Day weekend, Blues Attack will appear as part of the free “Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk� series-finale tribute to Fats Domino and Professor Longhair (6pm, Kennedy Plaza in front of Boardwalk Hall, Sunday, Sept. 5). — Ray Schweibert

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Iggy Pop & the Stooges put on one great retro rock show at the House of Blues at Showboat Friday, Aug. 27.

Q: How was the show? Mary Jameson Harrisburg, Pa. A: It is such an awesome experience to see an iconic punk rocker like Iggy Pop still going strong and putting on great performances.

Julia Conroy Brigantine, N.J. A: I cannot think of a better way to have spent a Friday night down in Atlantic City. Iggy and the Stooges put on an amazing show and the House of Blues is an amazing venue.

Robert Parkins Santa Barbara, Calif. A: It was f’n’ awesome to see Iggy Pop still a bad ass, full of piss and vinegar rocking the house and the crowd!

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Atlantic City Weekly will soon launch its first-ever Local Music Guide. Local acts of all genres — from DJs and cover bands to lounge singers and singer-songwriters — are encouraged to create their own free band page at acweekly.com. By Ray Schweibert

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RECENT ATLANTIC CITY WEEKLY interview with Donna Summer has the music icon quoted as saying “There’s almost nothing you can do that will not be around the world in seconds.� It was a reference to the Internet, and how people today can so easily obtain information, post it on the Web, and transmit it to millions of others around the world. It was meant to be cautionary, and to imply that the Web could potentially be used to generate negative publicity. Just as easily, though, is its capacity for good, and Atlantic City Weekly intends to utilize its recently re-launched and well-trafficked Web site for the latter means. In the very near future, acweekly.com will debut its Local Music Guide, designed to allow local bands and solo artists (of any and every genre) as well as band managers, promoters and DJs, to create their own free page on the guide. They will be able to upload a photo, bio, links, MP3s, contact and booking info, upcoming gigs, and even video. Currently artists can send their information and links to editor@acweekly.com with the subject line: “BAND NAME/LOCAL MUSIC GUIDE.� Soon, however, during the “soft� launch of the guide, musicians will be able to create their own free band page themselves at acweekly.com. The guide will be structured similar to that of AC Weekly’s sister paper, Philadelphia Weekly, which can be viewed at: philadelphiaweekly.com/music/guide. “The Local Music Guide is a great idea,� says local musician Michael Hoebler, founder of the percussion-based workshop

organization called LifeDrums. “I believe it’s very important for the musicians to work together and support each other, rather than just protect their own ‘piece of the pie.’ The South Jersey music scene seems to be growing stronger and stronger, and hopefully this guide will make it easier for all involved — clubs, fans and musicians alike — to continue that growth and bring back the ‘glory days’ once more.� “I think it’s a great idea,� says local singer Melissa Marshall. “Any forum that we have to reach out to the public, the better.� The intention of the Local Music Guide is to allow local acts to promote themselves for free and also interact with each other by listening to fellow area band’s MP3s, leaving comments on their page and contacting them if needed via the contact links. “I love the idea and think its great,� says Paulie Day, a veteran area DJ and head of Elite Entertainment & Promotions. “It’s a wonderful idea to utilize the Internet to provide patrons with an avenue to find their favorite artist or even new artists in the area,� says local singer Beth Tinnon, a favorite at Tango’s at the Tropicana and winner of AC Weekly’s Reader’s Choice Nightlife Awards in 2009. “I just pulled a report from my Web site [bethtinnon. com] and noticed that I am getting 2,000

to 3,000 hits a month from folks wanting to know where to find me. Web pages are a great tool! I think it is a wonderful idea, especially if we are able to post videos from our gigs, or blogs of our activities.â€? “Artists and musicians should work together in the development of a better music scene in the area, so this is definitely going to be a help,â€? says Scott Vattima, proprietor of Emerge Artists & Sunset Entertainment, and special events and music coordinator at Hibiscus in Somers Point. “South Jersey has a large pool of talented musicians that needs better exposure. I will be adding all my artists to it ASAP.â€? “I think it’s a great idea,â€? says Carmen Marotta of Tony Mart’s Presents. “We have some truly gifted and talented musicians in this area and in the region ‌ There is no question that [AC Weekly] staff is doing a bodacious public service with respect to the music community in our area. I am so pleased to be a part of it.â€? Atlantic City Weekly editor Jeff Schwachter — a local musician himself who performs solo, with the band the Ocean Ryders, and with the acoustic duo Sweet Lorraine — is excited about the soon-to-be-launched guide and its accompanying “In-Studio Sessionsâ€? video series, which will offer local musicians the chance to perform live, be video-recorded and featured in Atlantic City

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Weekly’s upcoming “In-Studio Sessions� video series, which will be taped inside the music-video studio at the Grass Roots Music Store, AC Weekly’s partner in producing the video series, located in Ocean City. “Musicians will be able to update their band pages with upcoming gigs and such once the guide is live,� says Schwachter, “which should be in a bout a week or so. Artists eventually will be able choose a user name and password, and then create their own music page for free on acweekly.com. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, and it’s great to see it coming together. I’ve already received emails from dozens of bands and artists who are interested and many have started sending me their required information. “Through the next week or so, we’re asking local acts — including acts who perform locally on a regular basis, but who are from another area — and managers to send the following information to editor@ acweekly.com: Band Name, Bio, Genre, Photo, Links to Web pages and, only if applicable, one or two MP3s of Original Songs and an Upcoming Gig schedule. “But again, musicians — from local DJs and hip-hop artists to lounge singers and cover bands — will be able to create their own page directly from our home page when the Local Music Guide launches later this month. Let’s rock this thing!� For more information, contact editor@ acweekly.com or visit acweekly.com’s blog “Atlantic City Central� and search for the key words “Local Musicians.� n

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5 Questions With... Dom Irrera By Michael Pritchard

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OMIC DOM IRRERA GREW UP in South Philly (spending a lot of summers in Atlantic City) and, talking about his family and Italian upbringing, began a stand-up career that has lasted more than 25 years. Irrera has appeared on numerous comedy specials, TV shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond, and can be seen currently on Direct TV’s Supreme Court of Comedy. Through it all, he’s been an Atlantic City regular, starting at clubs such as the Comedy Stop, moving on to casino opening act and now as a headliner. Irrera plays Harrah’s Concert Venue this Saturday, Sept. 4, at 9pm. He took some time recently to talk with Atlantic City Weekly.

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You’re from South Philly and spent a lot of time in Atlantic City as a kid. Is this like a big homecoming for you? It is. I’ve given away every comp I can, so I can’t give anymore away. I have a lot of cousins and people who say they’re cousins. It’s fun. To me it’s like a dream come true to come back and headline a casino. I see myself on a billboard and I’m like, “Oh my God.” It’s just weird. And I’m amazed at how thin my face looks on them compared to now. But it’s a big weekend [Labor Day] and I think we’ll do well. As long as the freakin’ hurricane doesn’t hit. I remember I was doing a gig in Wildwood a few years back and there was a hurricane. I thought the place would be empty, but I go out there and it’s packed. I remember saying to the crowd, “How bad do you need a laugh that you come out in a hurricane?”

mostly Jewish neighborhood. So that’s all inside of you. There’s definitely a lot of funny things about each culture.

You know Atlantic City very well. What were some of the earliest gigs you played here. I worked the Golden Nugget when it was there with Paul Anka. I worked Caesars with the Pointer Sisters. I worked with Natalie Cole at the Sands. I’ve been working there for years. I worked with Cher, and that’s what got me my first headlining deal. They saw I had some fans in the audience. I remember one night I was

In looking over some of your classic bits from the specials and on YouTube, you have to admit, sometimes your act is a little dirty. I beg your pardon. I do it for the kids. The college kids like it. You can’t be too clean. It’s actually a hard balance. I’ve said that I think one of the reasons I get so many college kids in the audience is because I’m dirty, but not Dice Clay dirty. You know, more like metaphors and abstract stuff. You know stuff that couldn’t really happen. You know, so it’s like silly dirty as compared to vulgar dirty.

‘I’m dirty, but not Dice Clay dirty. You know, more like metaphors and abstract stuff.’ working with Whitney Houston, and she was late. She was probably doing some coke and all. I was on stage for like 40 minutes. Finally I just told the crowd, “Look, she ain’t here. I don’t want you to think I’m doing some ego-stroking thing. I just don’t want to leave you all here in It’s so funny because [during the act] I lay into people in, I hope, a fun way. And the dark.” They all started cheering. then I have people come up to me. One Many bios of you say that your humor is guy came up to me and said, “Why didn’t based on your family and Italian heritage you cut up Puerto Ricans more?” Because and growing up in South Philly. But really, he’s Puerto Rican you know. And I said, that seems to be more of a description of early man I’ll get to that. I don’t have enough time to cut up everyone in every show. in your career than what you do now. Yeah, it’s broadened. I mean the Philly Sorry to leave you out. But it has broadhumor is still there, but I think, you know ened. I lived in a black neighborhood in having traveled all around the world and West Philly after South Philly. And then seen things, that I do more things now. in high school my family moved to a

So what will you be doing in Atlantic City? Is it new material? Well, yeah, you have to. I mean unlike music, where people want to hear the same songs, with comedy, even though people want to hear some of the same bits, they don’t want it to be all the same. Otherwise, they might as well stay home and watch the TV special. So I’m constantly trying to write. I was on a radio show and they said, every time I see you its always different. I said that’s because I can’t remember my act. But really, it’s on purpose. I mean you can’t please everybody. Some people will be upset because you didn’t do the bit they want and another will say “What are you a Beach Boy? You’re always doing the same stuff.” But I know when it works because people say, “My face hurt.” I love that. I laughed so hard my face hurt. n

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My observation is that the longer the distance away you are from Atlantic City, the quieter the beach. I love Margate’s beach. If you go a few blocks past Lucy, it can make for a very relaxing setting. Each year, many of us who live in the Atlantic City region say to ourselves that we will set time aside to enjoy some of the fab summertime places, which are abundant in our area. But then of course “life� happens and we make excuses, and then, before you know it, Labor Day weekend sneaks up on us and the cycle starts all over. Due to this long holiday weekend being the unofficial last weekend of summer, some would say it’s the perfect time to slip into your planned relaxation mode. Starting this month, even though it will still be beautiful outside, it will also start getting a little chilly and some of us may be trying to plan a fun vacation in the Caribbean or somewhere, or maybe use one of those $9 club fares that Spirit offers out of Atlantic City International Airport. Either way, some of us crave the sun and for those who do: treat yourselves to it. Especially when it could take 10 minutes or less to get to the nearest beach. Of course, the other side to that story, something that year-round shore residents are very well aware of, is something that starts

with a capital T — Traffic! Doug Larson said it best “If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day weekend.� Although traffic this holiday weekend won’t be so pleasant, that’s what we get for living in and around shore towns. Soon enough we will have our streets and beaches back. Life is about moving forward and embracing what comes our way. I try to look at the end of summer in a positive way. We can be more focused in work and in our life activities, and, for some, it’s back-to-school time. Here’s another quote some parents of school-age children may enjoy, this one by Bill Dodds, “Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken.� I guess all in all, no matter what you get out of Labor Day weekend, try to not let the traffic get in your way and make sure to just give yourself at least one day of peace and quiet. Or at least an hour. Take time to relax your brain and body and take time to do something fun. Labor Day weekend at the Jersey shore means gorgeous weather (usually), friendly folks, and, of course, those great Labor Day weekend sales. Look for sales at the Hamilton Mall, Atlantic City Outlets: The Walk, The Pier Shops at Caesars or Historic Smithville to name but a few local shopping areas. See you on the beach and happy shopping. n

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NCE AGAIN, GREETINGS AND salutations. Hard to believe — just one more week, and then the summer season ends for most folks. Not for the Geator, because even though we close Memories, we still will be doing our thing. And we’ll keep you posted about our fall schedule as you continue to read the Weekly. Last weekend, again, nothing but stars. It began with our favorite international personality, Pat Croce, making his annual return to Memories. Then there was Congressman Brady with his entourage. Of course, ever present was the amazing Pete Ciarrocchi and his lovely wife, Lisa, from Chickie’s & Pete’s, and one of my favorite attorneys, Fortunato Perri, whose dad, Fortunato Sr., is one of the classiest guys you’ll ever meet. The Longport kids were there, as were the Donatucci clan, John and Beth Turchi, John DiFilippo and his lovely wife, Maria, and on and on. Just a stellar weekend as usual.

out my entire career. Frank also, as the song says, did it his way, as I have done. They’ve also compared me in looks and size to Frank in his early years, when he, too, was a “Matchstick,” as he used to call This weekend we’ll go Friday, Saturday, me. And in the book, which will be puband then Sunday the return of Ralphie lished shortly, there are numerous stories Head, along with Jelly Roll, as we close our about the times I’ve had the pleasure of season at Memories. Doors will open up at spending with Frank, Sammy, and occa8, and of course, in honor of Ralphie, a little sionally even family man Dean on the complimentary food buffet for you from rare times that he wanted to hang out. Chickie’s & Pete’s and Barrels. So before we ask the Geator, remember, join me for the My wife is a big Johnny Mathis fan with big celebration as we close our season at “Misty” being her favorite song. For years she Memories in Margate Friday, Saturday, and has insisted that it’s the original version and Sunday. Now, time for your questions. that Mathis wrote it. I think not, but don’t know the facts. — Martin Z. Jerry, Frank Sinatra has always reminded me of you (and vice versa). Do you Mathis’ version certainly was a gigantic ever get compared to ol’ blue eyes? And hit in 1959, but it was not the original, and have you ever had a cocktail with him? Johnny did not write it. It was released in — Loretta Schwartz, Longport 1954 as an instrumental by its composer, pianist Erroll Garner, with lyrics added by Interesting that on many of the radio Johnny Burke in 1955. Both Mathis’ and and TV talk shows that I have done, many Garner’s versions are in the Grammy Hall of the interviewers asked me that same of Fame, and it has been recorded by many question. I guess it’s because of the cre- other artists, including Sarah Vaughan, the ative freedom that I’ve enjoyed through- Magnificent Men, and even Lloyd Price.

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OV. CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS A pair of divergent but golden opportunities to put up or shut up if he’s really serious about using state resources and expertise to pull Atlantic City’s struggling casino industry out of the double-whammy crisis caused by competition and a global recession. The first begins in just over two weeks, when HBO rolls out the first episode of Boardwalk Empire, director Martin Scorsese’s 12-part series loosely adapted from local author Nelson Johnson’s compelling look at more than a century of political corruption in the resort. The second is an unprecedented, three-night Halloween weekend stand at Boardwalk Hall by Phish, the world’s greatest jam band, which is expected to draw close to 40,000 people to the shows. With the debut of the TV series fast approaching, it’s probably too late for the state to offer any meaningful help so Atlantic City can mount a national or even regional marketing campaign to tap into the worldwide buzz that’s sure to be generated by the show. But one casino company is partnering with HBO in a marketing deal based around Boardwalk Empire. Although Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. isn’t revealing its hand, the New York Times reported last month that the world’s largest gaming company is a key player in a $10 million promotional campaign that also includes Bloomingdale’s and Canadian Club Whiskey. Among the events planned in celebration of the show, Caesars Atlantic City, one of the four Harrah’s Atlantic City casinos, will host an invitation-only party several days before the Sept. 19 premiere that’s expected to include series’ cast members. [Editor’s note: Caesars will also hold a free and open-to-the-public event co-presented by Atlantic City Weekly on Sunday, Sept. 19, starting at 7pm and including a viewing party of the series premiere. To find out more, visit acweekly.com/empire.] But imagine how much more excitement could have been generated if A.C. had the financial resources to really promote the show all summer long with TV spots, billboards, banner planes, contests and more? An extended and extensive marketing campaign could have enticed visitors to return to Atlantic City during the run of the series to participate in promotions or attend viewing parties. Although a dozen episodes of Boardwalk Empire are already in the can, that doesn’t

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necessarily mean the series ends after the first run of shows. The Sopranos initially consisted of 13 episodes in a single season; it eventually ran for six seasons and 86 episodes and became the most financially successful series in the history of cable TV. Boardwalk Empire is a perfect opportunity for the state to show how serious it is about helping Atlantic City. I’m betting that there’ll be more than one season for this series, so it would be in everyone’s best interests for the state to find the money needed to keep the buzz alive well after the first show airs. Yes, New Jersey is in the financial dumper right now. But surely there’s some money somewhere — maybe earmarked for political pork projects in the northern part of the state? — that can be diverted to Atlantic City, just as tens of millions of CRDA tax dollars have been funneled to the 201, 973 and 908 area codes over the past 32 years. Meanwhile, the Phish concerts, which were announced last week, just might be Atlantic City’s coolest concerts of the year and will put Boardwalk Hall on the radar of millions of Phisheads. Phish, which began life 27 years ago, is one of those rare bands that has become a musical icon while receiving little or no radio airplay. Their strength is in their live shows and the band has such a loyal legion of fans — many of whom follow the band from city to city — that A.C. needs to quickly find a way to market these shows to the masses and build some special events and promotions around them. The goal here isn’t to sell tickets to the shows, which will quickly sell out the moment tickets are released for public sale on Sept. 11. With two months of lead time, putting together some citywide events is very doable, provided there’s money available. I have no idea if Gov. Christie is a Phish fan. But even if he’s not, it’s time for him to go trolling for some money so that the world knows that Phish, which could have played its Halloween shows anywhere, decided to take Atlantic City’s bait. n

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EPTEMBER IS SHAPING UP to be a pretty busy month in the city’s poker rooms with two major tournaments planned, but one hope for some packed rooms seems to have misfired, done in by a royal flush. When Harrah’s Entertainment announced it was combining the badbeat jackpots in all four of its local rooms — Caesars, Harrah’s, Showboat and Bally’s — the casino company went for a big splash setting the initial jackpot at $524,000. Presumably, it was a combination of the pots for the four separate bad beats already in place prior to the switch. Add to that the fact that the new bad beat sets a minimum hand for the bad beat at quad queens, which is pretty high and unlikely to hit. The minimum will go down each week it doesn’t hit, to four jacks, four 10s and so on, until it bottoms out at four deuces. Still, at quad queens to start, it figured that the jackpot would take awhile to hit and that the jackpot — compiled from four rooms’ worth of play — would keep climbing. The record $672,000 jackpot at the Taj Mahal set in June seemed a goner and the chance that a $1 million jackpot might be reached seemed possible. (We kind of got caught up in that too.) Well, call it the best-laid plans, but the bad beat hit just two days after the new system went into effect. The jackpot was at $535,469.60 when it hit Thursday, Aug. 26, at about 11am. According to Harrah’s, Sheryl Wallace of Auburndale, Fla., laid out what she thought was a winning hand of straight flush diamonds, only to experience a bad beat by Monmouth, N.J’s own John Sweet Jr., boasting royal flush diamonds and the win. Wallace’s losing hand earned her $163,343 while Sweet’s winning hand added $109,797 to his wallet. Dueling straight flushes, go figure. But one of the most interesting aspects of the new bad beat worked perfectly. Instead of paying only the players at the table, the bad beat pays everyone playing cash games in a Harrah’s owned room. Players netted $2,705 just for getting in a little poker action before lunch. Still, there was no record and no susfacebook.com/ACWeekly

tained bad-beat mania. The jackpot reset to $100,000 and stood at about $130,000 Monday, Aug. 30. Looks like it will take quite awhile to get to $1 million. Meanwhile, Harrah’s has announced a $200,000 Harrah’s Poker Open event for Sept. 23-27 that will feature appearances by poker pro Annie Duke on Sept. 24 and 25. Duke has a promotional deal with Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker and last appeared at the casino in May. Her exact schedule hasn’t been released, but in May, Duke spent some time on the floor and even played a few hands with the public. The open sports five tournaments with guaranteed prize pools. The biggest is a $100,000 guaranteed, $300 + $40 No Limit Deepstack event Sept. 25 to 26. Others include $15,000 guaranteed, $125 + $25 events Sept. 23 and 27; a $30,000 guaranteed $200 + $30 event Sept. 24; and a $40,000 guaranteed, $200 + $30 event Sept. 26. Of course the next big tournament in the city is the Borgata Poker Open from Sept. 8-23. The World Poker Tour stop includes the open championship, which starts Sept. 18 and is a $2 million guaranteed prize pool, no limit tournament with a $3,300 + $200 buy-in. The main open includes 21 events, but the casino has released a schedule for 32 more events, including satellites and some quick action survivor tournaments. Survivor tournaments give a prize of 10 times the buy-in to the last 10 percent of players who — get this — survive. Survivor tournaments are scheduled daily (at 3pm or 4pm) Sept. 8-16. Satellites for the open championship begin Sept. 16-18. They sport a number of different buy-ins, from $200 to $750. The schedule also includes a lot of evening tournaments, most at $150 + 30. The schedules for both tournaments, for the Harrah’s Open and the Borgata Open, are at “The Real Deal,” Atlantic City Weekly’s poker blog at acweekly. com/poker. n Visit acweekly.com for the latest regular tournament action in Atlantic City. Also, visit “The Real Deal” blog at acweekly. com/poker. see more online @

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800 N. New Hampshire Ave. 449-0006. backbayalehouse. com. Now open Sun.-Thurs. 11am-9pm; Fri.-Sat. 11am11pm. Home of the Basin Mason.

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648 N. Albany Ave. (formerly Home Run Tavern). 348-1700. Open 24/7. Happy hour 11am-1:30pm, 4-8pm and 3-5am.

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Resorts dining level. 340-7698. resortsac.com. The ultimate ’70s and ’80s dance party. Open Fri & Sat. nights, 9pm. Cover charge $10 on Fri., $15 on Sat. Meet Mr. Boogie, Rollergirl and others.

The Quarter at Tropicana. 5720032. tropicana.net. VIP bottle service, DJs.

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Bally’s, Park Place & Boardwalk. 340-2709. ballysac.com. Mon. Late Night Latin Party 10pm5am; Wed. Matt Santry covers 7-11pm; Thurs. karaoke by Lori Kelly; Fri. Flashback Dance Party with DJ Jonnie Vee with the Flirtations dancers; Sat.

Music Box, One Borgata Way. theborgata.com. Tickets $20, shows 9pm nigtly at the Music Box.

Casbah Night Club *

Taj Mahal, 1000 Boardwalk. 449-1000. casbahclub.com. Open Fri.,Sat. 10:30pm to 6am. DJs and dance parties.

Chelsea Hotel

Chelsea Hotel, 111 S Chelsea Ave. 800-548-3030. thechelsea-ac.com. The hotel’s Fifth Floor C5 nightclub and outdoor cabana is open 10pm-4am every Fri.-Sun. Thurs. night is Locals Night by the pool deck. Sun. is International Night. Rock ‘n’ Roll Karaoke Club every Thurs. (8:30pm), Fri. & Sat. (9:30pm) at Teplitzky’s outdoor room. Sun., Sept. 5, European Seduction Vol. 1, a special lineup of special-guest DJs bringing together cultures from around the world.

Chelsea Pub

8 S. Morris Ave. (Across from Trop parking garage) 3454916. Three bars, four pool tables, outdoor patio and an extensive, inexpensive bar menu. Every Wed. Quiz Show with Pete, 8pm.

Club Worship *

At House of Blues (Showboat), 801 Boardwalk. 343-5700. hob.com. Nightclub and ultra lounge.

The Comedy Stop Cafe & Cabaret * The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. tropicana.net. 1-877-FUNNYAC.

The Continental

The Pier Shops at Caesars, 674-8300. continentalac.com. Famous Philly martini bar export.

Corky’s Ribs and BBQ

Tropicana’s Marketplace, Brighton Ave. & the Boardwalk. 345-4100. tropicana.net. Open daily from 8am-11pm.

Croctails Tavern

20 S. Virginia Ave. (between Atlantic and Pacific aves.), 3483360. Open 11am-midnight, Fri. & Sat. until 3am.

Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar *

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 3486700. cubalibrerestaurant.com. Latin music, exclusive rum bar. Fri., Sept. 3, Ni Double from NYC; Sat., Sept. 4, DJ Dramadik.

The Deck *

Trump Marina, One Castle Blvd. 441-8300. trumpmarina.com. Live music nightly throughout the summer.

DeFeo’s

27-29 Missouri Ave. 347-7780. Sports bar & dance club. Pool table and digital jukbox. Food served until 4am.

The Disco *

Trump Marina, One Castle Blvd. 441-8300. trumpmarina. com. Entertainment by DJ Jim Stritch, party hosts Dr. Chili Palmer and Randy Clockwork, and a throng of sexy female dancers. Open from 9pm every Fri. and Sat.

Dizzy Dolphin *

Hilton, Boston & Pacific aves. 340-7200. hiltonac.com. Nautical-themed bar with signature cocktails.

Dock’s Oyster House

2405 Atlantic Ave. 345-0092, docksoysterhouse.com. Opens 5pm. Piano bar nightly.

Ducktown Tavern

2400 Atlantic & Georgia aves. 449-1212. ducktowntavernac. com. Open 24/7. Three Happy hours: 11am-1pm, 4-7pm and 3-5am.

Dusk *

Caesars, 2100 Pacific Ave. 3453875. duskac.com. AC’s newest nightclub. Open Tues., Fri. & Sat., 10pm till late. Tues. is service industry night.

Ego Bar and Lounge *

Taj Mahal, 1000 Boardwalk. 449-1000. trumptaj.com. Nightlife hot spot. Almost Angels perform every Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10pm-2am.

Eden Lounge *

Harrah’s Resort, 777 Harrah’s Blvd. 441-5165. harrahsresort. com. Open 24/7. Live music.

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Tropicana’s South Tower casino level, Brighton Ave. & Boardwalk. 340-4000. tropicana.net. Open Wed..-Sun. 6-11pm. Sushi and raw bar. R&R Sundays and Wasabi Wednesdays: half- price sushi rolls half-price sake & saketini at The Bar 5-7pm.

Firewaters

Tropicana’s Marketplace, Brighton Ave. & Boardwalk. 344-6699. tropicana.net. 101 bottled & 50 draft beers, martini bar.

Flying Cloud Café

Gypsy Bar *

Borgata, One Borgata Way. 1866-MYBORGATA. theborgata. com. Live music, gourmet tequila menu.

Hard Rock Cafe

Hilton Beach Bar *

Foundation Room at House of Blues *

801 Boardwalk at Showboat. 343-5795. hob.com. Members and public can enjoy varied weekly events. Thurs. is “Godspeed” industry night, 10pm-4am.

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3108 Pacific Ave. (in Ocean Club Condos), 345-5554. girasoleac.com. Mediterranean style café.

Formica’s Cafe

Caesars, 2100 Pacific Ave. 1800-677-SHOW. caesarsac. com.

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Trump Taj Mahal, 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Ave. 4410007. hardrock.com. Home of authentic rock ’n’ roll memorabilia.

Forum Lounge *

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The Pier Shops at Caesars. 3456800. gameonac.com. Sports bar w/ 90 HDTVs & mechanical bull. DJs, music videos every Sat. 10pm. Fri. Night Concert Series includes live music, $2 beers, $3 shots and $5 drinks. Fri., Sept. 3, The Interns.

800 N. New Hampshire Avenue, Gardner’s Basin. 345-8222. Open daily from 11am for lunch and dinner and drinks. 2310 Arctic Ave. 344-2732. formicabrosbakery.com. Live music every Sat., 7-10pm.

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Boston and Pacific aves. 3477111. Live entertainment. Open through Labor Day weekend.

Hooters

Two locations: Tropicana, Brighton Ave. & Boardwalk. 449-1500 and Trump Marina, One Castle Blvd. 441-8300. hooters.com. 13 TVs.

House of Blues *

801 Boardwalk, at Showboat. 236-BLUE. hob.com. Music Hall with bands weekly, restaurant and bars.

Irish Pub St. James Place at the Boardwalk. 344-9063. theirishpub.com. Free parking. Open 24 hours.

Izakaya Borgata, One Borgata Way. 3171000. theborgata.com. Modern Japanese pub. Sushi, sake and cocktails. Izakaya Monday, $7 sushi and drinks 5pm.

Jezebel’s * Located at Trump Plaza. 4416000. trumpplaza.com. Casino lounge.

Kelly’s Corner Pub 2721 Arctic & Iowa aves. 3484925. Lively Irish bar open 11am-1am daily.

Knife & Fork Atlantic and Pacific aves. 3441133. knifeandforkinn.com. Open daily at 4pm, serving dinner from 5pm.

Le Grand Fromage 25 Gordon’s Alley. 347-2743. Late night menu, lounge open 8pm-8am. Live music.

Liquid Bar * In Trump Plaza lobby, off Boardwalk at Mississippi Avenue. trumpplaza.com. Stylish bar in casino lobby.

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Los Amigos

1926 Atlantic Ave. 3442293. losamigosrest.com. Southwestern and Mexican beers and fare since 1978.

Los Compadres

Trump Taj Mahal. 1000 Boardwalk. trumptaj.com. Located on the casino floor in the main lobby.

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Megan’s Good Grub & Pub

1743 Boardwalk at Indiana Ave., megansgoodgrubandpub.com. 289-8950. Open Wed.-Sun. for lunch & dinner. Closed Mon.-Tues. Live music 6-9pm.

Melting Pot

2112 Atlantic Ave. (by The Walk), meltingpot.com. 4411100. Mon.-Thurs. 4-10pm, Fri . 4-11pm, Sat. 1-11pm, Sun. 1-10pm. “ Three Olives Thursdays” has 30 martinis for $5 and live music.

Missile Bar *

The Quarter at Tropicana, upper level. 348-2000. missilebar. com. Open midnight-dawn Thurs.-Sun. DJs.

MIXX *

Borgata, One Borgata Way. 1866-MYBORGATA. theborgata. com. Fri. & Sat. 10pm-5am. High-energy dance club w/ world-renowned DJs.

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Bally’s Wild Wild West, Park Place & Boardwalk. 340-2700. ballysac.com. Nightclub open 24/7with western theme, DJs and occasional live music.

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Oasis Lobby Bar

2701 Arctic Ave. at California. 344-1119. Thurs.- Sun. Live Mexican music. Bally’s Wild Wild West, Park Place & Boardwalk. 340-2700. ballysac.com. Located between Caesars and Bally’s center boardwalk with beer-pong tables and a mechanical bull. Open 24/7.

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Borgata, One Borgata Way. 1-

1700 W. Riverside Dr. (Venice Park) 347-1793. Open Thurs.Sun. from 5pm. Waterfront dining. Happy hour 4-7pm Thurs. & Fri.

The Palm

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 3447256. thepalm.com. Awardwinning wine list. “Prime Time” Happy hour 5-7pm daily, includes $3.50 smallbites menu.

The Pool *

Harrah’s Resort, 777 Harrah’s Blvd., (marina district), harrahsresort.com. Tropical oasis with large heated pool, six secluded hot tubs, 12 private poolside cabanas.

Pic-A-Lilli Pub

231 S. Tennessee Ave. 3441113. Dinner menu. Wing specials on Wednesday nights. Beer specials daily, 11pm2am.

Pizza Pub

2309 Pacific Ave. 344-0055. Located across from Trump Plaza. Great food, music and specialty drinks.

Planet Rose Karaoke Bar The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 3446565. planetrose.com. Plush cocktail lounge and karaoke bar.

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Red Square The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 3449100. chinagrillmgt.com. Sat. “Siberian Nights” includes DJ, dancing, and no cover charge.

The Ridge *

Bally’s Claridge tower. Park Place and the Boardwalk. 3402000. ballysac.com. A hybrid of a bar with casino games.

Ri´-Ra´ Irish Pub & Restaurant The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 3488600. rira.com. Authentic Irish pub with entertainment most nights. Thurs., Sept. 2, Eleven Eleven, 11:30pm; Fri., Sept. 3, Evolution, 11:30pm; Sat. Sept. 4, the Approach, 11:30pm.

Rumba Lounge * Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 348-8600. tropicana. net. Open seven days a week. Sports-themed lounge. Every Fri. & Sat., live DJ and dancers 10pm-3am.

Sammy’s Beach Bar *

Bally’s Hotel-Casino, Boardwalk at Park Place. (formerly Bally’s Bikini Beach Bar). 340-2000. Open every day, 11:30am-2am, through Labor Day weekend. Happy Hour Sun.-Fri., 5-7pm.

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The Pier Shops at Caesars. 3484443. thepiershopsatcaesars. com. Serving sushi and cocktails. Karaoke Night Sundays, 9-11pm. Two happy hours, 46pm Mon.-Fri. and 9pm-close nightly.

Tango’s *

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. tropicana.net. Lounge next to gaming floor with live music nightly.

Teplitzky’s Lounge

Chelsea Hotel. 111 S. Chelsea Ave. 800-548-3030. thechelsea-ac.com. Happy hour 4-7pm includes discounted drinks and half-off apps.

Tony’s Baltimore Bar & Grill

2800 Atlantic Ave. 345-5766 and 345-9461. baltimoregrill. com. An A.C. landmark. Bar open 24 hours, kitchen until 3am.

The Trinity Pub and Carvery

The Pier Shops at Caesars. 345-6900. trinitypubac.com. Traditional Irish fare, frosty pints. Battle of the Bands every Friday through the summer, 10pm. Drink specials. No cover.

Trump Plaza Beach Bar *

Boardwalk at Mississippi Ave. 441-6000. Voted one of the “sexiest beach bars” by the Travel Channel in 2009. Open through Labor Day weekend.

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Sheraton Hotel, Two Convention Blvd., across from Convention Ctr. 347-7800. tuntavern.com. DJs/live music every Wed.-Sun., 9pm-1am.

West Side Bar

511 N. Arkansas Ave. 3440883. westsideac.com. Alternative lifestyle party every night.

Whiskey Grille

20 Pennsylvania Ave. 3453290. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Five flat screen TVs, daily specials.

The Wonderbar

music Thurs. Happy hour 47pm daily.

Laguna Grill Martini Bar

14th St. So. & the ocean at the Celebrity Resorts Suites. 2667731. lagunagrill.com. Ocean views, entertainment and specials nightly.

Rod & Reel Tavern

101 13th St. North, 266-0343. Karaoke with Mike Maggio on Sat. nights. Pool table, darts.

St. George’s Pub

Towne Center, 4282 Harbour Beach Blvd. 266-1001. stgeorgespub.com. Full bar with martini menu. Pool table. Open 24 hours. Live music Fri. nights. Newly renovated.

DOWNBEACH Ventnor, Margate & Longport Bella Luna

9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate. 822-7268. Dine al fresco at Lucy the Elephant. Hours Wed.-Sun from 5pm. Live music Thursdays with Susie Neustadter & the Groove.

Cafe Luciano Lamberti

301 Longport Blvd., Longport. 822-1002. Mon. and Wed. 7-9pm, half-price sushi night. Live entertainment every Wed.

Johnny’s Cafe and Cocktails

9407 Ventnor Ave., Margate, 822-1789, johnnyscafeventnor.com. Happy hour 4:306:30pm with half-priced appetizers and discounted cocktails. Thurs. Ladies Night with DJ Jimmy 2 Shirts.

Luciano Lamberti’s

Steve & Cookie’s 9700 Amherst Ave., Margate. 823-1163. steveandcookies. com. Live music nightly in the piano bar and oyster bar.

Tomatoe’s

9300 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-7535. tomatoesmargate. com. Asian-American cuisine. Rock ‘n’ Roll Sushi Mon. and Wed, Happy hour- and-a-half every night. Call for reservations.

Ventura’s Greenhouse 106 S. Benson Ave., Margate. 822-0140. venturasgreenhouse.com. Open seven days. Late-night fare. Weekly beer and dinner specials.

MAINLAND 800 Bay Restaurant & Bar 800 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 926-3500. 800bayrestaurant. com. Open daily 11:30am10pm Sun.-Thurs., until 11pm Fri.-Sat. Live music nightly: Sun., Bubba Mac Blues Band, 6pm; Mon., Doug Jennings; Tues., Chris Arena; Wed., Shawn Ashley; Thurs., Eli’s Band; Fri.-Sat., Shawn Ashley.

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9306 Amherst Ave. On the Bay, Margate. 822-8423. maynards-cafe.com. Daily drink, lunch and dinner specials. Live music Fri., Sat. & Sun. 6:30pm.

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9314 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-9111. sofiaofmargate.com. Elegant Greek-style restaurant with entertainment on weekends. Fri. & Sat. Alisa Cooper during dinner and live music until 1am.

9707 Amherst Ave ., Margate. 487-6001. Happy hour everyday from 3-7pm at the bar. Discounted drinks and halfpriced appetizers.

3701 Sunset Avenue (at the Albany Ave. bridge). 344-8888. wonderbarac.com. Casual and upscale dining with views overlooking the bay.

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823 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 927-1776. A Somers Point tradition. Open 10am-2am. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. 4-7pm. 68 W. Jimmy Leeds Road, Suite 14, Galloway. 568-5519. An “Old World” atmosphere with free Wi-Fi connection.

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1 Leo Fraser Drive, Northfield, 236-4401, accountryclub.com. Tap Room Happy hour 4-6pm, half-priced drafts and martinis with culinary bar menu.

Black Cat Bar & Grill 1 N. Shore Road, Absecon. 641-2323. Open 7 days from 10am-1am. Kitchen from 11am-11pm. Live music Thursdays.

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Bulldogs Bar & Grill 743 W. White Horse Pike, Galloway, 965-4433. bulldogsbar.net. TVs at the bar & booths. Entertainment Fri. & Sat. night.

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Charlie’s 800 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9273363. charliesbar.com. Open daily 7am-3am; Sun. noon3am. Mon-Fri. Happy hour 3-6pm.

Chickie’s and Pete’s

6055 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-1930. chickiesandpetes. com. Ultimate sports bar with entertainment nightly. Happy hour Mon-Fri: 4-7pm with different beer and mixed-drink specials daily. Every Fri. 5-7pm, Jerry Blavat broadcasts live on 92.1 FM.

Christi’s Bar & Restaurant

6415 Delilah Rd. 383-2700. Neighborhood restaurant and bar by the A.C. Airport circle.

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19 N. Egg Harbor Rd., Hammonton. 561-2525. Alternative nightclub. DJ, karaoke, tiki bar, drink specials, live entertainment, weekly events. Open five days a week; Wed.Thurs. 6pm-2am, Fri.-Sat. 7pm-3am, Sun. 5pm-1am.

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10 McArthur Blvd. Somers Point. 927-6111. Pool table. DJs and occasional live music on weekends.

Dubliner Irish Pub 325 E. Jimmy Leeds Rd., Galloway. dublinerpubandgrill. com. 652-2210. Authentic Irish Pub. Happy hour 4-8pm daily and 8pm-midnight Sat, including half-priced apps. Entertainment Wed. through Sun. nights.

East Bay Crab & Grille 6701 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-7721. eastbaycrab.com. Daily Happy hour 4-7pm. Mon.

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Kensington Square, 200 North Tilton Road, Northfield, 6466565. formicabrosbakery.com. Live music Fridays, 7-10pm.

Fred & Ethel’s Lantern Light Tavern

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652-0544. Nightly specials. Live music every Fri. and Sat. Happy hour 4-7pm daily. Mexican Monday offers $2 appetizers and margaritas.

Goodfellows, W.L.

310 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 652-1942. wlgoodfellows.com. Over 60 bottled microbrew beers. Open from 11:30am. Half-price happy hour 4-8pm weekdays and 10pm-midnight daily.

Great American Pub & Grille

Festival at Hamilton, Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 625-1990. Family owned since 1998. Specials daily.

Gregory’s

900 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9276665. gregorysbar.com. Weekly drink specials. Family run since 1946. Taco Tues. and Thurs.,

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Hibiscus 101 E. Maryland Ave., Somers Pt. somerspoint.hibiscusrestaurants.com. Live entertainment. Sun. Open Mike Night 5-10pm; Live music Thurs.-Sun. Fri., Aug. 27, Dog Hair; Sat., Aug. 28, Big Whiskey.

Hi Point Pub (Skelly’s) 5 N. Shore Rd., Absecon. 6413172. Open 24 hrs. Happy hour 5-7pm. Mon.-Fri. with discount drinks & free buffet.

The Inlet 998 Bay Avenue, Somers Point 926-9611. inletrestaurantnj. com. Wed.-Sun 11:30am10pm. Happy hour 3-7pm daily w/half-priced apps and drink specials. Rum Runner outdoor bar open 1pm Thurs.-Sun. Live music. Every Tues., Peanut Butter Lovesicle; every Fri., Reed Kendall, 3-7pm; every Sat., the Logjammers, 7-11pm; every Sun., the Fe Band, 15pm.

The Inn at Sugar Hill

5704 Mays Landing-Somers Point Road, Mays Landing, innatsugarhill.com. 625.2226.

Historic bed-and-breakfast.

JD’s Pub

Smithville Town Center, intersection of Route 9 and Smithville Blvd. 404-9000, jdspubsmithville.com. Open til 2am or later. Happy hour 3-6:30pm daily w/drink and menu specials.

Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille

Black Horse Pike & Main St., Pleasantville. 646-8332. jojositaliangrille.com. Happy hour 46pm Mon.-Fri. Entertainment Wed. & Sun. in the bar.

JR’s Tavern

650 New Rd., Somers Pt. 6539853. jrstavern.com. Open every day 7am-2am, Sun. 9am2am. Weekly drink and wing specials. DJ entertainment Thurs.-Sat.

Juliano’s Pub & Grill

Corner of Ocean Heights. Ave. & Zion Rd., EHT. 927-6363. julianospub.com. Tues., Thurs. 4-7pm, Happy hour with 2-for1 appetizers and half-priced drinks.

La Hacienda

265 S. New York Rd., Galloway. 652-6050. Live music every Fri. & Sat. night, 7:30-11:30pm.

Library III

6605 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 645-7655, libraryiii.com. Tues.

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2301 Rt. 50, Mays Landing. 625-9600. Open Wed.-Mon., 11am-11pm. Happy hour weekdays 4-7pm $1 off appetizers, reduced drink prices. Mon. Mexican night.

3016 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 601-8369. mangiabythegreens.com. In clubhouse of McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links. Entertainment nightly.

9 W. White Horse Pike. Galloway.652-1700. ramsheadinn.com. Restaurant and bar. Pianist in the tavern Fri. & Sat. nights.

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5397 Mays Landing-Somers Point Rd. Mays Landing. 6259710. Open 11am-4am daily. Happy hour daily from 4-7pm. Live music Sat.

446 St. Louis Ave.,Egg Harbor City. 965-7878. Open for lunch and dinner. Drink specials daily. 41 N. Oyster Creek Rd., Leeds Point, 652-8565. Waterfront dining, arrive by boat or car. Several beers on tap. Live music.

Sam’s Bar and Grill

18 S. Main St., Pleasantville. 646-5128. samsbarandgrill. com. Happy hour Tue.-Fri. 4-6:30pm. Thurs., Fri. and Sat. DJ. Every Sun., WTTH’s Raymond “Trouble Man� Tyler spinning live from 8-11pm.

Pistol Pete’s Steakhouse

1000 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville. 484-1000. pistolpetessaloon.com. Happy hour 4-7 pm. Dinner and drink specials daily, entertainment.

Sandi Pointe

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Smithville Inn

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652-7777. smithvilleinn.com. Fri. & Sat. Lenny Mitchell on piano.

Tailgaters Galloway Grille

337 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor City. 804-9000. Neighborhood sports bar w/ 12 beers on tap. Pool and darts. Two happy hours weekdays: 11am-1pm, 3-6pm: $1 off drafts and cocktails and half-price apps. Sat-Sun: allday select drink specials.

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Boardwalk Hall Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420 or in person at box office

Atlantic City Comedy Festival Sept. 3-4, Boardwalk Hall Get ready for an explosion of comedy talent as some of the top comics in the nation headline the first Atlantic City Comedy Festival Sept. 3-4. On Friday, Sept. 3, the comics are Don “DC” Curry, Earthquake, Mike Epps, Mario Tory and George Wilborn. On Saturday, Sept. 4, they are Jackson Browne Gary Owen, Bruce Bruce, D.L. Hughley, Sommore and TuRae. Both shows begin Sept. 4-5, Event Center American singer, at 8pm and tickets are $45, $59 and $85 songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Jackson Browne joined by David Lindley headfor each show. (See story p. 58) lines at the Event Center on Saturday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 5, 8pm both nights. Tickets are $56, $66 and $76.

Borgata

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Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds

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Sept. 3, Music Box Babyface will bring his soulful quiet storm R&B style to The Music Box on Friday, Sept. 3, 9pm. Tickets are $50. Having written and produced for some of the most prolific names in music, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is truly one of music’s great talents. Whitney Houston, Brandy, Mary J.Blige, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Aretha Franklin, Pink, and Phil Collins, among others, have all worked with Babyface in creating multiple Billboard No. 1 singles.

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Sept. 3, Event Center Grammy-award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots (STP) will be at the Event Center on Friday, Sept. 3, 8pm. Tickets are $75 and $85. Since appearing on the scene in the early ’90s, Stone Temple Pilots dominated the decade, winning a “Best Hard Rock Performance” Grammy in 1994 for the song “Plush,” having their five albums sell more than 35 million copies worldwide and racking up 15 singles on the Billboard Top Ten including “Down,” “Creep,” “Vasoline,” “Big Empty,” “Sour Girl” and “Days of the Week.” This past May the band released their sixth studio album, Stone Temple Pilots, their first release in almost a decade.

From Good Homes Sept. 4, Music Box From Good Homes, a North Jersey band that reunited in 2009, performs at the Borgata on Saturday, Sept. 4, at 9pm. Tickets are $35. The genesis of From Good Homes dates back to a high school band, when childhood friends Todd Sheaffer, Brady Rymer, and Patrick Fitzsimmons came together. With the addition of Dan Myers in 1988, and Jamie Coan in 1990, the band From Good Homes was fully formed. Bringing together rock, jazz, folk, celtic and jamband influences under one umbrella, rooted in Todd Sheaffer’s inspired songwriting, From Good Homes forged their own, instantly lovable music. Their unique style prompted one critic to affectionately label the band’s blend of influences as “Hick-Pop.”

The Roots, Melanie Fiona

Event Center on Saturday, Sept. 11, 8pm. Tickets are $75 and $80. His numerous hit songs include “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Down On The Corner,” “Who’ll Stop The Rain,” ‘Lookin Our My Back Door” and “Centerfield.”

Borgata Comedy Club Music Box The Borgata Comedy Club offers fun-filled evenings featuring a trio of comedians nightly (except during headliner engagements). Showtimes are 9pm and the tickets are $20. (Visit theborgata.com). Appearing Sept. 2 are Tim Croupier, Rhan Ramey and Joey Kola. On tap Sept. 6-12 are Jim Delakis, Derrick Cameron and Gary DeLena. Appearing Sept. 13-19 are John Rizzo, Max Dolcelli and Steve White.

Caesars Atlantic City Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, Caesars box office; for more info, 1-800-677-SHOW

Al Green Sept. 4, Circus Maximus Theater Legendary soul and gospel singer Al Green headlines at Caesars on Saturday, Sept. 4, 9pm. Tickets are $55, $65 and $85. His hit singles include “You Oughta Be With Me,” “Spending My Time,” “Love and Happiness” and “Let’s Stay Together.” In 2005, Rolling Stone named him No. 65 in their list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.”

Sept. 5, Music Box The Legendary Roots Crew — most recently known for their tenure as the house band for the TV show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — continues their residency at the Borgata. The next show by the Roots is Sunday, Sept. 5, 9pm; tickets are $49.50. Melanie Fiona opens. Following each performance, the band hosts an official Borgata Nightlife after-party, with music by guest DJ and Roots’ member, Questlove. The Roots Atlantic City teamed up with John Legend for the new Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420 album Wake Up!

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Sept. 4, Harrah’s Concert Venue Sept. 11, Event Center John Fogerty, the Philly born comic Dom Irrera headlines man who created Credence Clearwater at Harrah’s on Saturday, Sept. 4, 9pm. Revival and the band’s lead singer and Tickets are $30, $35 and $40. Irrera has principal songwriter, headlines at the one of the most natural styles in all of

stand-up comedy as he talks about his Italian family and South Philly neighborhood. (See interview, p. 10)

House of Blues/ Showboat Atlantic City Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420 or 236BLUE

Augustana

Sept. 3, Music Hall Augustana headlines at the Music Hall on Friday, Sept. 3, 9pm. Tickets are $18 and $20. The band broke into radio success thanks to the hit single “Boston” and the album All the Stars and Boulevards. The group’s latest release is Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt.

30 Seconds To Mars

Sept. 4, Music Hall The L.A. alt-rock band 30 Seconds To Mars, fronted by vocalist, guitarist and actor Jared Leto (My So Called Life, Fight Club, Panic Room) headlines at the Music Hall on Saturday, Sept. 4, 8pm. Tickets are $25. Leto is joined by his brother, Shannon, on drums, with guitarist Solon Bixler and bassist Matt Wachter. The band’s latest album is This Is War. Their previous albums were a self-titled debut in 2002 and the multi-platinum A Beautiful Lie in 2005.

Alice Cooper

Sept. 5, Music Hall Alice Cooper brings his performance art/shock rock to the House of Blues on Sunday, Sept. 5, 9pm. Tickets are $40, $45 and $50.

Blondie

Sept. 11, Music Hall The Iconic new wave Blondie headlines at the Music Hall on Saturday, Sept. 11, 9pm. Tickets are $30, $40 and $50. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, Blondie emerged as one of the great pop icons of

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Ziggy Marley Sept. 16, Music Hall One of Bob Marley’s talented offspring, Ziggy Marley, headlines at the Music Hall on Thursday, Sept. 16, 9pm. Tickets are $26 and $31. Marley has continued in his father’s footsteps as a world acclaimed reggae/ roots artist. His latest music is a series of singles available for download from his Web site. Says Marley, “My friends I want to announce the launch of the wild and free singles. It’s hard not to make music and since I happen to be in the studio I thought why not make some songs in between albums. So I decided to record a collection of singles, which means one song at a time, and call it the wild and free singles because they are just that, wild and free.”

Atlantic City

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Temptations, Four Tops

are $25. Hypnosterical is hilariously funny and edgy, with audience members coming up on stage to be put under Bocutti’s spell — making for an R-rated, adult-oriented comedy hypnosis show. (See video at acweekly.com/multimedia)

Sept. 3-4, Tropicana Showroom At the height of their success as Motown’s greatest vocal groups, The Temptations and Four Tops would sometimes tour together as the “TNT” show. The Tropicana brings back that great combination for Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 3, and Asylum Fight League Sept. 11, Grand Cayman Asylum Saturday, Sept. 4, 9pm both nights. Fight League Mixed Martial Arts returns Comedy Stop Café & Cabaret to Trump Marina on Saturday, Sept. 11, The Comedy Stop is a 300-seat venue in 7pm. Tickets are $40, $50, $75 and $100. The Quarter at Tropicana. Showtimes are The goal of the AFL is to showcase the Sun.-Thurs. at 10pm ($25); Fri. ($27) and best amateur talent on the East Coast by Sat. ($29) at 9 & 11:15pm. Headlining matching them competitively and preparnow to Sept. 5 are Dena Blizzard, Coleman ing them a possible professional career. Green and Manny Oliveira. Appearing Sept. 6-12 are Patrick O’Donnell and Russ Nagel. Kozak the Magician appears Sun.-Thurs, 7pm ($23), with a dinner show package for $32. Showtime Fri.-Sat. Hotel & Casino is 6pm (dinner seating one hour prior). Those under 18 must be accompanied by ‘V: The Ultimate Variety Show’ an adult. Showtimes Sun.-Thurs. change Now-Sept. 5, Trump Plaza Theatre to 9pm beginning Monday, Sept. 13. David Saxe Productions presents V: The Ultimate Variety Show, now through Sunday, Sept. 5. Showtimes are Thursday, 8pm; Friday, 9pm; Saturday, 3 and 8pm, and Sunday, 3 and 7pm. Tickets are $25. Hotel Casino V: The Ultimate Variety Show features the Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, or the hilarious emcee/juggler Michael Holly. Trump Marina box office. For more info, call 1Master ventriloquist Ronn Lucas will 800-777-8477 have you roaring with laughter when he turns an audience volunteer into his Joe Boccuti’s ‘Hypnosterical 2’ personal “dummy.” Jason Byrne, winNow-Sept. 5, Shell Showroom ner of the Golden Lion’s Head Award Hypnosterical 2 starring master hypnotist presented by master illusionists Siegfried Joe Boccuti continues at Trump Marina and Roy, has a magical way with making through Sunday, Sept. 5. Showtimes are his beautiful yellow doves appear and Thursday, 9pm, Friday and Saturday, disappear. World-class adagio team Pasha 10pm, and Sunday, Sept. 5, 9pm. Tickets & Aliona are the world’s fastest quick

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change artists. Also in the cast is singer Bianca Ryan, who won the debut season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent at age 11 (she’s now 16). (See video at acweekly. com/multimedia)

Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420; or the Taj box office. For more info, call 449-5150

Donna Summer Sept. 4, Mark G. Etess Arena Disco queen Donna Summer headlines at the Taj on Saturday, Sept 4, 8pm. This performance was originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 28. Tickets for Saturday, Aug. 28 will be honored at the Sept. 4 show. (See interview, online at acweekly.com)

‘Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy’

Now-Sept 5, Cirque Dreams Theater This is the final weekend to catch this show at the Taj Mahal. Showtimes are Thursday, 8pm; Friday, 9pm and Saturday and Sunday, 3:30 and 8pm. Tickets are $25.50 and $35.50. The show features acrobats, a slack rope walker, and aerialists. Extravagant head gear and costuming create imaginative creatures like frogs, lizards, and emus. The visual appeal of these outfits, decked out with black light phosphorescent accents, is more than matched by the main attraction of the show, the artists who demonstrate their athletic ability throughout the evening. (See video at acweekly.com/multimedia) n

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Sept. 4, Superstar Theater Art of Electronica presents world-renowned DJ Victor Calderone on stage as Resorts transforms the Superstar Theater into multi-level nightlife experience on Saturday, Sept. 4, 10pm. Tickets are $40. Calderone’s stellar performances and accomplishments throughout the past 20 years have him at the pinnacle among deejays as a sonic innovator in house, techno and tribal music.

Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, or Tropicana box office, 1-800-526-2935

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FRI. SEPT. 3 Augustana House of Blues Music Hall: 9pm Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds Borgata Music Box: 9pm Stone Temple Pilots Borgata Event Center: 8pm

SEPT. 3-SEPT. 4 Atlantic City Comedy Festival w/D.L. Hughley, Mike Epps, Sommore Boardwalk Hall: 8pm Temptations, Four Tops Tropicana Showroom: 9pm

SAT. SEPT 4 DJ Victor Calderone Resorts Superstar Theater: 10pm From Good Homes Borgata Music Box: 9pm 30 Seconds To Mars House of Blues Music Hall: 8pm Donna Summer Trump Taj Mahal Mark G. Etess Arena: 8pm

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SUN. SEPT. 5 Alice Cooper House of Blues Music Hall: 9pm The Roots w/Melanie Fiona Borgata Music Box: 9pm

COMEDY, MUSICALS, REVUES

Hypnosterical 2 with Joe Boccuti, Trump Marina Shell Showroom, Now-Sept. 5: Thurs. 9pm; Fri., Sat. 10pm; Sun. 9pm V: The Ultimate Variety Show, Trump Plaza Theatre, Now-Sept. 5: Thurs. 8pm; Fri. 9pm; Sat. 3 & 8pm; Sun. 3 & 7pm

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Slamm Duo Fri. 6-10pm Bobby Lynch Duo Sat. 37pm Last Call Sat. 8pm-mid. Stellar Mojo Sun. noon-4pm

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DJ Too Tall Thurs. 8pm-3am DJ Aiden Scott Fri. 8pm2am Vixens Fri.-Sun.10pm-1am Shorty the Sheriff Fri.-Sun. 10pm-2am DJ Deputy Joe Sat. 8pm2am DJ Vito G. Sun. 8pm-3am

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Dave the Mailman, DJ Sammy Bones Fri. 10pm3am MC Kent, DJ Johnny B. Sat. 10pm-3am

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Benderz Trio Thurs. 69:30pm Full Effect Thurs. 10pm1:30am Second Majesty Fri. 710:30pm Octane Fri. 11pm-2:30am Goodman Fiske Sat. 710:30pm Amish Outlaws Sat. 11pm2:30am

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Global Friday w/DJ Royale Fri. Sean Kingston Sat. Euro Fest Five w/The Wunder Kids, DJ Vitalik Sun. Back to School Party w/ Sat-One Tues.

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Matteo’s Beach Bay Café

Address: 7801 Ventnor Ave., Margate Phone: 823-6700 Hours: Open daily for lunch and dinner from 11am. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., 8amnoon.

New and Stylish Margate Café Hair stylist-turned-restauranteur Glen Matteo has opened a unique eatery at the site of the former Stewart’s By Frank Gabriel

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HE DOWNBEACH SECTION OF Absecon Island — most notably, Margate — has been at the forefront of the Jersey shore’s culinary ascension over the last two decades. For Glen Matteo, operator of Matteo’s Beach Bay Café, this venture marks his return to that food hotspot, six years after closing an initial restaurant, Madison Avenue Cafe (nowadays an exceptional seafood emporium called Dune). The South Philadelphia native began his career in another field entirely, opening a hair salon in Center City at the youthful age of 23. In the mid-’80s, he created Salon M in Northfield and quickly became one of the area’s first high-end hair stylists. That field provided him an entrée — pardon the pun — to the culinary world. Purchasing the highly successful Margate Dairy Bar a few years later, he turned a sidecar space shoehorned next door into an inventive, seminal seashore BYOB. These were glory days for diners in Margate. Nearby were Melissa’s Bistro, Tomatoe’s and Mojo, all challenging long-held standards, altering perceptions and bringing an entirely different cultural zeitgeist to the plate. Matteo reflects upon that period of time running both the salon and restaurant, sighing deeply while doing so. “I ended up working something like 130 hours a week,” he says. Hair stylist by day, chef/owner by night: it’s a shame the Bravo network didn’t exist at the time, as it could have created a reality show based on that hybrid formula.

At his side for the food portion of that wild ride has been his mom, Lorraine, or just “Mrs. M” as she has become known to patrons. Contributing baked goods, desserts and hand-rolled gnocchi, she continues to assist her son’s re-entry to the shore restaurant maelstrom. She even creates the luscious, house-made brownie’s for Matteo’s ice cream sundaes. Inking a deal for the former Stewart’s space back on April 5 of this year, the cafe opened a mere month later, just in time for the summer onslaught. The lunch menu features all the expected beachy standards — burgers, dogs, steaks and chicken — with the addition of seafood options like lump crab cakes, fried calamari, seared yellowfin tuna and salmon.

Prices are moderate, with only a few items breaking the $10 ceiling. But it’s at dinner that Matteo’s creative mind comes to the fore. The tiny restaurant — with al fresco seating for 66 and 20 more seats inside — turns out evening specials to rival those offered in finer dining locations, like local specialty soft shell crabs. The glassine creatures, handled correctly, provide what we consider to be the most uniquely identifiable Jersey coastal delicacy. Where I grew up, in Cumberland County, soft shell sandwiches are still vended like hot dogs from front-yard cookers along rural Delaware Bay communities. Matteo’s version pays respect to the product’s natural delicacy. Sauteed

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with white wine, capers, local tomatoes and garlic, he plates them atop pasta for an elegant menu addition. Other selections nighttime diners can expect to see include lamb chops crusted with a Dijon/rosemary breadcrumb mixture, and scallops with champagne tomato leek sauce. Ask Matteo about chef’s recommendations and you’ll hear him enthusiastically endorse one particular product, saying he has “the best mussels, hands-down, anywhere.” He also emphasizes flexibility and seasonality, saying “I have a whole arsenal of apps” designed to work with whatever fresh food is most abundant. Continuing to describe his cuisine, Matteo adds, “I’m all over the charts — Vietnamese, Japanese, Italian and Asian. I love all kinds of food.” Matteo says he will keep the business open Thursday through Sunday, yearround, continuing with breakfast on weekends. Catering, especially during football season, will soon become an additional point of emphasis. Matteo tells us he’ll be adding heartier fare like chili, eggplant parmigiana and his unique twist on meatballs once Labor Day is in the rear-view mirror. Indispensable to his success in this first campaign has been his right-hand man, Chef Rodrigo Vasquez, a veteran of both Madison and Steven Starr’s Continental. Also garnering special mention is friend Cindy Motter, about whom he says “Without her help, the opening of the café would not have been such a success.” n E-mail Frank Gabriel at fgabriel@acweekly.com see more online @

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Amici Brick Oven Pizzeria & Italian Grill

2010 Baltic Ave. (at The Walk). 345-8700. Large variety of pastas, brick-oven pizzas, hot sandwiches, paninis, calzones, strombolis, salads and desserts.

Angelo’s Fairmount Tavern

2300 Fairmount Ave. 3442439. angelosfairmounttavern. com. An A.C. institution, Angelo’s Italian fare has flourished for three generations.

Angeloni’s II Restaurant 2400 Arctic Ave. 344-7875. angelonis.com. Fine Italian cuisine and impressive wine selection.

Atlantic City Bar & Grill

1219 Pacific Ave. (Corner of S.Carolina & Pacific). 3488080. atlanticcitybar.com. Lobster, homemade pizza, BBQ baby back ribs and more.

Café 2825

2825 Atlantic Ave (at Brighton Ave.). 344-6913. cafe2825. com. Regional Italian fare with full bar.

Cavo Crepe Café

122 N. Michigan Ave. (at The Walk). 340-1300.

Chelsea Prime

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Flying Cloud Café

800 N. New Hampshire Avenue, Gardner’s Basin. 345-8222. Relaxed, waterfront dining specializing in seafood. Open daily from 11am for lunch and dinner. Available for private parties from 10 to 200, and off-premise catering. Waterside outside deck open, weather permitting.

Girasole Ristorante

3108 Pacific Ave. 345-5554. girasoleac.com. Serving Mediterranean Italian cuisine daily. Holiday specials.

Imperial Inn

3124 Atlantic Ave. 347-8810. Serving exceptional Mandarin, Szechwan and Cantonese food.

Irish Pub

St. James Pl. at the Boardwalk. 344-9063. theirishpub.com. Open 24 hours with full menu served anytime. Daily lunch and dinner specials.

Kelsey and Kim’s

201 Melrose Ave. 350-6800. Classic Southern soul food with a twist, including fried chicken and waffles. Open daily 7am-10pm; BYOB/cash only.

Knife & Fork

3600 Atlantic Ave. Corner of Atlantic and Pacific aves. knifeandforkinn.com. 344-1133. Historic landmark restaurant with the finest seafood and steaks prepared on a woodfired grill.

Little Saigon

2801 Arctic Ave. 347-9119. Authentic Vietnamese and vegetarian cuisine.

Longhorn Steak House

2108 Atlantic Ave. 344-2050. Serving lunch and dinner. 11:30am-10pm weekdays, till 11pm weekends.

8 S. Morris Ave. 345-4916. Popular local hangout is open 24 hours, daily. Mon.-Fri. Happy hour 11:30am-1pm, 4-6pm.

Los Amigos

Dock’s Oyster House

Megan’s Good Grub & Pub

2405 Atlantic Ave. 3450092. docksoysterhouse.com. Offering fine steaks and seafood, classic seafood soups, bar and raw bar.

Ducktown Tavern

1926 Atlantic Ave. 3442293. losamigosrest.com/AC. Mexican food, fresh seafood and prime steaks.

1743 Boardwalk at Indiana Ave. 289-8950. megansgoodgrubandpub.com. Open Thurs.Sun for lunch and dinner. Closed Mon.-Wed. A unique menu of classic American comfort food, executed with gourmet flair, served in a

friendly and fun pub environment. Meeting space, private parties and take-out available.

Melaka Restaurant

28 S. Tennessee Ave. 3448928. Malaysian and Chinese cuisine.

The Melting Pot

2112 Atlantic Ave., 441-1100. meltingpotcom. Fondue restaurant offers unique and interactive dining experience.

Mexico Restaurant

3810 Ventnor Ave. 344-0366. mexicorestaurant.com. Cocktail lounge serving authentic Mexican food & beer.

New York Diner

3101 Pacific Ave., at Flamingo Motel. 345-8887. Full diner menu. New York-style deli sandwiches.

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Old Waterway Inn

1700 W. Riverside Dr. 3471793. Specializing in seafood and steak. Open for dinner Wed. through Sun. 5-10pm.

Pho Hoa Cali

3808 Ventnor Ave. 340-0063. Authentic Vietnamese noodle house.

Pic A Lilli Pub

229 S. Tennessee Ave. 3441113. Open 24/7. Full Menu. Serving lunch & dinner daily. Try their wings.

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse 2020 Atlantic Ave. 344-5833. serioussteaks.com. Corn-fed USDA Prime Midwest beef, specialty chops, seafood, award-winning wine list.

Teplitzky’s

111 S. Chelsea Ave., inside Chelsea hotel. thechelseaac.com.1-800-548-3030. Retro-style diner with hideaway cocktail lounge and coffee shop.

Tony Boloney’s Pizzeria

300 Oriental Ave. (Corner of Oriental and Vermont St.). 344-8669. tonybaloneys.com. Pizzas, subs, wraps, calzones and more. Mon.-Thurs. 9am10pm, Fri.-Sat. 9am-11pm. Sun. 10am-10pm. Free delivery.

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Whiskey Grille

20 Pennsylvania Ave. 3453290. Serving breakfast lunch and dinner.

White House Sub Shop 2308 Arctic Ave. 345-8599. A.C.’s legendary sub shop.

The Wonder Bar

3701 Sunset Avenue (at the Albany Ave. bridge). 344-8888, wonderbarac.com. Lunch served from 11am and dinner served nightly in the Sunset Room from 5-10pm.

BRIGANTINE Andre’s Italian Restaurant

1312 W. Brigantine Ave. 2661124. Serving pizza, subs, steaks, Italian dinners, grilled seafood, cappuccino and desserts. Take-out, eat-in and delivery. Open 10:30am-10pm daily.

Carmine’s

900 W. Brigantine Ave. 2665400. Pizzas, subs, wings, wraps and more.

Cellar 32

32nd St. and Revere Blvd. Newly opened restaurant, bar and package goods store.

Goochie Brothers

4208 Harbour Beach Blvd. 266-3100. Italian cuisine and pizzeria.

Laguna Grill Martini Bar

1400 Ocean Ave. 266-7731. lagunagrill.com. Fine cuisine, unique ambiance on the beach with beautiful view. Open daily: breakfast starts at 8am, lunch at noon and dinner at 4pm.

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L’Aragosta Ristorante

3400 Brigantine Blvd. 2662808. Northern and Southern Italian cuisine.

The Links Bar & Grille

1075 North Shore Dr. 2661388. brigantinegolf.com. Beautiful views of golf course, casual ambiance.

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3628 Brigantine Blvd. 2667608. Japanese/Chinese restaurant with a full sushi bar.

DOWNBEACH Ventnor, Margate & Longport Barrels

9 S. Granville Ave., Margate.

823-4400. barrelsfoods.com. Italian food. Also in Linwood.

China Dumpling Seafood Resaurant

5200 Ventnor Avenue, Ventnor. 822-6888. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Specializing in Dim Sum and seafood. Open 11am -10pm, Fri. and Sat. till 11pm. Eat-in, take-out and delivery.

Cleo’s Fish Palace

7307 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 822-5858. cleosfish.com. A large variety of prepared seafood and dinner platters. Catering available.

Dino’s Subs & Pizza

8016 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-6602 or 822-0670. Open daily, 7-11:30am. Breakfast entrees, sandwiches and subs. Party trays for all occasions. Pick up, eat in and delivery.

Downbeach Deli

8 S. Essex Ave., Margate. 823-7310. Serving up a huge selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open daily, 8am7:30pm.

Dune

9510 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 487-7450. Prix-Fixe menu available. Reservations suggested. Local produce, poultry and fish. Organic options. Call for hours of operation.

Fedeli’s Italian Restaurant

9403 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-1293. Home of authentic home-cooked Italian cuisine and two-for-one specials.

Gertrude’s

7309 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 823-3003. gertrudesventnor.com. Dinner from 5pm nightly. Under the direction of chef Neil Elsohn, Gertrude’s is a casual yet sophisticated restaurant that uses organic, locally grown and harvested vegetables along with herbs, meats, cheeses and fish.

Hannah G’s

7310 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 823-1466. (Cafe located at 7303 Ventnor Ave. 822-6000).

Isabella’s

4 S. Portland Ave. Ventnor. 822-2477. This traditional Mexican restaurant serves breakfast entrees and remains open for dinner with specialities such as fajitas, burritos, and other Mexican inspired dishes.

Jerusalem Glatt Kosher Restaurant

6410 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 600-822-2266. Casual family atmosphere specializing in Kosher Mediterranean cuisine, steaks, lamb, chicken and fish. Open for lunch Sun.-Fri.,

noon- 3pm. Dinner served Sun.-Thurs., 5-9:30pm. Large party reservations suggested.

Johnny’s Café & Cocktails 9407 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-1789. johnnyscafeventnor.com. Hearty breakfasts, healthy lunches and classic dinner cuisine with an Asian flair. Open year round from 7am-9pm, weekends till midnight. The Ultimate Happy hour at the bar, Mon.-Thurs. with half-price appetizers and discounted cocktails.

La Fontana

20 Douglas Ave., Margate. Gourmet Italian cuisine. Take out anytime.

Lamberti

9707 Amherst Ave., Margate. 487-6001. sunsetonthebay. com. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Happy hour daily 37pm with half-price appetizers and reduced drink prices at the bar only.

Liang House Imperial East

7800 Ventnor Avenue, Margate. 487-8052. Open daily 11:30am-9:30pm. Modern Chinese cuisine. Daily lunch and dinner specials. “We deliver, even to the beach.” Free parking lot.

Lucy’s Beach Grille

9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate. 822-7268. Dine al Fresco in the shadow of Lucy the Elephant for breakfast 911am; lunch, 11am-4:30pm.

Lucy’s Bella Luna

9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate. 822-7268. Dine al Fresco in the shadow of Lucy the Elephant. Hours Wed.-Sun from 5pm.

Maynard’s Café

9306 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-8423. Lunch and dinner specials. Starlight Garden bar open daily.

Malelani Café

5205 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor. 822-5007. www.malelani.com. Fresh baked paninis, pastries, heart-healthy salad bar, Illy’s famous 60-bean blend coffee, black, green, and herbal teas, fresh juice, and other specialty drinks. Open Mon.-Fri. 8am8pm, Sat.-Sun. 8am-10pm.

Matteo’s Beach Bay Café

7801 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 823-6700. Lunch and dinner specials. Award winning Crab Cakes and specializing in Fresh Seafood prepared as you like. Open for Breakfast Saturday & Sunday; Lunch and Dinner 7 days.

Miyako

9210 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-4759. Authentic Japanese

cuisine.

Euro Gourmet Cafe and The Gelato Factory

6525 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 487-6525. Italian ice and gelato made on premises. Also featuring breakfast, lunch & dinner specialties. Delivery.

Red Room Café

141 N. Dorset Ave., Ventnor. 822-1067. Gourmet pizzas, Italian specialties.

Shore Club Crabhouse, Bar & Grill

303 Longport Blvd., Longport (in the Seaview Harbor Marina). 822-1002. shoreclubbar.com. Great views of Egg Harbor Bay. Lunch, dinner and bar. Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Sofia

9314 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-9111. sofiaofmargate. com. This bayside treasure transports you to the Mediterranean with stylish decor and authentic Greek/ Mediterranean cuisine.

Sophie’s Margate Café

8017 Winchester Ave., Margate. 822-1610. Offers a wide selection of pancakes. Kids’ menu available.

Steve & Cookie’s by the Bay

9700 Amherst Ave., Margate. 823-1163. steveandcookies. com. Menu highlights fresh seafood and produce and prime cuts of meat.

Tomatoe’s

9300 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-7535 or tomatoesmargate. com. Varied eclectic menu highlights seafood entrees.

Ventura’s Greenhouse

106 Benson Ave., Margate. 822-0140. venturasgreenhouse.com. Lunch & dinner specials and late-night fare.

Yama Japanese Restaurant

5305 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor. 822-8105. Sushi and sashimi; over 100 special rolls, plus tempura and other cooked specials.

MAINLAND 800 Bay Restaurant & Bar 800 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 926-3500. 800bayrestaurant.com. Open daily from 11:30am. Cocktails with freshly-squeezed juice, fresh seafood and steak entrées, exotic raw foods and sushi, lively music on the dock, breathtaking views.

Antonino’s Jo Jo Ristorante

2405 New Rd., Northfield. 6467565. Traditional and contemporary Italian cuisine.

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619 New York Rd. (Route 9), Galloway Twp. 748-1818. Authentic Greek cuisine.

Atlantic City Sub Shop

Heather Croft Sq., Northfield. 646-7799. atlanticcitysubshops.com. Eat-in, take-out, delivery and party trays.

A Touch of Italy

Black Horse Pike, Cardiff/EHT. 646-1855. touchofitaly.net. Serving veal, seafood, pasta, steaks and brick-oven pizzas. Banquet facilities.

Barrels

Rt. 9, Central Square, Linwood. 926-9900. barrelsfoods.com. Italian food in intimate setting. Also in Margate. Take out/Delivery.

Berkshire Grill

Black Horse Pike at English Creek Ave., EHT. 272-8808. berkshiregrill.net. Great seafood and thick, juicy, tender steaks.

Bombay Indian Restaurant

English Creek Shopping Ctr., Rt. 40 & English Creek Rd., EHT. 646-4445. Authentic Indian

dining experience.

Bulldogs

743 White Horse Pike, Galloway. 965-4433. Neighborhood sports bar serving American dishes.

Cavallino Nero

4760 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 625-0144. Lunch, dinner and late-night. Italian specialties.

Celina’s Mulberry Market & Grille

Sunrise Plaza, 68 W. Jimmie Leeds Rd., Galloway Twp. 4041700. celinascafes.com. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Home-baked goods.

Charlie’s Bar & Restaurant

800 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9273663, charliesbar.com. Popular buffalo wings. No credit cards. Over 15 TVs for sporting events.

Chickie’s and Pete’s

6055 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-1930. chickiesandpetes. com. Sports-themed bar/restaurant famous for its wings, crabs and Philly-style sandwiches.

Hideaway on The Waterway

807 Tilton Rd.., Northfield. 484-1480. chidoburrito.com. Check out surf videos, listen to some cool music and kick back for awhile. Live free. Eat well.

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5401 Hardin Hwy. (Route 40), Mays Landing. 625-2523. (Formerly the Epic Grille). Pizza and Italian specialties. Happy hour noon-7pm weekdays.

Bird Menu.12 Entrees under $12 menu, over 60 entrees starting at $8.99 and daily specials. Reservations accepted.

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On the Circle in Somers Pt. 927-7377, thecrabtrap.com Serving fresh seafood, soups, steaks, homemade breads, desserts and more. Open daily from 11am-10pm Sun.-Thurs., 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. Early bird specials from 3-5pm on Mon. Live entertainment Wed.-Sat. Outdoor deck.

375 S. Main St., Pleasantville. Authentic Mexican.

Dubliner Irish Pub

6041 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 377-5555. Traditional and authentic northern and southern Indian cuisine. Indian lunch buffet daily from 11am2:30pm. Also serves American entrees.

East Bay Crab & Grill

Cardiff Plaza, EHT. 272-7721. eastbaycrab.com. Specializing in All-U-Can Eat Crabs, Early

3003 English Creek Shopping Ctr., EHT. 677-0016. Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. Menu includes Italian specialties, pasta, seafood and smoked fish platters.

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Kelsey & Kim’s Soul Food 52 N Main St, Pleasantville. 08232 484-8448. Classic Southern style Soul Food with a twist. Hours: daily 11am10pm.

Formica Bros. Bakery Kensington Square, Northfield. 646-6565. formicabrosbakery. com. Cafe features daily lunch specials. Open 7am-7pm.

Fred & Ethel’s Lantern Light Tavern Towne of Historic Smithville, Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652-0544. Family restaurant, casual dining.

Fuji 210 New Rd., No. 4, Linwood Green Plaza, Linwood. 9268861. Japanese cuisine specializing in sushi and steak.

Gaspare’s Gourmet Italian Bistro Harbor Village Square, EHT. Ocean Heights Ave. & Zion Road, Bargaintown. 653-2112. www.gaspares.com. Quaint, cozy and casual serving lunch, dinner, take-out and delivery. Cocktails, beer and wine.

Gianna’s Cafe The Plaza at Center Point, 1205 Tilton Rd., Northfield. 677-0470; FAX 677-8885. California cuisine in a casual, upscale setting.

Gilchrist Offshore 734 W. White Horse Pike, Cologne, 965-3433. Great breakfast and lunch specials.

Ginza Japanese Restaurant 6708 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 383-2588. (Ginza II located in English Creek Shopping Ctr., EHT. 383-3999) Hibachi steakhouse and sushi bar.

Goodfellows, W.L. S E P T E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 0 / A C W E E K LY. C O M

310 E. White Horse Pike, Galloway; 652-1942. Home of the French Fried Lobster Tail, gourmet burgers, steaks, seafood, and homemade Italian specialties.

7533. Offers a selection of fresh, homemade goods daily and a variety of tasty soups. Relaxing atmosphere, reasonably priced.

Hi Point Pub (Skelly’s) 5 N. Shore Rd., Absecon. 6413172. Open 24 hours. Full dinner menu. Eat in/take out/ delivery.

Hu Tieu Asian Mall, Pleasantville Shopping Center, 700 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville. 6468977. Vietnamese cuisine.

Johnny Rockets Hamilton Mall, Mays Landing. johnnyrockets.com. 1960sthemed classic burger joint and more.

The Inn at Sugar Hill Rt. 559, Mays Landing. 6252226. innatsugarhill.com. Great food and cocktails on the waterfront.

JD’s Pub & Grille

Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille Black Horse Pike & Main St., Pleasantville. 646-8332. www.jojositaliangrille.com. Homemade Italian specialties.

Joseph’s Restaurant at the Tuscany House 72 N. Breman Ave., (Renault Winery), Egg Harbor City. 9652111. www.renaultwinery.com. Casual family cuisine, full bar with piano entertainment.

JR’s Tavern 650 New Road, Somers Point. 653-9853. jrstavern.com. Lunch specials starting at $5 and dinner specials from $9.

L’s Restaurant 119 Route 50, Corbin City. 628-3024. ls-jbones.com. Traditional, casual dining. JBones Tavern inside.

900 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 927-6665. gregorysbar.com. Serving lunch & dinner until 1am. Food and beverage specials.

La Hacienda

The Grilled Cheese & Crabcake Co.

Linwood Greene, Rt. 9, Linwood. 653-8442. Serving seafood, veal pasta, steak,

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Library III 6605 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 645-7655. libraryiii.com. Murph’s crab cakes, steaks, prime rib, seafood and salad bar.

Los Mangos 229 S Main Street, Pleasantville. 677-6868. 11am10pm daily. Latino cuisine. BYO.

Mangia by the Greens 3016 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 601-8369. Lunch, dinner, late-night snacks, pizza. Free delivery to EHT, Linwood, Northfield, and Somers Point.

Maplewood Inn

Mays Landing Diner

131 Jordan Rd., (behind the Sunoco station off Laurel Dr./Garden State Parkway entrance), Somers Pt. 927-4637. Lunch and dinner featuring Greek specialties.

Zion Rd. & Ocean Heights Ave., Egg Harbor Twp. 927-6363. julianospub.com Sandwiches, salads, pizza, pasta and seafood.

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Joe’s Restaurant

324 S Pitney Rd, Galloway, NJ. 652-1398. Serving authentic Italian food and fine wines.

Gregory’s Restaurant

hotspot.

3003 English Creek Ave. Egg Harbor Twp. (in English Creek Shopping Ctr.) 677-1004. ramathainj.com. Thai cuisine with reasonable prices.

1470 White Horse Pike, Hammonton. 561-9621. joesmaplewood.com. Italian specialties and “world’s best spaghetti.”

Juliano’s Restaurant

Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 625-1990. Great gourmet Black Angus burgers. Happy hour six days a week. Free poker Tues.-Weds.

Rama Thai

45 S. New York Rd., Galloway Twp. 404-9000. Featuring classic pub fare plus a full dinner menu.

Gourmet Italian Cuisine

Great American Pub

subs and salads.

Levari’s Seafood & American Grill

265 S. New York Rd. (Route 9), Galloway, 652-6050. Serving authentic Mexican cuisine.

La Pizzatega

6177 Harding Highway (Rt. 40), Mays Landing. 625-5051. mayslandingdiner.com. Classic New Jersey diner. Baking done on the premises.

McKee’s Irish Pub 446 St. Louis Ave., Egg Harbor City. 965-7878. Open for lunch and dinner.

Mickey & Minnie’s 733 W. White Horse Pike, Cologne. 965-1877. Daily lunch and dinner specials. Closed Mondays.

Mount Fuji 136 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 383-8881. Traditional Japanese cuisine. Sushi bar.

The Nizam’s 6666 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 677-8829. Northern and Southern Indian food, including nan, tandori and vegetarian dishes. Major credit cards accepted. Lunch buffett $9.95.

Oyster Creek Inn 41 N. Oyster Creek Rd., Leeds Point. 652-8565. Old-fashioned fresh seafood house with waterfront dining.

Pistol Pete’s Saloon & Steakhouse 1000 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville. 484-1000. pistolpetessaloon.com. Casual dining. Weekly specials.

PJ’s 50 Pub & Grille 2301 Rt. 50, 1 Mile N. of Black Horse Pike (Rt. 322), Mays Landing. 625-9600. Everything homemade from soups to desserts.

Ram’s Head Inn 9 W. White Horse Pike, Galloway. 652-1700. Classic area hotspot.

Renault Winery 72 N. Breman Ave, Egg Harbor City. 965-2111. Gourmet restaurant and also Joseph’s Restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Richland House

337 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor City. 804-9000. Traditional American cuisine, daily homemade specials, burgers and wings. Sports bar.

Deauville Inn

Tap Room & Grille

79th St. and Third, Avalon. 368-1919. Upscale dining and live entertainment. Open Wed.-Sun. in the fall.

Atlantic City Country Club, 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield. 236.4465. Featuring an acclaimed Sunday brunch. Open Sun.-Thurs.lunch from 11am. Fri.& Sat. dinner from 5pm. Fri.-Sun. breakfast from 7am. Sun. brunch, 10am-2pm.

1303 Harding Hwy. (Rt. 40), Richland. 856-697-5700. therichlandhouse.com. Fresh seafood and steaks, unique wine list.

Testa’s Good Guys Pub

Rifici’s Italian Cuisine & Pizzeria

199 New Rd., Suite 72, Linwood. 926-9339. Serving Thai-French cuisine.

308 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 272-2000. Serving lunch and dinner daily. Banquet room available.

Romanelli’s Garden Cafe 279 South New York Rd., Galloway. 652-0179. romanelliscafe.com. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also catering.

Sack O’ Subs 784 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 646-6555. Hot and cold subs, homemade soups and salads.

Sakura 4215 Black Horse Pike (Hamilton Commons shopping center), Mays Landing. 4850071. Japanese cuisine w/ Japanese steak, seafood house and sushi bar.

Sam’s Bar & Grill 18 S. Main St., Pleasantville. 646-5128. samsbarandgrill. com.

Sandi Pointe 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, 927-2759. (formerly Mac’s Restaurant). Seafood restaurant and bar with live music.

Simply Fondue 4215 Black Horse Pike. (Hamilton Commons shopping center) , Mays Landing. (near Regal Cinemas) simplyfonduemayslanding.com. Mostly fondue, but also salads and a bar offering more than 50 different martinis.

Somers Point Cafe

com. Weekly specials, open year round. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open evenings.

5698 Somers Point Rd., Mays Landing. 625-1926. Daily lunch & dinner specials.

Thai Basil

The Clam Bar 910 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 9278783. Fresh seafood served daily. BYO. Open 12930; 12-10 Fri & Sat.

Tre Figlio 500 W. White Horse Pike, Pomona. 965-3303. trefiglio. com. Italian cuisine.

TW Howell’s 341 West White Horse Pike (Odesse Ave. & Rt.9), Pomona. 892-3704. Summertime BBQs as well as catering for any event.

Ventura’s Offshore Café 2015 Shore Rd., Northfield, venturascafe.com. 641-5158. Award-winning filet mignon, pan pizzas and more. Delivery.

Vic’s Subs 742 Ohio Ave., Absecon. 6450500. Hot & cold subs, salads, party trays.

OCEAN CITY AND SOUTH 701 Mosaic 701 4th St., Ocean City. 398-2700. Contemporary Caribbean and Mediterranean cuisine.

All Natural Pizza 1136 Asbury Ave.., Ocean City. 391-2212. No sugar, shortening, oil or preservaties in sauce or dough. Fresh dough made daily.

581 Ocean Heights Ave., Somers Point. 788-8115 Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open 7am-10pm daily. Daily specials. Eat in, take out, delivery. Most dinners under $10.

Casa Del Dolce

Smithville Inn

Clancy’s by the Sea

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652-7777. Traditional area

1244 Boardwalk, Ocean City. 398-3344. clancysbythesea.

947-949 Asbury Ave., OC. 3989300. Italian restaurant and gourmet deli.

Chatterbox 500 9th St., OC. 399-0113. “Where the town meets.”

201 Willard Road, Strathmere, 263-2080. deauvilleinn.com. Waterfront bar and dining.

Fuze

Golden Inn

Oceanfront at 78th St., Avalon. 967-2111. goldeninn.com. Dinner served from 5-8pm (9pm on weekends). Happy hour daily: Sun. noon-2pm: $5 Bloody Marys; Mon. & Fri. 4-6pm: $2 domestics, $3 imports, and $5 margaritas; Tues. 4-6pm: $2 domestics, $3 imports, and $5 Cruzan rum drinks; Wed. & Thurs. 4-6pm: $2 domestics, $3 imports, $5 Absolut drinks; Sat. 11am1pm: $5 Bloody Marys.

Island Grill Restaurant 100 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City. 391-9616. ocnjislandgrill.com. Full service restaurant with wide variety of choices from seafood to steaks.

Ma France Creperie 506 9th St., Ocean City. 3999955. mafrancecreperie.com. Enjoy a quaint eatery with an artinspired decor while feasting on French cuisine. Call for hours.

Rusty Nail The Beach Shack, 205 Beach Ave., Cape May. 877-742-2507. beachshack.com. The Rusty Nail, Cape May’s legendary hangout for locals and new menus highlighting the best of comfort food.

Sack O’ Subs 926 Asbury Ave., OC. 5250460. Hot and cold subs, french fries, pizzas, homemade soups, salads and dinners.

Tokyo Mandarin 4 West Roosevelt Blvd., (ShopRite Center) Marmora. 390-8883. Chinese & Japanese Cuisine, Sushi Bar & Catering.

Vince’s 25 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Sea Isle City. 263-4567. vincesrestaurant.net. A family business in same location for over 50 years. Great views.

Ward’s Pastry 730 Asbury Ave., OC. 3991260. Doughnuts, cakes, pies, etc.

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Red Pearl

Modern Asian cuisine served up fresh in casual setting.

340-2000 Arturo’s

Enjoy a traditional Italian meal prepared with a contemporary, New York fare in the sophisticated setting of this award-winning trattoria.

Bally’s Brunch

Brunch every Sunday at The Reserve, 10am–2 pm. $39.99 per person.

Ben & Jerry’s

Enjoy all your signature favorites; also the home of the Philadelphia Soft Pretzel Factory.

Johnny Rockets

340-0099. A retro ’50sstyle Boardwalk restaurant. Breakfast served daily from 8-11am. Lunch and dinner served daily from 11am-1am Sun.-Thurs., 11am-3am Fri. & Sat.

Noodle Village

Offering an extensive selection of authentic Chinese and Vietnamese comfort foods.

Pickles Deli

New York style deli.

Spa CafĂŠ

Located in the Spa at Bally’s, offering health-conscious meals.

The Bagel & Doughnut Connection Open daily.

WILD WILD WEST AT BALLY’S 340-2000 Gold Tooth Gerties

Bakery, bagel sandwiches, and more.

Lone Star Snack Bar Burgers, hot dogs.

Sports Bar

Snacks from the Lone Star Snack Bar are served.

Virginia City Buffet

All-you-can-eat, Western-style buffet. Hours: Mon.–Thurs. lunch noon–3pm, dinner 3– 9pm.; Fri.–Sun. noon-10pm. $21.99 (plus tax) daily for dinner; $16.99 (plus tax) lunch Mon.-Thurs.

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Bread + Butter

Griddled sandwiches served with an array of premiere beverages and desserts.

Fornelletto

Celebrated chef Stephan Kalt’s new restaurant offering traditional Southern Italian fare.

Gypsy Bar

Fun, relaxing dining experience.

massaged Kobe beef is the signature dish of this steakhouse.

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Roma

Celebrated chef Michael Mina combines cutting-edge technology and design elements with his signature and acclaimed approach to seafood.

Buffet selections for all day dining. Breakfast, daily $14.99 plus tax, 8-11:30am. Lunch, $17.99, 11:30am-4pm; Dinner weekdays, $26.99, 4pm-closing; $29.99 weekends. Hours: Sun.-Thurs., 8am–9pm; Fri., 8am–10pm; Sat., 8am–11pm.

The Cafeteria

Mia

Casual cafe with pizza, pasta, panini, fresh salads.

SeaBlue

Full of quick food options.

The Metropolitan

French bistro-style cafe serves classic and contemporary American dishes.

Wolfgang Puck American Grille

Contemporary American cuisine in two distinctive dining areas.

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Izakaya

Includes freshly carved prime meats, omelet artisan designing your gourmet omelet. Price: $44.95; includes champagne and Bloody Marys.

N.O.W. (Noodles of the World)

Cafe Roma

A modern Japanese pub from Michael Schulson.

Asian fusion.

Coffee shop w/take-out available.

Old Homestead Steak House

Kwi Restaurant and Noodle Bar

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Game On!

345-6800. State-of-the-art sports bar and restaurant.

Morton’s

449-1044. mortons.com. Steakhouse with an a la carte menu features steaks, fish and salads.

Nero’s Grill

Sirloin and porterhouse steak and New England lobster.

Primavera

Service is formal with traditional Italian favorites.

348-2273. Serving authentic Maryland-style seafood and world-famous crab cakes. Lunch and dinner served seven days a week, featuring an open, expedition kitchen. Open Sun.Thurs. 11:30am-10pm; Fri.Sat. 11:30am-11pm.

Piazza di Giorgio

345-3100. Food Court with A Taste of Tuscany, South of the Border, Salad Sensations, Hot Off the Grille, and Udon Creations. Also a fresh fruit smoothie bar.

Venice Bar

Souzai Sushi & Sake

Catch the latest game or just relax with the most updated sports scores.

348-4443. Souzai is a country-style Japanese restaurant. Intimate setting, sushi menu and unique sake cocktails.

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Buddakan

674-0100. Restaurant includes twilight sky or “opium den style� dining nooks.

345-6900. A warm and inviting place to relax and enjoy a frosty pint of your favorite stout while feasting on traditional Irish specialties.

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FROM ITALY WITH TASTE HARRAH’S RESORT 441-5000 Bluepoint Bar

A raw-bar experience where fresh seafood, shellfish and a variety of martinis are the house specialties.

Club Cappuccino

Coffee bar. Fine gourmet coffees, cappuccino, espresso and teas accompanied by homemade pastries, cookies and brownies.

Corner Grille & Deli

Traditional deli favorites. Also has hot menu items.

D’Zio

Brazilian steakhouse with an all-you-can-eat $35 price that includes salad bar and eight different meats brought tableside. Also has a $7 tapas menu at the bar. Open Friday and Saturday.

McCormick & Schmick’s

More than 30 different varieties of fresh seafood featured on a menu that changes twice daily.

Polistina’s Italian Ristorante

Enjoy family style, Italian favorites and a selection of homemade pastas and sauces.

Reflections

A 24-hour cafe offering steaks, seafood, sandwiches and burgers. Breakfast is available anytime.

The Steakhouse

Gourmet restaurant offers a raw bar, roast prime rib, shrimp Wellington and more.

Taste of the Shore

Food emporium features

Primo Pizza, Sack O’ Subs, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and Philly Soft Pretzel Factory.

Temptations Fine Chocolate & Coffee

Located on first level of Waterfront Tower. Open 7am7pm Sun.-Thurs., until 2am on Fri. & Sat.

Waterfront Buffet

Extensive buffet items. Cost: $29.99(plus tax, $22.99 kids) for dinner daily; $23.99 (plus tax, $10.99, kids) for brunch. Hours: Mon. & Fri., 8:30am– noon brunch, 4–9pm dinner; Tues. & Wed., noon–9pm dinner; Thurs. 4–9pm dinner; Sat. 8:30am–noon brunch, 1–10pm dinner; Sun. 8:30am– 1:30pm brunch, 2–9pm dinner.

HILTON Cappuccino’s

Coffee and espresso bar plus pastry shop, soups and sandwiches. Hours: 7am–11pm Sun.–Thurs.; 7am–1am Fri.Sat.

The Coffee Shop

Features a focus on comfort. From a unique spin on “allday” breakfast foods like Ricotta cheese pancakes, to their all day menu, The Coffee Shop will be open 24-hours a day.

Cornucopia Buffet

Land and sea buffet features a variety of specialties. Cost: $16 (includes tax). Hours are noon-9pm Sun.– Fri., noon– 10pm Sat; Closed Mon.-Tues.

Empress Gem Noodle Bar Asian noodle bar open 1pm4am Mon.-Thurs., 1pm-5am

Fri., noon-5am Sat. and noon4am Sun.

Nick’s Burger Bar

Design your own gourmet burger from top to bottom. Exotic beer from countries around the world and adult style “Kicked Up” shakes. Sun.-Thurs. noon-10pm; Fri.Sat. noon-2am.

ONO Pan-Asian Bistro and Bar

Features exotic dishes from sushi to sashimi to rock lobster tail with Kaffir lime butter. For those with simpler tastes ONO also features a traditional surf & turf or New York strip steak. Hours: Wed.-Sat. 6pm11pm (bar until 1am). Sunday Brunch, 10am-3pm. Closed Mon.-Tues.

Patsy’s

Specializing in Neapolitan cuisine, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant in New York was Frank Sinatra’s favorite restaurant. Hours are Fri.–Tues. 6 –11pm (bar to 1am); closed Wed.– Thurs. A bar menu is available Sun. 4:30-10pm; Mon.-Tues. noon-mid.; Fri., Sat. 4:3011pm. For reservations, call 340-7585.

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RESORTS 344-6000 Asian Spice Gourmet cuisine with a noodle bar and Chinese barbecue items. Noodle bar open Mon.Thurs. noon-11pm; Fri.-Sat. noon-2am; Sun. 11am-11pm; Restaurant open Sat.-Sun. 6–11pm.

Fri. 6pm-11pm; Sat. 5-11pm; Sunday Brunch 9:30am-2pm.

Gallagher’s Burger Bar Burger Bar located across from Gallagher’s offers dry-aged beef burgers, chili made with choice sirloin, sliders (mini burgers) and more. Fall hours: Mon.-Thurs. 4-9:30pm; Fri. noon-9:30pm; Sat. noon11pm; Sun. noon-9:30pm.

Gallagher’s Steakhouse

BeachBall Seafood House

340-6555. The renowned New York City steakhouse is located on Resorts’ dining level and features traditional dry-aged steaks and seafood favorites prepared on their famous open flame. Fall hours: Sun.Fri. 5-9:30pm; Sat. 5-11pm.

On the Boardwalk, open Fri.Sun. Closed after Labor Day.

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Boardwalk Perks Coffee shop with deli sandwiches. Sun.–Thurs. 7am– 6pm; Fri.–Sat. 7am–10pm. Fall hours. Sun.-Thurs. 7am-5pm; Fri.-Sat. 7am-10pm.

Breadsticks Cafe & Grill Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night fare. Open 24 hours daily.

The Buffet Offers an international menu, as well a full complement of all-American selections. Cost: $14.99 (plus tax) lunch and dinner; $13.99 (plus tax) for breakfast Sat. & Sun. $3 discount for Resorts Casino Club members. Fall hours: Sat. 9am-9pm; Sun. 9am-8pm.

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This perennial Zagat Awardwinning Italian restaurant features antipasto, pasta delicacies, fresh seafood or veal entrées with ocean views. Sunday Brunch available for $44.95 per person. Fall hours:

343-4000 Canal Street Bread & Sandwich Co. Soup, overstuffed sandwiches, made-to-order pizza and desserts, 24/7.

Casa Di Napoli Brick-oven pizza, classic Italian dishes including pasta, veal and seafood, homemade salad and breads.

French Quarter Buffet Seafood, steaks, a Bayou salad bar and homemade desserts, self-serve cappuccino machine. Sun.-Tues. 12-4pm lunch $17.99 (plus tax) Sun.– Tues. dinner 4-9pm, $21.99. Fri., 4-10 pm Seafood Night, $25.99. Sat. noon-3pm lunch, $17.99; dinner, all-u-caneat lobster 4-10pm, $29.99. Closed Wed.-Thurs.

House of Blues Restaurant 236-BLUE. New Orleans-style restaurant and bar.

Johnny Rockets

sino level in the South Tower.

348-0725. A retro ’50s-style restaurant featuring classic burgers and more. Hours: Sun.-Thurs., 8am-mid.; Fri.Sat., 8am-2am.

Golden Dynasty

Mansion Cafe

Seaside Cafe

Hearth-baked biscuits, overstuffed sandwiches, hearty salads and more. Home of the $3 Big Easy Burger.

Oshi Sushi & Sake 343-4330. A 32-seat oasis for classic Japanese sushi and sake from chef Tony Fok, located in the Rib & Chophouse. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 5-10pm; Sat., 511pm. Closed Sun.-Tues.

Rib & Chophouse Steaks, chops, chicken and fresh seafood, char-grilled to specification. Raw bar plus the freshest catch.

Royal Noodle House Located next to the Fortune Gaming Pavilion on the casino floor; authentic Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese noodle, rice and dim-sum dishes.

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Traditional Chinese cuisine, Cantonese specialties and exotic delicacies for which Chef Ping is well known. This 24-hour dining experience offers updated casual fare.

TROPICANA’S THE MARKETPLACE: A Dam Good Deli “Mom and Pop”-style deli featuring a variety of overstuffed sandwiches along with homemade soups.

Boardwalk Favorites Classic Boardwalk treats including foot-long hot dogs, fresh fruit smoothies, soft pretzels, cotton candy, corn dogs, and pizza.

Corky’s Ribs & BBQ Casual dining BBQ restaurant serving hickory-smoked pork, beef, chicken, BBQ ribs, sandwiches and salads.

Open. Mon-Sun 7am-mid. Signature drinks, including lattes and other specialty coffee drinks and pastry selection.

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340-4000 il Verdi Upscale gourmet Italian cuisine presented in an elegant ambiance.

FIN New seafood restaurant, featuring locally grown food and wine under the direction of locally born and trained Chef Demetrios Haronis. Has a sushi and raw bar. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 6-11pm. Located on the ca-

Patrons choose their favorite flavor and toppings. Then the staff mixes them together on a marble slab. Dine-in or take-out. Abundant selection. Cost: $18.95 (plus tax) for breakfast and brunch Mon.–Fri. 8–11am; Sat. & Sun. 8am–1pm. Nightly seafood buffet for $24.95 per person (complimentary lobster tail on Fridays). Hours: Mon.–Thurs. noon–8pm; Fri. noon–9pm; Sat. 2–10pm; Sun. 2–8pm.

Hooters Seafood, burgers and “nearly world-famous” chicken wings served by the famous Hooters girls.

THE QUARTER AT THE TROPICANA: A Dam Good Sports Bar 347-7770. Catch your favorite game while eating a meal with everything from beef to seafood menu.

Carmine’s 572-9300. The renowned New York family-style Italian institution serves southern Italian appetizers, entrees and desserts prepared from the freshest quality ingredients in large portions.

The Comedy Stop Cafe & Cabaret Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 1-877-FUNNYAC. Offering a full menu of dining options, every day. Café Cuisine includes a continental menu, latte & espresso available. Buffet style breakfast (Sat. & Sun. 10am–2pm) $7.77.

Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar 348-6700. cubalibrerestaurant. com. Classic and contemporary Cuban dishes. Brunch, dinner and late dining served daily.

The Palm 344-7256. thepalm.com. Known for its aged prime beef, monstrous Nova Scotia lobsters and outstanding American and Italian dishes.

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro 348-4600. Traditional Chinese cuisine, with innovative contemporary creations that demonstrate modern influences on the modern Asian palette.

Red Square 344-9100. Famed restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow’s vodka and caviar bar and restaurant recreates centuries of Russian his-

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein

tory. The dining room, flanked with two ice columns, gives way to an ice-topped 32-foot bar.

Rí-Rá Irish Pub & Restaurant 348-8600. Authentic pubs were imported from Ireland and reassembled here. Pub fare and modern interpretations of classic Irish dishes.

TRANSPORTATION CENTER: Stewart’s Root Beer Famous for its root beer, ice cream floats, and hot dogs, Stewart’s is now located in Tropicana’s Transportation Center, serving all its popular snacks and goodies.

TRUMP MARINA 1-800-777-8477; 4412000 The Bayside Buffet An all you can eat International buffet has all your traditional favorites in a relaxing atmosphere lunch and dinner Mon.-Thurs. ($16.99 pls. tax.), or sample the lavish breakfast buffet from 8am -11:30am daily ($12.99 pls. tax.). A Seafood buffet is featured every Fri., Sat., and Sun. during lunch and dinner ($25.99 plus tax.). Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8am-8pm; Fri.-Sun. 8am-9pm.

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Casual and classic Italian cuisine from pizza to Eggplant Parmigiana to Chicken Florentino.

DJ’s Steakhouse

Their buddies got them through the horrors of war. Getting through their return home is where you come in.

Surround yourself with western charm while savoring gourmet steaks, chop, and seafood. Serving CAB prime meats and the freshest fish available. A Sunday through Thursday Three Course Chef Special Dinner menu is available for $35 per person. Open for dinner Fri.Tue. 6pm.

When a loved one returns from military deployment and is troubled by anything from anger to sleep problems, a happy reunion can become a stressful situation. VA has resources to help your Veteran get the treatment and support he or she needs. It’s all in complete confidence, and it’s all to get your family back on track.

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Harbor View

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449-9300. Seafood, salad, “nearly world-famous” chicken wings and the “more than a mouthful burger” all served by the Hooters girls. Elegant, intimate dining. Serving the finest gourmet seafood and Italian specialties. Best views of the Marina and Atlantic City skyline. Open for dinner Wed.-Sun 6pm. Sunday Champagne Brunch 10am-2pm.

Imperial Court

Superb Chinese cuisine with

exotic offerings and assortment of familiar items. Open for dinner for Friday - Sunday 6pm.

The Café

Full breakfast fare. Also serving deli-style lunch and casual dinners. Open 24 hours.

TRUMP PLAZA 441-6000 24 Central Cafe

An upscale dining experience in a casual atmosphere, features everything from steaks to seafood and from Asian dishes to the latest martinis available.

China Cafe & Sushi Chef

Boardwalk Terrace (overlooking the ocean), 572-0866. A fusion of unique Asian cuisine ranging from Cantonese to Japanese accompanied by an assortment of selections available at the Noodle and Sushi Bar.

Evo

2225 Boardwalk at Trump Plaza. 441-0400. evorestaurant.com. Serving specialty cocktails and 20 wines by the glass. Menu features world cuisine and brick-oven pizzas. Located on the sixth floor, this steakhouse features U.S.D.A. prime certified Angus beef and seafood selections. Open for dinner.

Rainforest Café

On the Boardwalk at Trump Plaza. 345-5757. rainforestcafe.com. Exotic salads, pastas, burgers, steaks and seafood served amidst the sights and sounds of a tropical rainforest.

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Serving northern and southern Italian cuisine in a setting that overlooks the ocean.

Food Court

With Starbucks, Sbarro, Nathan’s Famous, Arthur Treacher’s, Häagen-Dazs and Sarah’s Cookies.

Serving specialty cocktails, including the Sake-tini, along with sushi creations and fully cooked selections.

The Rim

A gourmet noodle bar right off the casino floor. Sit at the circular bar and watch chefs prepare your meal or dine at a private table.

Royal Albert’s Palace

On the Boardwalk at Trump Taj Mahal. 449-9200. Fine Indian cuisine.

Safari Steak House

Decorated in a rustic jungle theme, the steakhouse received the Gold award from the National Academy of Restaurant Sciences.

Sultan’s Feast

Buffet features black angus steaks grilled to order, a gourmet pizza station and dessert station. $14.98 (plus tax) for breakfast daily 8–11:30am; $22.47 for lunch/dinner Mon.–Fri. noon–9pm; $26.75 Sat.–Sun. for lunch/dinner (open until 10pm Sat.).

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Good Golf Guide Listings: rschweibert@acweekly.com - 646-4848, ext. 44 Phone numbers are 609 area code unless otherwise indicated.

Atlantic City Country Club 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield. 2364400. Open daily 8am-3pm. Greens fees through Sept. 30: Mon.-Thurs. $199/$150 after 1pm. Fri.-Sun $225/$175 after 1pm (incl. cart and tax). harrahs.com/golf/atlantic-citycountry-club.

Avalon Golf Club 1510 Rt. 9 N., Cape May Court House. 465-4653. Open daily

from dawn to dusk. Greens fees through Sept. 6, $84; after 1pm $69; after 3pm $54. Super Wednesday $59.95 all day. avalongolfclub.net.

Ballamor Golf Club 6071 English Creek Ave., EHT, 601-6220. Once a private course now open to the public, carefully carved out of gently rolling land and dense woods. Greens fees through Oct. 17: $95 Mon.Thurs.; $105 Fri.-Sun. ballamor.com.

Hamilton Trails G.C. The Jersey Shore’s Only Regulation Length 9 Hole Golf Course

Senior Tuesday • Ladies Wednesday 9 Holes with Cart $20 Thursday special 9 Holes with Cart & Lunch $23

No Tee Times Required Rates: Monday - Friday $16 • Saturday, Sunday & Holidays $18

Ocean Heights & Harbor Ave., Mays Landing, NJ Only 10 minutes from Somers Point

609-641-6824 • www.hamiltontrails.com

Blue Heron Pines Golf Club 550 W. Country Club Dr., Cologne, off Tilton Rd. 965-1800. 4-star course, 18 holes, Open 7am6pm. Call for greens fees. blueheronpines.com.

Buena Vista Country Club Rt. 40 & Country Club Lane, Buena. 856-697-3733. Open 7am-dusk. Weekdays $35, $32 twilight (1pm-close), weekends $45, $35 twilight. 4pm-close $25. Senior discounts and ride & play specials offered.

Frog Rock Golf & Country Club 755 S. White Horse Pike, Hammonton. 561-5504. No tee times req. Greens fees (including cart): $21 weekdays, $31 weekends & holidays. Greens fees (without cart): $15 weekdays, $25 weekends & holidays.

Green Tree Golf Course 1030 Somers Point-Mays Landing Rd. (Rt. 559), EHT. 625-9131. Challenging, county-owned course. Public rates: $21 week-

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Harbor Pines Golf Club 550 St. Andrews Dr., (off Ocean Heights Ave.), EHT. 927-0006. 18 holes. Current daily rates: Mon.-Thurs. $69, Fri.-Sun. $79. Proper attire req. No pull carts allowed. harborpines.com.

Hamilton Trails Golf Club 620 Harbor Ave., (at Ocean Heights Ave.), Mays Landing. 641-6824. No tee times required. Greens fees (for nine holes) through Oct. 31, $16 weekdays, $18 weekends. Special rates available. Electric carts $7, pull carts $3, rental clubs $10. hamiltontrails.com.

Heritage Links Golf Club 1375 Rt. 9, Palermo. 390-4500. Nine-hole course. Greens fees: $27 to walk nine holes, $15 for replay ($40 to walk 18 holes). Riding cart rentals: $7.50 for nine holes, $15 for 18 holes.

Links at Brigantine Beach 1075 North Shore Dr., Brigantine Beach. 266-1388. Public greens fees through Sept. 6, open-1pm $75 weekdays, $85 weekends; 1-4pm $55/$65; 4pm-close $35/$40. brigantinegolf.com.

Mays Landing Golf & Country Club 1855 Cates Rd., Mays Landing. 641-4411. Greens fees: through Sept. 10, before 1pm $58 weekdays, $74 weekends; after 1pm $45/$45. All fees include cart. mayslandinggolf.com.

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links 3016 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 926-3900. 18 holes; The only area course to offer 100-ft. elevation changes. Public rates: Year-round rates range from $41-$79. Call for rate quotes. Discounted rates to EHT residents, seniors and juniors (17-). mcculloughsgolf.com.

Ocean City Golf Course 26th & Bay Ave., Ocean City. 3991315. Par 37, 12-hole course. Open 8am-4pm all year. Greens fees (without cart): $12 daily, $10 for seniors (62-over) and juniors (14-under) on weekdays. Ten-play cards and equipment rentals available. Hand carts $3.21 + tax.

The Pines at Clermont 358 Kings Hwy., Clermont (Dennis Twp.). 624-0100. Greens fees: $20 for 9 holes, $30 for 18. Cart fees: $3/$5 for pull carts, $7/$14 for electric.

Sand Barrens Golf Club 1765 Rt. 9N., Swainton. 4653555. This 27-hole course has been rated 4-star. Heavy bunker-

Seaview Resort 401 S. New York Rd., Galloway. 652-1800. This world-class Dolce resort is the only AAA-rated 4Diamond resort in New Jersey, featuring two 18-hole, par-71 courses. Greens fees through Oct. 31: $99 weekdays, $109 weekends; after 2pm $59/$69. seaviewgolf.com.

Shore Gate Golf Club 35 School House Ln., Ocean View. 624-TEES. Spectacular tree-line, parkland-style 18-hole course. Please call the pro shop at 6248337 for current rates. shoregategolfclub.com.

Twisted Dune 2101 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 653-8019. Scottish links-style, 18-holes. Rolling dunes, lots of bunkers. Public greens fees through Sept. 7: $85 weekdays, $75 after noon; $65 after 3pm; weekends $105/$90/$75. twisteddune.com.

Vineyards Golf at Renault 72 Bremen Ave. (just off Route 30), Egg Harbor City. 965-2111. Combines natural pine barrens terrain with vineyards and orchards. Greens fees through Oct. 31: Mon.-Thurs. $74, Fri.-Sun. $89, after 1pm $59/$74. renaultwinery.com. Q

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 28 Rocco Santoro Memorial Golf Tournament At Harbor Pine Golf Club, EHT. The tournament honors the memory of Rocco Santoro and benefits the American Heart Association and the Best Day Foundation through the Rocco Santoro Memorial Fund. Registration 11am, shotgun start 12:30pm, buffet reception and awards ceremony 5:30pm. $100 per player includes golf and reception. Reception only, $40. For more information, contact Jeff Baumhor at 241-6838 or e-mail NJtournament@aol.com. n

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ENNIS GOMES ISN’T YOUR typical suit. In fact, he kind of hates suits. “I only wore this suit for you guys,” he says, tugging at his collar. “When I’m working, you’ll never catch me in a suit.” Not typical at all for a guy who has run two major Atlantic City casinos — the Trump Taj Mahal and the Tropicana — and who has just announced plans to purchase the troubled Resorts Casino-Hotel. It’s Atlantic City’s ultimate suit job, casino president, but Gomes ... well, he has his own ideas. “I think a suit is just an arbitrary barrier between you and the people,” he continues. “It’s the working guys and the suit guys, and I think that’s just malarkey. And the same with a desk. I never liked that you’re behind a desk and somebody is in front of you in a little chair. You know what I had in my office? A big round table.” Sitting, uncomfortably, in his spacious game room at his bay-side home in Margate (it’s the suit. It’s making him sweat), Gomes continued to say all kinds of un-suit-like things in a recent interview with Atlantic City Weekly. “But then you’d never find me in the office anyway,” he says. “I like to get around and meet people. I like talking to the maids and the guys who clean the floors. The doormen, those are my

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friends. They’re the people I relate to best, because I come from a poor background ... though I never really knew that until I was an adult looking back.” In an industry where the stars are fabulously wealthy, flamboyant guys like Donald Trump and Steve Wynn (two guys he’s worked for) or corporate wizzes, like Carl Icahn, Gomes is delightfully normal. And as of about a week ago, he is also the newest “savior” of Atlantic City. In late August, Gomes announced that he plans to purchase Resorts and try and turn around the city’s first and oldest casino, which was taken over by its lenders last year. Immediately, a city that has had precious little good news the past two years and has seen its share of the gaming market shrink in the face of growing competition had a little sliver of hope. Gomes, in his career, has managed 14 different casino resorts for companies such as Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. and Aztar Corp. He turned around the Taj Mahal in the ’90s, a property in bankruptcy when he took over, and made it profitable. And while head of the Tropicana, his vision led to the construction of The Quarter, a mix of retail, dining and entertainment venues that has been a resounding success since its debut in 2004. Though he left both casinos amid some

controversy, including a very public spat with Donald Trump, he is seen by the gaming industry as a marketing genius known for attracting attention, and business to his properties. But does Gomes have the magic for yet another turnaround? And can saving Resorts mean everything else in the city can be saved? Gomes admits there’s pressure for him to perform, but it’s nothing he hasn’t faced before. “There is pressure because of what I’ve done before and the success I’ve had in the market,” he says. “So there are expectations. And because Resorts is doing so badly, there are also negative expectations of whether it’s going to make it. There’s a feeling that nobody can turn it around. “But to me, there’s such a history to that property,” he says. “And when I walked through it, I was so amazed at what I saw. Because the people that were there, not only did they maintain that property, they upgraded it significantly. I walked through there and I realized that this is a gem. It’s got close to 1,000 rooms. It has a 100,000-square-foot casino. It has a showroom that holds about 1,500 people. And it has space to expand.” Gomes also admits that he has a soft spot for Resorts, a property he investigated when it first opened in 1978.

It goes to Gomes’ career in gaming enforcement, which almost seems like a dual lifetime next to his career running casinos. Gomes was part of the initial licensing of Resorts, and while in Nevada, he was an investigator on the case that was the story behind the film Casino. He talks with pride about various investigations and gangsters he’s helped put away. But for right now, Gomes has to stay in his other persona of casino miracle worker. One thing he has in his favor is obvious. Just like before, a lot of voices are saying he can’t do it. “It’s the same thing as when I originally walked into the Taj Mahal,” he says. “I was told by all the Wall Street guys, ‘Don’t do it. That’s a white elephant. It’ll never make money.’ But I didn’t listen to the Wall Street guys who were knocking the place and knocking Atlantic City. And we went in there, and we didn’t have any capital to spend. But in three and a half years, I took that $84 million and turned it into $148 million. Everybody was knocking the place, but I had my own vision.” Then came Gomes’ stretch at the Tropicana, another casino that was under performing. Gomes remembers a call from an unnamed Trump executive who couldn’t believe he would try and resurrect the Trop. He said to me, “Aren’t you embarrassed to be there? I just walked through there and it’s embarrassing.’ I said, ‘No, I’m not embarrassed because I see something different than what you see.’ “People are always asking me what I see when I walk into a casino. And my response is, ‘It’s not what I see. It’s what I feel.’ It’s all about energy. And the number one thing, it’s all about caring about the people. And that’s something I learned from my parents, and [his son Aaron, who will partner with Gomes in running Resorts] learned it from me and it’s just the way we are.” Even talking about Resorts, Gomes gives off the feeling that the facility itself is secondary to its employees. His bottom line is people. While working at the Tropicana, Gomes once submitted a mission statement that barely acknowledged that the Tropicana was trying to make money. “All the corporate people looked at me like I had two heads when they saw it. It said something like, ‘Through love and kindness to help every human being, from executive to line employee, under my jurisdiction to reach their full potential.’ And they looked at me like I was crazy. They said what about profits and sales and growing the company and stock? I said no, this is the number one thing and if I can accomplish that, everything else falls into place. see more online @

to expect. “We’ve got some ideas now that we’re thinking of that will be enormous,” he says. Gomes expects that his acquisition of the casino, which has to be approved by the Casino Control Commission, will go quickly. He and most of his management team already hold casino licenses in the state and he expects to take control of the property by the end of the year. Still, Gomes’ optimism — and by extension the approach of Aaron Gomes, who is in charge of Gomes Gaming Inc.’s gaming operations — has to be tempered by the realities of Atlantic City’s economic conditions. The city has been losing gamblers to new casinos in the region and the recession has hurt everyone’s bottom line.

“I’ve spent my whole life trying to help people and my goal is to make their lives happier,” he says. “And that’s the answer for any place, whether it’s the Borgata or Resorts. When you bring that, it creates energy and then people love coming to work and then they treat the customers right. And pretty soon, the second you walk in the door, you can feel that energy.” Perhaps Gomes’ best spurt of energy came when he conceived and launched construction of The Quarter at Tropicana. Gomes famously was taped starting construction with a karate kick (a longtime passion of his) to knock down a wall. He maintains that he didn’t know he was being filmed and blamed then State Sen. Bill Gormley for

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egging him on to do it. The plan, he says, was to use sledgehammers. The Quarter has been one of the city’s biggest successes in the last five years. It’s combination of nightlife, restaurants and shopping, soon became a favorite of locals who had seldom journeyed into the city. And again, Gomes says people told him it would never work. “They said there’s no dining and entertainment and retail here in Atlantic City because people don’t want to do that stuff here. And I said, ‘No, it’s because we don’t have it here.’” The question now is what does he have in mind for Resorts? “Some casino companies look at things as a cookie-cutter cutter approach so that everything has to be the same,” he says. “I look at it differently. I look at each place with its own strengths and weaknesses. And then I work with all the key people to get ideas and a plan. But it could be something entirely different than The Quarter. What you need is to have a critical mass of a lot of things to do, a lot of entertainment and a lot of excitement and energy.” Gomes won’t tip his hand on what

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Aaron Gomes, however, sees a light at the end of the tunnel. “We’ve looked at the competition and that’s certainly one reason why all these Wall Street guys seem to be down on Atlantic City,” says Aaron Gomes. “But casino patrons aren’t going to listen to those guys. Atlantic City is already surrounded by the competition. It’s not going to get worse. “For example, when SugarHouse opens in Philadelphia, those customers already have a closer option than Atlantic City,” he says. “Or if gaming comes to Maryland they can already go to Delaware and Philly. Everybody has to drive by a casino to come here already. That’s not what the city’s draw is.” That draw, he says is the shore, the shows and all the rest of the entertainment that comes from a full-scale resort, rather than one or two stand-alone casinos. Dennis Gomes echoes the optimism. “They can’t duplicate what we have here in these little slot houses they’re building,” he says. “The way we look at it, this is like Mecca. This is still the second biggest gambling market in the U.S. When the economy gets back, people will come back in droves. And this is a wonderful time to get in here. This city is going to be as great as it ever was.” All it needs is another miracle turnaround. n

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N THE SPIRIT OF SHOWS LIKE THE Kings of Comedy and the Def Comedy Jam, organizers of the Atlantic City Comedy Festival are hoping to start a tradition with an annual event that brings some of the top AfricanAmerican comedians together for a superstar conclave of cutting-edge humor this Friday and Saturday (Sept. 3-4) at Boardwalk Hall. The event is sponsored by Trump Plaza. The A.C. Comedy Festival is getting off to an impressive start with Friday’s lineup of Mike Epps, EarthQuake, George Willborn, Don “DC” Curry and Mario Tory. Saturday’s lineup features top comics Sommore, Bruce Bruce, D.L. Hughley, Gary Owen and TuRae. Atlantic City has been taking some shots lately from the governor on down the line and the fact that the Atlantic City Comedy Festival organizers feel the town is a good place to bring a two-day annual event is an encouraging sign. Sarah Cornelius, marketing and promotions director at North American Entertainment, the show’s promoters, explains why Atlantic City is an attractive market. “We produce a lot of touring events, frequently in the Philadelphia market and we occasionally do events in Atlantic City as well,” she tells Atlantic City Weekly. “This area is pretty strong for us. Beyond that, we’re really strong in D.C., Baltimore and New York City. Those major markets have customers that are used to coming into Atlantic City. Something that we are shooting for is to make this a destination festival from those markets. We’ll see what we get in the first year.” It is a bold move to have two nights in Atlantic City’s largest venue, which will be set up for approximately 7,000 to 8,000 audience members. Cornelius agrees, “Every time you do a show it’s a risk — if it wasn’t everyone would do shows,” she says. “We did a threeday comedy festival in New Orleans over Memorial Day weekend. Three days seemed to be too much. We had some of the same talent there. When we looked at Atlantic City, we had initially been

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thinking about three days and cut it to two. Do we plan to have the place sold out the first year? No, but I think this is a good location for us and we will have a good number of people [attending]. We will have room to grow.”

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• Bruce Bruce — Bruce has appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam; Showtime at the Apollo and hosted BET’s 10th Anniversary Comic View and Coming to the Stage. He also starred in a Comedy Central Presents special and released the DVD Bruce Bruce Live.

• Mike Epps (see interview at right) • Earthquake (Nathaniel Martin Stroman) — was in the United States Air Force for 11 years before turning to comedy. He had a supporting role as Uncle Mike on Everybody Hates Chris, had a role in the film Clerks II and did a One Night Stand episode for HBO. • George Willborn — A radio personality known as The Stress Reliever, he is the co-host of the nationally syndicated Michael Baisden Show, writes material for actress/comedian Monique and has appeared on Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo. • Don D.C. Curry — Besides touring across the country, Curry earned acclaim as Uncle Elroy Jones in the movies Next Friday and Friday After Next (co-starring with Ice Cube and Mike Epps). He got his start on BET’s Comic View and later hosted the show. • Mario Tory — Up-and-coming comedian Tory recently won the national Big Easy Comedy Competition and has performed at

• Sommore — “Queen of Comedy” Sommore will hold her own as the only lady on the bill. The Trenton, N.J. native received the Richard Pryor Award as “Comic of the Year,” appeared on the Queens of Comedy Tour with Monique, and has released the DVD The Queen Stands Alone.

• D.L. Hughley — Hughley starred in his TV series The Hughleys on ABC, and was one of The Original Kings of Comedy in the film by Spike Lee. His fourth comedy special on HBO titled Unapologetic is available on DVD. He headlined this past June at the Borgata. • Gary Owen — Owen plays Zach the barber on Tyler Perry’s TV series House of Payne. He is also a regular on radio’s Tom Joyner Morning Show. He won the “Funniest Black Comedian in San Diego” contest, and is the only white man to have ever hosted BET’s Comic View. • TuRae — Pronounced too–ray, this native Philadelphian began his comedy career at Temple University and has gone on to comedy stages and campuses across the country. He recently went to England to represent his country and won the World Cup Comedy Clash at London’s Hackney Empire Theatre.

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Comedian and actor Mike Epps is well known for his stand-up and his numerous film roles, including Next Friday, Friday After Next, The Honeymooners, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, his hilarious bit role as “Black Doug” in The Hangover, and the newly released hit Lottery Ticket. His most recent DVD is Mike Epps: Under Rated ... Never Faded & X-Rated (2009). In a recent chat with Atlantic City Weekly, Epps explains that early in his career he used to get bused down to Atlantic City to play at a club (he can’t remember the name). “I’d work for $50 or $75. I’ve been to jail down there and everything,” he adds with a laugh. He enjoys doing a group show. “I get to do about 45 minutes onstage. I don’t get to see [my fellow comics] and work with them all the time, so it is like a reunion and a party when we get together.” Epps is one of the stars of the film Lottery Ticket. “We made that movie for 17 million and it [opened] with 11.1 million. The studio will make their money back, and maybe make more movies [with an AfricanAmerican] cast. I’m rooting for all the black movies.” Epps got his start in films thanks in large part to Ice Cube, who is also in Lottery Ticket. “I’ve got my love for Cube. We stay in touch and when projects come up we get together. Craig and Day-Day are always hookin’ up is some kinda way.” n see more online @

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FRIDAY SEPT. 3 Ocean City Fall Guy and Gal Contest Beach at 9th St., Ocean City. People will be dramatically dropping all over the 9th Street Beach as participants in the resort’s annual Fall Guy and Fall Gal Contest held to welcome the new season. Contestants will be asked to fall theatrically (and in slow motion) to the sands. The man and woman performing the most original renditions will be crowned the “King and Queen of Plop.” Free. 11am. Call 525-9300 or visit ocnj.us.

FRIDAY SEPT. 3 TO SEPT. 6 NAS Wildood Annual Airfest NAS Wildwood , 500 Forrestal Rd., Cape May County Airport. The Museum will host the event which will include music, food, vendors,

exhibits, a live radio remote by 98.7 The Coast and much more. The Wings of Freedom Tour will feature the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator. The public will be given a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to view, explore and even take a flight in these historic treasures. $8. $5 children. 9am-5pm daily. Call 886-8787 or visit usnasw.org.

FRIDAY SEPT. 3 TO SEPT. 5 All General Motors Carshow Various locations, the Wildwoods. The Greater Wildwood Hotel/Motel Association sponsors its first All General Motors car show. Friday, the cars will be displayed on the North Wildwood boardwalk from 11am-4pm. Saturday, the cars will be located on Pacific Avenue in downtown Wildwood, with

entertainment and a fun-for-all atmosphere on Saturday night. On Sunday, between 9am and 3pm, the cars will be displayed in Fox Park, located on Ocean Ave. between Montgomery and Burk Avenues. Awards will take place at 2pm and there will be entertainment throughout the day. Free. Call 522-4546 or visit wildwoodsnj.com.

MONDAY SEPT. 6 Yoga on the Beach Beach at JFK Blvd., Sea Isle City. This free session will be led by Teri O’Connor, who teaches Sea Isle’s weekly yoga classes throughout the year. O’Connor’s morning yoga classes, Free. 7:30am. Call 263-0050.

SATURDAY SEPT. 4 TO SEPT. 5 HCSV - Revolutionary War Weekend Historic Cold Spring Village, 720 Rt. 9 South, Cape May. Authentically clad and equipped living history reenactors will recreate camps of Continental and Loyalist troops. Visitors can see demonstrations of drill, weapons, equipment and camp life. Civilian re-enactors will demonstrate the role played by typical Americans of the period in

THURSDAY SEPT. 9 TO SEPT. 12 Wildwood ‘Roar to the Shore’ Varied locations, Wildwood. 15th annual Woildwood motorcycle rally, featuring exhibits, vendors, live entertainment, and the innaugural Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash. Go to roartotheshoreonline.com for full

schedule. Call 729-8870.

SATURDAY SEPT. 11 Good Old Days Festival Kennedy Park, off Great Bay Drive, Somers Point. A festival featuring a variety of music (3 stages), antique cars, children’s activities, community group participation, and hot dogs, hamburgers, and sodas. Benefits the Lawrence “Bud” Kern Scholarship Fund.Free. 11am-6pm.

ONGOING THURSDAYS Thrilling Thursdays in Margate Visitors and residents alike will be able to enjoy a free beach day - no beach tags required every Thursday through Labor Day. Sidewalks sales along Ventnor Avenue in the city’s two shopping districts and the weekly Jersey Fresh Farmers Market will be open at Steve & Cookie’s restaurant on Amherst Avenue from 9am-1pm. Free entertainment will be scattered throughout the city from 7-9pm, along with live music on the bay front pier at Amherst

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and Washington aves. and in front of the Downbeach Deli at Ventnor and Essex Avenues. Free. Visit MarvelousMargate.com. Wildwood Boardwalk Family Fun Nights Wildwood Boardwlk, Thursdays to Sept. 2. Parading clowns, characters and music. 7-9pm. Free. Visit wildwoodsnj.com.

FRIDAYS Friday Fireworks in Wildwood On the Beach at Pine Avenue, Wildwood. Summer fireworks and laser extravaganza! Every Friday night through Sept. 3 at 10 p.m. Free. Call 523-1602 or visit dowildwood.com.

SATURDAYS Winery Cellar Tour and Tasting Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts in Cape May. Spend an afternoon at the award-winning Cape May Winery. Tour includes a barrl tasting accompanied by cheese and fruit and a complimentary tasting glass. $20. 3 pm. 884-5404 ext. 153 or capemaymac.org. n

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You know summer is almost over when every other commercial on TV is about back-toschool specials. In Atlantic City, a similar indicator is when the summer revues at the casino showrooms present their final shows of the run. At Trump Plaza, V: The Ultimate Variety Show, presents its final shows on Thursday, Sept. 2, 8pm; Friday, Sept. 3, 9pm; Saturday, Sept. 4, 3 and 8pm and Sunday, Sept. 5, 3 and 7pm. This delightfully entertaining evening features the very amusing emcee Michael Holly, master ventriloquist Ronn Lucas, magician Jason Byrne and the quick-change adagio team, Pasha & Aliona. Trump Taj Mahal hosts Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy, the imaginative combination of music, extravagant costumes and world class acrobats, aerialists and strongmen. The final shows are Thursday, Sept. 2, 8pm; Friday, Sept. 3, 9pm and Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4-5, 3:30 and 8pm. Tickets are $25.50 and $35.50. For a more adult twist, there is the audience participation show Hypnosterical 2 starring Joe Boccuti at Trump Marina. It is hilariously funny and edgy, with audience members coming up on stage to be put under Bocutti’s spell — making for an R-rated, adult-oriented comedy hypnosis show. The final shows are Thursday, Sept. 2, 9pm, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 3-4, 10pm, and Sunday, Sept. 5, 9pm. Tickets are $25. Finally, Straight No Chaser, the terrific a capella group, has already completed its summer gig at Harrah’s Resort. However, if you missed them, circle the dates Nov. 26-27. That’s when Straight No Chaser brings its holiday-inspired show to Caesars. The showtime is 8pm both nights and tickets are $40, $50 and $65. — Lori Hoffman

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Mitch Woods and his Big Easy Boogie Kennedy Plaza, Boardwalk, Atlantic City. From Tony Mart presents, a free concert series dubbed “Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk.” The concerts start at 6pm with beads, plenty of New Orleans flavor and stellar, national acts. The series finale will be a tribute to Fats Domino and Professor Longhair featuring Mitch Woods and his Big Easy Boogie as well as Western Pennsylvania’s #1 Party Band, Jill West and Blues Attack Free. 6pm. Beatlemania Fox Park Amphitheatre, Ocean and Burke Avenues, Wildwood. Free concert series. 7:30pm. C.S. Lewis Drama Ocean City Tabernacle, 5th & Wesley Ave. Performance by David Payne portraying C. S. Lewis. Free. 7pm. Call 399-1915 or visit octabernacle.org

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SATURDAY SEPT. 11 North Wildwood Mummers Strut Olde New Jersey Ave., at 2nd Ave., North Wildwood. It’ll be a whole day of Mummery, with nine string bands performing at Second and Olde New Jersey avenues beginning at 3:30pm. Joining them will be North Wildwood’s own Duffy String Band and the Philadelphia Mummers Chorus. The official parade starts at 4:45pm. Free. Call 522-7722 or visit wildwoodsnj.com n

Leeds Rd, Pomona. Sept. 15-Oct. 15: Jacob Landau: The Holocaust Suite and other prints. Call 652-4214 or visit stockton.edu/artgallery. Wetlands Institute 1075 Stone Harbor Blvd., Stone Harbor. Ongoing: “Sex & Gluttony on the Delaware Bay.” Trails, observation tower. 368-1211. wetlandsinstitute.org. WheatonArts Exhibit 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville. Admission $10, $9 seniors, $7 students. Tues. to Sun. 10am-5pm. 1856-825-6800. wheatonarts.org.

SHOPPING AC Outlets, The Walk Michigan Ave., A.C. 343-0081. More than 50 outlet stores and eateries, including the Gap, H&M, Timberland, Nautica & Guess. acoutlets.com. Hamilton Mall Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, 6468326. Area’s largest shopping center with 140 stores, including Sears, Macy’s and JC Penney. shophamilton.com. The Pier Shops at Caesars One Atlantic Ocean, off AC Boardwalk. High-end boutiques, shops and restaurants. thepiershopsatcaesars.com The Quarter Tropicana Casino Hotel, 2801 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City. More than 30 shops along with more than 20 restaurants and clubs. Visit Tropicana.net.

VILLAGES & WINERIES Balic Winery 6623 Rt. 40, Mays Landing, 6252166. balicwinery.com. Batsto Village 4110 Nesco Rd., Hammonton, 5610024. batstovillage.org. Cape May Winery & Vineyard 711 Town Bank Rd., Cape May. 8841169. capemaywinery.com Historic Cold Spring Village 720 Route 9, Cape May. Sept. 4-5 Revolutionary War Encampment. 10am-4:30pm Tue.-Sun. Adults $8, Children $6. 898-2300. hcsv.org. Historic Smithville & Village Greene Rt. 9, Smithville. 748-6160. Sept. 4-5: Sidewalk sale. smithvillenj.com. Renault Winery 72 N. Bremen Ave., Egg Harbor City. renaultwinery.com. Tomasello Winery 225 White Horse Pike, Hammonton, 800-666-9463. tomasellowinery.com. Tuckerton Seaport Rt. 9, Tuckerton, 296-8888. tuckertonseaport.org. n

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Beatlemania Lou Booth Amphitheatre, 2nd and Ocean Avenues, North Wildwood. Free concert series. 8pm. Visit wildwoodsnj.com. Sweet Soul and Rock n’ Roll Concert Wildwoods Convention Center, 4501 Boardwalk, Wildwood. Three legendary groups, four decades of music, 50 smash hit records all under one roof for a magical night of memorable music and entertainment. Starring Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, and the Spinners. Plus your host, celebrity impersonator Linda Axelrod as Joan Rivers. $45 and up. Call 800745-3000 or visit wildwoodsnj.com.

Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk, Ocean City. Rounding out the 2010 Summer Season of the Ocean City Theatre Company (OCTC) and the Ocean City POPS, is the musical comedy, Anything Goes. Set aboard a cruise ship in the 1930s, Anything Goes is a musical farce with a score by Cole Porter. Many of the musical sections have become American standards: “It’s Delovely,” “Friendship,” “I Get a Kick out of You,” and more. $20/$15. 7:30pm. Call 525-9248 or visit ocnj.us.

Absecon Lighthouse 31 S.Rhode Island Ave., A.C. Adults $7, children $4. Hours: Daily, 10am5pm. Call 449-1360. abseconlighthouse.org. African-American Heritage Museum of Southern NJ Dr. MLK Center, 661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville. Tue.-Sat. 10am-4pm. aahmsnj.org. Call 704-7262. Atlantic City Aquarium Gardner’s Basin, 800 N. New Hampshire Ave., A.C. Labor Day weekend program with live diver feeding show 11am; baby stingray and shark feedings noon and 3pm. Exotic animal show 2pm Saturdays. Noon-3pm touch tank feeding time. Open daily, 10am-5pm. ($8 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children) 348-2880. atlanticcityaquarium.com. Atlantic City Historical Museum & Art Center Garden Pier, N.J. Ave. & The Boardwalk, A.C. Free. 347-5839 or acmuseum.org. Atlantic Heritage Center 907 Shore Rd., Somers Point. Hours Wed.-Sat. 10am-3:30pm. 927-5218 or atlanticheritagecenternj.org. Brownstone Puppet Theatre Gardner’s Basin, 800 New Hampshire Ave. 215-804-8120. Visit Brownstonepuppettheatre.com. Cape May County Zoo Crest Haven Rd. and Route 9, Cape May Court House. 80-acre zoological park with nearly 550 animals representing more than 200 species on exhibit. Free. 10am-4:45pm. 4655271. Visit capemaycountyzoo.org. Carriage House Gallery 1048 Washington St., Cape May. Changing exhibits. 884-5404 or capemaymac.org. Doo-Wop Museum Ocean Ave. near Burke, Wildwood. Dedicated to the pop culture of the late ’50s and ’60s. 523-1958. Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, Great Creek Road, Oceanville. 43,000-acre coastal habitat reserve. Trails, bird-watching. Headquarters 10am-3pm weekdays. Trails open daily, sunrise to sunset. Entrance fee. 652-1665. Great Bay Gallery 829 Bay Ave., Somers Point. Show by artists and poets of Great Bay Gallery. Images of favorite summer gathering places. Hours Wed.- Fri. 38pm; Sat. 3-9pm. Call 653-4991. Galloway Cultural Arts Center Atlantic County Library, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Rd., Galloway Twp. 204-8278 or gallowayculturalartscenter.org. Lucy the Elephant 9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate. MonFri. 11am-4pm, Sat.-Sun 10am-5pm.

Adults $6, Children $3. 823-6473. lucytheelephant.org. Marine Mammal Stranding Center Sealife Museum Marine Mammal Stranding Center, 3625 Brigantine Blvd., Brigantine. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-4pm (closed Wed.), Sunday 10am-2pm. After Labor Day, weekends only. Call 2660538. marinemammalstrandingcenter.org. NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum 500 Forrestal Rd., Cape May Airport, Rio Grande. Sept. 3-6, 14th Annual Airfest. Admission $6 adults, $4 children ages 3-12. 9am-5pm daily. 886-8787. usnasw.org. Nature Center of Cape May 1600 Delaware Ave., Cape May. Tours, nature walks, educational programs. Tues.-Sat, 10am-3pm. 898-8848. Noyes Museum 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville. To Sept. 15, Flashpoint: Tom Birkner and Alyssa Monks. To Sept. 26, Illusions: Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection. Tues-Sat. 10am-4:30pm. Sun. noon-5pm. 6528848. noyesmuseum.org. Noyes Museum Hammonton Gallery 5 S.Second St., Hammonton. Sept.: Going Green: The Artwork of the Dumpster Divers. Hours Tue.-Wed. 11am-6pm, Thu. 1-9pm. Fri.–Sat. 11am-7pm. Call 652-8006 or visit noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html. Ocean Galleries 9618 Third Ave., Stone Harbor. Sept. 4-6, artist S. Sam Park. 368-7777. Visit oceangalleries.com. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum New York Ave. & Boardwalk, A.C. Hours 11am-8pm. 347-2001. ripleys.com. Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage 610 Washington Ave., Woodbine. Displays about the culture and history in and around Woodbine. Open Wed.-Fri. and Sunday, 10am4pm. 646-9400 or thesam.org. SOMA New Art Gallery 31 Perry St., Cape May. “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Works by Sean Taylor, Sarah Hunter, Alex Chen and Matthew Farina. Open daily 10am10pm. 898-7488. somagallery.net. South Dennis Art Gallery 927 South Dennis Rd., Cape May Court House. Hours 11am-6pm daily (closed Wed.). 231-8132. SJ Railroad Museum 21 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Tuckahoe. Fri., 11am-3pm, Sat., 11am-4pm and Sun., noon-4pm. 628-2850 or 6415315. sjrails.net. Stockton Art Gallery Richard Stockton College, Jimmie

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T’S A LITTLE OVER THREE WEEKS away, but Atlantic City is getting fired up about HBO’s new series, Boardwalk Empire, which debuts 9pm on Sunday, Sept. 19, on the cable station. We’re talking about 30 local restaurants offering $19.20 meals and other specials in relation to 1920, the year in which the series takes place. And Harrah’s Entertainment, one of HBO’s marketing partners for the new show, offering 1,920 rooms at the rate of $19.20 per night from Sept. 16-30. Booking for the rooms has already started. Among the many city-wide and areawide events in relation to HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which looks back on Atlantic City’s Prohibition period during the 1920s, Atlantic City Weekly is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (ACCVA); Caesars Atlantic City; and the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute for Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, to co-present a free community panel discussion, which will take place just prior to the Viewing Party for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, both of which will take place inside Caesars’ Circus Maximus Theater on Sunday, Sept. 19. The event, “Conversations & Storytelling - Plus Viewing Party,” will feature a riveting panel discussion and Q&A segment with the cream of the crop as far as Atlantic City historians go, including Vicki Gold Levi, Allen “Boo” Pergament,” Ralph Hunter, Pinky Kravitz, Israel Posner and AC Weekly columnist Jim Waltzer. The panel will discuss the past, present and future of Atlantic City and will field questions from the audience. AC Weekly editor Jeff Schwachter will moderate the discussion, which will be directly followed by a Viewing Party celebrating the premiere of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, based on the book of the same name by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson. Doors open at 6:30pm for the “Conversations & Storytelling” event, which is open to the public. The event will begin at 7pm and seating is available on a first come, first served basis. The public is encouraged to RSVP to acweekly.com/ empire by Monday, Sept. 13. The public is also encouraged to bring old photos and stories to share prior to the Viewing Party. The Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter (The Sopranos) produced HBO series not only

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episode at Caesars Circus Maximus Theater, followed by an exclusive after party at One Atlantic on the Pier Shops at Caesars. This screening event, on Sept. 16, is by inviteonly and will be attended by cast members, producers and writers from the series. Caesars and HBO are also promoting the Boardwalk Empire Sweepstakes. See more about the amazing prizes being offered at boardwalkempireac.com. • The Atlantic City Free Public Library will soon feature a photograph and costume exhibit with photos of Atlantic City and its key movers and shakers of yesteryear. The library is also presenting a series of related programs, including:

revolves around the effect of Prohibition on Atlantic City, but also traces — with some fictional elements — the city’s political history during the 1920s. Back in April, Winter told AC Weekly one of the reasons the show’s producers took the liberty to modify some of the facts. “With Nucky Johnson, people know how he ended up, but Nucky Thompson can do anything,” he said. “I don’t know if Nucky Johnson ever killed anyone, but Nucky Thompson may be faced with that. You know how Al Capone ends up or Lucky Luciano. But part of this is that in the setting of the show, they will be very young guys. You don’t usually see that. Usually, when you see Capone portrayed, he’s Capone, the boss. He’s what he became. In Boardwalk Empire you’ll see Capone as a kid. Sure, you know where he’ll be in 10 years, but for right now, he’s some guy’s flunky.” Again, the series is loosely based on the book of the same name by Johnson — who appears, along with Scorsese, Winter and others in HBO’s 15-minute documentary The Making of Boardwalk Empire, which can be viewed on HBO’s Web site — and actually deals with only a few chapters of the book, published by the New Jersey-based company Plexus Publishing. The book has been reissued in connection with the new series and the first 50 people to come to the “Conversations & Storytelling” event at Caesars on Sunday, Sept. 19, will receive a goodie bag including a copy of the reissued book. According to the ACCVA, “Guests of the iconic seaside destination will have the opportunity to experience new citywide promotions in the spirit of Boardwalk

Empire ... in the ‘throwback’ style of the Roaring ‘20s.” As first reported by acweekly.com back in June, for a limited time, leading up to the series premiere on HBO, a number of Atlantic City-area restaurants will be offering “Prohibition Priced Menus” of two- or three-course meals for $19.20, and Boardwalk Empire-themed cocktails featuring Canadian Club Whisky. According to the ACCVA, restaurants from all four of Harrah’s Entertainment’s properties in town will be participating in the menu deals, as will legendary Atlantic City venues such as the Knife & Fork and Formica Brothers Bakery. Other Atlantic City venues will be taking advantage of the series’ 1920s era as well, including Tony Boloney’s, the Tun Tavern, Girasole and the Inn at Sugar Hill. (For a complete list of restaurants, see the online version of this story at acweekly.com.) Here is a rundown of Atlantic City events and specials occurring in connection with the HBO series Boardwalk Empire: • Aside from the huge billboards and adverts on The Pier Shops at Caesars and Caesars Atlantic City’s facade, new signs throughout the city, including banners at Boardwalk Hall, light-pole banners near the Atlantic City Expressway and messages on video marquees, will be promoting the premiere of the show. The ACES train will also be promoting the series from NYC down to Atlantic City.

– A “Meet the Author” event on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 6pm, featuring Karen Schnitzpahn (The Roaring 20s at the Jersey Shore) and dance teacher Melanie Brough performing a flapper dancing demo. – On Saturday, Sept. 18, at 2pm, the library will host another “Meet the Author” event with Nelson Johnson (Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City). Nelson is also reportedly working on a new book about the history of Atlantic City’s North side. – On Saturday, Oct. 9, at 2pm, local historian Allen “Boo” Pergament — who will be on the Atlantic City Weekly/ ACCVA/Caesars/Stockton College’s “Conversations & Storytelling — Plus Viewing Party” event on Sunday, Sept. 19 at Caesars — will present an interactive seminar about the 1920s in Atlantic City. – On Saturday, Oct. 23, at 2pm, the library will hold a 1920s jazz concert with the Shenole Latimer Quartet.

Stay up-to-date with Boardwalk Empirerelated news, history and trivia by joining AC Weekly’s “Boardwalk Empire Fan Club” page on Facebook, staying tuned to acweekly.com for new features and news and by bookmarking AC Weekly’s • Along with limited $19.20 room deals, “Atlantic City Central” blog. Caesars Atlantic City will also co-host with Additionally, text EMPIRE to 47201 for HBO a 1920’s themed extravaganza, includ- a chance to win a copy Nelson Johnson’s ing a red carpet screening of the premiere book Boardwalk Empire. n see more online @

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35th Toronto Film Festival

The global world of film and Oscar-hunting American flicks converge in Hollywood North By Lori Hoffman

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HE N Y O U ARE P A S S I O N A T E about film as an art form and a vibrant, visceral form of expression, this summer’s weak collection of bad comedies, disappointing tent pole films and assorted other by-thenumbers flicks provided about as much nourishment as day old table scraps. Inception was a full meal for the movie lover’s soul, but little else made my fellow movie fanatics perk up and say, “That was memorable.” This is exactly why I spend my working vacation every year at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 35th TIFF takes place this year from Sept. 9-19. This will be my 23rd trip to cover the global cinematic feast. The festival has grown from an understated, unpretentious celebration of emerging filmmakers, to a film festival that officially launches the Oscar buzz season with an obscene number of major film stars abandoning the Hollywood hills for Hollywood North. At this 35th edition of TIFF, my game plan will be the same as previous years — striking a balance between American made pictures trolling for Oscar buzz, exploring the vast world of international

cinema for hidden gems and checking out the latest films from established directors and major stars. And, by the way you subtitle haters, if you think TIFF is only about prestige pictures, think again. Beyond the big name American films and the highbrow European films, Toronto presents lots of alternative cinema in their Midnight Madness, Discovery and Vanguard programs including horror and martial arts flicks. As much as I disliked Will Ferrell’s summer comedy The Others, I’m looking forward to his dramedy Everything Must Go, about a man who turns a yard sale into a new career direction. I really liked Ben Affleck’s directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, so I’ll be seeing his latest, in which he also stars, The Town, about a crew of bank robbers in Boston. The film opens locally right after its debut in Toronto. Other films with big name stars in Toronto include The Debt (Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington); Conviction (Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell); Never Let Me Go (Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan); Hereafter (directed by Clint Eastwood starring Matt Damon); Henry’s Crime (Keanu Reeves, James Caan, Vera Farmiga) and

Woody Allen’s You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones, Naomi Watts). Asian cinema always provides a major chunk of my TIFF schedule, which so far includes the martial arts flicks, The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman and 13 Assassins; a 10th century detective flick, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, and two dramas, one about a true life disaster, Aftershock, and Confessions, about a teacher who knows two of her students murdered her child. Check in at acweekly.com beginning Sept. 10 for my reports from the festival.

TIFF Guest List As a Jersey girl I’m thrilled that Bruce Springsteen will be in town to promote the documentary The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Clint Eastwood is back with his film Hereafter, his first trip to the fest since 1990. Bill Gates will also be in town, and the list of Academy Award winners scheduled includes Nicole Kidman, Matt Damon, Phillip Seymour

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Hoffman, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Connelly and Javier Bardem. Here are some more of my favorites from the list: Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Amy Madigan, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Greenwood, Dwight Yoakam, Edward Norton, Ellen Page, Harvey Keitel, James Caan, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Keener, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey, Kristin Scott Thomas, Laura Dern, Martin Sheen, Mary Steenburgen, Natalie Portman, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Reynolds, Temuera Morrison, Uma Thurman, Vera Farmiga, Will Ferrell, Zach Braff and Zach Galifianakis. And, from the filmmakers list: Ben Affleck, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, Errol Morris, Woody Allen, Mike Leigh, John Carpenter, Doug Liman, John Sayles, John Turturro and Ken Loach. n

To read more about movies and other topics covered by movie critic Lori Hoffman visit the ‘Atlantic City Central’ blog at http://blog.acweekly.com/

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