Asbury Park New Jersey - Visitor Information

Asbury Park, once a world class beach resort, is back with renewed energy and has now become a must visit destination for Jersey Shore fans.

Once the regarded as the "Queen of the Jersey Shore", or the "City by the Sea" during its heyday in the early half of the 20th century.

This is a city that has gotten the attention of Bruce Springsteen followers, indie music and concert lovers, restaurant enthusiasts, beach goers, local and national artists, developers, and of course visitors.

This resurgence can be largely credited with the gay community discovering all the potential, glamour, and excitement that this city has to offer. They have bought old homes and rebuilt them with charm, opened restaurants, and soon this was immediately noticed by the land and building developers as the newest, fastest growing, and most exciting shore resort in New Jersey.

Convention Hall is the North Jersey shores only major concert venue having hosted world class performers like the Rolling Stones, the Dave Clark Five, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, the Doors, and of course Bruce Springsteen, who still performs there and sometimes shows up at performances un announced.

Asbury Park is also regarded as the birthplace of Jersey shore music with performers like Bruce Spingsteen, South Side Johnny and the Amboy Dukes, and many more making their appearances at the famed Stone Pony.

By the time Bruce Springsteen became an international rock n' roll star in the late 1970's, Asbury Park was considered a rock mecca along with Memphis, Detroit, and Liverpool.

Home to the one-time Palace Amusement Center and Tillie the Clown, the city's pop-culture icon that will soon resurface and the city's ambitious redevelopment effort comes to completion.

Places to Stay

Asbury Ocean Beach Inn
A charming 4 room B & B restored Victorian home conveniently located within walking distance to the beach, boardwalk, and downtown Asbury Park restaurants, galleries and shops.

Berkely Ocean Front Hotel
This is a historic Asbury Park boutique hotel with a prime location across from the beach and the Convention Hall. The 238-roomhotel recently underwent a renovation.

Popular Asbury Park Restaurants

Langosta Lounge - A popular place with the 20 + to 40+ crowd who come to enjoy a lively bar, good music, and reasonably priced food with a beach front setting and ocean views.

Moonstruck- Located in an elegant Victorian setting, the serve excellent, eclectic food.

Stella Marina - A two level restaurant with awesome ocean front views, very good food, and a vibrant bar scene.

Trinity and the Pope - A New Orleans inspired Cajun-Creole restaurant with influences of French and coastal New Jersey cooking.

Today Cookman Avenue is the hub of activity away from the boardwalk with development of new lofts & apartments that house specialty shops and restaurants.

The boardwalk has undergone an excessive makeover with new clubs, restaurants, and amusements taking hold.

And of course, when visiting in the warmer summer months, check out the beach, it is clean and safe. If you are one of the hardy, you can always join in on the Sons of Ireland, Polar Bear Plunge, on New Year's Day meeting at the Asbury Park Convention Center, 1 pm to benefit charities.