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he town of Hammonton (Atlantic County, about 35 minutes away from A.C.) is charming at this time of year and through the holiday season. With a plethora of restaurants and shops, the downtown area beckons for a brisk walk, a stop in a local coffee shop and a show at the historic Eagle Theatre ( 208 Vine St., theeagletheatre.com), which, since the early 1900s, has served as a silent movie house and playhouse, a church and a storage area before being re-opened in 2009. Since then, the non-profit theatre has put on a diverse slate of plays, including its current run of the timeless musical Little Shop of Horrors. A superb cast tells the ancient story of “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side,” with a Skid Row flower shop as the backdrop. Inside the shop, a supernatural plant — dubbed “Audrey II” after the love interest of the young, apprecntice florist, Seymour, grows (on human blood) and grows until things get out of hand. Wether or not you’ve seen the movie and/or the award-winning musicial, this Eagle Theatre production is a treat — captivating with its actors, set design and songs. The show continues in Hammonton’s Arts District Nov. 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 (8pm) and Nov. 17 (3pm).

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his year, the Noyes Museum of Art of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey celebrates its 30th year. Fred and Ethel Noyes founded the museum in Oceanville (Galloway Twp.) in 1983 to collect, preserve and exhibit American fine and folk art, with an emphasis on local New Jersey artists and folk art forms. During the museum’s expansion period over the past few years, other satellite locations have opened to the public in Hammonton and Atlantic City. All three locations will screen films as part of the Noyes Independent Film Series on Saturday, Nov. 16 (7-9:30pm). The series will feature exciting short film works by talented up-and-coming filmmakers. Imaginative, funny, personal and abstract, these short films have never been showcased to the public and will mark their debuts at the one-day, multi-venue festival. Tickets are $5 for Noyes members, $7 for non-members and $4 for Stockton students and seniors. Visit noyesmuseum.org or call 652-8848 for more information. see more online @

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lthough I didn’t like the original Thor movie, I became a bigger fan of the character and Chris Hemsworth thanks to the delightful superhero team adventure The Avengers. Superhero movies certainly earn more gravitas when they go for a darker element and Thor: The Dark World puts its bid for displaying a more serious side right in the title.

The story begins with a preview of the newest villain. The Dark Elves were vanquished

thousands of years earlier when the soldiers of Asgard, including Thor’s grandfather, were able to steal the weapon known as the Aether and hide it.

Flashing forward to modern London, Thor’s (Hemsworth) scientific main squeeze, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) has found an anomaly that is similar to the portal that brought Thor to earth and later unleashed his brother Loki’s (Tom Hiddleston) army of darkness/ world domination bid in The Avengers.

When Jane finds the Aether at the other end of the wormhole, she is soon in the middle of another battle for control of earth and the nine realms as the Dark Elves leader Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) is brought back from suspended animation to lead his army to earth. Our poor planet can’t catch a break. Malekith’s ambience and visual look is very much like the revenge-minded Romulans from Star Trek: Nemesis.

One element of the new movie that gives it more energy and sparkle is the renewed sibling rivalry of Thor and Loki who must now team up to stop the Dark Elves. Hiddleston proved to be a dynamic villain in The Avengers and that star power explodes again when Loki changes into the anti-hero Thor must reluctantly join forces with in this quest.

Thor: The Dark World has all the CGI action sequences one expects in a superhero movie, and if you have been watching the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. you will recognize the geek/nerd comedy asides provided by Foster’s lab buddies Darcy (Kat Dennings) and Ian (Jonathan Howard) as very similar to the geek scientists on the TV series. Why Stellan Skarsgard, introduced as Dr. Erik Selvig in The Avengers movie, is also treated as a comedy aside, even though he has figured out how to stop the Aether, makes less sense.

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You get extra points if you spot Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Borg Queen (Alice Krige) as an Asgard healer, and Chuck’s Zachary Levi all covered in makeup as Thor’s buddy Fandral. Rene Russo also provides a supporting turn as Queen Friga and another Thor regular back for the sequel is Idris Elba as the all-seeing Heimdall.

Directed by Alan Taylor, whose primary work as been on the small screen (Game of Thrones) does an adequate job blending the mythological side with the science fiction element.

Thor remains a lesser star in the Marvel universe, but Hemsworth has been allowed to shed his arrogance and be a more engaging and complex figure this go-round. His love-hate relationship with Loki adds a layer of believability to the performance. Portman, who was insultingly pegged as merely “the girlfriend” in the previous Thor adventure, is more integrated into the story this time making it a role more worthy of the Oscar-winning actress. And as noted earlier, Hiddleston’s Loki is the wild card who energizes the action.

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at Benatar was only looking for a guitarist — not a boyfriend — when Neil “Spyder” Giraldo walked through the door of a recording studio in 1979 and fired a musical arrow through the singer’s heart.

Describing the 23-year-old musician as “the most drop-dead gorgeous man I had ever seen in my life,” Benatar told herself she’d just met the father of her children.

But the singer, who was basically an unknown and still several years away from becoming a rock goddess, didn’t share her feelings with Giraldo, for a couple of good reasons.

For starters, Benatar was married to but separated from an Army solider — Dennis Benatar — whom she’d married when she was just 19. And, just to complicate things, Giraldo was in a relationship with Exorcist actress Linda Blair.

But love has a habit of finding its own way, obstacles be damned.

Benatar, who turned 60 this year, and Giraldo, who’s 57, kept their feelings for one another at bay while they toured and cut Benatar’s debut album, 1979’s Heat of the Night, which went platinum.

Finally, Giraldo asked Benatar to have a drink with him and told her he believed Blair had cheated on him. That was all the singer needed to hear.

“This is a done deal,” she wrote in her autobiography, Between a Heart and a Rock Place.

“You. Are. Mine.,” she remembered.

Benatar divorced her husband, she and Giraldo officially became a couple in addition to musical colleagues and the two were married in 1982. Giraldo’s produced each of her albums, written a ton of songs, arranged them and been his wife’s musical muse.

In a business where marriages between entertainers are often measured in weeks, Benatar and Giraldo have stayed the course for nearly 32 years.

“I feel about him now the way I felt about him the very first moment I saw him, and I am so grateful for that,” she told Parade magazine earlier this year. “We’re nuts about each other. It’s kind of an incestuous relationship. There isn’t any part of our lives that isn’t intertwined, so even when there’s a conflict, you just have to resolve it.”

Giraldo said the partnership he formed with his wife transcended their romantic relation-

ship and began virtually from the moment they met and began working together.

“We were just two missing pieces that found each other,” he said.

Benatar’s route into the world of rock ‘n roll was a circuitous one. She started out as a classically trained coloratura and also studied acting. After one year of college, she had plans to continue her musical training at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.

Instead, she dropped out of school at 19 to get married, but said she knew it was a mistake when she was walking down the aisle.

“I knew the day we wed that I was making a terrible mistake,” she wrote.

She was working as a bank teller to make ends meet, but quit her day job after attending a Liza Minnelli concert. She took a job as a singing waitress at a retro nightclub known as The Roaring Twenties and sang on the side in a lounge band known as Coxon’s Army.

Although her biggest hits in the 1980s were hard-driving songs like “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” “We Belong” and “Invincible,” her biggest break in the music business was in 1975 during an amateur night at Catch a Rising Star in New York, where she sang a very un-rocklike song: “Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody.”

The club’s owner, Rick Newman, became her manager and she became a Catch regular for three years. She also landed a part in singer-songwriter Harry Chapin’s futuristic rock musical The Zinger, a show that featured two more up-and-coming stars, Beverly D’Angelo and Christine Lahti.

Although she had a huge voice, Benatar realized her classical background was hampering her ability to transition into the rock world.

“I was 22 by the time I started to sing rock, so at first I was very conscious of technique and I was overly technical,” she said. “That proved to be inhibiting so it was a disadvantage until I began to sing intuitively. That’s the only way to sing rock — from your gut level feelings. It’s the instinct that the best singers have.”

When they play a live gig, as they’ll do in Atlantic City Saturday night (Nov. 16) in Revel Casino’s Ovation Hall, they get equal billing. They’re so inexorably intertwined neither has their own Web site; they share one: benatargiraldo.com. n

DAVID SPATZ Casual conversations with the stars. Watch the Emmy-winning Curtain Call with David Spatz, Saturdays at 6pm on WMGM-TV NBC40.

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By Jerry Blavat • feedback@acweekly.com

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nce again, greetings and salutations.

Back from sea with the Malt Shop Memories cruise, and if you were with us for any of the last three, this had to be one of the best. Folks who were with us from previous ones were back, along with new members of the family. It was not only the artists but the audience from all over the world all coming together to re-live the golden age of rock and roll. Stay tuned for info about next year or go to maltshopcruise. com online.

And it’s going to be a great weekend in A.C. when my pal Frankie Valli returns to the Borgata this Friday and Saturday night.

Frankie represents the last of the true class and style of show business. Look for the Jersey Boys movie, which just wrapped, directed by Clint Eastwood, to be out for the New Year.

Now, let’s ask the Geator.

Rockin’ Christmas

Hi, Jerry. Do you have any info on Tokens member Bill Reid? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks — Al DiGiuseppe (via e-mail)

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Get your kicks as the Raiders mix high-energy holiday classics like Jingle Bell Rock and Run Run Rudolph with the band’s #1 hits including Indian Reservation, Just Like Me and Good Thing.

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I have a question about a movie that was in production in the Philadelphia area in the late ’60s. It was being shot in an abandoned quarry in the Swarthmore area (made to look like Mount Rushmore). You were starring in it? A group of us neighborhood kids were hanging around and watching as they were trying to film it. Just wondering what it was called and if anything was done with the footage. Thanks! — Debbie, California

Bill and I just returned from the Malt Shop Memories Cruise, where he, Jay Siegel, and Jay Traynor (the original Jay of the Americans), brought the house down as Jay Siegel’s Tokens. Bill and his brother Jack were dear friends of mine — as a matter of fact, I did Bill’s wedding way before he joined the group. Bill was well known since the early ’60s, when he sang background on “Pretty Little Angel Eyes” and “Who Put the Bomp.” Jack, who passed away several years ago, was the older of the brothers by two minutes.

That was the movie Cycad, starring Gary Merrill and Ina Balin, along with yours truly playing a drifter (the billing was “and introducing Jerry Blavat”). It also featured a guest appearance by Sammy Davis Jr. One of the problems was that it was shot at a time when X-rated movies were the rage, along with the blaxploitation movies, and the producers could not get a distributor. To my knowledge there is no surviving footage, but perhaps one day it will surface.

And here’s a trivia question. The Tokens were the first vocal group to produce a million-selling record for another vocal group. What was the record? Answer at the end of the column.

Just watched ’60s girls and girl groups on PBS. Fabulous! Where was Maureen Gray?

“Gee Whiz” by Carla Thomas was there, but not Maureen Gray. She was your sound, Geator! — Rich Ferrier, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

You have been playing a song called “If,” two versions, one by Perry Como. The other one is Timi Yuro and I would like to find out who does the spectacular piano accompaniment.

— Joe D., Williamstown That is the late, great Bobby Scott, who was a composer (“A Taste of Honey” and “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”), producer, arranger and conductor who worked very closely with Dick Haymes, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones and Bobby Darin. I also play a version of “If” by Roy Hamilton.

Just the best deal in AC!

Bobby Scott

As great a talent as Maureen Gray was, and as great as her songs “Today’s the Day,” “Crazy Over You” and “Dancing the Strand” were, they were not national but local hits. Maureen was a big local star, but unfortunately the PBS shows only feature artists who had recognition on the national charts. Last I heard, Maureen was living in England.

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Dock’s Oyster House

Kelsey’s

2405 Atlantic Ave. 345-0092, docksoysterhouse.com.

Atlantic City Bar & Grill

1219 Pacific at S. Carolina Ave. 3488080. acbarandgrill.com.

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Izakaya

9 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. 3440119. Divinghorseclub.com.

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Atlantic Company

Diving Horse Cabaret

Bottle

648 N. Albany Ave. 348-6400. acbottlecompany.com. Fri. Jeff & Tamara, 7pm.

Ducktown Tavern

2400 Atlantic & Georgia aves. 449-1212. ducktowntavernac.com.

Evo

Trump Plaza, 2225 Boardwalk. 4410400. trumpplaza.com.

Firewaters

Back Bay Ale House

800 N. New Hampshire Ave. 449-0006. backbayalehouse.com.

Tropicana’s Marketplace. 344-6699. tropicana.net.

Boneyard Bar & Grill

Girasole Ristorante & Bar

3108 Pacific Ave. (in Ocean Club Condos).

345-5554. girasoleac.com.

20 S. Virginia Ave., 348-3360.

Bungalow Lounge

California Ave. and the Boardwalk, 3506823.

Chelsea Pub

Hard Rock Cafe

Trump Taj Mahal, 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Ave. 441-0007. hardrock.com.

8 S. Morris Ave. (across from Trop garage) 345-4916. chelseapubandinn.com. Thurs & Fri. Dan Fogel Trio, 6-9pm.

Harry’s Oyster Bar

The Chelsea

Hooters

Chelsea Hotel, 111 S Chelsea Ave. 800548-3030. thechelsea-ac.com.

The Continental

The Pier Shops at Caesars, 674-8300. continentalac.com.

Bally’s, Park Place and the Boardwalk.

431-0092. harrysoysterbar.com.

Tropicana, Brighton Ave. & Boardwalk.

449-1500. hooters.com.

Irish Pub

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Borgata, One Borgata Way. 317-1000. theborgata.com.

1545 Pacific Ave. at Kentucky Ave. kelseyandkims.com.

Knife & Fork

Atlantic and Pacific aves. 344-1133. knifeandforkinn.com.

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Le Grand Fromage

25 Gordon’s Alley. 347-2743.

Long Bar

Borgata, One Borgata Way. 317-1000. theborgata.com.

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Lucky Dog Tavern

12 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. (formerly the Brass Rail). 487-4030. luckydogac.com.

Luxx Lounge

9 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. 3440119. Divinghorseclub.com.

Melting Pot

2112 Atlantic Ave. (by the Walk), meltingpot.com. 441-1100.

Mussel Bar

Revel, 500 Boardwalk, 225-9851, musselbar.com/revel.

Ocean Reef Bar & Grill

Far side of Steel Pier (Steel Pier Pub on near side), Boardwalk at Virginia Ave. steelpier.com.

St. James Place at the Boardwalk. 3449063. theirishpub.com.

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Partake in sample tastings of artisan whiskies and barrel aged barley beers. tickets include: mixology classes, pot still demonstrations, educational seminars, culinary delights and live entertainment.

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The Pier Shops at Caesars. Level 3, souzaisushi.com, 348-4443.

The Palm

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 344-7256. thepalm.com.

ONE BITE AND WE OWN YOU

Phillips Seafood

The Pier Shops at Caesars, Level 3, phillipsseafood.com, 348-2273.

Piano Bar * TM

Resorts. 340-7698. resortsac.com.

672 N Trenton Ave., Chelsea Heights.

350-6721. vagabondac.com.

Sammy D’s

Harrah’s Resort, 777 Harrah’s Blvd. 4415402. sammyds.com.

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Exceptional dining, live entertainment, cozy atmosphere, and late-night Lounge specials that will make your palate sparkle into 2014.

Whiskey Grille

20 Pennsylvania Ave. 345-3290.

Wonder Bar Steakhouse The 3701 Sunset Ave. (at the Albany Ave.

Taj Mahal, 1000 Boardwalk.

1-855-500-Roberts. robertsatlanticcity. com.

Scarduzio’s

Showboat, Delaware Ave. & Boardwalk. showboatac.com.

Downbeach Ventnor, Margate & Longport

Johnny’s Cafe

9407 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-1789. johnnyscafeventnor.com.

Maynard’s Cafe

Vagabond Tap House

Rober t ’s Lounge

COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE

2800 Atlantic Ave. 345-5766 and 3459461. baltimoregrill.com.

Pic-A-Lilli Pub

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 348-8600. rira.com.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Tony’s Baltimore Bar & Grill

The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 344-6565.

Ri´-Ra´ Irish Pub

NEW YORK RESTAURANT

The Chelsea hotel. 111 S. Chelsea Ave. 800-548-3030. thechelsea-ac.com.

Inside Sheraton Hotel, Two Convention Blvd. (across from Convention Center).

347-7800. tuntavern.com.

231 S. Tennessee Ave. 344-1113.

Towne Center, 4282 Harbour Beach Blvd.

266-1001. stgeorgespub.com.

Teplitzky’s Lounge

Tun Tavern

Planet Rose Karaoke Bar

St. George’s Pub

bridge). 344-8888. wonderbarac.com.

brigantine Cellar 32

32nd St. and Revere Blvd. 264-9463. thecellar32.com.

Laguna Grill & Rum Bar

1400 Ocean Ave. and the beach, Brigantine. 266-7731. lagunagrill.com.

9306 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-8423. maynards-cafe.com.

Memories

9518 Amherst Ave., Margate. 823-2196. memoriesinmargate.com.

Sofia

9314 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-9111. sofiaofmargate.com.

Tomatoe’s

9300 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-7535. tomatoesmargate.com.

Ventura’s Greenhouse

106 S. Benson Ave., Margate. 822-0140. venturasgreenhouse.com.

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823 Bay Ave., Somers Pt. 927-1776.

Assaggio!

500 W. White Horse Pike, Galloway.

965-3033. assaggiogalloway.com.

Baia Restaurant

998 Bay Ave., Somers Point. baiarestaurant.com. 926-9611.

Brick House Pub & Grille

4450 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing.

837-2763. brickhousenj.com.

Black Cat Bar & Grill

1 N. Shore Rd. (off White Horse Pike), Absecon. 641-2323.

Caroline’s by the Bay

450 Bay Ave., Somers Pt. 927-9007. Fri. Pedestrains album release party, 9pm.

Charlie’s Bar

800 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 927-3363.

Chickie’s and Pete’s

Crab Trap

MacArthur Blvd., Somers Pt. 927-7377. thecrabtrap.com.

East Bay Crab & Grille 6701 Black 2 7 2 -7 7 21.

Horse Pike, EHT. eastbaycrab.com.

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 6520544.

Goodfellows, W.L.

310 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 6521942.

Gregory’s

900 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 927-6665.

JD’s Pub

4810 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor City, 965-7686. sixpackspub.com.

Fred’s Tavern

314 96th St., Stone Harbor, 368-5591. fredstavernstoneharbor.com.

Fuze

79th & 3rd Ave., Avalon.

FuzeRestaurantandLounge.com. 3681919.

Oceanfront at 78th St., Avalon. 9672111. goldeninn.com.

Tailgaters Galloway Grille

337 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor City.

804-9000.

Tap Room Bar & Grille

At Atlantic City Country Club, 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield. 236-4465.

Smithville Town Center, at Rt. 9 and Smithville Blvd. 404-9000.

5698 Somers Point-Mays Landing Rd., Mays Landing 625-1926.

Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille

Ventura’s Offshore Cafe

Black Horse Pike & Main St., Pleasantville. 646-8332 and 6106 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 641-8332.

2015 Shore Road, Northfield. 641-5158. venturascafe.com.

La Hacienda

6494 Weymouth Rd., Mays Landing.

625-9300. wateringholecafe.com.

Clancy’s By the Bay

McGettigan’s 19th Hole

1413 Boulevard, State Hwy 50, Mays Landing, 625- 2722.

Six Packs Pub

Testa’s Good Guys Pub

6055 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-1930.

Crabby’s Suds & Seafood

908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, 927-2759.

Smithville Inn Fred & Ethel’s Lantern Light Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652Tavern Golden Inn 7777. smithvilleinn.com.

265 S. New York Rd., Galloway. 6526050.

101 E. Maryland Ave., Somers Pt. 9276969. clancysbythebay.com.

Sandi Pointe

500 S. New York Rd., Galloway. 6526476.

Ram’s Head Inn 9 W. White Galloway.652-1700.

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Pike.

Watering Hole Cafe

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Jack’s Place

3601 Ocean Drive, Avalon, 967-5001. jacksplaceavalon.com.

Kix McNutley’s Bar

63rd and Landis Ave., Sea Isle City, 263-6341.

La Costa Lounge

4000 Landis Ave., Sea Isle, 263-3756.

Levari’s American Grill

Rt 50 & Tuckahoe Rd., Upper Township. levarisamericangrill.com. 628-2225.

North End American Grill

206 Old Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood .

435-5691.

Obadiah’s

301 Roosevelt Blvd., Marmora. 3903574. obadiahs.com.

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Anglesea Pub

116 West First Ave, Wildwood, 7291133.

Ocean Drive

40th Street and Landis Ave., Sea Isle City. 263-1000.

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Voting is now open at acweekly.com/nightlife-awards.

You can cast your votes in more than two-dozen categories for the Atlantic City region’s “best” in area nightlife — with venues and entertainers from Atlantic County and upper Cape May County eligible to be honored.

Cateogies include “Best Nightclub,” “Best Happy Hour,” “Best New Place to Party,” “Best Casino Lounge Act,” “Best Local’s Bar,” “Best Club to Find Celebrities,” “Best Local Band” and more.

Every year since 2009, the best in Atlantic City region’s nightlife industry have been honored by the readers of Atlantic City Weekly and ACWeekly.com.

Voting will conclude on Dec. 31, 2013, with thousands of entries again expected. The 2014 awards show celebration bash is guaranteed to be a night full of fun and surprises. This year’s celebration will involve an afterparty, new guest celebrities and a variety of surprises throughout the night.

“Coming off of last year’s big fifth anniversary of the Nightlife Awards, we are very excited about the 2014 awards and the big bash at Boogie Nights,” says Atlantic City Weekly editor Jeff Schwachter. “This project was created to celebrate and bring together those who work so diligently — behind the scenes in many cases — in the Atlantic City region’s rich and diverse nightlife industry. The awards celebrate the men and women who help make Atlantic City the unique, high-energy entertainment destination that it is.

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Rusty Nail The Beach Shack, 205 Beach Ave., Cape May. 877-742-2507.

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FRIDAY 15

BELLATOR MMA REVEL

Ovation Hall. 7:30pm. $35-$275. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (who acted in the movie “The A Team”) will make his Bellator debut vs. Joey Beltran in the main event.

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SATURDAY 16

Music Box 9pm. $64, $74. The Garden Stateʼs favorite “Jersey Boy.”

441-6000

‘The Latin Quarter Show,’ The Social, Revel. Latin themed revue featuring variety artists including archer Ben Blaque, comedian Joey Vega and Latin style dancers.

Thurs., Fri. 5 & 8pm; Sat., Sun. 2, 5 & 8pm. $25.

NoW -Dec. 18

‘The Fat Pack,’ Resorts Superstar Theater. Ernie Bruno, Johnny Dell, and Bobby Parrella perform with a live band, taking a holiday musical trip down memory lane. $32.75. Show times this week: Nov. 17, 3:30 & 8pm; Nov. 18-19, 8pm; Nov. 20, 3:30 & 8pm.

‘Holiday Extravaganza,’ Tropicana Showroom.

Nov. 17Dec. 20 Musical celebrating the holiday season with a mix of

modern music and old fashioned Christmas standards.

Features two singers and 10 dancers. Sun. 7pm; Mon., Tues. 3:30 & 7pm; Fri. 9pm; Sat. 8pm. $25.50 adults, $15 children 16 yrs. & under.

449-1000

SUNDAY 17

MONDAY 18

TUESDAY 19

WEDNESDAY 20

STAFF PICK

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO REVEL Ovation Hall. 8pm. $39.25, $59.25 and $89.25.

CHEAP TRICK HARRAHʼS RESORT EL GRAN COMBO RESORTS

Singing the Blues — It’s is a triple threat weekend of R&B icons the weekend of Nov. 22-23. On Friday, Nov. 22, blues guitarist and vocalist Robert Cray (pictured) and his band, with the legendary vocalist Mavis Staples, headline a dynamc double bill at 9pm in the Concert Venue at Harrah’s Resort. The Robert Cray Band’s acclaimed new album is “Nothing But Love.”

The next night, Saturday, Nov. 23, 9pm, 10-time Grammy winning guitarist and vocalist Bonnie Raitt slips into Caesars’ Circus Maximus with her Slipstream tour featuring songs from her outstanding, awardwinning album of the same name.

Superstar Theater. 8pm. $70.50, $87. Salsa orchestra with special guest Puerto Rican Power.

GLORIANA TROPICANA

Tropicana Showroom. 8pm. $30.50-$51. Country music trio.

FRANKI VALLI BORGATA

Music Box. 9pm. $64, $74.

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Concert Venue. 9pm. $42, $63, $73.50. Blues, R&B legends Robert Cray Band and Mavis Staples.

CHRIS MANN BORGATA

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Concert Venue. 9pm. $46, $67, $77.50. Classic rock.

FRANKI VALLI BORGATA

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ing Elvis, Liza Minnelli, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson. $32.50; $16.25 for children 3-16. Sun. 8pm; Tues.

8pm; Wed. 3 & 8pm; Thurs, Fri. 8pm; Sat. 7:30 & 10pm.

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Superstar Theater 8pm. $32.75. Singer, entertainer.

BALLYʼS BOARDWALK HALL

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‘Legends in Concert’ Bally’s Legends in Concert Now Nov. 24 Theater. Live band and dancers with tribute artists present-

Music Box. 9pm. $25, $29.50. Discovered on the TV singing competition “The Voice,” vocalist Chris Mann has an operatic range.

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Circus Maximus. 9pm. $67.50, $89, $99.

Bonnie Raitt bypassed AC during her first Slipsteam tour last year, but she is making up for that with this performance at Caesars.

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TOMMY BLAZE, JOHN ROY

Thurs. Nov. 14, Sun. Nov. 17, 9pm, Music Box. $20.

BUDDY FITZPATRICK, MONIQUE MARVEZ, JOHN JOSEPH

Mon.- Thurs. Nov. 18-21, Sat., Sun. Nov. 23-24, 9pm, Music Box. $20.

Nov. 14, 17., Thurs.,Sun. 9pm, $25.

Fri.-Sat. 9pm, $27; 11:15pm, $25.

ALYCIA COOPER, MIKE BURTON, JIM CARROLL Nov. 18-24. Mon.Thurs.,Sun. 9pm, $25.

Fri.-Sat. 9pm, $27; 11:15pm, $25.

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NOVEMBER Nov. 29

• The Rascals, Borgata

Nov. 29-30

• Chris Cornell, Borgata

Nov. 30

• Brian Setzer Orchestra, Caesars • Neil Sedaka, Trump Taj Mahal • Tony Bennett, Borgata • Theresa Caputo, Tropicana • Brian McKnight, Musiq Soulchild, Avant, Showboat/House of Blues • Kenny Rogers, Resorts

DECEMBER Dec. 1

• Theresa Caputo, Tropicana

Dec. 4

• Frankie Avalon Christmas, Trump Taj Mahal

Dec. 7

• Kenny Edmonds, Harrahʼs Resort • Eli Young Band, Tropicana •Johnny Mathis, Borgata • Top Rank Boxing, Boardwalk Hall

Dec. 8

• Buon Natale con Padre Pio, Trump Taj Mahal

Dec. 13

• Cheech & Chong, Showboat/House of Blues

Dec. 14

• Rita Rudner, Brad Garrett, Caesars • Chaka Khan, Harrahʼs Resort • Michael McGeehan, Resorts

Dec. 20

• Kenny G, Harrahʼs Resort

Dec. 21

• Bert Nievera, Martin Nievera: A Christmas Concert, Tropicana

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Dec. 27-28

• Mac Miller, Showboat/House of Blues

March 1

Dec. 28

• AHL Hockey: Albany Devils vs. Wilkes

• A Bronx Tale, Trump Taj Mahal

Barre Scranton Penguins, Boardwalk

Dec. 29

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• Harlem Globetrotters, Boardwalk Hall • Jill Scott, Caesars • Slightly Stoopid, Showboat/HOB

Dec. 31

March 2 • Robin Thicke, Jessie J, DJ Cassidy,

Jan. 10

• Eddie Griffin, Borgata • Patti LaBelle, Caesars

Jan. 12

March 8

• Zappa Plays Zappa, Showboat/ House of Blues

March 23 • AHL Hockey: Albany Devils vs. Wilkes Barre Penguins, Boardwalk Hall

REVUES

• AHL Hockey: Albany Devils vs.

Hershey Bears, Boardwalk Hall

Jan. 18

• Sinbad, Tropicana • Chubby Checker, Resorts

Ongoing

• Magician Joe Holiday, Comedy Stop at Tropicana

Jan. 18-19

• Rob Thomas, Borgata

Jan. 24

• Ring of Combat, Tropicana

Jan. 24-25

• Len Sammons Indoor Auto Racing, Boardwalk Hall

Jan. 25

Now-Nov. 24

• ‘Legends in Concert,’ Ballyʼs

Feb. 8

• Marc Anthony, Boardwalk Hall

Feb. 12

• AHL Hockey: Albany Devils vs.

Hershey Bears, Boardwalk Hall

Feb. 15

• Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell, Boardwalk Hall

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• Kathleen Madigan, Trump Taj Mahal

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• ‘The Latin Quarter Show,’ Revel

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Nov. 23, 30; Dec. 7, 15, 21

“Get Happy” Hour, Mon-Fri, 7-8pm

Nov. 29-Dec. 31

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Nov. 17-Dec. 20

• John Pinette, Borgata

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Borgata

• Louis Prima Jr. & Witnesses, Resorts

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• ‘Tropicana Holiday Extravaganza,’ Tropicana

• ‘A Dickens of a Murder,’ Resorts

• ‘Legends in Concert Holiday Show,’ Ballyʼs

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ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 14-20

Atlantic Club DIZZY DOLPHIN

Flip N’ Mickeys Fri. 8pm-mid.

Lush Band Sat. 9pm-1am

Bally’s

BLUE MARTINI

Savage Men Male Revue Fri. 6-9:30pm; Sat. 9-11:30pm

DJ Jay Ski Fri. 9:30pm-3:30am

LOBBY BAR DJ Turbulence Monday, Nov. 18, at Haven in Golden Nugget

Girls Next Door Fri. 10pm-2am French Vanilla Sat. 10pm-2am

JIM BEAMʼS WILD WEST BAR Call 1-800-736-1420 or visit Ticketmaster.com for all casino show tickets (except Borgata, see below)

Dirty Whiskey Duo Thurs. 10pm-2am Vixens Fri-Sat. 10pm-2am DJ Clayton the Chemist Fri. 9pm-3am DJ Aiden Scott Sat. 9pm-3am

Borgata

TOGA BAR

GYPSY BAR Face Parade Thurs. 10pm-1:30am Generation Next Fri. 7-10:30pm Blue Label Fri. 11pm-2:30am Push Sat. 7-10:30pm Peat Moss & The Fertilizers Sat. 11pm2:30am

Stellar Mojo Sun. 8:30pm-mid.

Melanie & Tony Wed. 9pm-12:30am

Golden Nugget HAVEN NIGHTCLUB

Captain 20 Fri. 11pm-4am Dash Berlin Sat. 10pm-4am DJ Turbulence Mon. 11pm-4am

LIVE BAR

MIXX Sky Nellor, Carlos Melange Sat. 10pm MIXX Sundays w/Paul Castro Sun. 10pm

B Street Thurs. 8pm Think Pink (Pink Lloyd tribute) Sat.

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MUR.MUR Jeffrey Tonnesen, DJ Renzo Fri. 10pm Jesse Marco, Doug Grayson Sat. 10pm Ross One, PS1 Mon. 10pm

Caesars DUSK DJ Scooter Fri. 10pm DJ Sat One Sat. 10pm Dusk Tuesdays w/DJ Excel Tues. 10pm

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DJ Iron Mike Fri. mid.-4am Toga Dancers Sat. 10pm-2am DJ Jay Ski Sat. 9pm-4am

Dane Anthony Thurs. 8pm Bobby & Kit Fri. 6pm All Souled Out Fri. 10pm Bobby & Kit Sat. 6pm Big House Sat. 10pm DJ Chris Devine Sat. 2am NFL Football Sun. 1pm Sunset Strip Mon. 6pm DJ Chris Devine Mon. 10pm Patty Balbo Tues. 8pm Doug Jennings Wed. 8pm

Harrah’s Resort EDEN LOUNGE

David Christopher Band Thurs. 8pm-mid.

DJs Fri.-Sat. 10pm-2am Sensational Soul Cruisers Fri. 9:15pm12:45am

M-80 Sat. 9:15pm-12:45am Big House Band Sun. 9pm-mid.

Salsa Night Band, DJ Wed. 9pm-1am.

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DJ Dnial Fri. 12:30-3:30am DJ Iron Mike Sat. 10pm-12:30am, 3:30-

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DJ K Styles Sat. 12:30-3:30am Qi Command Wed. 10pm-3am

Resorts MARGARITAVILLE RESTAURANT

Bobby Lynch Fri. 9pm-mid.

Screaming Matilda Sat. 9pm-mid.

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Anthem Thursday w/DJ Do Work Thurs.

DJ Drop Fri. DJ B Easy Sat. DJ Luap Sun. Live Bands, DJs Wed.

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DJ Thurs.-Sun. Burlesque Show jazz show & late-night rock show Thurs.-Sun.

BOOGIE NIGHTS

MUSSEL BAR THE SOCIAL

VILLAGE WHISKEY

Chuck Boone Band Thurs. 9pm-mid.

Griz Trio Tues. 9pm-mid.

Almost Angels, DJ Leverage Sat. 10:30pm-2:30am

DJ Snaxx Tues., Wed.

LOUNGE AT ROBERTʼS

RUMBA LOUNGE

Showboat/ House of Blues

STEAKHOUSE

Dancers Fri.-Sat. 10pm-2am

Doug Jennings Fri. 8pm

TANGOʼS

PARTY PIT

Mike La Guardia Sat. 8pm

Darin MacDonald Thurs. 7-10:40pm Bianca and Her Entourage Fri. 7-10:40pm DJ Ralph D’Amelio Fri.-Sat. 11pm-2:40am AnnMichal Sat. 3-6:40pm Johnny & Sherena Sat. 7-10:40pm DJ Sammy Sun. 10pm-2:40am

Three AM Fri. 10pm-2am DJ Domino Fri. 9pm-4am Dancers Fri, Sat. 10pm-2am DJ Mike Lowry Sat. 8pm-4am Laura Lee and Tripp Fabulous Sat.

10pm-2am

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DJ June Fri., Sat. Rick Wonder Fri. dStar Sat.

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The Latin Quarter Show Thurs., Fri. 5 &

Trump Taj Mahal 10:30pm-2:30am

Disco Dance Party Fri., Sat. Idol Kings (Journey tribute) Sat. 8pm

Live music Fri. 9pm

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Corey’s Seafood Corner 637 New York Rd. (Route 9), Galloway 404-3474 Call for hours

Corey’s Seafood Corner opens in Oceanville after owners relocate from Sandy-struck LBI.

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here exists an adage about winemaking that dictates that one cannot learn the business, but instead must be born into it.

We like to think that axiom also applies nicely to the restaurant industry, where many of the most successful operators we’ve encountered were second or even thirdgeneration scions.

Corey Kurica, of Galloway Township’s new Corey’s Seafood Corner restaurant, certainly meets those criteria of heritage.

His parents met working in a restaurant called Ye Cottage Inn in Keyport.

The Kurica family went on to own and run the very popular Bayberry Inn in the Ship Bottom section of Long Beach Island for 33 years until Sandy’s arrival in late 2012.

Like many restaurateurs, Corey’s training began at the very bottom.

He explains “Forty-five years ago I started out as a pot washer, the second year I got promoted to dishwasher.”

That was at another LBI establishment, called The Sea Shell, in Beach Haven.

In a classic twist of restaurant destiny, one fateful night, kitchen staffers walked out and ownership turned to him and late brother, Carlton, to take over cooking duties.

Though both still teens, the pair overachieved enough to be granted kitchen management positions for the next several summer seasons.

A decade later, The Bayberry was purchased and became a family-run concern.

One of few establishments open yearround on LBI, it quickly became a locals’ favorite kind of place.

But after Sandy’s rampage through Ocean County last year, The Bayberry never reopened and was eventually sold.

A sample of the apps at Corey’s

“We didn’t open just for the season, we are year-round.”

This presented Corey and wife Nancy, a respiratory therapist by profession, a unique opportunity.

After purchasing a house in Absecon, Corey became fascinated by a miniature little roadside eatery fronting the Ten Acres Motel on Route 9 in Galloway.

It was a cool-looking anachronism, possessing the old-time roadhouse look and feel of another distant era in time.

Open only limited hours for breakfast and lunch, they approached ownership with the idea of completely making the business over.

Closing the transaction June 1, the pair spent the next three months thoroughly rehabbing.

Gone was the antiquated lunch counter,

instead replaced by a classy BYOB dining room with seating for about 30 patrons.

Intimate and charming, the room is now filled with nautical décor, including a rear wall featuring antique replicas of threemasted schooners, salvaged from the former Bayberry prior to sale.

Virtually everything in the kitchen is similarly new, including a sexy convection oven that would be the envy of many larger operations.

Corey did most of the construction work himself over the course of this past summer and officially opened Sept. 5.

While many were skeptical about the post-Labor Day debut, Nancy allows that “I’d rather have a strong local base. We didn’t open just for the season, we are year-

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The response thus far from customers, many of whom were returning after not visiting for many years, has been enthusiastic.

Corey says, “A lot of people that come in can’t even believe it’s the same place.”

As good fortune would have it, they soon reconnected with a former Bayberry staffer, Jim Avery, who has since become sous chef and right-hand-man.

(Worth noting: with Corey standing 6’6’ and Avery 6’8’ they constitute the tallest pair of chefs working together we know.)

Items recommended by the Kurica’s include apps of lightly-floured fried calamari, Corey’s seafood chowder — crab, shrimp, scallops and lobster — in a Manhattan-style red broth and bacon-wrapped Hawaiian scallops — sourced from Cape May — garnished by water chestnuts and pineapple with a sesame-teriyaki glaze.

Entrees offer the expected array of seafood — lobster francaise, jumbo lump crab cakes, shrimp and scallop scampi and Asian grilled salmon among them — plus plenty of options.

Most notable among those are a filet mignon and chicken breast combo atop tomato risotto with Madeira wine demiglace and loin lamb chops, three four-ounce center-cut chops.

The best part of Corey’s, however, just might be the value.

Only one starter — a jumbo lump crab Cobb salad — is priced at more than 10 dollars.

Half of nearly 20 main courses are less than 20 bucks, inclusive of house salad, Caesar salad or cole slaw, bread and choice of potato or linguine.

For a glimpse of what defines a family restaurant, look no further than Corey’s Seafood. ■

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Angelo’s Fairmount Tavern

2300 Fairmount Ave. 344-2439. angelosfairmounttavern.com.

Angeloni’s II Restaurant

2400 Arctic Ave. 344-7875. angelonis.com.

Atlantic City Bar & Grill

1219 Pacific Ave. (Corner of S.Carolina & Pacific). 348-8080. acbarandgrill.com.

Atlantic City Bottle Company / Iron Room

648 N. Albany Ave. 348-6400. acbottlecompany.com. Fri. Jeff & Tamara, 7-10pm.

Chelsea Pub

8 S. Morris Ave. 345-4700. chelseapubandinn.com. Dan Fogel Trio: Thurs., Fri. 6-9pm.

Dining on the Fifth

111 S. Chelsea Ave (inside The Chelsea hotel). 428-4556. thechelsea-ac.com.

Diving Horse Cabaret & Steakhouse 9 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. 344-0119. divinghorseclub.com.

2405 Atlantic Ave. 345-0092. docksoysterhouse.com.

Ducktown Tavern

800 N. New Hampshire Ave., Gardner’s Basin. 449-0006. backbayalehouse.com.

2400 Atlantic Ave. 449-1212. ducktowntavernac.com.

Baltimore Grill (Tony’s)

Gilchrist’s Restaurant

2800 Atlantic Ave. 345-9461 or 345-5766. baltimoregrill.com.

804 N. Rhode Island Ave. (Gardner’s Basin).

345-8278.

Bungalow Restaurant & Lounge

Girasole Ristorante

Café 2825

Irish Pub

2825 Atlantic Ave. (at Brighton Ave.). 3446913. cafe2825.com.

201 Melrose Ave. 350-6800. kelseyandkim. com.

Knife & Fork

3600 Atlantic Ave. (Corner of Atlantic and Pacific). 344-1133. knifeandforkinn.com.

Little Saigon

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

Los Amigos

1926 Atlantic Ave. 344-2293.

2112 Atlantic Ave. 441-1100. meltingpot. com/atlantic-city.

Mexico Restaurant

Back Bay Ale House

3108 Pacific girasoleac.com.

Kelsey and Kim’s

The Melting Pot

Dock’s Oyster House

Boardwalk and California Ave. 350-6823).

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3810 Ventnor Ave. 344-0366.

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231 S. Tennessee Ave. 344-1113.

Teplitzky’s

111 S. Chelsea Ave. (Inside Chelsea hotel).

428-4550. thechelsea-ac.com.

Tony Boloney’s Pizzeria

300 Oriental Ave. (Corner of S. Vermont St.). 344-8669.

St. James Pl. at the Boardwalk. 344-9063. theirishpub.com.

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Tun Tavern

2 Convention Blvd. 347-7800. tuntavern. com.

Brigantine Andre’s Italian Restaurant 1312 W. Brigantine Ave. 266-1124.

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Yuki Hana

3628 Brigantine Blvd. 266-7608. yukihanabrigantine.com.

Jerusalem Restaurant

Glatt

Kosher

6410 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 822-2266.

9210 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-4759. miyakomargate.com.

Johnny’s Café & Cocktails

Sofia

9407 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 822-1789. johnnyscafeventnor.com.

9314 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-9111. sofiaofmargate.com.

Aroma Bistro

Jo Jo’s Trattoria & Pizzeria

Steve & Cookie’s By the Bay

6414 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 822-4111.

6501 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 822-6475.

9700 Amherst Ave., Margate. 823-1163.

Barrels

Ladle of Luv

Tomatoe’s

DownBeach Ventnor, Margate & Longport

3119 Revere Blvd. 264-9463.

9 S. Granville Ave., Margate. 823-4400. barrelsfoods.com.

L’Aragosta Ristorante

Downbeach Deli

3400 Brigantine Blvd. 266-2808.

8 S. Essex Ave., Margate. 823-7310. downbeachdeli.net.

7800 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 487-8052. liangsimperialeast.com.

Macedonian Grill

Hannah G’s

Maynard’s Café

3015 Brigantine Blvd. (at 31st St.). 2648801. macedoniangrill.com.

Miyako

77307 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 822-5683.

Liang House Imperial East

7310 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 823-1466. hannahgs.com.

9306 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-8423. maynards-cafe.com.

9300 Amherst Ave., Margate. 822-7535. tomatoesmargate.com.

Ventura’s Greenhouse 106 Benson Ave., Margate. 822-0140. venturasgreenhouse.com.

Yama Fusion Japanese

5305 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor. 822-8007.

MainLanD

Bay Avenue Sushi

718 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 601-8822.

800 Bay By Philippe

800 Bay Ave., Somers Point, 926-3500.

800baybyphilippe.com..

Assaggio

500 W. White Horse Pike, Pomona. 9653303. assaggiogalloway.com.

Berkshire Grill

6105 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-8808. berkshiregrillnj.com.

Black Cat Bar & Grill

1 N. Shore Rd. (off White Horse Pike), Absecon.

641-2323.

Athenian Garden

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

Atlantic City Sub Shop

Brick House Pub & Grille 4450 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing.

837-2763. brickhousenj.com.

Baia Restaurant

Cavallino Nero 4760 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing.

625-0144.

619 New York Rd. (Rt. 9), Galloway. 7481818. athenian-garden.com.

Heather Croft Sq., Northfield. 646-7799. atlanticcitysubshops.com.

998 Bay Ave., Somers Point. baiarestaurant.com. 926-9611.

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609-822-1789 9407 Ventnor Avenue, Margate www.johnnyscafeventnor.com

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Clancy’s by the Bay 101 E. Maryland Ave., Somers Point.

927-6969. clancysbythebay.com.

Crab Trap 2 Broadway, Somers Pt. 927-7377.

East Bay Crab & Grill 6701 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 272-7721.

El Coyote Corner of Ocean Heights Ave. and Zion Rd, EHT. 927-0004. elcoyoteeht.com.

El Costeño 28 E. Maryland Ave., Somers Point.

926-0076.

El Rancho 375 S. Main St., Pleasantville. 4848057.

Fires Barbecue and Burgers 6698 Black Horse Pike, EHT. firesbbq. com. 448-0201.

Fitzpatrick’s Deli & Steakhouse 650 New Rd., Somers Point. 653-8155, fitzpatricksdeli.com.

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

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Fuji

210 New Rd., No. 4, Linwood Green Plaza, Linwood. 926-8861.

Ginza Japanese Restaurant 6708 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 383-2588.

Goodfellows, W.L.

310 E. White Horse Pike, Galloway. 652-1942.

Johnny Rockets

Hamilton Mall, Mays Landing. johnnyrockets. com.

Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille

Pleasantville. 646-8332 and EHT. 6418332.

King’s Lounge

6415 Delilah Rd., EHT. 383-8200.

265 S. New York Rd., Galloway. 652-6050.

Chicken Parmesan over angel hair Mini lasagna with one meatball Mini turkey & American cheese sandwich w/ a ½ pint of soup Mini combo parmesan (Grilled Chicken & Eggplant) w/ a 1/2 pint of soup Small grilled chicken house salad Small blackened chicken Caesar salad Mini appetizer plate: 2 mozzarella sticks, 2 fried ravioli and zucchini sticks *Add a small tossed salad to any entrée for $2

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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Late Night.

6605 Black Horse Pike. 813-2092.

LP Steak

1333 New Rd., Northfield. 646-8189. lukepalladino.com.

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Maplewood Inn

1470 White Horse Pike, Hammonton. 5619621. joesmaplewood.com.

Mount Fuji

136 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 383-8881.

Ram’s Head Inn

9 W. White Horse Pike, Galloway. 652-1700. ..

Renault Winery

Mama Mia’s Ristorante

6629 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 646-1855.

Ventura’s Offshore Café

2015 Shore Rd., Northfield. 641-5158. venturascafe.com.

Roberta’s by Joe Muldoon

1205 Tilton Rd., The Plaza at Center Point, Northfield.

Sack O’ Subs

784 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 646-6555.

Sakura

4215 Black Horse Pike (Hamilton Commons Shopping Ctr.), Mays Landing. 485-0071.

Sam’s Bar & Grill

18 S. Main St., Pleasantville. 646-5128.

Shore Diner

6710 Tilton Rd., EHT. 641-3669.

Smithville Inn

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 652-7777. smithvilleinn.com.

Atlantic City Country Club, 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield. 236-4465.

2087 S. Shore Rd., Seaville. 624-9322. mamamiasnj.com. Brick oven pizzas and catering.

Take-home ready cook dinner trays. Also located in EHT.

Nonna’s Trattoria & Pizzeria 1555 Haven Ave., Ocean City. 399-0016.

16thstreetseafood.biz.

755 Asbury Ave., Ocean City. 840-6440. nonnastrattoriapizzeria.com. Offering pizza, pasta, seafood, beef, veal, stromboli, salads, sandwiches and more.

701 Mosaic Bistro Cafe

North End American Grill

701 4th St., Ocean City. 398-2700.

701mosaic.com.

Cinco de Mayo

LB

1039 West Ave., Ocean City. 399-0199.

Fine authentic Mexican cuisine.

Clancy’s by the Sea

206 Old Jersey Ave., N. Wildwood. 435-5691. northendamericangrill.com. Open daily.

Casual family dining. Daily happy hour 4-7pm.

Ocean City Seafood Company

1244 Boardwalk, Ocean City. 398-3344. clancysbythesea.com. Weekly specials, open year round. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open evenings.

846 Central Ave., Ocean City. 814-1203. oceancityseafood.com. Open 4-10pm Mon.-Thurs., from noon Fri.-Sat. The freshest seafood in town. Daily specials. Free delivery in O.C. after 4:30pm. Off-premise catering.

Cousin’s Restaurant

Positively 4th Street

104 Asbury Ave., Ocean City. 399-9462. cousinsocnj.com. Fine Italian cuisine and seafood. Open 7 days a week.

Deauville Inn

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

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Red’s Jersey Mex Cafe

11th St. and Haven Ave., Ocean City.

399-2272. rojosjerseymex.com. Fine Mexican cuisine.

The Reeds at Shelter Haven

Marie Nicole’s

9510 Pacific Ave., Wildwood Crest. 522-5425. marienicoles.com. Open daily. Dinner from 5pm.

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72 N. Breman Ave., EHC. 965-2111.

Tap Room & Grille

A Touch of Italy

9601 Third Ave., Stone Harbor. 368-0100. reedsatshelterhaven.com. American cuisine.

Indoor and outdoor dining.

Sack O’ Subs

926 Asbury Ave., Ocean City. 525-0460. sackosubs.com. Hot and cold subs, french fries, pizzas, homemade soups, salads and more.

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Simon A.C. Steak & Seafood Currently closed for the winter season.

BB’s Beer & Burgers

Beer, burgers and a selection of sandwiches, salads, sides and desserts. Open Fri. & Sat., noon-1am, Sun. noon-10pm.

bAllY’s 340-2000

Arturo’s

949 Asbury Ave, Ocean City. 398-9300. sunrisecafeoc.com. Breakfast, lunch, full service deli.

Sushi Ocean View

Cornucopia Buffet

Corner Café

556 Sea Isle Blvd., #C, Ocean View. 6248886. sushi-oceanview.com. Japanese/Asian Fusion cuisine. Mon.-Thurs. 11:30am-10pm, Fri.-Sat. 11:30am-11pm, Sun. noon-10pm.

Daily lunch and dinner specials.

Tokyo Mandarin

Randazzo’s

Yesterday’s

316 Roosevelt Blvd., Marmora. 390-1757. yesterdaysbar.com. Lunch, dinner, latenight snacks and take-out. n

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Sunrise Cafe & Deli

400 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City. 399-8400. lbocnj.com. Enjoy a variety of food and drinks. Open Mike: Nov. 20, 7pm.

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4 W. Roosevelt Blvd., (ShopRite Ctr.), Marmora. 390-8883. themandaringroup. com. Chinese & Japanese cuisine, sushi bar & catering.

34th St. & Asbury Ave. 814-1600. randazzospizza.com. Family-style Italian restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Ono Chinese Bistro

Traditional Chinese cuisine and sushi bar with a great view of the ocean. Fri. & Sat., 5:30-1pm, Sun. 10am-4pm. Now featuring a Noodle Bar open from 5pm-mid., Wed.-Sat.

Patsy’s Italian Trattoria

Patsy’s in New York was Frank Sinatra’s favorite restaurant. Hours: Open Sun, Mon, and Tues from 5:30pm to 10pm and Fri. and

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

Serving fresh bagels baked on-site, sandwiches, salads, cupcakes and much more.

Harry’s Oyster Bar & Seafood

Owned by Atlantic City restaurateurs Maureen Shay and Frank Dougherty.

Features extensive raw bar and fresh seafood.

Johnny Rockets

340-0099. A retro ’50s-style Boardwalk restaurant.

Noodle Village

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Pickles Deli Express

Seasonal eatery known for giant sandwiches and premium boardwalk seating.

Open daily noon-9pm.

The Reserve/Preview Bar

Bally’s iconic culinary experience highlighting seafood and steaks.

6ix: A Bistro

American bistro. Breakfast served anytime.

Taste of the Shore

Featuring Primo Pizza, Sack O’Subs.

WILD WILD WEST aT BaLLy’S 340-2000

Gold Tooth Gerties

Boasting fresh bagels and homemade pizza daily, this seasonal food-stop offers not only bottled beers, ice-cream and French fries, but also outside Boardwalk seating

Wild About Wings

Deep fried southern chicken and wings.

Choose sauces that range from “Mild” to “Smokin’ A$@ Hot”.

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Bobby Flay Steak

Choose from a variety of regional steaks and seafood.

Borgata Buffet

Extensive buffet menu. Breakfast, $15.95 (plus tax), Mon.-Sat. 8-11:15am; Lunch, $18.95 (plus tax), Mon.-Fri. noon-2pm; Sat. noon-3pm; Dinner $30.95 (plus tax) Mon.-Thurs. 4-8pm; Fri., Sun. 4-9pm; Sat. 4-10pm; Sun. Brunch $27.95 (plus tax) 8am-3pm.

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.

Mex and everything in between, and top it off with an array of desserts.

Lunch and dinner served seven days a week, featuring an open, expedition kitchen

Cafe Roma

Piazza di Giorgio

Open 24/7 with a breakfast buffet daily.

A modern Japanese pub from Michael Schulson.

KWI

Traditional noodle bar.

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.

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

Mia

Souzai Sushi & Sake

Asian fusion.

348-4411, ext. 6000. Contemporary Italian/ Mediterranean cuisine.

Old Homestead Steak House

Morton’s

Izakaya

Domestically-raised, hand-massaged Kobe beef is the signature dish of this steakhouse.

Roma

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

Sunroom

Lobby of The Water Club featuring tapas and small bits.

The Cafeteria

Full of quick food options including Fatburger, Tony Luke’s and Ben & Jerry’s.

The Metropolitan

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

28 West Bar and Bites Menu of upscale casual fare. .

Wolfgang Puck American Grille

Contemporary American cuisine in two distinctive dining areas.

CaESaRS

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

Nero’s Tuscan Steakhouse

Prime steaks and seafood, this restaurant serves up farm to table specials on a daily basis.

Tazza

Cafe open 24 hours with salads, sandwiches, baked goods.

ThE PIER ShOPS aT CaESaRS: Buddakan

674-0100. buddakanac.com. Restaurant includes twilight sky or “opium den style” dining nooks.

The Buffet

Buffet has all your traditional favorites.

Brunch: Sat.-Sun. 9am-3pm; Lunch: Mon.Thurs. 11:30am-4pm. Dinner: Mon.-Thurs., 4:30-8pm; Sat., 3:30-9pm; Sun. 3:30-8pm Friday Seafood Buffet, 11:30am-9pm.

348-2273. Serving authentic Marylandstyle seafood and world-famous crab cakes.

Classic seafood house. Call 340-5030 or visit chart-house.com.

Grotto

Classic Italian cuisine. Bistro menu Mon.Thurs., 11:30am-mid., Fri.-Sun., 11:30am4pm, at the bar. Dinner menu, Fri., Sat., 4-11pm (pizza until 1am); Sun., 4-10pm (pizza until mid.).

Open 24/7. European style brasserie that serves an upscale menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner, located directly off the atrium and casino.

Grilled 10oz Center Cut Filet with Truffle Butter $47 Pan Seared Stripe Bass with Caper Brown Butter Sauce $40 Veal Parmigiana, Fresh Mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Tomato & Basil $40 Roasted Pumpkin Spice Ravioli in a Brandy Alfredo Sauce with Dried Cranberries $30

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Located on the casino floor adjacent to the Asian gaming pit, featuring noodle bowls, sushi and sashimi. Cantonese, Szechwan and pan-Asian cuisine.

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348-2868. empireburgerac.com. From Phillip’s Seafood, featuring classic burgers, hotdogs, fruit smoothies, milkshakes and signature Philip’s seafood selections like its world-famous crab cake. Open Mon.-Thurs.

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Waterfront Buffet

steakhouses with succulent beef, lobster and unique appetizers. Open Tues.-Thurs., 5-10pm; Fri., Sat., 5-11pm; Closed Sun., Mon.

Extensive items. Total Reward Holders Mon.Fri. $34.99; Non-Reward Holders $36.99; children $14.99. Sat. breakfast Total Rewards Members $22.99, non-members $26.99; children, $9.99. Sat. dinner, Sunday Brunch and dinner, $39.99; children, $9.99.

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Bill’s Bar and Burger Classic burgers and more.

Bluepoint Bar

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

Dos Caminos

Authentic Mexican delights including signature dishes like tacos, ceviche, and guacamole.

Reservations: 441-5575.

Luke Palladino at Harrah’s Resort Italian restaurant using fresh, locallysourced produce and gourmet ingredients from Italy.

McCormick & Schmick’s

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

Sammy D’s

A retro coffee shop that gives modern and casual American cuisine a unique twist. Bar offers daily drink specials.

The Steakhouse

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

Breadsticks Cafe & Grill

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night fare.

Open 24 hours daily.

The Buffet

Open Mon.-Thurs. noon-8pm; Fri., Sat. noon-10pm; Sun. noon-9pm. Cost: $29.95 (all-you-can-eat crab legs and shrimp); $24.95 with Resorts Star Card.

Capriccio

Zagat Award-winning Italian restaurant.

Sunday Brunch 9:30am-2pm available for $44.95 per person. Closed Mon.-Tues. Open Wed.-Sat. 6pm-11pm.

Eastwind Noodle Bar

Open Mon.-Thurs., noon-1am; Fri. noon2am; Sat., 11am-2am; Sun. 11am-1am.

Gallagher’s Steakhouse

340-6555. The renowned New York City steakhouse located on Resortsʼ dining level. Sun.-Thurs. 5-10pm; Fri.-Sat. 5-11pm.

Gallagherʼs Burger Bar located across the hall.

LandShark Bar & Grill

431-4120. Casual dining with a Margaritaville theme right on the beach.

Mon.-Sun. 11am-2am.

Margaritaville Restaurant

431-4100. Casual dining a tiki bar, and Buffett-inspired accent pieces throughout.

Mon.-Sun. 7am-2am. Live music regularly.

Taste of the Shore

REVEL

Food emporium features Primo Pizza, Sack Oʼ Subs, Ben & Jerryʼs Ice Cream and Philly Soft Pretzel Factory.

Tazza

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Golden Dynasty

Amada

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Seaside Cafe

Iron Chef Jose Garces presents an authentic Andalusian tapas bar.

American Cut

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hash, French toast creme brulee, Belgian waffles, and egg-in-a-hole brioche. Hours: A la carte breakfast, 7am-12pm; lunch, noon-4pm.

Iron Chef Marc Forgione pairs his awardwinning, modern and signature take on fine dining with the comforts of the new American steakhouse.

Chef Jose Garces presents this noodle bar serving dim sum, Asian-inspired small plates and steaming bowls of noodle soup.

Located on the casino floor, next to his Amada Restaurant. Guests may order from the walk-up window and choose to sit down or take their order to-go.

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Azure by Allegretti

Brings together the flavors of Chef Allegrettiʼs culinary experiences. He pairs the flavors of his Italian heritage with his own French culinary pedigree to create a modern take on Riviera classics.

Distrito Cantina

From Chef Jose Garces, is a festive margarita bar with a selection of 100 tequilas and modern Mexican street food from the Guapos take-out window. Itʼs a street truck set-up on the casino floor.

Lugo Caffé

An energetic brasserie offering a fresh take on modern Italian classics. Chef Stefano Chiaruga will serve up homemade pastas, Neapolitan-style brick oven pizza, mozzarella made fresh on-site, and meatballs.

Luke’s Kitchen and Marketplace

Featuring cuisine prepared by lauded chef Luke Palladino. An 80-seat eatery serving up eclectic fare using fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Mussel Bar

From award-winning chef and master of Belgian cuisine, Robert Wiedmaier. A selection of over 150 Belgian and domestic beers.

Relish

Breakfast menu that includes create-yourown omelets, filet mignon and eggs, breakfast sandwiches, homemade corned-beef

From Chef Jose Garces, serves spirits and artfully crafted cocktails alongside classic American cuisine.

A casual café offering an affordably priced menu open 24/7. The all-day menu includes breakfast dishes, homemade pastas, burgers, fresh sandwiches, and more.

Casa Di Napoli

Brick-oven pizza, classic Italian dishes.

Mon. & Thurs. 5:30-10pm; Fri. 5-9pm; Sat. 5-10pm

Crossroads at House of Blues

Food Network star Chef Aaron Sanchez purveys delicious appetizers like citrus marinated steak tacos with Cotija cheese and roasted tomatillo salsa, and American classics like lobster macaroni & cheese, slow cooked ribs and buttermilk fried chicken.

Sun. – Thurs., 7am-10pm; Fri. – Sat., 7am2am.

Earl of Sandwich

Popular restaurant chain featuring sandwiches, salads and desserts. Open 24-7.

There is also a breakfast menu serving a choice of eight made-to-order hot breakfast sandwiches, muffins, and other offerings from 7-11am Mon.-Fri. and 10-11:30am on Saturday and Sunday.

French Quarter Buffet

Cost (all prices with Total Rewards card) : Mon-Thurs. 12pm-9pm, $24.99; Fri. noon9pm, $29.99; Sat ., Sun. 9am-noon, $12.99.

Sat. noon-9pm, $32.99; Sun. noon-9pm, $29.99.

Johnny Rockets

348-0725. A retro ʼ50s-style restaurant featuring classic burgers and more. Hours: Sun. – Thurs. 8am-mid.; Fri., Sat., 8am-2am.

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Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab House and Sports Bar

Phillyʼs favorite full-service restaurant and sports bar, with its equally famous crabs and crab fries just off Tropicanaʼs casino floor.

il Verdi

Upscale gourmet Italian cuisine presented in an elegant ambiance.

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Seafood restaurant, featuring locally grown food and wine. Has a sushi and raw bar.

Hours: Wed.-Sun. 6-11pm. Located on the casino level in the South Tower.

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Traditional Chinese cuisine, Cantonese specialties and exotic delicacies for which Chef Ping is well known.

Rí-Rá Irish Pub & Restaurant

348-8600. Pub fare and modern interpretations of classic Irish dishes.

TRUMP PLAZA

This 24-hour dining experience offers updated casual fare.

441-6000

24 Central Cafe

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An upscale dining experience in a casual atmosphere, features everything from steaks to seafood.

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 footlong hot dogs, fresh fruit smoothies, soft pretzels, cotton candy, corn dogs, and pizza.

Casa Taco & Tequila Bar

Mexican favorites like fresh fish tacos and their signature table-side guacamole.

Fiesta Buffet

Abundant selection. Cost: $18.95 (plus tax) for breakfast and brunch Mon.–Fri. 8–11am; Sat. & Sun. 8am–1pm. Dinner buffet for $24.95 per person. Hours: Sun.Fri. 8am-3pm; dinner served 4-8pm; Sat. 8am-3pm; 4-9pm dinner.

Hooters

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

Evo

2225 Boardwalk at Trump Plaza. 441-0400. evorestaurant.com. Menu features world cuisine and brick-oven pizzas.

Max’s Prime

Located on the sixth floor, this steakhouse features great steaks, prime rib and seafood selections.

Rainforest Café

On the Boardwalk at Trump Plaza. 3455757. rainforestcafe.com.

Roberto’s Italian Buffet

Features antipasto bar, pizza, homemade meatballs, pastas, seafood, Caesars salad, Italian cookies. Thurs.-Sun. 5-9pm; $17.95 with Trump One card.

Food Court

With Starbucks, Sbarro, Nathanʼs Famous, Arthur Treacherʼs, Häagen-Dazs, Auntie Anneʼs Pretzels and Sarahʼs Cookies.

Marketplace Express

Marketplace Express has something for everyone. Grab-and-go coffee, drinks, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, wraps, salads, & sandwiches.

Tony Luke’s

Bite into the “real taste of South Philly” with renowned cheesesteaks and other top notch sandwiches.

THE QUARTER AT THE TROPICANA: Broadway Burger Bar and Grill

Gourmet burgers cooked over an open flame including the eateryʼs signature 24-oz. Hubcap Burger. Full service bar and live entertainment.

Carmine’s

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

Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar

348-6700. Classic and contemporary Cuban dishes. Brunch, dinner and late dining served daily.

449-1000

Dynasty

Cantonese/Chinese with many delicacies including authentic sushi bar.

Hard Rock Café

On the Boardwalk at Trump Taj Mahal.

441-0007.

Il Mulino New York

Offers two distinct, side-by-side dining experiences, the fine dining restaurant, Il Mulino New York and the more casual, newer concept, Trattoria Il Mulino.

The Rim

A gourmet noodle bar right off the casino floor.

Robert’s Steakhouse

Classic steakhouse located just off the casino floor. Now offering prix fixe 3-course dinner menu for $49.95 available Mon.-Wed. from 5-6:30pm. 1.855.500.ROBERTS.

Royal Albert’s Palace

On the Boardwalk at Trump Taj Mahal. 4499200. Fine Indian cuisine.

Sultan’s Feast

The Palm

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

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

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348-4600. Traditional Chinese cuisine, with innovative contemporary creations.

Buffet: steaks grilled to order and more.

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Revel’s Battle Royal

Fast becoming a fan-favorite MMA site, Revel is hosting what Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is calling one of his organization’s most electrifying fight cards ever.

By Ray Schweibert • feedback@acweekly.com able fighters who ever competed in MMA. “It’s a different way of looking at it. Boxing has created this false sense that every fighter to be taken seriously has to be 32-0, but fans don’t look at an MMA fighter like Quinton with a 32-11 record and think anything about him other than he’s one of the greatest that the sport has ever seen. Great competitors lose, it’s part of the realty of sports competition and it’s what makes it so compelling. Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos sometimes lose, but their fans never lose faith that they can come back and win the AFC Championship. If everybody won all the time, sports competition would not be as exciting.”

The reason losses may come with a bit more frequency to top MMA talent, compared to boxing, is that there are many different ways MMA fights can come to a quick end.

“That’s what attracted me to MMA 20-some years ago — it’s just the consummate fighting sport,” says Rebney. “To do it you have to be able to wrestle at an elite national level, your Jujutsu submission-fighting game, your judo throws and ability to take your opponent off his feet at close quarters, your punching ability, your ability to execute kicks and block kicks coming from every conceivable angle — all have to be at a world-class level. To compete at the highest level of this game you’ve literally got to be like a chess player where all the pieces are moving at once. That’s what makes this sport so incredible.

“One of the things that substantially differentiates MMA from boxing is that in boxing there is no honor in quitting,” says Rebney.

“If you ask a thousand boxing fans what was the biggest moment of disgrace ever in boxing history, most people would point to Roberto Duran’s ‘No Mas’ [where Duran, still on anyone’s list of greatest boxers in history, quit in the ring against Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 and took a long time to live that down].

“In MMA there’s no dishonor in a tap-out [submission] loss, no disrespect in it, it’s literally just a fighter saying ‘Hey, I’m going to live to fight another day, I’ve taken enough damage and I feel like it’s time to stop. And [MMA] referees approach their oversight of fights in very much the same way. If a fighter is not adequately able to defend himself, they’re instructed and taught to stop the bout immediately, whether that’s in a submission move on the ground, or strikes, or any numbers of mechanisms to stop the fight. In MMA there’s no dishonor in staying ‘I’ve had enough and I’m going to figure out how to be a better fighter and a better combatant, and when I come back next time will hopefully not have to tap out.

“It’s part of the game and it protects the fighter to a much larger degree than perhaps a sport where you just literally fight until you’re knocked out.” ■ Wilcox Looks to Cap Impressive Run with Win in Atlantic City Many mixed-martial-arts careers were born out of backgrounds in collegiate wrestling, where the competitive juices continued to flow once scholastic sports end. And while every MMA fighter has a unique story to tell about how he came to compete in the sport, Justin Wilcox’s is particularly compelling.

A standout high school wrestler from Cincinnati, Wilcox got recruited to compete for Division-1 Pa. college powerhouse Edinboro. He qualified for the NCAA tournament as a freshman — a rare feat — but a subsequent, serious injury cut his collegiate career short. He then gravitated to bodybuilding, packing about 200 pounds of muscle mass onto a 5-foot-6 frame, before being steered toward MMA when he saw Josh Koscheck, a former NCAA champion and teammate from Edinboro, while watch-

ing an episode of the MMA reality series The Ultimate Fighter.

Having started in MMA at the relatively advanced age of 26, Wilcox, now 34, has compiled a solid 13-5-1 record in different divisions, now fighting as a featherweight (145-pound limit). On Friday at Revel he’ll face formidable Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, another fighter hungry for a Bellator title who sports a 20-2 record. The winner gets $100,000 and the right to face Bellator featherweight champ Daniel Straus down the road. Atlantic City Weekly spoke with Wilcox by phone, one week prior to his first visit to the resort town.

How confident are you coming into your bout with Pitbull?

I took this tournament on seven days notice and find myself in the finals, so now the goal is to continue to fight hard and put on a good show for the fans. I’m excited to be taking on a good fighter like Pitbull. I think this is his third time in the finals. He’s certainly a worthy opponent, so I’m not taking him too lightly at all.

What will the key be to beating him?

He’s a heavy-handed fighter with good knockout power, so I’m going to have to be wary of that.

But in MMA you have to be able to beat your opponent in every area, so I’m just going to have to be prepared for anything he throws at me.

You always revert back to what got you there. I’m always trying to sharpen all my skills but with 18 years of wrestling, that’s certainly what I’m going to be relying on most.

Do you feel comfortable at 145?

I put on a lot of muscle mass [while body building] and in my first MMA fight [as an amateur] I fought at 185. Then my first pro fight I was at 170 [the welterweight division] and the majority of my career has been at 155 [lightweight]. Now I’ve shed some muscle mass, which in this sport is more of a hindrance than a help to you. It takes so much more oxygen to feed all that muscle mass and you’re endurance and mobility suffers.

I’m feeling much better now, and I think the 145-pound weight class really suits me.

I was up near 170 when I took my first fight in the tournament on short notice. Now, in my third fight [and roughly two months after the first tournament fight], my body’s really settled down at this weight. It’s the best I’ve felt in the tournament right now. My body’s leveled out, and it realizes it’s going to be staying at this weight for a while.

You’re 34 now, how much longer do you want to fight as a pro?

I don’t look too far down the road. I take each fight as it comes and as long as I feel like I’m in shape and prepared, physically and mentally. I mean, do I want to fight into my 40s? People don’t realize how taxing this is on someone’s body, and it involves spending a lot of time away from my family. I’m really close with my wife and I have a sixyear-old daughter — all that adds up to a lot

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ome of fiercest fighters on the mixedmartial-arts circuit have had bouts at Revel since the casino-hotel’s inception, making Ovation Hall a Mecca for MMA fans and one of the fastest-growing hotbeds for MMA events anywhere. That trend continues Friday, Nov. 15, with Bellator 108 — four feature bouts and eight preliminaries starting 6pm.

The California-based Bellator MMA is one of the sport’s most successful operations, due largely to tournament-formatted fight cards that make every bout it promotes potential steppingstones toward a title shot.

“What it does is put relevancy in every fight and makes every fight matter,” says Bjorn Rebney, who created Bellator (Latin for “warrior”) in 2008. “The sequencing we do on television creates a real timeliness to every single bout going on. There’s an immediacy and a relevance to it that you really don’t find in other combatsport arenas. They make fights for the sake of selling tickets and putting eyeballs on TV, but there’s no real objectivity to it. We’ve created a relevancy that fans seem to embrace.”

At the top of Friday’s fight card will be the Bellator debut of former UFC lightheavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-11) squaring off against Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran (14-9-1). The Bellator Heavyweight World Championship will also be on the line between champion Alexander Volkov (19-3) and unbeaten Vitaly Minakov (12-0). Minakov earned the right to face Volkov by winning a series of preliminary bouts leading up to a Bellator heavyweight tournament final July 31 against Ryan Martinez, who succumbed by third-round TKO. Revel will serve as a tournament final for Bellator’s featherweight (145-pound limit) division, where Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (20-2) will meet Justin Wilcox (13-5-1, see sidebar). The winner will earn the right to face reigning Bellator World Featherweight Champion Daniel Straus (22-4) at a later date, and will also take home $100,000 in prize money in A.C. “There’s a lot on the line in that fight and it’s a really, really packed card — one of the best we’ve ever done,” says Rebney. “It’ll be a ton of fun and ticket sales have been going through the roof, so obviously fans are getting excited about it too.”

Much of what MMA fans find so appealing about their sport is that while winning certainly furthers a fighter’s hopes of claiming a coveted belt, losses do not impact title shots in the same way they can in boxing. Lose to an opponent you are favored to beat in boxing and it can be a long way back to a title shot.

Lose in MMA and the bump in the road is less detrimental.

“That’s how MMA is philosophically different from boxing,” says Rebney. “Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is a perfect example. He’s one of the MMA’s biggest stars and he’s got 32 wins and 11 losses. If you looked at a comparable fighter in boxing with a 32-11 record? He’d be a journeyman opponent. But look at Jackson, look at [former three-time UFC heavyweight champion] Randy Couture, whose record is similar to Quinton’s in terms of double-digit losses, and they’re considered among the greatest, most popular, most honor-

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Drinkin’ Whiskey ‘n’ Rye Atlantic City will be the first in Golden Nugget’s family of properties to launch what is designed to be an annual, multi-faceted Whiskey Festival Nov. 15-16.

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“I’m being told by all these distillers, suppliers and distributors that we’re the first company of our nature to ever give this a try in the New Jersey area,” says Scott Tarwater, corporate director of wine and special events for Landry’s Restaurants (Golden Nugget’s parent company). “There are other whiskey fests — there’s a gigantic one in New York City [each late October] — but for somebody of our size and our nature, we’re being told that we’re the first to ever give this much of an ambitious shot to this kind of festival, and I think we’ll do terrific with it.”

The inaugural festival features a Grand Tasting Experience Friday from 7-11pm and Saturday 3-8pm hosted by “Masters of Whiskey” Kevin Loser, Sean O’Rourke, Cheetah Fletcher and Peter O’Connor. Guests can partake in 10 different samplings of artisan whiskies, barrel-aged barley beers and turn-of-the-century American fare.

“What somewhat astonished me, especially for a first-year event, is how many owners and founders are physically, personally going to be in attendance on behalf of their own brand,” says Tarwater. “Wes Henderson, the COO of Louisville Distilling, will be there both days to showcase his company, which produces Angel’s Envy, a hugely rated bourbon, and they’ve also come out with a rye whiskey.

“Andrew Auwerda, president of Philadelphia Distilling, and James Higgins, their head distiller, will be there with a really cool lineup

they call Shine, short for moonshine. They also do a salted caramel whiskey using a very old technique that dates back to the Revolutionary War era, as well as a tea-induced whiskey and a white whiskey. You’re starting to see a handful of whiskey distillers bringing back some old-style recipes that really resonated back then.

“Another really cool one, and a whiskey that not a lot of people have seen out there yet but is making major headway in terms of star power and rating, is called Clyde May’s.

We have one of the founder’s relatives, Kenny Mays, to represent his family’s whiskey. He is called their heritage ambassador and he’s one of my featured guest speakers for one of the educational seminars that we’re doing.”

In contrast to the popular craft beer and wine festivals Golden Nugget has hosted, where patrons sample wares from station to station, the whiskey festival is structured differently. Since whiskey is a more potent spirit, the samplings are staggered among a series of nine seminars that will teach event attendees some fascinating facts about whiskey and its entrenchment in American society.

“The thing that fascinated me while doing my research and investigation is that whiskey is just an absolutely massive part of the fabric of the United States and [the nation’s] growing stages, in particular just prior to the Revolutionary War,” says Tarwater. “The first big, big hurdle that George Washington faced as president was the Whiskey Rebellion, and his effort to tax whiskey in the Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey area as a way to pay for the cost of the war that had already past and had been won. The tax thing did not go over very well at all.”

The regions that later became Kentucky and Tennessee, which were still not yet states immediately following the Revolutionary War, were, and still remain, the premier regions for manufacturing whiskey.

“There are just a ton of terrific stories in the background, and certainly integral parts of the fabric of the nation and its growth and heritage, and all of the pieces of the puzzle that go with it.”

Tarwater explains that, until recently, home-distilling whiskey (a.k.a. bootlegging) was illegal, unlike home-brewing beer or mak-

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EVENT INFO ing wine for personal consumption. Now, though, nearly every state allows distilling spirits for home use. The festival will have “pot still” demonstrations and a company on hand that manufactures and sells the pot stills in which spirits are distilled.

“Now that’s it’s been legalized in nearly every single state — and this did not used to be the case — you can actually make small batches of your own distilled product, be it whiskey, gin, vodka or whatever, at home, if indeed it is for home consumption. And what we’ll have is a company that has come up with an entire lineup of personal-use pot stills. So I will have on display a 2.5-gallon pot still up to a 25-gallon, all available for sale at the show and featuring demos on how it works and how to fire one up. This is about the coolest thing that I’ve been able to secure.”

Tarwater believes that the immensely popular craft-beer industry has been a driving force in helping to revive a similar trend in artisan spirits.

“I think part of the driving force is the craft beer industry. That’s doing so extraordinarily well that it’s helped motivate and push some of these smaller distilleries to come online — companies that are start-ups from scratch and have not been in the industry before, and others that have roots back to pre-Prohibition, Civil War days. Some of these are just being revived. They’ve been around, the equipment has been around, the knowledge of the recipes has been around, and now somebody has either bought the rights to all that or has somehow managed to get their hands on them.

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No Stopping Valli

Jersey boy Frankie Valli, who turns 80 in 2014, performs two intimate shows at the Borgata Nov. 15 & 16.

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t’s difficult to believe, but Frankie Valli will turn 80 next year. There has always been something inherently youthful about Valli, who had so much success with the Four Seasons during the 1960s and ’70s.

Perhaps it has something to do with the myriad of hits that sound as if they were meant for the eternally young. Such smashes as “Rag Doll,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Working My Way Back to You” smack of innocence and of a simpler time.

“I don’t think there is anything like those songs,” Valli says. “They are timeless and wonderful.”

Maybe it has to do with Valli’s inescapable charm. He looks and acts like a man who is a generation younger than he is.

“I’ve always enjoyed what I do,” Valli tells Atlantic City Weekly. “It’s been an amazing ride.”

Valli has been singing professionally since 1951. The Jersey Boy was a natural thanks to his off-the-charts falsetto, which is among the most powerful in rock/pop history.

“It was something I was blessed with, but I’ve taken care of it over the years,” Valli says. “A lot of people don’t take care of themselves, but if you’re going to sing into your 70s, at least sing well, you have to take care of yourself.”

Valli certainly will have a lot to sing when he comes to Atlantic City for two shows (Nov. 15 & 16) at the Borgata.

“There have been so many hits and for that I’m grateful,” Valli says.

The numbers are mind-bending. Valli and the Four Seasons rolled up 29 Top 40 Hits.

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“I think people from all over New Jersey go to Atlantic City when I come to town and they are always so enthusiastic. It’s very gratifying performing there.”

Valli had an additional 10 tunes, which hit the Top 40, as a solo artist.

“Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll” and “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” each reached the top of the charts. Valli went No. 1 with “My Eyes Adored You” and “Grease” as a solo artist.

“It’s amazing when you look at it,” Valli says. “We just connected and the audience stayed with us. They supported us. Without them, there would have been no hits. I love singing these songs.”

The songs will be with us forever thanks to radio and the unstoppable force, which is Jersey Boys. The Broadway smash opened in 2005 and remains exceedingly popular.

A film version, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Vincent Piazza (of Boardwalk Empire fame) and Christopher Walken is due out in 2014.

“Jersey Boys simply has a life of its own,” Valli says. “It’s fun to sit back and watch it do its thing.”

The musical focuses on the formation,

success and breakup of the Four Seasons.

Jersey Boys won four Tony Awards, including hardware for Best Musical. Hit after Four Seasons hit is part of the production.

“I can’t believe how people just jumped on Jersey Boys,” Valli says. “I guess I can believe it. People love the music. They love the story. It’s unlike anything else. It’s about us.”

The title of the play comes from the origin of each of the Four Seasons. “We’re all Jersey boys,” Valli says. “That’s something that’s undeniable. Jersey helps shape you.

There’s no doubt about that.”

Valli was born in Newark as Francesco Castelluccio.

“It didn’t take me long to realize what I wanted to do,” Valli says. “I saw Frank Sinatra perform when I was just a kid and that was it for me. I saw him in New York and that’s what I wanted to do.”

Valli has enjoyed an incredible career that will keep going on, even as an octogenarian.

“What else would I do,” Valli asks. “If the fans still come out and want to see me and I

can still sing, why not continue singing?”

The diminutive performer still possesses a terrific set of pipes.

“I do the best I can to take care of myself,” Valli says. “You have to do that if you’re about longevity. That’s what I’m about. I want to do this for a long time. How can I just sit by and rest? What would I do?”

Valli deserves props for being part of The Sopranos. He was very convincing as mobster Rusty Millio, in what is arguably the greatest show in HBO history.

“It was great to act in something that was as great as The Sopranos,” Valli says. “It was fun learning and executing with such great talent. It was a wonderful opportunity. It was great being part of a show that people will talk about forever.”

The same can be said for the songs of the Four Seasons, which will be around in perpetuity.

“I’ve just been so fortunate,” Valli says.

“There’s no doubt that I put the work in but it’s been a wonderful life I’ve had in the world of entertainment.”

But it still continues for Valli, who has plenty of drive and energy.

“I’m not stopping anytime soon,” Valli says. “That includes playing in New Jersey.

I know New Jersey well. That was what I knew when I was a kid and I’ve played so many places in New Jersey, including Atlantic City for so many years. It’s always good to go back to Atlantic City. I think people from all over New Jersey go to Atlantic City when I come to town and they are always so enthusiastic. It’s very gratifying performing there. They love their Jersey Boys there.” ■ see more online @

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After more than a decade, South Jersey’s favorite ‘jam band’ the Pedestrians record debut album; hold record release party Nov. 15 in Somers Point. By Jeff Schwachter • feedback@acweekly.com

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the band over the years. And with so many of the area’s local-music clubs shuttered, razed or transformed into other commercial ventures, that’s quite an honor.

With the new album, the Pedestrians, who maintian a strict weekly rehearsal schedule, come full circle in a sense, according to bass player and vocalist Mike Coyne of Egg Harbor Township.

“We focused on the originals really heavy for years and we tried two attempts at making a record,” he says. “Then [we] turned into a four-piece band, and there was a big void in our set list when we played live. So we started playing Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan — and it attracted more customers to the bars.”

Most of those bars are now gone though, adds Coyne. “South Jersey is full of great musicians, but there is a huge void of places to play. There was Bubba Mac’s and other places like Schooner’s [both in Somers Point]. It’s rough now, though.

You get sucked into playing at the casinos and everything is so structured and it’s

not about your band anymore. It’s tough.

Sometimes I think that if we were located somewhere else, the Pedestrians would be making a little more cash.

“I feel like Atlantic City has potential for original music and more live venues. I went to all three Phish shows [recently at Boardwalk Hall]. It was awesome. I didn’t see anything go wrong. We played before the Phish show [at Harry’s Oyster Bar at Bally’s] and we had huge crowds. Why not do more stuff like this year-round? Atlantic City should embrace the creative people here. I saw potential for great things while Phish was here. If you keep the legacy of the Atlantic City music scene going we’d have a great thing. If I had the resources to open a rock club, I would.”

While the group of musicians — all from the South Jersey / Greater Philadelphia region — bring a funky, jam-heavy sound to the stage, there are traces of New Orleans funk, Little Feat, Neil Young, and even a dose of prog-rock in the Peds’ overall sound, which, on a good night — “as long as the stage is big enough,” says Coyne — features two guitarists (Matt

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“These are [mainly] songs we’ve been playing for years and we put them together on an album. It’s controlled improvisation. The band is improvising a lot, but there’s always an end point and beginning point.”

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legion of loyal Pedestrians fans (Ped Heads) has been waiting for this moment for a long, long time.

Following nearly 13 years of performing regularly in the South Jersey area — with a few line-up changes over those years and a point when the band even dissolved for a spell — the area’s most popular “jam band” has finally completed its first album.

All original tunes. And it sounds amazing.

Unlike the majority of the set lists the (usually) seven-piece rock band performs at its shows — populated primarily with crowd-pleasing classic rock material from the Grateful Dead and Dylan to the Stones, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd and Warren Zevon — the 12-track album, self-titled, contains all original music.

Songs such as “Place,” “Long Way Down” and “Jealous of Mary” show the band’s obvious influence and fondness for the Grateful Dead, while tunes such as “Down the Avenue” and “Full Throttle Heater” illustrate the band’s ability to conjure up Little Feat funk and vintage Americana grooves ala the Band.

“Crazy,” featuring a gorgeous sax solo by guest Al Webber, is one of the album’s strongest tracks, while the set’s closer, a sort of tribute to the “outside of town” location where the album was recorded, called simply “Farmhouse,” is a genuine Pedestrians cut, pulling together all of the strengths within the band while offering journal-esque verses about the long road the members of the Pedestrians have walked to come to this proud moment in the band’s history.

The Pedestrians, a band that has been around since October 2001, will hold an album release party on Friday, Nov. 15, at Caroline’s by the Bay in Somers Point (9pm).

The venue, where the Peds perform twice a month, has served as a sort of home base for

Biglan, Lowell Todd ), two keyboardists (Chip Miraglia, Mark DeVaul), two drummers (Joe Furhmeister, Al Olivero) and Coyne on bass.

Sometimes guests join the band on stage.

Doubling up on the instruments, says Coyne, allows for a much bigger sound — both live and on record.

“That’s not something you tend to see at a bar because it’s loud,” says Coyne. “When we play at Charlie’s we only use one [drummer].

One of them will take the night off. Or, they’ll switch. We have a rehearsal space that’s big enough for three drum sets if we wanted, and we practice every week. A huge part of the practice is those guys. You have to change your drumming when you’re playing with another drummer. That changes everybody else’s playing too. When we were a four-piece I really had to change my playing, but it was fun. I got to play a little bit more. It’s really more fun when you have more players and I play less.

The whole sound is different. There’s a huge wall of sound.”

While the band has its regular monthly gigs at Charlie’s and Caroline’s (both in Somers Point), it has recently been doing some weddings for friends and played a couple shows at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.

Coyne adds that having a larger band with players who have been at it together for years, also allows for a sense of security and even a level of pure ecstasy on stage.

“It’s like a [net] behind you,” says Coyne.

“It’s the greatest feeling.”

Sessions for the Pedestrians’ first proper album began in the spring of 2012 and continued on and off until earlier this fall. Recorded, produced and mixed at the Farmhouse in Ocean View, Cape May County, by DeVaul, the band’s newest member, the album also features guest musicians from the South Jersey area.

Each of the band members contributed to the writing of the album’s songs.

“We were going for familiarity of songs with our friends and fans,” says Coyne.

“Songs that we’ve been playing that they’d know. It was like a ‘greatest hits’ almost.

These are [mainly] songs we’ve been playing for years and we put them together on an album. It’s controlled improvisation. The band is improvising a lot, but there’s always an end point and beginning point.

“We spent a lot of time on vocal harmonies, which is probably what I’m most excited about [on the album],” adds Coyne. “We sat there with Matt on the piano. He was showing us harmonies. We had this awesome Beach Boys sound.”

Coyne adds that most of the album was recorded live, with few retakes and overdubs.

“We all played together at once — just like we do on stage.”

Following Friday’s album release party, Coyne says the Peds have a few immediate goals, including putting together a small tour of the Northeast, getting into some festivals and possibly even recording a follow-up album.

“We have enough original tunes that we can record another album right now,” says Coyne. ■

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