This is what Bradley Beach does on summer Saturdays in downtown Riley Park: music. Blogfinger photo. 2022. Click once to read the program.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net
11/23/22
While OG is being held back by the Camp Meeting and Neptune Township, Bradley Beach is leaving the Grove in the dust with fine restaurants (Thai, Italian, real pizza, diner food, Mexican, year round ice cream, Italian bakery, coffee shops with parking, Colombian food, sushi, and a steak house) as well as new shops downtown, and plans for more residential units on Memorial Drive and downtown.
Right next to the fine new “eeholland sundries” bakery is “The Stockroom.” It is a very special men’s shop owned by professionals who own a large store in New York City where they are the official tailors for the NY Yankees.
This outlet shop has lots of smart clothes at 70% off. And they will design custom clothes for you. 122-124 Main St. They are only open Fri, Sat and Sun from 10-5. Go for a bread next door and then get a suit, a hat, a shirt, a sport jacket etc. Another example of what sets BB apart from the “stuck-in-the mud” Ocean Grove.—Don’t forget, OG let April Cornell leave—– kind of a drag.
At night in the summer Bradley Beach downtown is like a celebration, often with live music. And their movie house will soon reopen. The vibe there is alive and welcoming.
Their town government makes sure that the residents come first, and they have no large events in June, July, August or September leaving their town to the locals.
And despite at least 5 churches, religious events are kept private.
CONNIE EVINGSON
THE BUCKINGHAMS; “Kind of a Drag.”
You miss the whole point of the history of Ocean Grove. You are comparing two completely different towns.