In typically low key about good news in AP fashion...
And why no mention of the surveillance cameras?
"Boardwalk plans unveiled in Asbury Park
BY NANCY SHIELDS COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU JANUARY 14, 2008
ASBURY PARK Madison Marquette, the retail mover and shaker on the Asbury Park
waterfront, unveiled its immediate plans for the boardwalk for this summer,
including
several upscale restaurants to be located in the oceanfront pavilions.
Restaurateur and musician Tim McCloone, who owns restaurants in Sea Bright and
Pier
Village in Long Branch, will take over the first and second floors of the
former Howard
Johnson's restaurant in the Fifth Avenue pavilion. He will take over the Salt
Water Beach
Cafe on the first floor and also open up a supper club on the second floor.
An Italian restaurant, to be operated by the owners of Serena, also in Pier
Village in Long
Branch, is planned for the First Avenue pavilion.
The new restaurants are to be open for the summer, said Gary Mottola, president
of
investments for Madison Marquette.
"It's a major effort, it's a substantial effort and needs to happen
immediately,'' Mottola
said.
Other city restaurants, including Taka and Market in the Middle, plan to open
additional
eateries in the boardwalk zone.
Mottola also said the Wonder Bar on Ocean Avenue is expected to reopen by May,
and
Madison Marquette plans to open a beach club for families. In addition, Mottola
also said
improvements to the Paramount Theater and Convention Hall will be completed by
summer.
Many of the plans will require city approval.
"We have plans to completely revitalize the boardwalk by summer,'' Mottola
said."
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