Central Meet Near the Shore???
 

hey gang,
we are working on getting all the meets for the year sorted out and planend as far in advance as possible. the one struggle we keep coming across is finding a good place that is willing to work with us somewhere towards the shore.
we have plentyof good places in west-central, but it would be nice for the beach bums to have the short drive once in a while.
any suggestins?

our needs are pretty simple.
*secure parking lot
*prefer to be on a main road
*can seat a group of 30-50 together
*friendly for all ages

we have been mostly sticking to the family restaurant type places, most of which have some sort of bar in them.

if anyone has any ideas of places for us to go, please ge me the name, address, and contact info and i will follow up on it.

-Thanks

What qualifies as "Central?" How about Forked River/Manahawkin that area?

:werd: I know there are some nice places on the Manahawkin area (but havent been there since I lived there about 4 years ago) Also, I know there are is an Applebees in Wall that has a rather large parking lot, maybe try them

2007 Hwy. 35
Wall, NJ 07719
732.280.3676


Its minutes from Belmar/Spring Lake.

Precisely why I was wondering if that area is OK. We have a shorehouse in Forked River so I'm near there all the time in the summer and know the area fairly well.

Yeah, I dont know whats there at this point, but its an easy ride, and its like 10 mins from the beach.

There's a bunch of good places there. Have you been to Sweet Jenny's? They have a fairly large parking lot, bunch of tables. They have cruise nights some friday's during the summer too. Great food, fair prices for the food, good service. Family atmosphere. I was thinking there but lots of other places are good around the area as well.

sounds like you have some good ideas. get me that contact info and i will see whhihc places are interested in hosting us

Isnt there a Friday's in Manahawkin...I think there is an Applebees right next to there too...There is a pretty good parking lot there too.

Sweet Jenn'ys
107 S Main Street
Barnegat, NJ 08005
Phone: (609) 698-2228
Fax: (609) 698-7107

Applebee's
205 Rte 72 W, Manahawkin, NJ 08050-2813
Tel: (609) 978-0900

Friday's
601 Washington Avenue
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
609 489 0950
609 489 0953 (FAX)

Allaire State Park in Wall.

no bar, no food, but plenty of parking :mrgreen:
15 minuutes from my house though

I didn't see the restaurant part. :)

I was thinking summer & outside. I saw "friendly for all ages" and I thought about the train - my kids love it. They have a whole secluded side lot as you pull in too. We could BBQ. I'm not sure booze is allowed. But we could live w/o it. Might make a cool cruise spot one day.

*Mulligans in Wall/Farmingdale, right off 195 - I think it is on CR524. Behind Wall Stadium, kind of. I haven;t been there in many years though, I'd have to go scout it out.
*Maybe the Circus Drive-In in Wall - they used to have a weekly cruise night back in the day. No booze, great grease.
*Beacon Street in Neptune on 66 - they have lots of cruises there - one is listed on this site for 6/21.
*Chilis in Eatontown - Monmouth Mall. Seperate from the mall, s/b lots of parking - Right off the GSP/35/36

Too bad Kelly's in Neptune has no parking - the downstairs room would be perfect.

Hey Timmay, what time of the year? That could be a primary influence (traffic, availablility, etc.).

if it's a saturday im' down

Beacon Street....Rt 66 Neptune....Near the Seaview Square Mall

Beacon St. Isnt bad.
I guess I could get together with Al and we could figure something out.

We tried Becon years ago...they want too much crap for us to show up, and we have all this stuff...wouldnt be a fun meet.

DUKE ISLAND PARK!!!

Hmmm...I dont know where any of these places are except for Barnegat and
Manahawkin. They are off the Parkway.

so find us someplace in AC.

They are going say it's not central

AC's not central

:-D

AC is an area that you can either deal with a place that is a complete dump or put up a fortune in deposit and then pay more if you don't get the 50 head minimum that any of hte good places require. maybe after my lottery investment package pays off, but for now AC is a complete no go.

these ideas are being looked at for april and october. the july meet is already taken care of, we will be at duke island park(jsut waiting for the permit to show up in the mail :) )

there are a few places in west-central that we cna get into no problem. jsut trying to spread it out more and include the beach bums in the fun for once :p

*Total Beach Bum here* ;) I would never hold a meet in AC...unless I held it at my house. LOL. It's either ghetto or a casino down here. No parking.
Barnegat or Manahawkin sound good to me :)

Alrighty, have a total change of place for you, which is still in central and there are a few reasons for this suggested change.

I think your absolute best bet which can fit as many cars as you can dream, and still have the food and places to dine and eat at is in Toms River.

If you are thinking Applebees, I say the Ocean County Mall on Hooper Ave.
The Address is
1201 Hooper Ave #1094
Toms River ( if you need their number to let them know we are bombing them, then it is 732-505-9090. )

You have the space of a Well lit parking lot ( the mall, duh ) and it is moments from route 37, and the Parkway. ( For all that are not familiar with it, this is exit 82 eastbound from the parkway, and then a left onto Hooper.) The reason for this change is rather interesting in my eyes. Route 37 is highly known for all the other cars to come out...Muscle/American ...as well as Import. Rte 37 is a good place to just ride around ( pacing the road ) to see other cars, like a miniature car show. I think it would be a fun thing to bring our group to this part of Central Jersey because it is also moments from Seaside Heights, which has a little board walk, and a place to relax. Again, this is not a hard place to find, and you would have all the room and then some for as many F-Bodies that we can pull out of the woodwork and then some.

Just a place to think about and see if this sparks an interest. If you need more information about the locations ( or other places to eat...because there are quite a few ), drop me a message and I will tell ya more. That and if all else fails.. White Castle is up there too.. haha! :mrgreen:

- Problems -

Ehh...Applebee's in the mall? The lot is always crowded, lots of cars, and either full of TR high schoolers or old people, neither of which can drive worth a damn.
There is a place that took over the Fuds on 37...maybe we could give that a try.