The bustling downtown, centered on Cookman
Avenue and bordered by Lake, Bangs and Mattison
Avenues, mixes Zagat®-rated restaurants and lively
clubs with an eclectic mix of art galleries, antique
emporiums and retail shops. Visit an interactive glass
blowing studio on a rainy day. A cultural Main Street
offers restaurants with Spanish flair, microbreweries
with tasting rooms and a distillery.
Asbury Park hosts an active gay community and is
a hotbed of creativity, with a thriving grassroots arts
scene, cutting-edge art galleries and an indie movie
theater on Cookman Avenue.
Legendary is a label that should be used sparingly,
but with music venues including The Stone Pony, The
Wonder Bar, the Paramount Theatre and Convention
Hall, long associated with Jersey Shore icons Bruce
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