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Features 42

Feel the ‘Spirit’ By Lori Hoffman ‘Spirit of Christmas’ delivers exactly what the title promises

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The Eagle Theater Soars By Michael Pritchard The newly refurbished theater has been open for just six months and has already become one of the busiest venues in southern New Jersey

Online Feature

A.C. Perspectives in Print By Ray Schweibert Two new books — one a retrospective of the first 30 years of casino gaming in Atlantic City, the other a look into the buildings and designs of southern New Jersey from an architect’s perspective — have recently been published and are available for purchase

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After Dark Nightlife Listings

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Dining: Savor the Season

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Area & Casino Dining

Casino Capsule, AC Weekly: Upcoming Headliners Cultural Calendar, Attractions, & Performing Arts Movies: Invictus, An Education

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some great advice on local establishments that offer prepared food items, including party trays and the like, with both your patience and pocketbook in mind (p. 32).

Even the Geator gets in on the holiday action with information about a special party this Sunday at Memories and a bit of Santa Claus trivia (p. 45).

You’ll find details about this year’s (or is it next year’s?) First Night celebration in Ocean City on page 8, and on pages 30-31 you can find out about all the headliners that will be in town over the holidays inside the Atlantic City casinos.

Can’t find this week’s regular nightlife feature by Ray Schweibert? Well, don’t celebrate Christmas).

Inside this week’s issue we have sev- unfortunately, we couldn’t fit it inside this issue, but you can find it — along eral holiday related items for you.

First, this week’s cover story (p. 42) with a bunch of other great extra stuff

by Lori Hoffman, details the holiday — online at acweekly.com.

Happy shopping. n revue show now playing at the Hilton, Spirit of Christmas, which, according to Hoffman, is a an “excellent, familyfriendly option” with “a great set, terWe want to hear from you ... rific, talented dancers, excellent singers Send your letters or comments via e-mail to and a ton of holiday cheer as promised editor@acweekly.com, online at acweekly.com in the title.” or mail to the address below: Also inside, columnist Whitney Atlantic City Weekly Ullman dishes out some gift-giving C/O Letters to the Editor advice for the men in your life (p. 13).

8025 Black Horse Pike, Suite 350 According to Ullman, a recent unsciW. Atlantic City, NJ 08232 entific poll of local men proved to go against common wisdom when it comes to buying presents for guys.

Columnist Ray Tyler breaks out his annual holiday wish list (p. 9) and urges us not to forget about the needy during this time of the year.

Too tired to cook after all that shopJeff Schwachter, Editor ping? Food writer Frank Gabriel offers HE MENORAHS AND CHRISTMAS trees are lit all over the region and decorations, Salvation Army bells and holiday music are everywhere you turn. By the time our next issue comes out it will be Christmas Eve, so that means only about a week left for your holiday shopping (unless of course you

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URRENT REDEVELOPMENT TALKS ABOUT Atlantic City are centered on the overall aspects of the city being improved. This is a noteworthy objective and those who are involved are deserving of our cooperation.

As has been noted, Mayor Lorenzo Langford and developers David Cordish and George Lynn have put together committees of business and community leaders, elected and appointed officials, casino executives and others with a background to lead the way in coming up with a program that will effectively make Atlantic City what it should be. However, there is a dire need to improve the neighborhoods of the city itself.

This is where the residents live and work. It must be noted that there are pockets of problems in all six of the city’s wards. They need to be addressed. There are residents living in areas where gangs hang out, drugs are openly being sold, prostitutes selling their bodies, houses boarded up that become residences for the homeless, unsightly decrepit homes and dirty streets. Every ward has a community organization that has endeavored to clean up their area. No matter how hard they try and what they do, their pocket problems continue to be problems. No matter what is done by the appointed committees to improve the community, the six wards where the 34,000 city residents live must also be joined simultaneously and leadership provided to plan the program to eliminate the pocket problems.

Northside Needs Attention

In Atlantic City’s heyday, the Northside of the city was a thriving area. It had some outstanding restaurants where you enjoyed the best spareribs one would find anywhere in the nation, and the fine taste of AfricanAmerican cooking in a variety of excellent restaurants.

Atlantic City’s nightlife included some of the best entertainment in the city at the Club Harlem, the Wonder Garden, Grace’s Little Belmont and a host of others that brought people from all walks of life to the Northside.

One needs only recall seeing the so called “swells,� with men in their tuxedos or fine suits and women in their evening gowns or sharp dresses standing in line on Kentucky Avenue to attend the breakfast show at the Club Harlem. The Northside also had neat clubs where the locals gathered, whether it be at Ike Nicholson’s Bar or Reggie Edgehill’s Club. There was the Allan movie theater, a roller skating rink and a YMCA that catered to the young and old for their athletic and cultural activities.

The people who lived on the Northside took great pride in their community and were a conglomeration of some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet and with whom you would like to be associated. Over the years many people who lived there moved onto the mainland and with their move came the end of the nightclubs, restaurants, the YMCA, the movie house and other recreational sites. Buildings were allowed to fall into disrepair as one can see if you travel around that area. Despite those who have moved, there are

many people who have remained because of their love for living at the seashore. It is time that the entire community comes together to see how this area and the other residential areas in the community can be revitalized. We’ve seen what happens in the inlet when new homes are built and people of all races, religions and nationalities move into the neighborhood and enjoy their surroundings. One hears very little about how this area has been allowed to diminish. It is very much a part of Atlantic City and the time has come to pay attention to a vital part of Atlantic City. If there is to be a redevelopment of Atlantic City, the Northside in particular must not be forgotten.

Happy Chanukah!

Those of us of the Jewish faith are now celebrating the eighth and final day of the Festival of Lights, otherwise known as Chanukah. This is the least of the religious holidays of the Jewish faith. However, its closeness to the celebration of Christmas has brought an added impetus of the celebration in Jewish homes. The Festival of Lights honors the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks, which gave them control of their holy site. It is about the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple. It also commemorates the miracle of the small amount of oil that burned for eight days. The lighting is of the candle on the Menorah comes during the eight days of celebration which brings light to the darkest time of the year. I would like to wish my Jewish readers a Happy Chanukah.

Notes of Interest

If you have not seen the Miracle on 34th Street playing the Tropicana Casino Hotel’s showroom, I suggest you take your children or go alone to see this marvelous production. Many of you are familiar with the movie and have enjoyed it over the years. The play that has been recreated at the Tropicana is as close to a Broadway presentation as any you’ll find in our area. My wife, granddaughter Rebekah and I enjoyed it immensely.

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of seeing Il Divo at the Trump Taj Mahal’s Mark Etess Arena and was delighted with their show. Two women, who sat in front of me, drove from Orlando, Florida just to see them perform.

They each had cameras and we’re continuously taking pictures. The next time they’re in town, I suggest you see them. They ended the show singing “Ava Maria,� and for their encore they sang the “Lord’s Prayer.� It was a marvelous way to conclude a great performance. n

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REGRET THAT IT’S TAKEN A sour economy and double-digit unemployment numbers to make people understand that Christmas isn’t about the hottest singing cartoon character of the moment. I am living in the worst part of my memorable American history but, through it all, it is God, friends and family that make me feel rich on days when I will pinch a penny until Lincoln hollers.

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Whatever your definition of hip, you can find it at Pier 21. I actually have several When the Justice League was announced in great Jackson Five shirts from Pier 21 (3442001, I had mixed feelings about DC Comics 4886) and will be going back to fill out revamping the Super Friends. However the my shopping list for friends who like good people at Warner Brothers (parent everything from Family Guy to Abbott & company of DC) gave the Justice League the Costello to Muhammad Ali. Pier 21 has same upgrades as Batman: The Animated quality T-shirts, posters and exclusives you won’t see at any other store. Pier 21 is on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Kentucky Avenue.

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Series in a DVD series. Over the years they brought classic story lines to the screen and have had great voiceovers by everyone from Sheryl Lee Ralph to Jeremy Piven. In one episode Fred Savage and Jason Hervey reunite (from their Wonder Years days) to play the superhero brothers Hawk and Dove. Every episode of the Justice League was fun and full of characters with their own personalities, and the stories are very well written. For anyone who likes comic book adventures, this is the gift to buy.

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In the three years since I started The City Beat/Breakfast Club Toy/Coat Drive it seems about 10 similar drives have sprung up. To that I say “Freakin’ great!” We have more people in need than ever before and it’s harder this year on everybody. I am glad that many people who are just barely working themselves have decided to help those with even less. Let me thank Resorts Hotel Casino, Dropzonearmynavy.com and celebrity chef Mike Stevenson for their generous donations to this year’s drive.

If you would like to make a contribution that will benefit the Covenant House or the A.C. Rescue Mission, you can either drop by the respective establishments or come out to “After Dark Tuesday” (Dec. 22) and see a great live show at Tropicana’s Planet Rose Cocktail & Karaoke Lounge.

The show will feature fellow AC Weekly columnist, Whitney Ullman, as my cohost. Admission is $10 or $5 with a new toy or new coat donation. ■

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the gift of a massage and facial and a few others agreed.

Then there was some consensus on another simple, personal, inexpensive gift — a coupon book from a significant other having them do the honors of a massage or something like doing the laundry or preparing a nice meal.

Everyone has their own taste and style and you really need to know a person before you get them something personal.

If you are in a bind then it’s a safe bet to go with the good old tie and socks. However, while many guys will take the expensive gifts, most of the men interviewed agreed that the inexpensive touches that involve thought and preparation were definitely popular.

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Speaking about getting a present for someone special, I found something that is inexpensive, great quality and best of all unisex. It is the Branigan Weavers Scarf.

They are handmade in Ireland and made from alpaca fur so they are super soft and come in beautiful natural colors such as browns and taupes.

The best part is that they are un-dyed and eco-friendly. You can find them at a charming store called Ireland & Old Lace located on the Village Green in Historic Smithville. Owner Kelly Coleman says, “Sales on the scarves are up 30 percent this season. Because of the economy, people aren’t going out and buying new coats. They are buying new accessories to dress up an old coat.”

These handmade scarves come in a flap scarf that crosses your neck with a little flap and a long scarf. Between the two, prices range from $22-$32. You can check out the store’s Web site at irelandandoldlace.com, but definitely stop by the store as the entire shopping and dining area is in the holiday spirit. ■

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UYING GIFTS FOR PEOPLE CAN be very intimidating. However, picking the right one is definitely rewarding.

The popular question during this time of year is usually what does SHE want?

We all know that if mom/wife/girlfriend is happy then we are all happy, right?

That statement may sound funny, but it is very accurate. But let’s flip the script for a second, especially during a time when both sexes are trying to please one another. I am curious to know about what HE wants.

Women are stereotyped as hard to buy gifts for and that is certainly understandable, but good gifts for men are always assumed to be the usual tie or a pair of socks. I started wondering if those gifts were truly what men really wanted. So this past week I set out to find the perfect gift for the men in our lives. I picked the brain of a few guys and although they mostly all laughed at the socks and tie idea I think you will be intrigued with some of their responses.

One guy said he actually hates gifts because clothes don’t fit and things are usually useless. Another added that gifts are more trouble than they are worth between returns and exchanges. I asked him what he would like and he said something personal such as a nice card or some kind words. That surprised me — it wasn’t a “typical” answer to hear from a guy.

Another guy said that he would love cologne if it was from a significant other, even if it’s not his normal scent. His theory is that she’ll buy something she likes the smell of, ultimately making her happy. Hmmm, interesting.

The next day I talked to a prominent businessman in the area who said that men like gifts that involve short get-aways, tickets to a game or concert, or even high-tech gadgets such as iPods or video games. He followed with another great gift idea; something personal such as a photo box with pictures, or even a book that relates to a personal life situation.

I took from this that a small personal gift would make the gentleman in your life as happy as the big-ticket items that he would also enjoy. Then over the weekend one man I queried said he preferred gifts on the expensive side, such as a sports fishing trip. In the same room I heard another guy say that he actually likes getting socks and although others heckled him in the room, he stood firm on his decision. One guy said that he would like

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2400 Atlantic & Georgia aves.

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441-8300. hooters.com. 13 tVs.

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The Pier Shops at Caesars. 3456800. gameonac.com. Sports bar w/ 90 hDtVs & mechanical bull.

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Mountain Sports Bar *

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Borgata, One Borgata Way. 3171000. theborgata.com. modern Japanese pub. Sushi, sake and cocktails. Premier after-hours spot.

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25 Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley. 347-2743. late night menu, lounge open 8pm8am. live music.

801 Boardwalk at Showboat. 3435795. hob.com. members and public can enjoy varied weekly events.

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Located at Trump Plaza. 441-6000. trumpplaza.com. Casino lounge.

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1926 Atlantic Ave. 344-2293. losamigosrest.com. Southwestern and mexican beers and fare since 1978.

Los Compadres

2701 Arctic Ave. at California. 3441119. thurs.- Sun. live mexican music.

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

Old Waterway Inn

1700 W. Riverside Dr. (Venice Park) 347-1793. open thurs.-Sun. from 5pm. Waterfront dining. happy hour 4-7pm thurs. & Fri.

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The Quarter at Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves. 348-8600. rira.com. authentic Irish pub with live music nightly.

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Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves.

348-8600. tropicana.net. open seven days a week. Sports-themed lounge.

Sonsie

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The Trinity Pub and Carvery The Pier Shops at Caesars.

345-6900. trinitypubac.com. traditional Irish fare, frosty pints. live music.

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441-8300. trumpmarina.com.

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5205 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor.

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68 W. Jimmy Leeds Road, Suite 14, Galloway. 568-5519. an â&#x20AC;&#x153;old worldâ&#x20AC;? atmosphere with free wiFi connection and the best cup of coffee in town.

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1 Leo Fraser Drive, Northfield, 2364401, accountryclub.com. tap Room happy hour 4-6pm, halfpriced drafts and martinis with culinary bar menu.

Black Cat Bar & Grill

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Caroline’s Bar & Restaurant 6725 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 9279007. carolinesbythebay.com. Food served 11am-2am. happy hour mon.-Sat., 4-7pm. DJs Fri. night.

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Cavallino Nero 4760 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. 625-0144, cavnero.com. open daily 11am-1am. mon.-Fri., happy hour 3-6pm.

Charlie’s 800 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9273363. charliesbar.com. open daily 7am-3am; Sun. noon-3pm. monFri. happy hour 3-6pm.

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6055 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 2721930. chickiesandpetes.com.

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Crab Trap On the Circle in Somers Pt. 9277377. thecrabtrap.com. Restaurant and bar overlooking bay.

DiOrio’s Circle Cafe 10 McArthur Blvd. Somers Point.

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Hi Point Pub (Skelly’s)

5 N. Shore Rd., Absecon. 641-3172. open 24 hrs. happy hour 5-7pm. mon.-Fri. with discount drinks & free buffet.

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988 Bay Ave., Somers Point.

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

JD’s Pub

Smithville Town Center, intersection of Route 9 and Smithville Blvd. 4049000, jdspubsmithville.com. open til 2am or later.

Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille

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Corner of Ocean Heights. Ave. & Zion Rd., EHT. 927-6363. julianospub.com. tues., thurs. 4-7pm, happy hour with 2-for-1 appetizers and half-priced drinks.

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265 S. New York Rd., Galloway.

652-6050. live music every Fri. & Sat. night, 7:30-11:30pm.

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3016 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 6018369. mangiabythegreens.com.

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

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Michael Turco’s ‘Wonder’ Now-Jan. 2, Palace Theater Magician Michael Turco presents his acclaimed magic and illusion act, Wonder, at Bally’s now through Jan 2. Showtimes are Mon.Tues. 7pm, Wed. 3 and 7pm, Sat. 7pm and Sun. 3 and 7pm. Tickets are $25 and $30. Turco creates a stage show featuring mind-blowing illusions, close-up magic and audience participation. A natural storyteller, Turco infuses each trick with an engrossing narrative drawn to keep audiences enthralled with suspense and intrigue. A New Jersey native, Turco has been performing magic since he was five years old.

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Rob Thomas Dec. 19, Event Center Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Rob Thomas will be at the Event Center on Saturday, Dec. 19, 8pm, in support of his new release, cradlesong, and companion DVD Live at Red Rocks.

This concert was rescheduled from its original Nov. 6 date. The tour will include special guests One Republic and Carolina Liar. The showtime is 8pm and tickets are $56, $66 and $86.

The Roots

Dec. 26, Music Box The Legendary Roots Crew — most recently known for their tenure as the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — have a regular A New Year Gospel Celebration series of shows at the Borgata. They perJan. 2, Boardwalk Hall Some of the form Saturday, Dec. 26, 10pm; tickets are biggest and best known artists, includ- $49.50. A special guest star joins the show ing Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Fred each time. Following each performance, Hammond and JMoss, take to the stage the band will host an official Borgata for “A New Year Gospel Celebration.” Nightlife after-party, with music by guest The showtime is 5pm and tickets are $35, DJ and Roots’ member, ?uestlove. The $50 and $65.

Roots’ ninth studio album (11th overall), Pastor Donnie McClurkin followed a is entitled How I Got Over. calling to preach and started the NY Restoration Choir, recording his first Tracy Morgan album I See A World in 1989. He has Dec. 31, Music Box Tracy Morgan, earned a trophy case full of Dove and former star of Saturday Night Live and Stellar Awards in addition to an NAACP current star of 30 Rock, brings his offImage Award for Outstanding Gospel beat comedic perspective to the Borgata Artist. Mary Mary has traveled a road fea- on Thursday, Dec. 31, 10pm. Tickets turing Grammy, Dove, Stellar, MOBO and are $49.50. Morgan was a member America Music Awards. Since recording of the Saturday Night Live cast from their first single, “Shackles (Praise You)” 1996–2003. He currently stars as Tracy in 2000, sisters Tina and Erica Campbell have blended their dynamic voices and Jordan on the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock. truth-grounded gospel music to produce His numerous SNL characters included innovative and original music. Their Dominican Lou, Bishop Don “Mack” Donald (from Pimp Chat), Astronaut newest release is The Sound.

Fred Hammond has been recognized Jones, African Andy, Benny the Bengal, by music listeners worldwide as a tal- and Woodrow. Morgan’s feature-film ented songwriter, bassist, vocalist, musi- credits include The Longest Yard, Little cal arranger and producer for 25 years. Man, Head of State and G-Force.

Singer/musician/songwriter JMoss hails from gospel music royalty as the son of John Legend Bill Moss, Sr., founder of the ‘70s Gospel Jan. 1, Event Center Grammy-winning act Bill Moss & The Celestials, the neph- multi-platinum recording artist John ew of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark and a cousin Legend will be at the Borgata on Friday, to The Clark Sisters. He released Billboard Jan. 1, 8pm. Tickets are $66, $86 and $96.

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Miracle on 34th Street, is being performed at the Tropicana for a final show on Saturday, Dec. 19, 9pm. Tickets are $25.

Miracle on 34th Street is a traditional holiday story bringing to life all the magic of the season. Telling the story of Kris Kringle, Macy’s Christmas Parade director Doris Walker and her lovable nineyear old daughter, Susan, Miracle on 34th Street tugs at the audiences heartstrings while bringing out the true spirit of the holidays.

The show features scenes including the Macy’s Day Parade, marching bands and dancing movie and cartoon characters intermixed with the much loved holiday songs making the production a terrific event for audiences of all ages. (See video at acweekly.com/video)

‘Yesterday’ — A Tribute to the Beatles Liverpool Club Theater (North Tower) The Las Vegas show band Yesterday – A Tribute to the Beatles performs “The British Are Coming!” in the Liverpool Club Theater setting depicting the Cavern Club venue in Liverpool, home of the Beatles’ first performances. The show is presented Wed.–Sun., 8:30pm. Tickets are $25, $5 off for Diamond Club members.

The show is currently on holiday break, returning on Dec. 26, with a special 11pm New Year’s Eve show on Dec. 31 ($35). Showtimes will be daily except Fri. at 8:30pm in the new year. (See video at acweekly.com/video)

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Legend’s latest release is Evolver featur- Line, released this year, features contri- O.A.R. ing guest artists Estelle, OutKast’s Andre butions from vocalists Annie Lennox Dec. 31. Music Hall O.A.R. (an acronym for the band’s full moniker, Of 3000, R&B/pop superstar Brandy and and Jolie Holland. a Revolution) is an American rock/ska longtime collaborator Kanye West. band consisting of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Mariah Carey Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Jan. 2, Event Center Hot off her Gershman (bass guitar) and Jerry DePizzo acclaimed performance in the Oscar buzz Atlantic City (saxophone, guitar, backing vocals). The movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420 band headlines at the House of Blues on

by Sapphire, Mariah Carey is heading Thursday, Dec, 31, 10pm. Tickets are $50 to Borgata for a musical performance Jimmy Eat World and $60. The band is releasing a new live on Saturday, Jan. 2, 8pm, in the Event Dec. 31, Concert Venue Jimmy Eat Center. She is touring in support of her World headlines at Harrah’s for New album, Rain or Shine, Jan. 12. current release, Memoirs of an Imperfect Year’s Eve at 10pm. Tickets are $65. Once Angel. Tickets are $165, $195 and $235. a trailblazing name in the mid-’90s “emocore” scene, Jimmy Eat World steadily Borgata Comedy Club rose to national prominence by embracMusic Box The Borgata Comedy Club ing a blend of alternative rock and power Casino and Resort offers fun-filled evenings featuring a pop. The band’s acclaimed music includes Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, or trio of comedians nightly (except dur- 1999’s Clarity album and later their single Tropicana box office, 1-800-526-2935 ing headliner engagements). Showtimes “The Middle.” Jimmy Eat World consists Natalie Cole are 9pm and the tickets are $20. (Visit of Jim Adkins (lead vocals/guitar), Tom Dec. 31, Jan. 1, Tropicana Showroom theborgata.com). Appearing now to Dec. Linton (guitar/vocals), Rick Burch (bass) Natalie Cole brings her hit songs to the 20 are Eddie Clark, Melvin George III and and Zach Lind (drums). The band’s sixth Trop for a New Year’s celebration on Angel Salazar. Scheduled Dec. 21-24 and Dec. 27 are Carol Montgomery, Dennis album, Chase This Light, was released in Thursday, Dec. 31, 10:30pm and Friday, Blair and Ben Creed. Appearing Dec. 28- 2007, becoming the band’s highest chart- Jan. 1, 9pm. Tickets range from $35Jan. 3 are Uncle Floyd, Jeff Pirami and ing album, peaking at number five on the $100 on Thursday, $25-$75 on Friday.

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The eight-time Grammy Award-winner, Carl LaBove. daughter of Nat King Cole, has had a string of hits beginning with the smash single, “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” in 1975. Well known for her pop and R&B recordings, her most sucAtlantic City Atlantic City cessful album was 1991’s Unforgettable…

Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, or the Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420, Caesars with Love. Featuring her own arrangeHilton box office box office; for more info, 1-800-677-SHOW ments of her father’s greatest hits, the title track was a duet made by splicing ‘Spirit of Christmas’ David Gray a recording of Nat King Cole onto the Dec. 31, Circus Maximus British sing- Now-Dec. 20, Grand Theater The new single. er/songwriter David Gray headlines at Hilton presents Spirit of Christmas, a In recent years, Natalie Cole has Caesars for New Year’s Eve, Thursday, wonderful holiday musical revue, now been jazzing things up. Her critically Dec. 31, 11pm. Tickets are $65, $85 and through Sunday, Dec. 20. Tickets are $25 $115. After several successful releases and the showtimes are Thurs. 7pm; Fri. acclaimed 2002 album, Ask A Woman through the 1990s, Gray’s breakthrough 9pm; Sat. 2 and 8pm and Sun. 2 and Who Knows, covered songs made famous

by Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and came with the worldwide release in 1999 7pm. (See story p. 42) Sarah Vaughan. Her album Leavin’ (2006) of his fourth album, White Ladder, which expresses her soulful roots after a decade brought his mix of acoustic instrumenspent as an interpreter of standards. Her tation and electronic samples to the latest work, Still Unforgettable, features mainstream. A critical and commerstandards including a duet with Nat King cial success, it included his best-known Cole, “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home.” songs, “This Years Love” and “Babylon.”

In the United States, the album received ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ a boost from Dave Matthews, who made Atlantic City Dec. 19, Tropicana Showroom The it the first release by the record company Tickets: Ticketmaster, 1-800-736-1420 or classic holiday story of Kris Kringle, he co-founded, ATO Records. Draw the 236-BLUE

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HE STRESSES OF THE SEASON — and those of 2009 require no elaboration from this corner — don’t necessarily need to include food preparation for friends, family and holiday events.

With that thought in mind, we offer the following suggestions of fine local purveyors who specialize in festive food designed to pamper your palate without making a dent in your pocketbook or wallet.

Start just off Exit 30 of the Garden State Parkway in Somers Point, at the Grilled Cheese and Crab Cake Company (601-7533). We sampled a gaggle of goodies from restaurateurs Joe and Marion Buondonno early this summer, and have both returned and recommended others to their boutique-style cuisine on several occasions since. Beyond the obvious delights of mammoth grilled cheese sandwiches, mounted on double-thick Texas Toast and a superb, 20-years-inthe-making crab cake recipe, they devote an entire page of their menu to party trays. Designed to feed 10 to 15, these trays include crab balls, fried shrimp, house original shrimp ‘sammies’ (potato-wrapped, deep-fried and habit-forming) cocktail crab claws, plain or buffalo chicken tenders and cocoanut shrimp, all served with sauces.

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at 55 Laurel Dr., also offers harried shoppers incredibly easy access and getaways.

They are literally less than a minute from a Parkway entrance and exit, meaning no waiting in mall parking lots or time lost wandering trying to find them. Whatever you do, please don’t visit without sampling their unbelievably rich, sophisticated pound cakes, too. Best of all, the Buondonnos are just the kind of people who belong in the restaurant biz — experienced, caring and dependable.

A few miles due east, Margate’s Barrels Restaurant (9 South Granville Ave., 8234400) offers South Philly-style Italian eats good enough to have earned Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of the Shore honors. The tidy little takeaway has a few seats, but gains the majority of its business from a steady stream of downbeach devotees who can’t imagine life without their soups, sandwiches, pasta and unique specialty items. Like, for instance the Peca — a breakfasty sandwich combo of pepper, egg, capicola and cheese; or Joey’s Favorite — blackened chicken breast topped by roasted red peppers and sharp provolone.

In addition to standard sandwich trays, sized for up to two dozen, Barrels serves up an array of entrees by the “tin” or “half-tin” (gotta love that genuine Philly speak). That list, way too extensive for

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this space, includes antipasto — a requirement for authentic Italian Christmas gatherings — multiple pastas and sauces, parmesans, grilled or blackened chicken, shrimp, salmon and tuna. We can hardly imagine more appropriate grub for those upcoming Eagles games — dare we say playoffs? — either. If you’re in the mood to boil your own water and do a little cooking, they’ll also sell you wonderful marinara or rosetta (blush tomato) sauces, portioned by the pint or quart.

Chefs and local food lovers alike have known about the top quality products of Northfield’s B.F. Mazzeo (Chestnut Avenue and Route 9, 641-6608) for decades. But the busy market, an original haven for organic and vegan fare, also vends a house-made variety of prepared foods. They further offer the cachet of carrying gourmet brands like LeBus breads and Sabra salads, plus Mazzeo will prepare and ship custom orders throughout the United States. Want to impress someone with a colorful, healthful holiday feast? Try their selection of gourmet snacks, dried fruits and nuts.

Ventnor favorite Hannah G’s (7310 Ventnor Ave., 823-1466) built their reputation with hearty breakfast and lunch fare, then expanded across the street (7303 Ventnor Ave.) last year to accommodate a growing number of customers who wanted to sample chef Angel Soto’s creations at dinner time. They also do exemplary work with sandwich and wrap trays, elevating ordinary ingredients, evidenced by their growing popularity among local realtors hosting open houses and other area businesspersons’ functions.

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ATLANTIC CITY For casino restaurants and independent establishments located within casino properties, including restaurants located inside The Quarter at the Tropicana and at The Pier Shops at Caesars, see Casino Dining listings at the end of this section. For more listings, visit acweekly.com.

Amici Brick Oven Pizzeria & Italian Grill

Gardnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basin. Relaxed, waterfront dining specializing in seafood. Open daily from 11am for lunch and dinner. Available for private parties from 10 to 200, and off-premise catering.

Waterside outside deck open, weather permitting.

Girasole Ristorante

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

2010 Baltic Ave. (at The Walk).

345-8700. Large variety of pastas, brick-oven pizzas, hot sandwiches, paninis, calzones, strombolis, salads and desserts.

Imperial Inn

Angeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fairmount Tavern

St. James Pl. at the Boardwalk.

344-9063. theirishpub.com. Open 24 hours with full menu served anytime. Daily lunch and dinner specials.

2300 Fairmount Ave. 344-2439. angelosfairmounttavern.com. An A.C. institution, Angeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian fare has flourished for three generations.

Angeloniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s II Restaurant

2400 Arctic Ave. 344-7875. angelonis.com. Fine Italian cuisine and impressive wine selection.

Atlantic City Bar & Grill

1219 Pacific Ave. (Corner of S.Carolina & Pacific). 348-8080. atlanticcitybar.com. Lobster, homemade pizza, BBQ baby back ribs and more.

CafĂŠ 2825

2825 Atlantic Ave (at Brighton Ave.). 344-6913. cafe2825.com.

Regional Italian fare with full bar.

Cavo Crepe CafĂŠ

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

Chelsea Prime

Chelsea Pub

Irish Pub

Knife & Fork

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

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804 N Rhode Island Ave. 3483999. Atlantic City waterfront dining. Open Mon.-Thurs.

5am-2pm & Fri.-Sun. 5am9pm. Diner-style varied menu, complete with breakfast favorites and hearty lunch options.

Sample homemade soups, salads, omelettes, cold cereal, and hot subs. Kids menu available.

Little Saigon

2801 Arctic Ave. 347-9119.

Authentic Vietnamese and vegetarian cuisine.

Longhorn Steak House

2108 Atlantic Ave. 344-2050.

Serving lunch and dinner.

11:30am-10pm weekdays, till 11pm weekends.

8 S. Morris Ave. 345-4916.

Popular local hangout is open 24 hours, seven days. Mon.-Fri. Happy hour 11:30am-1pm, 46pm.

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Meganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good Grub & Pub

2405 Atlantic Ave. 345-0092. docksoysterhouse.com. Offering fine steaks and seafood, classic seafood soups, bar and raw bar.

Ducktown Tavern

2400 Atlantic Ave. 449-1212. ducktowntavernac.com. Open 24/7. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night dining.

El Charro!

2430 Fairmount Ave. Authentic Mexican restaurant.

800 N. New Hampshire Avenue,

1743 Boardwalk at Indiana Ave. 289-8950. megansgoodgrubandpub.com. Daily: Sun.Thurs., 11:30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mid.; Fri.Sat., 11:30am-2am. Take-out available. A.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first American â&#x20AC;&#x153;gastropub.â&#x20AC;? A unique menu of classic American comfort food, executed with gourmet flair, served in a friendly and fun pub environment.

Melaka Restaurant

28 S. Tennessee Ave. 344-8928.

Malaysian and Chinese cuisine.

Mexico Restaurant

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

New York Diner

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

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Old Waterway Inn

1700 W. Riverside Dr. 347-1793.

Specializing in seafood and steak.

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Pho Hoa Cali

3808 Ventnor Ave. 340-0063.

Authentic Vietnamese noodle house.

Open Mon.-Sat. 4pm-10:30pm Sun. 2pm-10pm

Pic A Lilli Pub

229 S. Tennessee Ave. 344-1113.

Open 24/7. Full Menu. Serving lunch & dinner daily. Try their wings.

Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Steakhouse

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

Teplitzkyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

111 S. Chelsea Ave., inside Chelsea hotel. thechelsea-ac.com.1-800548-3030. Retro-style diner with hideaway cocktail lounge and coffee shop.

Tony Baloneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria

300 Oriental Ave. (Corner of Oriental and Vermont St.). 3448669. tonybaloneys.com. Pizzas, subs, wraps, calzones and more.

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Tun Tavern

Two Convention Way. 347-7800. tuntavern.com. A.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first steakhouse and brewery, now serving lunch, dinner and late night snacks. Microbrews.

Whiskey Grille

20 Pennsylvania Ave. 345-3290.

Serving breakfast lunch and dinner.

White House Sub Shop

2308 Arctic Ave. 345-8599. A.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary sub shop.

The Wonder Bar

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

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1926 Atlantic Ave. 344-2293. losamigosrest.com/AC. Mexican food, fresh seafood and prime steaks.

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

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111 S. Chelsea Ave. , inside Chelsea hotel. thechelsea-ac.com. 3482200. A steakhouse in the setting of a 1940s supper club with indoor and outdoor seating, a cocktail lounge with a curvilinear bar, and entertainment.

3124 Atlantic Ave. 347-8810.

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Brigantine andre’s italian restaurant 1312 W. Brigantine Ave. 2661124. Serving pizza, subs, steaks, Italian dinners, grilled seafood, cappuccino and desserts.

Carmine’s

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

DownBeaCH Ventnor, Margate & Longport Barrels

9 S. Granville Ave., Margate. 8234400. barrelsfoods.com. Italian food. Also in linwood.

Billy Ho’s imperial east

Cellar 32

7800 Ventnor Avenue, Margate.

487-8052. open 7 days 11am10:30 pm. modern Chinese cuisine. Daily lunch and dinner specials. “We deliver, even to the beach.” Free parking lot.

goochie Brothers

China Dumpling Seafood resaurant

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

4208 Harbour Beach Blvd. 2663100. Italian cuisine and pizzeria.

Laguna grill Martini Bar

1400 Ocean Ave. 266-7731. lagunagrill.com. Fine cuisine, unique ambiance on the beach with beautiful view.

L’aragosta ristorante

3400 Brigantine Blvd. 266-2808. northern and Southern Italian cuisine.

the Links Bar & grille

1075 North Shore Dr. 266-1388. brigantinegolf.com. Beautiful views of golf course, casual ambiance.

Macedonian grill

Fedeli’s italian restaurant

9403 Ventnor Ave., Margate.

822-1293. home of authentic home-cooked Italian cuisine and two-for-one specials.

Hannah g’s

Steve & Cookie’s by the Bay

7310 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor.

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

isabella’s

Cleo’s Fish Palace

Johnny’s Café

Dino’s Subs & Pizza

8016 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 8226602 or 822-0670. opendaily, 7-11:30am. Breakfast entrees, sandwiches and subs. Party trays for all occasions. Pick up, eat in and delivery.

Downbeach Deli

Yuki Hana

9510 Ventnor Ave., Margate.

487-7450. Prix-Fixe menu available. Reservations suggested. local produce, poultry and fish.

8 S. Essex Ave., Margate. 8237310. Serving up a huge selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Dune

9407 Ventnor Ave., Margate. 8221789. johnnyscafeventnor.com.

Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner & dessert with reasonable prices.

La Fontana

20 Douglas Ave., Margate.

Gourmet Italian cuisine. take out anytime.

Lamberti

9707 Amherst Ave., Margate. 4876001. sunsetonthebay.com. open dailyfor lunch and dinner. happy hour daily 3-7pm with half-price appetizers and reduced drink prices at the bar only.

Maynard’s Café

9306 Amherst Ave., Margate.

822-8423. lunch and dinner specials. Starlight Garden bar open daily.

Miyako

9210 Ventnor Ave., Margate.

822-4759. Authentic Japanese cuisine.

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9314 Amherst Ave., Margate. 8229111. sofiaofmargate.com. this bayside treasure transports you to the mediterranean with stylish decor and authentic Greek/ mediterranean cuisine.

Sophie’s Margate Café

7309 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor.

823-3003. gertrudesventnor.com.

Dinner from 5pm nightly.

4 S. Portland Ave. Ventnor. 8222477. this traditional mexican restaurant serves breakfast entrees and remains open for dinner with specialities such as fajitas, burritos, and other mexican inspired dishes. B.y.o.B.

7307 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor. 8225858. cleosfish.com. A large variety of prepared seafood and dinner platters. Catering available.

Sofia

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5200 Ventnor Avenue, Ventnor.

822-6888. open daily for lunch and dinner. Specializing in Dim Sum and seafood. open 11am -10pm, Fri. and Sat. till 11pm. eat-in, take-out and delivery.

3015 Brigantine Blvd. at 31st St. 264-8801. macedoniangrill.com.

Specializing in mediterranean and American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

3628 Brigantine Blvd. 266-7608.

Japanese/Chinese restaurant with a full sushi bar.

organic options. Call for hours of operation.

6525 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor.

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

red room Café

141 N. Dorset Ave., Ventnor. 8221067. Gourmet pizzas, Italian specialties.

Shore Club Crabhouse, Bar & grill 303 Longport Blvd., Longport (in the Seaview Harbor Marina). 8221002. shoreclubbar.com. Great views of egg harbor Bay. lunch, dinner and bar. open dailyfor lunch and dinner.

8017 Winchester Ave., Margate.

822-1610. offers a wide selection of pancakes. kids’ menu available.

9700 Amherst Ave., Margate. 8231163. steveandcookies.com. menu highlights fresh seafood and produce and prime cuts of meat.

tomatoe’s

9300 Amherst Ave., Margate. 8227535 or tomatoesmargate.com.

Varied eclectic menu highlights seafood entrees.

Ventura’s greenhouse

106 Benson Ave., Margate. 8220140. venturasgreenhouse.com. lunch & dinner specials and latenight fare.

Yama Japanese restaurant 5305 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor. 8228105. Sushi and sashimi; over 100 special rolls, plus tempura and other cooked specials.

MainLanD antonino’s Jo Jo ristorante

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

Celina’s Mulberry Market & grille

Sunrise Plaza, 68 W. Jimmie Leeds Rd., Galloway Twp. 404-1700. celinascafes.com. open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. homebaked goods.

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Charlie’s Bar & restaurant

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800 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9273663, charliesbar.com. Popular buffalo wings. no credit cards. over 15 tVs for sporting events.

Chickie’s and Pete’s

6055 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 2721930. chickiesandpetes.com.

Sports-themed bar/restaurant famous for its wings, crabs and Philly-style sandwiches.

Cousin Mario’s

5401 Hardin Hwy. (Route 40), Mays Landing. 625-2523.

(Formerly the epic Grille). Pizza and Italian specialties. happy hour noon-7pm weekdays.

Crab trap

On the Circle in Somers Pt. 9277377, thecrabtrap.com Serving fresh seafood, soups, steaks, homemade breads, desserts and more.

Dubliner irish Pub

325 Jimmy Leeds Rd., Galloway.

652-2210, dublineririshpubandgrill.com.

east Bay Crab & grill

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

Authentic Greek cuisine.

Cardiff Plaza, EHT. 272-7721. eastbaycrab.com. Specializing in All-U-Can eat Crabs, early Bird menu.12 entrees under $12 menu, over 60 entrees starting at $8.99 and daily specials.

Reservations accepted.

atlantic City Sub Shop

english Creek restaurant

athenian garden

Heather Croft Sq., Northfield.

646-7799. atlanticcitysubshops. com. eat-in, take-out, delivery and party trays.

a touch of italy

Black Horse Pike, Cardiff/EHT. 6461855. touchofitaly.net. Serving veal, seafood, pasta, steaks and brick-oven pizzas. Banquet facilities.

Barrels

Rt. 9, Central Square, Linwood.

926-9900. barrelsfoods.com.

Italian food in intimate setting.

Also in margate. take out/ Delivery.

Berkshire grill

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

Bombay indian restaurant English Creek Shopping Ctr., Rt. 40 & English Creek Rd., EHT. 6464445. Authentic Indian dining experience.

Bulldogs

743 White Horse Pike, Galloway.

965-4433. neighborhood sports bar serving American dishes.

Cavallino nero

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

out and delivery. Cocktails, beer and wine.

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

Feather Cafe & grill

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

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

ginza Japanese restaurant 6708 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 3832588. (Ginza II located in English Creek Shopping Ctr., EHT. 3833999) hibachi steakhouse and sushi bar.

goodfellows, w.L.

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

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

great american Pub

Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing.

625-1990. Great gourmet Black Angus burgers. happy hour six days a week. Free poker tues.Weds.

gregory’s restaurant

900 Shore Rd., Somers Pt. 9276665. gregorysbar.com. Serving lunch & dinner until 1am. Food and beverage specials.

the grilled Cheese & Crabcake Co.

55 Laurel Dr., Somers Pt. 6017533. offers a selection of fresh, homemade goods daily and a variety of tasty soups. Relaxing atmosphere, reasonably priced.

Hi Point Pub (Skelly’s)

5 N. Shore Rd., Absecon. 6413172. open 24 hours. Full dinner menu. eat in/take out/delivery.

6041 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 3775555. traditional and authentic northern and southern Indian cuisine. Indian lunch buffet daily from 11am-2:30pm. Also serves American entrees.

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Formica Bros. Bakery

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

Kensington Square, Northfield.

646-6565. formicabrosbakery. com. Cafe features daily lunch specials. open 7am-7pm.

Fred & ethel’s Lantern Light tavern

Towne of Historic Smithville, Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 6520544. Family restaurant, casual dining.

Fuji

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

Japanese cuisine specializing in sushi and steak.

gaspare’s gourmet italian Bistro

Harbor Village Square, EHT. Ocean Heights Ave. & Zion Road, Bargaintown. 653-2112. www. gaspares.com. Quaint, cozy and casual serving lunch, dinner, take-

Asian Mall, Pleasantville Shopping Center, 700 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville. 646-8977.

Vietnamese cuisine.

Johnny rockets

the inlet

988 Bay Ave., Somers Point. 9269611. inletrestaurantnj.com. open daily 11:30am-3pm for lunch and 3-10pm for dinner.

the inn at Sugar Hill

Rt. 559, Mays Landing. 625-2226. innatsugarhill.com. Great food and cocktails on the waterfront.

JD’s Pub & grille

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

Joe’s restaurant

131 Jordan Rd., (behind the Sunoco station off Laurel Dr./Garden State Parkway entrance), Somers Pt.

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Jo-Jo’s Italian Grille

Black Horse Pike & Main St., Pleasantville. 646-8332. www. jojositaliangrille.com. homemade Italian specialties.

Joseph’s Restaurant at the Tuscany House

72 N. Breman Ave., (Renault Winery), Egg Harbor City. 9652111. www.renaultwinery.com.

Casual family cuisine, full bar with piano entertainment.

JR’s Tavern

650 New Road, Somers Point.

653-9853. jrstavern.com. lunch specials starting at $5 and dinner specials from $9.

Juliano’s Restaurant

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

La Hacienda

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

La Pizzatega

Linwood Greene, Rt. 9, Linwood.

653-8442. Serving seafood, veal pasta, steak, subs and salads.

Levari’s Seafood & American Grill

Tuckahoe Rd. and Rt. 50, Petersurg.

628-2225.levarisamericangrill. com. open daily 10am. Drink specials.

Library III

6605 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 6457655. libraryiii.com. murph’s crab cakes, steaks, prime rib, seafood and salad bar.

Mangia by the Greens

3016 Ocean Heights Ave., EHT. 601-8369. lunch, dinner, late-night snacks, pizza. Free delivery to eht, linwood, northfield, and Somers Point.

Maplewood Inn

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

Mays Landing Diner

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

Mount Fuji

136 White Horse Pike, Absecon.

383-8881. traditional Japanese cuisine. Sushi bar.

The Nizam’s

6666 Black Horse Pike, EHT. 6778829. northern and Southern Indian food, including nan, tandori and vegetarian dishes. major credit cards accepted. lunch buffett $9.95.

Oyster Creek Inn

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

Pistol Pete’s Saloon & Steakhouse

1000 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville. 484-1000. pistolpetessaloon.com. Casual dining.

Weekly specials.

PJ’s 50 Pub & Grille

2301 Rt. 50, 1 Mile N. of Black Horse Pike (Rt. 322), Mays Landing. 625-9600. everything homemade from soups to desserts.

Ram’s Head Inn

9 W. White Horse Pike, Galloway.

652-1700. Classic area hotspot.

Renault Winery

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

Richland House

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

Rifici’s Italian Cuisine & Pizzeria

308 White Horse Pike, Absecon.

272-2000. Serving lunch and dinner daily. Banquet room available.

Romanelli’s Garden Cafe

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

Sack O’ Subs

784 White Horse Pike, Absecon. 6466555. hot and cold subs, homemade soups and salads.

City. 804-9000. traditional American cuisine, daily homemade specials, burgers and wings. Sports bar.

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Tap Room & Grille

701 4th St., Ocean City. 3982700. Contemporary Caribbean and mediterranean cuisine.

4215 Black Horse Pike (Hamilton Commons shopping center), Mays Landing. 485-0071. Japanese cuisine w/ Japanese steak, seafood house and sushi bar.

Sam’s Bar & Grill

18 S. Main St., Pleasantville. 6465128. samsbarandgrill.com.

Sandi Pointe 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, 9272759. (formerly Mac’s Restaurant).

Seafood restaurant and bar with live music.

Simply Fondue

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

Somers Point Cafe

581 Ocean Heights Ave., Somers Point. 788-8115 Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. open 7am10pm daily. Daily specials. eat in, take out, delivery. most dinners under $10.

Smithville Inn

Rt. 9 & Moss Mill Rd., Smithville. 6527777. traditional area hotspot.

Tailgaters Galloway Grille

337 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor

Atlantic City Country Club, 1 Leo Fraser Dr., Northfield. 236.4465.

Featuring an acclaimed Sunday brunch. open Sun.-thurs.lunch from 11am. Fri.& Sat. dinner from 5pm. Fri.-Sun. breakfast from 7am. Sun. brunch, 10am2pm.

Testa’s Good Guys Pub

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

Thai Basil

199 New Rd., Suite 72, Linwood.

926-9339. Serving thai-French cuisine.

Tre Figlio

500 W. White Horse Pike, Pomona.

965-3303. trefiglio.com. Italian cuisine.

TW Howell’s

341 West White Horse Pike (Odesse Ave. & Rt.9), Pomona. 892-3704.

Summertime BBQs as well as catering for any event.

Ventura’s Offshore Café

2015 Shore Rd., Northfield, venturascafe.com. 641-5158. Awardwinning filet mignon, pan pizzas and more. Delivery.

Vic’s Subs

742 Ohio Ave., Absecon. 6450500. hot & cold subs, salads, party trays.

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Casa Del Dolce

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

Chatterbox

500 9th St., OC. 399-0113.

“Where the town meets.”

Clancy’s by the Sea

1244 Boardwalk, Ocean City. 3983344. Weekly specials, open year round. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. open evenings.

Deauville Inn

201 Willard Road, Strathmere, 263-2080. deauvilleinn.com.

Waterfront bar and dining.

Island Grill Restaurant

100 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City. 3919616. ocnjislandgrill.com. Full service restaurant with wide variety of choices from seafood to steaks.

Sack O’ Subs

926 Asbury Ave., OC. 525-0460. hot and cold subs, french fries, pizzas, homemade soups, salads and dinners.

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BALLYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 340-2000 Arturoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

enjoy a traditional Italian meal prepared with a contemporary, new york fare in the sophisticated setting of this award-winning trattoria.

Ballyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brunch

Brunch every Sunday at the Reserve, 10amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 pm. $39.99 per person.

Ben & Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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

Fulu Wok & Fry

casual asian cuisine at the claridge tower.

Johnny Rockets

340-0099. a retro â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s-style Boardwalk restaurant.

Noodle Village

offering an extensive selection of authentic chinese and Vietnamese comfort foods.

Brunch, $23.95 Sun. (8amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm); lunch. $17.95 (plus tax) mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat. (noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm).

Bread + Butter

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

Fornelletto

celebrated chef Stephan kaltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new restaurant offering traditional Southern Italian fare.

Gypsy Bar

Fun, relaxing dining experience.

Izakaya

a modern Japanese pub from michael Schulson.

Noodles of the World asian fusion.

Old Homestead steak House

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

seaBlue

new york style deli.

celebrated chef michael mina combines cutting-edge technology and design elements with his signature and acclaimed approach to seafood.

The Reserve/Preview Bar

The Cafeteria

Ballyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic culinary experience.

Full of quick food options.

6ix: A Bistro

The Metropolitan

Pickles Deli

american bistro. Breakfast served anytime.

Red Pearl

modern asian cuisine served up fresh in casual setting.

spa CafĂŠ

located in the Spa at Ballyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, offering health-conscious meals.

The Bagel & Doughnut Connection open daily.

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Snacks from the lone Star Snack Bar are served.

Virginia City Buffet

all-you-can-eat, western-style buffet. hours: mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;thurs. lunch noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm, dinner 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9pm.; Fri.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun. noon-10pm. $21.99 (plus tax) daily for dinner; $16.99 (plus tax) lunch mon.-thurs.

BORGATA 1-866-MYBORGATA Bobby Flay steak

choose from a variety of regional steaks and seafood.

Borgata Buffet

contemporary american cuisine in two distinctive dining areas.

CAEsARs 348-4411 Neroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sunday Brunch

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

Cafe Roma

coffee shop w/take-out available.

Kwi Restaurant and Noodle Bar offers a selection of traditional and modern asian cuisines.

La Piazza Buffet

Buffet selections for breakfast, lunch or dinner, with salad and dessert bars. $14.99 (plus tax) for breakfast daily (8:00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30am); $18.99 (plus tax) for lunch (11:45amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4pm); $22.99 (plus tax) for dinner (4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9pm). weekend Feast $26.99 Sat. noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11pm, Sun. noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9pm.

Mia

348-4411, ext. 6000. contemporary Italian/ mediterranean cuisine.

Mortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

449-1044. mortons.com.

Sirloin and porterhouse steak and new england lobster.

Primavera

Service is formal with traditional Italian favorites.

Venice Bar

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

The Pier ShoPS aT CaeSarS: Buddakan

674-0100. Restaurant includes twilight sky or â&#x20AC;&#x153;opium den styleâ&#x20AC;? dining nooks.

The Continental

674-8300, continentalac.com. an â&#x20AC;&#x153;outdoorâ&#x20AC;? patio bar with signature drinks & sunken fire-pit lounge as well as the large flowershaped central dining pod, nicknamed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sammy Davis Room.â&#x20AC;?

Game On!

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

Phillips seafood

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

Piazza di Giorgio

345-3100. Food court with a taste of tuscany, South of the Border, Salad Sensations, hot off the Grille, and Udon creations. also a fresh fruit smoothie bar.

sonsie

345-6300. chef andrew Sciaretta combines world-fusion menu with steakhouse cuisine.

souzai sushi & sake

348-4443. Souzai is a country-style Japanese restaurant.

Intimate setting, sushi menu and unique sake cocktails.

The Trinity Pub and Carvery

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

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

Club Cappuccino

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

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

Steakhouse with an a la carte menu features steaks, fish and salads.

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Polistina’s Italian Ristorante

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

Reflections

A 24-hour cafe offering steaks, seafood, sandwiches and burgers.

Breakfast is available anytime.

The Steakhouse

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

Taste of the Shore

Food emporium features Primo Pizza, Sack o’ Subs, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and Philly Soft Pretzel Factory.

Temptations Fine Chocolate & Coffee

located on first level of Waterfront tower. open 7am7pm Sun.-thurs., until 2am on Fri. & Sat.

Patsy’s

Specializing in neapolitan cuisine, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant in new york was Frank Sinatra’s favorite restaurant. hours are Fri.–Sat. 5:30-10pm; Sun.–tues. 6 –10pm; closed Wed.–thurs. A bar menu is available Sun. 4:30-10pm; mon.-tues. noon-mid.; Fri., Sat. 4:30-11pm. For reservations, call 340-7585.

The oaks

new york-style steakhouse featuring prime meats and the freshest seafood served in a refined atmosphere. open for dinner Wed.– thurs. 6-10pm; Fri.-Sat. 5:3010pm; Sun. brunch, 10am-3pm.

Reservations recommended. Also the casual oaks Burger Bar.

RESoRTS

$29.99(plus tax, $22.99 kids) for dinner daily; $18.99 (plus tax, $10.99, kids) for brunch. hours: mon. & Fri., 8:30am–noon brunch, 4–9pm dinner; tues. & Wed., noon–9pm dinner; thurs.

4–9pm dinner; Sat. 8:30am– noon brunch, 1–10pm dinner; Sun. 8:30am–1:30pm brunch, 2–9pm dinner.

344-6000 Asian Spice

Cappuccino’s

Coffee and espresso bar plus pastry shop, soups and sandwiches. open 24 hours Sun.-Fri.; open 7am-11pm Sat.

Cornucopia Buffet

land and sea buffet features a variety of specialties. Cost: $16 (includes tax). hours are 11:30 am-9pm Sun.-Fri; 11:30 am10pm on Sat.

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A lovely ocean view is a perk at this 24-hour restaurant Fri. to Sun., 7am-11pm mon.-thurs., serving casual fare including the Coney Island Deli, featuring deli appetizers and sandwiches.

Waterfront Buffet

extensive buffet items. Cost: 11/27/07 3:43:10 PM

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Asian noodle bar open 1pm-4am mon.-thurs., 1pm-5am Fri., noon-5am Sat. and noon-4am Sun.

Gourmet cuisine with a noodle bar and Chinese barbecue items. noodle bar open daily noon– 2am; Restaurant open Sat.-Sun. 6–11pm. now featuring a fourcourse prix fixe menu for $29.99.

Beachball Seafood House

located off the Boardwalk, offers a variety of favorites including oysters and clams on the half shell, crabcakes, fish & chips, fried seafood combo and more. open Fri. 6pm-1am; Sat. noon-1am; Sun. noon-7pm.

dinner; $13.99 (plus tax) for breakfast Sat. & Sun. $3 discount for members of the Resorts Destination Casino Club.

Capriccio

Royal noodle House

Gallagher’s Burger Bar

open. mon-Sun 7am-mid.

Signature drinks, including lattes and other specialty coffee drinks and pastry selection.

Burger Bar located across from Gallagher’s offers dry-aged beef burgers, chili made with choice sirloin, sliders (mini burgers) and more.

Gallagher’s Steakhouse

340-6555. the renowned new york City steakhouse is located on Resorts’ dining level and features traditional dry-aged steaks and seafood favorites prepared on their famous open flame.

SHoWBoAT 343-4000 Canal Street Bread & Sandwich Co.

Soup, overstuffed sandwiches, made-to-order pizza and desserts, 24/7.

Casa Di napoli

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

French Quarter Buffet

Coffee shop with deli sandwiches.

Sun.–thurs. 7am–6pm; Fri.–Sat. 7am–10pm.

Breadsticks Cafe & Grill

House of Blues Restaurant

The Buffet

Mansion Cafe

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and latenight fare. open 24 hours daily. offers an international menu, as well a full complement of all-American selections. Cost: $16.99 (plus tax) lunch and

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

this perennial Zagat Award-winning Italian restaurant features antipasto, pasta delicacies, fresh seafood or veal entrées with ocean views. now featuring a three-course prix fixe menu for $34.99.

Seafood, steaks, a Bayou salad bar and homemade desserts, selfserve cappuccino machine. Sun.tues. 12-4pm lunch $17.99 (plus tax) Sun.–tues. dinner 4-9pm, $21.99. Fri., 4-10 pm Seafood night, $25.99. Sat. noon-3pm lunch, $17.99; dinner, all-u-caneat lobster 4-10pm, $29.99.

Closed Wed.-thurs.

Boardwalk Perks

Rib & Chophouse

236-BLUE. new orleans-style restaurant and bar. hearth-baked biscuits, overstuffed sandwiches, hearty salads and more. home of the $3 Big easy Burger.

located next to the Fortune Gaming Pavilion on the casino floor; authentic Chinese, korean and Vietnamese noodle, rice and dim-sum dishes.

Starbucks Coffee

TRoPICAnA 340-4000 il Verdi

Upscale gourmet Italian cuisine presented in an elegant ambiance.

Golden Dynasty

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

Seaside Cafe

this 24-hour dining experience offers updated casual fare.

Wellington’s

offering classic seashore seafood dishes, steaks and freshly prepared seasonal specialties and the best gourmet in town. ocean views from every table.

Tropicana’s The MarkeTplace: A Dam Good Deli

“mom and Pop”-style deli featuring a variety of overstuffed sandwiches along with homemade soups.

Boardwalk Favorites

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

Corky’s Ribs & BBQ

Casual dining BBQ restaurant serving hickory-smoked pork, beef, chicken, BBQ ribs, sandwiches and salads.

Fiesta Buffet

Abundant selection. Cost: $18.95 (plus tax) for breakfast and brunch mon.–Fri. 8–11am; Sat. & Sun. 8am–1pm. nightly seafood buffet for $24.95 per person (complimentary lobster tail on Fridays). hours: mon.–thurs. noon–8pm; Fri. noon–9pm; Sat. 2–10pm; Sun. 2–8pm.

Hooters

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

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restaurant offers its guests great tasting food from a menu of all-American favorites including juicy hamburgers, hand-dipped shakes and malts and freshly-baked apple pie.

Guests also enjoy an all-American diner look and feel, servers who know the secret behind getting ketchup out of the bottle, tabletop jukeboxes that belt out tunes for a nickel and authentic dĂŠcor.

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Carmine’s

572-9300. the renowned new york family-style Italian institution serves southern Italian appetizers, entrees and desserts prepared from the freshest quality ingredients in large portions.

The Comedy Stop Cafe & Cabaret

Tropicana, Brighton & Pacific aves.

1-877-FUNNYAC. offering a full menu of dining options, every day. Café Cuisine includes a continental menu, latte & espresso available. Buffet style breakfast (Sat. & Sun. 10am–2pm) $7.77.

Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar

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

The Palm

344-7256. thepalm.com. known for its aged prime beef, monstrous nova Scotia lobsters and outstanding American and Italian dishes.

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

348-4600. traditional Chinese cuisine, with innovative contemporary creations that demonstrate modern influences on the modern Asian palette.

Red Square

344-9100. Famed restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow’s vodka and caviar bar and restaurant recreates centuries of Russian history. the dining room, flanked with two ice columns, gives way to an ice-topped 32-foot bar.

Rí-Rá Irish Pub & Restaurant

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

TRumP maRIna 1-800-777-8477; 441-2000 The Bayside Buffet

An all you can eat International buffet has all your traditional favorites in a relaxing atmosphere lunch and dinner mon.-thurs. ($16.99 pls. tax.), or sample the

Rainforest Café

lavish breakfast buffet from 8am -11:30am daily ($12.99 pls. tax.).

A Seafood buffet is featured every Fri., Sat., and Sun. during lunch and dinner ($25.99 plus tax.). hours: mon.-thurs. 8am-8pm; Fri.-Sun. 8am-9pm.

10am-2pm.

DJ’s Steakhouse

TRumP PLaza

Surround yourself with western charm while savoring gourmet steaks, chop, and seafood.

Serving CAB prime meats and the freshest fish available. A Sunday through thursday three Course Chef Special Dinner menu is available for $35 per person. open for dinner Fri.-tue. 6pm.

Hooters

449-9300. Seafood, salad, “nearly world-famous” chicken wings and the “more than a mouthful burger” all served by the hooters girls.

Harbor View

elegant, intimate dining. Serving the finest gourmet seafood and Italian specialties. Best views of the marina and Atlantic City skyline. open for dinner Wed.-Sun 6pm.

Sunday Champagne Brunch

Imperial Court

Superb Chinese cuisine with exotic offerings and assortment of familiar items. open for dinner for Friday - Sunday 6pm.

441-6000 24 Central Cafe

An upscale dining experience in a casual atmosphere.

China Cafe & Sushi Chef

Boardwalk Terrace (overlooking the ocean), 572-0866. A fusion of unique Asian cuisine.

Evo

2225 Boardwalk at Trump Plaza.

441-0400. evorestaurant.com.

Serving specialty cocktails and 20 wines by the glass. menu features world cuisine and brick-oven pizzas.

On the Boardwalk at Trump Plaza.

345-5757. rainforestcafe.com. exotic salads, pastas, burgers, steaks and seafood served amidst the sights and sounds of a tropical rainforest.

Roberto’s

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

TRumP TaJ maHaL 449-1000

located on the sixth floor, this steakhouse features U.S.D.A. prime certified Angus beef and seafood selections. open for dinner.

Casual dining experience offers a lounge. has an open kitchen with a pizza oven and a communal table.

moon at Dynasty

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

Royal albert’s Palace

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

Safari Steak House

Dynasty

Cantonese/Chinese with many delicacies including authentic sushi bar.

Hard Rock Café

On the Boardwalk at Trump Taj Mahal. 441-0007. Burgers and sandwiches served in a rock ’n’ roll ambiance.

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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.

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

Sultan’s Feast

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

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HERE MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH holiday-themed entertainment in Atlantic City casinos as in previous years, but the shows that are on tap here are excellent, family-friendly options.

Producer David King, the man behind Spirit of the Dance, has brought his excellent holiday show Spirit of Christmas, a staple in Branson, Mo., to the Hilton for a run that concludes this Sunday, Dec. 20.

This is an encore performance at the Hilton and you can understand why the casino was eager to bring it back for a second year. In terms of a professional production with a great set, terrific, talented dancers, excellent singers and a ton of holiday cheer as promised in the title, Spirit of Christmas delivers big time. Trimmed to a brisk, 65 minutes (from its two hour Branson version), Spirit of Christmas packs plenty of fun in those minutes.

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ning of the evening, with a medley of classic holiday songs (“Happy Holidays,” “Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “Wonderful Time of the Year” and “Need a Little Christmas)” complete with a jolly Santa Claus, four outstanding singers and a high-steppin’ leggy chorus line, Spirit of Christmas will get you in the mood.

The quartet of singers are Julia Mansfield-Cholico, Mikelle Lenahan, Hugo Harold-Harrison and Randy Schwartz. Together and in solo efforts, they deliver excellent versions of numerous holiday favorites. MansfieldCholico brings up a man from the audience to bring a personal touch to the seductive Christmas ditty “Santa Baby.”

Lenahan dazzles the crowd with her rendition of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Harold-Harrison remembers the true meaning of the holiday with a lovely medley of “Do You Here What I Hear” and “When I Child Is Born,” and Schwartz kicks off the gospel portion of

the show with “Oh, Holy Night.” The gospel portion of the show engaged the audience with spontaneous clapping to “Joyful, Joyful” and “Higher and Higher.”

In a show that never slows down, my favorite moments included “In The Mood” done in the spirit of the Andrews Sisters with the singers dressed in service uniforms. The song was part nostalgia, part recognition that today we have service men and women getting ready to celebrate the holidays away from home around the globe.

The dancers are another fine component of the show. Even in this holiday tribute, the Spirit dancers provided a tribute to the dance style of Bob Fosse, a staple in producer King’s Spirit of the Dance productions that have also playing in town.

There is just a hint of naughty when Santa Claus provides a lap for a high-skirted dancer, and another amusing number presents the female dancers wearing holi-

day boxes instead of clothing.

The show has a nice tap number featuring the female dancers and Santa Claus, and of course whenever the cast wanted to energize the crowd, it is back to the high-steppin’ leg kicks that always generate additional applause.

That said, the appendages that earn the biggest burst of applause during the show are hands. In the evening’s official showstopper number, the ladies joined

by Santa Claus present a delightful hand-jive number sitting on the apron of the stage. The rhythmic clapping is enchanting.

Other songs in the show include “Winter Wonderland,” “Sleigh Ride,” “Need a Little Christmas,” “All I Want For Christmas,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Christmas Isn’t Christmas Without You.” Spirit of Christmas delivers exactly what the title suggests, an evening of music and dancing that is sure to get you in the spirit of the holiday season. n see more online @

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Rooted in Woodbine A Interview by Carole Mattessich

FTER A 21-YEAR CAREER helping put WMGM-TV on the map, Jane Stark took on a new assignment: Executive director of the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage (Cape May County). She described for us a welcoming place where the worst about mankind is discussed, even as the best is celebrated.

The museum is housed in a synagogue built by Woodbineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settlers in 1893. A national historic landmark, the structure still is used for services and events â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and is well worth a holiday visit.

You were a pioneer with WMGM-TV. I started in sales when the station was on air only four months, then spent 21 years working my way through every management position. Ultimately, I became one of only 17 female general managers in the NBC affiliate network. We started with little except hope and potential, but we became viable with both viewers and advertisers.

Southern New Jersey was ripe for growth in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s.

Exactly. With the casino industry, and the influx of casino workers, the socioeconomic face of our area changed. It was challenging, but lots of fun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a wonderful time of growth for the station and for Atlantic City, and even for the mainland with all those new bedroom communities. Actually, at the same time we were growing, AC Weekly was doing the same â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though it was called Whoot! then.

[Lew], Herb and Marcia Steiner were pioneers, too, bringing another new source of information to the community.

What led you to the museum?

I once chaired a committee that brought â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at its peak the Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel to the Woodbine community, and the Azeez family sponhad 11 facsored that program. Sam Azeez passed tories, which away suddenly nine years ago, but, after I were successful because retired from Channel 40, I got a call from the settlers his son, Michael. The museum was only connected to about four months old â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just like the TV nearby train station years before. Michael wanted to tracks and bring awareness of the museum to the greater community, and it was a full- could transport goods to Philadelphia and New York. Woodbine was considspeed-ahead project. ered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;wide open space,â&#x20AC;? and, when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve conducted oral histories with children Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special about Woodbineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage?

Woodbine was incorporated in 1891 by a of original Woodbine settlers, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve group of 50 Russian Jewish settlers brought always used terms like â&#x20AC;&#x153;welcomingâ&#x20AC;? and to America by the Baron deHirsch Fund. â&#x20AC;&#x153;safe havenâ&#x20AC;? when they reminisce.

DeHirsch was a German Jewish philanthropist who helped rescue Russian Jews So other groups joined the Jewish settlers? from the pogroms and inscription into the Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the museum exists today â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to czarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s army. Everyone looked at America reinforce the experience of those first setas the golden mecca, and deHirsch bought tlers and the whole vision of a harmonious land for settlers in odd places here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; environment in what really was a melting North Dakota, South Dakota, and north- pot. It was that great migration when a lot of our great-grandparents came to America west Cape May County. for the same reasons: religious freedom, economic freedom, an opportunity to eduAnd once immigrants arrived?

They had to become farmers. DeHirsch cate children and build a good life. believed learning how to raise crops and cows and chickens was the way out of The museum has both traditional and nontheir oppressed status. Well, the proj- traditional elements. ect burgeoned. From 1891 to around We wanted a museum thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only a 1911, almost 2,000 people immigrated source of history in your own backyard, or migrated here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from Russia, Austria, but also a place where kids can learn Germany, Poland, or other places where about tolerance, something you have to theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d already settled in the United States. work on your entire life. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also the Italians and African-Americans came, too. official teaching center for the New Jersey Woodbine had cranberry bogs and beach Commission on Holocaust Education. plum farms and a few large egg farms, We invite Holocaust survivors to the as well as five dairies. Once the farms museum, and they meet with kids from began to take hold, they built factories the Woodbine Elementary School, talking

with them one-on-one in a kind of interactive history lesson. The kids line up for this experience; they find it amazing.

How do you decide upon material for exhibits?

We find many items here, tucked away in corners. We have a permanent exhibit, with a timeline history of Woodbine, and then we change exhibits frequently in another section. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an upcoming exhibit about 28 German and Austrian families, including Holocaust survivors, who came to Woodbine from other areas of the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wherever they could find sponsorship. The outgoing exhibit showed the history of a peddler who came to Woodbine in his horse-drawn wagon, married and then moved south to help found Wildwood.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re even involved in geneology.

Hundreds of people contact us each year trying to put together little pieces of the family history puzzle. Our archives are stored at the Philadelphia Jewish Archive at Temple Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library, and we have the official census from Woodbineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early years. Two years ago, we heard from two professors who were born in Woodbine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one is now 94 years old and lives in Portland, Ore., and the other teaches at a medical school in Seattle, Washington. They were both associated with the same medical school, but never knew the other had Woodbine roots. â&#x2013;

Send Carole Mattessich your suggestions for interesting subjects for our â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peopleâ&#x20AC;? column.

E-mail cmattessich@acweekly.com.

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With the expansion of the Academy Awards best picture to 10 slots this year, Invictus just might earn a nomination.

It is an enjoyable movie with an uplifting sports’ theme, and a more important theme about using a sporting obsession to heal the pain of a nation ripped apart for decades by the ugly stain of apartheid.

Eastwood and his cast present these two themes in a straightforward manner.

However, the film is so conventional, it feels like a fictional story. It is so obsessed with getting to the healing process, it barely remembers the horrific pain that brought on this urgent need for healInvictus HHHH Directed by Clint Eastwood; rated PG

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ing. And, to be frank, as an American who only knows a little bit about rugby, watching a sporting match when you don’t know the rules is a little bit frustrating. Yes, the game was just a backdrop for the more important story, but the rugby action does play a major role in feeling the warm glow of victory.

The story begins when Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years.

Several years later he becomes the president of South Africa, a joyous time for the South African majority and a confusing and uncomfortable time for the white minority. One of the last pleasures for that white community was their national rugby team, the Springboks.

Because the team was white, except for one player, and the team’s colors were green and yellow, the former colors of the national flag — and to the black population, the colors of apartheid — the team was despised by the black community. Mandela understood this, but he also saw that if he backed the team, and convinced all South Africans the team represented this newly forged nation moving beyond apartheid, it would help bring the two sides together.

Freeman is very good as Mandela and

Damon does a fine job as the captain of the rugby team, but as noted earlier, the film seems determined to show us the uplifting side of the post-apartheid era, and that just feels like a whitewash, pun intended.

Life Lessons An Education is also earning Oscar buzz, in particular for the performance of Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a 16-going-on17 teenager who hates her boring life in 1961 England. As a fan of the great kitchen-sink dramas and British coming-of-age films of the 1960s, I loved this throwback to that glorious time in British filmmaking. Mulligan is sensational as an exceedingly smart young woman who is obsessed with French

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For Jenny, a chance meeting with an older man who introduces her to life’s possibilities beyond her boring life, provides an instant shortcut to the sophisticated life she wants to achieve. The fact that her boyfriend David (Peter Sarsgaard) is a thief and a conman must be overlooked. He is charming enough to dazzle her parents, and that is worth more than the Oxford education she once aspired to achieve.

Naturally we suspect — and Jenny eventually learns — that David is actually a cad, providing a few life lessons she would rather have avoided, like heartbreak and disappointment. Youth, however, can bounce back from life’s darker side and that is just what Jenny does accomplish in this vibrant and understated little film directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig. n

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NCE AGAIN, GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS. Before answering your questions, let me take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very peaceful and happy holiday. These are special times when family and friends gather together to celebrate. And we will celebrate this Sunday, Dec. 20, from 4 to 8pm at Memories in Margate with our annual Christmas party and an open food buffet from Chickie’s & Pete’s and Barrel’s. Then we’ll be with you New Year’s Eve at the Trump Taj Mahal for our final Geator get-together of the year. For tickets and more info, check the schedule at geatorgold.net. Now let’s ask the Geator — but first, a Christmas trivia question.

About two years ago I ran into you in Atlantic City and asked you about a man from South Jersey who put out an album in the late ’60s. His name was B.B. Butterball. He started out the album with what would now be called rap.

Would you be so kind as to give me the name of the album?

P.S. My first contact with you was at the Dunes, when it was known as “Dunes until Dawn” — yes, they were wild days!

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I don’t know about South Jersey, but the Butterball that I knew was Joe Tamburro of WDAS, who goes by the name of Butter or Butterball. Or it may have been the original Butterball, a disc jockey in the early 1960s out of Baltimore who I believe was the inspiration for What rock group had a hit with their 1962 recording Butter’s nickname. Both of them put out several compiof “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”? a) The Drifters, lation soul albums. For more information, I suggest you b) The Four Seasons, c) The Marvelettes, d) The Crests? call Val Shively at R&B Records, 610-352-2320, or Bobby at Pat’s Music, 215-708-0444.

Answer at the end of the column.

Answer to Christmas trivia: b) The Four Seasons. Their Did you ever give a reason for not playing the Beatles durrecording of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” reached ing that time when everyone else was, except, of course, the — Charles No. 23 on the Billboard pop charts in 1962. ■ soul stations like WDAS? Yes. When the Beatles first appeared, their music to me was bubblegum. My thing has always been rhythm, soul, and harmony. The Beatles at that time did not possess that. But because they were so big, out of respect to my audience, I said one night, “I’m going to play something by the Beatles. They are not my cup of tea, but if you want me to keep playing them, I will.” I played “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

The phones lit up. The overwhelming reaction: “Don’t play that stuff! It’s not soul!” And that was the end of the Beatles for my show.

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museums/exhibits Absecon Lighthouse 31 S.Rhode Island Ave., A.C. Thursday to Monday, 11am-4pm.

Closed Tues. and Wed. Call 4491360. abseconlighthouse.org.

African-American Heritage Museum of Southern NJ Dr. MLK Center, 661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville. To Dec. 30: The Ralph Peterson Story. Tue.-Sat. 10am4pm. aahmsnj.org. Call 704-7262.

Atlantic Cape Community College Art Gallery, Building C, Room 125, 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing. To Dec. 17: paintings by Steve Kuzma. Gallery hours vary.

Call 343-5040 or visit atlantic.edu/ artgal/artgal.html.

Atlantic City Aquarium Gardner’s Basin, 800 N. New Hampshire Ave., A.C. Super Saturdays and weekends with live diver feeding show 11am and exotic animal show 2pm. Noon-3pm touch tank feeding time. Story time Tuesdays and Ferret Fridays, 11am both days. Open daily, 10am-5pm. ($7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 children) 348-2880. atlanticcityaquarium. com.

Atlantic City Historical Museum & Art Center Garden Pier, N.J. Ave. & The Boardwalk, A.C. Free. 347-5839 or acmuseum.org.

Atlantic Heritage Center 907 Shore Rd., Somers Point. Local Historical Museum. To Dec. 17: Spirit of Christmas Past, featuring traditional and Victorian crafts.

Hours Wed.-Sat. 10am-3:30pm. 9275218 or atlanticheritagecenternj.org.

Brownstone Puppet Theatre Village Greene, Historic Smithville, 615 E. Moss Mill Rd. An OldFashioned Teddy Bear’s Christmas, Sat. & Sun. through Dec. at noon, 2 and 4pm. Also Dec.24 and Dec. 28-30. $5. Museum open noon-4pm.

Free. 652-5750. brownstonepuppettheatre.com.

Carriage House Gallery 1048 Washington St., Cape May. Changing exhibits. 884-5404 or capemaymac.org.

Doo-Wop Museum Ocean Ave. near Burke, Wildwood.

Dedicated to the pop culture of the late ’50s and ’60s. 523-1958.

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, Great Creek Road, Oceanville. 43,000-acre coastal habitat reserve. Trails, bird-watching.

Headquarters 10am-3pm weekdays.

Trails open daily, sunrise to sunset.

Entrance fee. 652-1665.

Galloway Cultural Arts Center Atlantic County Library, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Rd., Galloway Twp.

204-8278 or gallowayculturalartscenter.org.

Lucy the Elephant 9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate. Hours Wed.-Fri 11am-4pm; Sat.-Sun. 10am-5pm. Closed Christmas. 8236473. lucytheelephant.org.

Marine Mammal Stranding Center Sealife Museum Marine Mammal Stranding Center, 3625 Brigantine Blvd., Brigantine.

Sat. 10am-3pm. Sun. 11am-3pm.

Call 266-0538. marinemammalstrandingcenter.org.

NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum 500 Forrestal Rd., Cape May Airport, Rio Grande. Admission $6 adults, $4 children ages 3-12. 9am4pm daily. 886-8787. usnasw.org.

Nature Center of Cape May 1600 Delaware Ave., Cape May. Tours, nature walks, educational programs. Tues.-Sat, 10am-3pm.

898-8848.

Noyes Museum 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville.

Exhibits: Frank Hyder: “Poems from a Threatned Eden” to Jan. 11.

“Weird New Jersey Photography Exhibition,” to Feb 28. “Realism Unbound: Contemporary Representational Art in NJ” to Feb. 14. Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4:30pm.

Sun. noon-5pm. 652-8848. noyesmuseum.org.

Noyes Museum Hammonton Gallery 5 S.Second St., Hammonton. Dec.Jan.: “National Small Works Exhibition,” paintings and sculpture. Hours Tue.-Thur. 11am-6pm, Fri.–Sat. 11am-7pm. Call 652-8006 or visit noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html.

Ocean City Arts Center 1735 Simpson Ave., Ocean City. Dec.: “With Love To Our Children,” artworks from area students. Mon.-Fri. 9am-9pm, Sat. 9am-4pm, Visit oceancityartscenter. org or call 399-7628.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum New York Ave. & Boardwalk, A.C. 11am-8pm. 347-2001. ripleys.com.

Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage 610 Washington Ave., Woodbine.

Displays about the culture and history in and around Woodbine.

Open Wed.-Fri. and Sunday, 10am4pm. 646-9400 or thesam.org.

SOMA New Art Gallery 31 Perry St., Cape May. Open Thurs.-Sun. 10am-5pm or by appointment. 898-7488. somagallery.net.

South Dennis Art Gallery 927 South Dennis Rd., Cape May Court House. Featuring works by Tina York. Hours 11am-6pm daily (closed Wed.). 231-8132.

SJ Railroad Museum 21 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Tuckahoe. Fri., 11am-3pm, Sat., 11am-4pm and Sun., noon-4pm. 628-2850 or 6415315. sjrails.net.

Wetlands Institute 1075 Stone Harbor Blvd., Stone Harbor. Ongoing: “Sex & Gluttony on the Delaware Bay.” Trails, observation tower. 368-1211. wetlandsinstitute.org.

WheatonArts Exhibit 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville.

Admission $10, $9 seniors, $7 students. Tues. to Sun. 10am-5pm. 1856-825-6800. wheatonarts.org.

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Hamilton Mall Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, 646-8326. Area’s largest shopping center with 140 stores, including Sears, Macy’s and JC Penney. shophamilton.com.

The Pier Shops at Caesars One Atlantic Ocean, off AC Boardwalk. High-end boutiques, shops and restaurants. thepiershopsatcaesars.com The Quarter Tropicana Casino Hotel, 2801 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City. More than 30 shops along with more than 20 restaurants and clubs. Visit Tropicana.net.

Villages & Wineries Balic Winery 6623 Rt. 40, Mays Landing, 6252166. balicwinery.com.

Batsto Village 4110 Nesco Rd., Hammonton, 5610024. batstovillage.org.

Cape May Winery & Vineyard 711 Town Bank Rd., Cape May. 8841169. capemaywinery.com Historic Cold Spring Village 720 Route 9, Cape May, Early American open-air living history museum. Closed for season except for special events. 898-2300. hcsv.org.

Historic Smithville & Village Greene Rt. 9, Smithville. To Jan. 3, Holiday Light Show. 748-6160. smithvillenj.com.

Renault Winery 72 N. Bremen Ave., Egg Harbor City. renaultwinery.com.

Tomasello Winery 225 White Horse Pike, Hammonton, 800-666-9463. tomasellowinery. com.

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646-4848, ext. 31 / e-mail: listings@acweekly.com

Thursday Dec. 17 Bay Atlantic Symphony - Lecture Series.

Margate Library, 8100 Atlantic Ave. Margate. In the last of a four-month series of encounters with great composers whose fascinating lives and personalities create great dinner conversation, meet one of the most famous composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Richard Strauss, who, in his 70s and 80s, faced a major crisis in his uneasy relationship with the Third Reich. Presented by Paul Somers. Free. 6:30-8pm. Call 822-4700 or visit bayatlanticsymphony.com.

Friday Dec. 18 Family Movie Night at The Eagle Theater The Eagle Theater, 208 Vine St., Hammonton. The Hammonton Mothers’ Club in partnership with the Eagle Theatre will feature the Warner Brothers holiday movie favorite The Polar Express. In the spirit of the movie, all children are invited to attend in their favorite pajamas, to bring their coziest blanket, sleeping bag or stuffed animal and snuggle

up with a warm cup of hot chocolate, popcorn and candy to watch the movie. Moviegoers will each get their own keepsake golden tickets that will be punched by the evening’s train conductor. $5. 7pm. Call 7040442 or visit theeagletheater.com

Saturday Dec. 19 Ocean City Holiday Carriage Rides City Hall, 9th & Asbury Ave. noon3pm. Free. Also, photos with Santa, Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk, noon-3pm, Call 399-1412 or visit ocnj.us.

Historic Dennisville Christmas House Tour Dennisville Post Office, 24 Hall Ave., Dennisville. One night a year, the residents of the Dennisville Historic District open their homes to tour-goers. Take a walking tour of these 18thand 19th-century historic homes and churches decorated in period holiday style. Tickets are $10 and are available beginning at 4:30pm the night of the tour only at the Dennisville Post Office. Houses open at 5pm. There are free refreshments and comfort stations at the Dennisville

Performing Arts (See Thursday Dec. 17 ‘CSI: Christmas Scene Investigators’ The Eagle Theater, 208 Vine St., Hammonton. Presented by students from St. Joseph’s High School, Hammonton. $10 general admission, $5 students and alumni. Call 704-5012 or visit theeagletheater.com.

Friday Dec. 18 Candlelight Reading - A Christmas Carol Ocean City Repertory Theater, 810 Asbury Ave., Ocean City. Become absorbed in Ocean City Repertory Theater’s 3rd annual staged reading of the time honored classic. Witness the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemption as professional actors and friends bring Charles Dickens’ timeless characters to life. After the performance join us for a dessert buffet and a delightful romp at the Fezziwig’s Ball. $10. 7pm. Call 2313263 or visit ocrep.org.

Friday Dec. 18 to Dec. 20 ‘A Christmas Wonderland,’ Ocean City’s Holiday Spectacular

United Methodist Church Social Hall and at the Dennis Volunteer Fire Company. A soup and sandwich supper begins at 4pm at the South Dennis Trinity UMC, $8 adults, $3.50 children under 12. Call 861-1338 or visit dennistwp.org.

Sunday Dec. 20 Sea Isle City - Brunch with Santa VFW Building, 301 JFK Blvd. Sea Isle City. Presented by the VFW and Sea Isle City Recreation. For children aged 10 and under. 11:30am-1;30pm. Call 263-0050 or visit seaislecitynj.us.

Monday Dec. 21 A.C. Free Public Library - Poetry Workshop Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City. Free poetry writing workshop for teenagers and adults. Veteran writer Raymond Tyler, whose work has appeared in local and national publications, will direct the workshop. Poets of all ability levels who are interested in improving or brushing up on their writing skills are welcome to participate. 5:30-7:30pm. Call 3452269, ext. 3112 or visit acfpl.org. n

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Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk, Ocean City. An enchanting cast of professional singers and dancers will present a high energy family–oriented, song and dance tribute to the holidays, directed and choreographed by Michael Hartman.

Through dazzling costumes, familiar songs, special guests, toetapping numbers and special effects, this extravaganza will kindle the holiday spirit in all of us as the magic of the season comes to life in a brand new musical journey through seasonal favorites. $12, $10 for children under 12. Fri.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm. Call 525-9300 or visit oceancitytheatrecompany.com.

Saturday Dec. 19 Ocean City Pops - ‘Joy to the World’ Ocean City Tabernacle , 5th & Wesley Ave., Ocean City. The Ocean City Pops annual orchestral and choral celebration of Christmas.

Maestro Bill Scheible will conduct and the Pops will be joined by the Heraldic Trumpets, glorious choirs, dazzling bells and musicologist Dr. Richard Stanislaw. $15.

8pm. Call 525-9300 or visit ocnj.us.

Sunday Dec. 27 The Voices of Asbury Asbury United Methodist Church, 1213 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City.

The theme for the concert is “It’s A New Season.” Choirs include the New Hope Adult Choir, St. James Gospel Choir, Hamilton Methodist Gospel, Anointed Praise from CWCW, the Praise Dancers and many more. Come out and receive a blessing. Love Donation. 3:30pm.

Wednesday Dec. 30 to Dec. 31 An Intimate Evening of Grand Parlor Magic Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank & Lafayette sts., Cape May. If you love the impossible, then don’t miss Cape May Stage’s spellbinding “Intimate Evening of Grand Parlor Magic” featuring magicians Michael Russell Walsh and Johnny Mass. Mass and Walsh will mystify minds with their unique blend of sleight of hand magic and comedy. $20. 8pm. Wed. 2pm. Thur.

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THE EAGLE THEATER

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The newly refurbished theater has been open for just six months and has already become one of the busiest venues in southern New Jersey

By Michael Pritchard

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OMETIME IN EARLY JUNE, the press releases started coming. The Eagle Theater in Hammonton was open for business and scheduling shows.

For many regional theaters, that might have been the first and last anyone ever heard of the venue save for an occasional community play here or there. But not the Eagle Theater.

The about 200-seat theater immediately started cranking out shows — lots of shows. There were musical performances, movie nights, plays by the theater’s in-house actors as well as traveling companies, lectures, readings. It went on an on. The Eagle became a busy place very quickly.

“We definitely have had the strategy of let’s throw everything against the wall and see what sticks,” says Rosaria Mineo, managing director for the theater. “It’s been a very eclectic lineup the last six months. But it has helped us realize what types of things will attract an audience.

There are definitely younger people in

ally done as in-kind donations,” Mineo says. “And we just had an army of volunteers to help.”

Still, there’s something about building something together that creates strong bonds. The theater already boasts its own home group of players, the 2nd and Vine Players, who perform a variety of shows.

Most recently they staged a reading of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and other holiday performances.

“A lot of us were volunteers in fixing the theater,” says Frank Mazza, director

“We’re open to everyone” of the group. “You know, we did a lot of grunt work. We did anything we could to help. That’s left us very connected with the theater. It’s a beautiful venue and a very professional venue. There really isn’t much of a line between our group and the people who run the place. We’re all one big family.”

In fact, the marriage of the acting troupe and the theater is leaving the 2nd and Vine Players with a lot of ambition.

“We’re talking right now about doing Sunday In the Park With George,” Mazza says. “And people are looking at us like we’re crazy. That’s a full-scale Stephen Sondheim musical, but we feel like we can do it.”

Like the theater itself, the group is already growing.

“We’re open to everyone,” Mazza says. “There’s a great deal of talent in Hammonton, but everybody is welcome.

Our goal is to entertain and educate about the arts and we want to reach out to everyone.”

Several other professional acting groups have also played the young theater. The Shaken Not Stirred Players (once a staple at the currently closed Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point), performed at the theater in October while the Riddlesbrood Touring Theater performed a Christmas show this month.

Mineo says the theater plans to make itself available to many regional groups.

“We are strictly a venue, but we consider ourselves multi-functional and we’re looking for all types of shows,” she says. “We’ll pursue any group that’s touring in the area. And through our emerging artist series — which we’d like to see become a monthly occurrence — we’re trying to bring in young music artists and give them a venue. We’re open to anything anytime. We just want it to be fun and exciting.”

So far that also includes movie presentations, long a sore spot for Hammonton residents. With no movie theaters in town, The Eagle has already staged The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween and will present a showing of The Polar Express Friday (Dec. 18) at 7pm.

The theater is even open to community events, book signings and more.

Through it all, the theater expects it will remain near and dear to Hammonton residents, but the fledgling venue has already begun to show signs of becoming a regional player.

“We definitely have people here in Hammonton who support everything we do and show up for everything,” Mineo says. “But lately we’ve been having more success with getting the word out and getting coverage. People are starting to know we’re here and now it’s not unusual for a couple from Ventnor, for example, to be at a show. People are starting to hear about us.” ■

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the area who appreciate the young musicians and songwriters we’ve brought in while seniors might be more interested in us bringing in a big band. Not everything we do, for example is family oriented, but then a lot of it is. Mixing it up lets us find the audiences that are out there.”

The Eagle also quickly developed a relationship with the Hammonton community that has to be the envy of any local theater.

“The one big advantage we’ve had is that we have tremendous support from the community,” Mineo says. “People want us here. There really has been a void in Hammonton for the arts and theaters. This is a welcome option for people who have always had to travel to Philly or Atlantic City to see shows. So we definitely have an advantage over just say popping up somewhere and hoping people will come.”

In fact, the refurbishment of the theater was seen as a major step in revitalizing Hammonton’s downtown area.

The theater itself was built in 1914 as a silent movie house, which it continued as until talking pictures took over the movie industry.

“We’re still trying to figure out some of the history ourselves,” says Mineo.

“But we are fairly certain that the theater was built for silent films only and there was no Vaudeville. We think what finally closed it was the advent of the talkies.”

The theater was converted into a church in the 1940s. Eventually it was converted again into a storage warehouse until it was finally slated for demolition in 2006.

But then the Hammonton Revitalization Corporation stepped in to save the theater. The group raised initially about $50,000 to refurbish the theater, which needed a new roof and a stage.

“A lot of the work was also actu-

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AUTO FOR SALE $500! HONDAS & TOYOTAS FROM $500!

Buy Police Impounds & Repos! Acuras, Nissans, Chevys & more from $500! For Listings 800-3660124 ext. L215 2000 PORCHE BOXSTER S Silver with black convertible top. Low milage and in Mint Condition. $17,500 OBO -609-335-4038 ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn up to $800/day?

Your own local candy route. Includes 25 Machines and Candy. All for $9,995. Call 1-800-460-4276 AUDI A6 2002 Fully loaded & excellent condition. Silver with leather package, 88K, asking $13,000 OBO. Andrew 609-929-6851 BUY POLICE IMPOUNDS! 01 Honda Civic! $500! 99 Toyota Corolla $450! 00 Nissan Maxima $300! Hondas, Chevys, Jeeps & More! For listings (800)426-9668 Ext 9483

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Display Ads: Call 646-4848 Ext 16. Deadline: Monday at 5pm. Email: classifieds@acweekly.com, Mail: AC Weekly Classifieds, Bayport One, 8025 Black Horse Pike, Suite 350, W. Atlantic City, NJ, 08232 ROOMMATE NEEDED

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

TOWNHOME-EHT Looking to Share. 3 bdrm, 2.5 ba., CA,W/ D, Garage. Mature Adult.

Good Refs. Quiet Neighbors.

Close to Shopping. $760/ mo+util. 609.780.7397

A BANK REPO! 4BR 2BA $18,900!AOnly $215/Mo! More homes from $199/Mo! 5% down 15 years at 8% apr for listings 1-800-385-4006 Ext.5640

CONDOS FOR SALE BRIGANTINECompletely Refurbished Lg bch blk condo near transp. 2BR, hrdwd flrs, pool. No money dwn to qual buyer. $175,000 Rent with option to buy. 973-907-4921 CONDOS FOR RENT AC BOARDWALK AT THE RITZ Furn Studios from $850, furn 1 bdrm from $1100, furn 2bdrms from $1500. Includes Utilities. Directly on boardwalk, 24 hour security. Contact Alex or David at 609-345-2062 or 609-214-7383

ATLANTIC CITY WEEKLY Real Estate Ad Deadline, Monday 5pm. Call Rogena (609)646-4848 ext. 28 BUY Foreclosures from $199/ mo! 4bd 2ba only $397/mo!

3bd 2baonly $199/mo! More Homes from $199/mo! 5% dn, 15yrs at 8% apr! for Listings 800-366-0142 ext. T252 FORECLOSURES! 4bd 2ba Home only only $27,900! Payments only $222/mo! 5%dn, 15yrs at 8%apr! For Listings 800-366-0142 ext. T254

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FORECLOSURE!! 3bd only $24,900! Payments only $199/ mo! More Homes Available!

5%dn, 15yrs at 8%apr! For Listings 800-366-0142 ext. T253 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE/RENT SMITHVILLE,NJ - 55+ FOUR SEASONS - Large MULBURY Model, handicap accessible, 2 sunrooms, premium lot. Near AC and shore. Owner financing 3 %. 609-748-2988, 609335-5124.

N/J REAL ESTATE FOR RENT MUST SEE TO BELIEVE! Charming efficiency unit with ocean views for $800 a month plus 1st months rent free! Located within The Historic Ritz Condominiums, direct Boardwalk Access, 24 hr security, Indoor heated pool, Jacuzzi, Saunas, 24hr gym. Contact Alex or Dave 609-345-2062 or 609-214-7383

WINTER RENTALS AC - BAY FRONT TOWNHOME Winter Rental. 2 story, 2br, $800 plus electric, Credit/ RefS. 609.602.1896 VENTNOR-New Beach Hse, 4br/ 3ba. Marble/hdwd flrs. 4 Porches. Waterview. Garage. $1300 Negotiable. 302-690-6595 GENERAL APARTMENTS A HUD HOME! 3BR 2BA $205/Mo! 5Bdrm only $318/ Mo! 5% down, 15 years at 8% For listings call 1-800-3854006 Ext 5557 STUDIO/EFFICIENCY AC STUDIO APT. $850 incl. util & parking. Near Trop 856-305-1508 OFFICE SPACE DELILAH ROAD* Office/Warehouse. Will divide. Desk space available. Call 609-646-0900

HOLIDAY SPECIALS Margate

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Beautiful builder’s model 4 Bedrm 2 1/2 bath home w/ upgrades galore including master suite w/ firpl, full bsmnt, famrm w/ firpl, etc. etc. spacious rooms thru-out w/ a huge back yard in an established neighborhood for $349,900

A rare find - A pet friendly SOUTHSIDE 2 Bedrm condo w/extra large deck & totally redone. Reduced to $244,000.

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Margate Duplex Spacious 1st floor unit w/ 2 Bedrms 2 Baths, large master suite, eat-in kit & formal diningrm, cent air - easily converted to 3 Bedrm; 2nd floor is 2 Bedrm, 1 Bath. For sale, asking $419,000

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to federal, state and local fair housing laws, which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race; color; religion; sex; disability; familial status; (presence of children); national origin; age (Pennsylvania and New Jersey); marital status or sexual orientation (Pennsylvania and New Jersey), or source of income (Philadelphia only) in the sale, rental, financing or insuring of housing. This paper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which violates these laws. The law requires that all dwellings advertised be available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rent, financing or insuring of housing or commercial property, call HUD at 1-888-799-2085.

COMING SOON!

Pictured are (l to r) Jeff Vassar, Gary Hill, Johh Schultz, Rich Helfant, Sandy Beach and reigning Miss’D America Andrea LaMour.

Cocktail Competition

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Back when the Miss America Pageant left town, it meant the end of another local event, the drag queen spoof of the pageant, the Miss’d America Pageant. This week it was announced that the Miss’d America Pageant will come roaring back to town Sunday, Jan. 31, with major sponsors and a high profile slot at Boardwalk Hall where the Miss America winner was crowned for so many decades.

The 2010 Grey Goose Vodka Miss’d America Pageant will be presented by Trump Entertainment Resorts, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., and the Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance in association with the Schultz-Hill Foundation.

The pageant, originally created as a fundraiser, is being written and directed by Robert “Sandy Beach” Hitchen as it has since its inception. The pageant will star drag queens strutting down the runway. Benefactors of this event include: The Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance, The Schultz-Hill Scholarship Foundation, The William Way Center of Philadelphia, Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS of New York City, and the South Jersey AIDS Alliance.

The pageant will be hosted by TV personality Carson Kressley of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. It will take place at Boardwalk Hall’s 2,800-seat Adrian Phillips Ballroom.

“I’ve been getting calls from all around the country about this event,” says Gary Hill, co-chairman of the Schultz-Hill Foundation along with event founder John Schultz. “What great publicity for the city.”

Special room packages will be available at all Trump Entertainment and Harrah’s Entertainment locations. Tickets are available at the Boardwalk Hall box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

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