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Your Ocean City Memorial Day Weekend Guide
🎡 Ocean City, NJ's only weekly newsletter
Kyle Scott
May 24, 2024
It is MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
After the long, cold, very wet slog of winter, the unofficial start of summer hath arrived, and we are in for some pretty, prettttttty good weather.
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Some possible thunderstorms around the time this hits your inbox and perhaps again late day Saturday, but other than that, low 70s, mostly sunny.
Let’s get right to it.
In the email today:
📆 Upcoming Events in (and around) Ocean City
Friday, May 24
👨💼 Unlocking of the Ocean Business Persons Plunge | Moorlyn Terrace Street Beach | 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 25
Sunday, May 26
🍓 Strawberry Festival (Stone Harbor) | St. Mary’s Parish Hall (95th Street and 3rd Avenue) | Strawberry desserts and ice cream from Springer’s from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, May 27
Memorial Day Parade (Somers Point) | Throughout Somers Point | Details here
🇺🇸 Memorial Day Service | Veterans Memorial Park | 11:00 a.m.
📴 National Moment of Remembrance | Everywhere in America | Congress asks that every American stop what they’re doing at 3:00 p.m. to pause for a one-minute moment of remembrance
You can see the full list of events in all nearby Shore towns with the following links: Ocean City | Sea Isle | Margate | Avalon | Stone Harbor | Somers Point | Wildwood | Cape May | Ventnor
Also note the Ocean City Library has many events for adults and kids alike on their calendar, which can be viewed here.
🦀 Free Crab Fries and Farley Rest Stop Party Today
Two big things going on during your trip down today.
Chickie’s and Pete’s will continue its annual tradition of picking up the Farley toll on the Atlantic City Expressway from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m today.
That’s great and all, but if I’m still on the AC Expressway at 4:00 p.m. and not sipping an ice cold Surfside eating a fresh slice of Manco’s while watching Action News tell us its Memorial Day Weekend at that hour… well, I just might be homicidal.
Leave a little earlier and you’ll be able to pick up free crab fries at the Farley Rest Stop from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., along with a host of other vendors during that time.
There will be an outdoor celebration with complimentary food and drink from:
• Hershey's Ice Cream
• Mars
• Carlo's Bakery
• Applegreen
• Monster Energy Drink
The celebration will also include:
• The Funny Farm rescue sanctuary
• Dalmatian puppies for puppy meet and greets
• New Jersey State Police K9 dog team
• Atlantic City International Airport Fire and Rescue Equipment
• Dozens of other organizations, vendors, artists, and exhibitors
Prepare yourself for the Boardwalk this summer by running the 6-man weave of crab fries, ice cream, candy, desserts, fast food, and a sugary energy drink this afternoon!
🎤 Bob Kelly In Town Today
Jammo on 34th Street!
Bob Kelly will be in town as this email goes out, on Friday morning from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the new Sandcastle Putt Club on 34th Street, which we’ve told you all about.
Not much more to add here, but people on Facebook are already complaining about the $14 mini golf tickets. Uh, $14? That’s not bad. Have you bought a pizza lately?
🍕 Bakeria 1010 Soft Opens
Speaking of expensive pizza, Mike Fitzick, aka Pizza Jew, is re-locating his old Linwood Bakeria 1010 to 955 Asbury Ave. and is now open for business.
Fitzick has bounced all over the place, including a very short-lived stint at Express Pizza in the Gardens last summer.
His Island Square was very good (7.5 out of 10), but prohibitively expensive early on. Square pies will top out at $38 at Bakeria.
Still, try this I shall:
🦀 Obadiah’s Hard Opens
So I’m just going to be honest here: I had no idea Obadiah’s Seafood Market reopened last year.
Perhaps that’s because they never held their grand re-opening, which they did last week.
Obadiah’s Seafood Market is owned by the Blue Dog Hospitality Group, backed by Tim Fox, which purchased other favorite spots like Yesterdays and Deauville Inn, both of which have reopened to great success.
From OC Sentinel:
Captain Obadiah’s is the latest of the four properties to get a face-lift and likely will be followed next year by Sketties, which has been closed for several years. Brenna said they are planning to stick with the Italian theme that is “fun for the whole family.”
The seafood market staff prides itself on helping would-be chefs prepare a successful meal for the family. Captain Obadiah’s recipes are hanging on the front wall, allowing patrons to get the fresh fish from the raw case and other ingredients from the dry goods section before heading home for a culinary adventure.
“We’ve been working on this venue for about a year. We did a lot of improvements, dialed in the menu a little bit. We are reinventing what we’re doing here,” Blue Dog Vice President Adam Modder said.
🥖 Patroni’s Is Opening Soon
Speaking of running it back… the former Voltaco’s building, which just sold a few weeks ago, already has a sign for the new spot we told you about last week.
It’s not open yet (we don’t believe) as they are aiming for a mid-June open. Stay tuned for a deep dive review.
🏝️ Sand House Isn’t Ready To Reopen
Well this is going to disrupt my summer. Sand House is one of my favorite spots, given its Gardens proximity. But it is not ready to reopen.
I spoke to the owner and he said that following the project to raise the building this winter (which we told you about in February), they discovered that the building was “basically rotted and has to go through engineer, city approvals, etc to continue the job.”
“We should be back on track for mid summer reopening.”
The project was aimed to be completed by April 1.
But their other restaurant, Dockside Kitchen, looks like it’s ripping and ready to go:
🛟 List of Guarded Beaches This Weekend
From Saturday, May 25, 2024 through Friday, May 31, 2024, the following beaches will be guarded:
St. Charles Place
Brighton Place
8th Street
9th Street
10th Street
11th Street
12th Street
26th Street
34th Street
58th Street
🔗 News Links
🌊 Tides
Friday, May 24, 2024:
Low Tide: 3:41 AM
High Tide: 9:29 AM
Low Tide: 3:32 PM
High Tide: 9:45 PM
Saturday, May 25, 2024:
Low Tide: 4:23 AM
High Tide: 10:10 AM
Low Tide: 4:12 PM
High Tide: 10:26 PM
Sunday, May 26, 2024:
Low Tide: 5:05 AM
High Tide: 10:57 AM
Low Tide: 4:53 PM
High Tide: 11:13 PM
Monday, May 27, 2024:
Low Tide: 5:48 AM
High Tide: 11:50 AM
Low Tide: 5:40 PM
Tuesday, May 28, 2024:
High Tide: 12:06 AM
Low Tide: 6:37 AM
High Tide: 12:47 PM
Low Tide: 6:37 PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024:
High Tide: 1:03 AM
Low Tide: 7:32 AM
High Tide: 1:45 PM
Low Tide: 7:47 PM
Thursday, May 30, 2024:
High Tide: 2:00 AM
Low Tide: 8:30 AM
High Tide: 2:43 PM
Low Tide: 8:50 PM
📊 Poll
What is the first thing you seek out on Memorial Day Weekend?Choose one, and put the name of the restaurant on the next page: |
Thanks! Enjoy the weekend.
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