Why limit yourself to one restaurant
when you can sample several of
the best? The Sip & Savor listing
in the Events section of this guide
includes more than 30 tasting
events, restaurant dining programs
and food festivals.
Fantastic food events continue
throughout the year. Swoon
over March’s Chocolate Lover’s
Weekend in Ocean Grove. Shuttle
across Belmar to sample more than
35 restaurants offering different
cuisines and dining options on the
Belmar Restaurant Tour in March.
Look for restaurant tours in Asbury
Park, Atlantic Highlands and
Highlands.
Bring your
The renowned annual New Jersey Seafood Festival in May draws
more than 150,000 hungry seafood lovers to Belmar’s Silver Lake
Park for food, wine and beer plus entertainment, crafters and fun for
the kids. Celebrating its 33rd year in 2019, it’s a whale of a weekend.
Belmar celebrates the Feast of San Gennaro with an Italian-themed
street fair in September and a Fall Festival, where the pets parading
in costume are the stars of the show.
Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport hosts a full card of foodie
fun: the Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival over Memorial Day
weekend, Surf & Turf Seafood Fest in July, Italian and Cajun Festivals
in August, BBQ & Craft Beer Fest over Labor Day weekend, and
Trucktoberfest in September.
Red Bank restaurants serve up a bevy of culinary events each
year, including the International Festival in April and the Guinness
Oyster Festival in September. Visit www.RedBank.org for up-todate
information on food festivals and events in Red Bank. Not to
be missed are Highlands’ Clamfest in August and Oktoberfest in
October, and Asbury Park’s Oysterfest in September. Food lovers
have plenty of mouth-watering choices!
FABULOUS
FOOD
EVENTS
Appetite!
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