Downtown Ocean City, New Jersey ... 1st Restaurant Recommendation of 2009
"Jon & Patty's Coffee Bar & Bistro ... 637 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey (609-399-3377)
Any new discovery in Ocean City is always exciting, but the discovery of a great eating establishment is much more than that ... it means there is another place to go in a very limited assortment of places particularly in the off-season. First of all, I must give credit to my bro, Sam, who has been trying to get me down there for some time. Well, I made it down for a cup of coffee about 6:45 AM the other morning. There's a regular group of mostly men who talk about anything and everything in the right way ... a good bit of it, but not all, is sports in season. The recent Sunday football games were the topic when I was there. It would now be the coming Super Bowl. But baseball trades ... the Phillies, and college basketball would also be in-topics.
Personally, I enjoyed the relaxed athmosphere where everyone just did their own thing. It was a great introduction because Sam bought me my coffee ... two cups ... plus a great breakfast sandwich on a toasted bagel. There is an interesting breakfast menu with breakfast burrittos, breakfast sandwiches, three or four kinds of "French Toast." Although I haven't had it yet, the "Monte Cristo" looks like my next choice for the morning.
The lunch menu looks just as inviting, and Sam told me he had probably eaten, at some point, every item on the menu. I'm not going to go into menu details for this review ... but today, I stopped on my way back to the office deciding to pick up a sandwich. The pot roast sandwich with brie served on a kaiser roll made me a true believer. It also worked for the rest of the people in the office who watched and smelled the aroma as I ate it. Take-out certainly works, but plan to eat in and enjoy the regulars.
My pending decision relates to whether I want to eat breakfast or lunch at "Jon & Patty's ... I'm thinking of arriving at some point when I might be able to choose either the breakfast or the lunch choice. They also have excellent soups (according to my boss, Craig French) who suggested the white bean. Actually, the noodle looked good too when I was there. They also have "lunch specials" which you can read upon arrival.
I mentioned the location to my wife, Leslie, but I now know that I must get her down there before she discovers it herself. I need all the "credit points" I can get. This is a breakfast and lunch location ... it also carries a load of newspapers including my favorite Friday and Saturday Wall Street Journal which always carried the excellent wine column in the Friday issue ... but it has switched to the Saturday issue. Now I buy both copies because I like the other articles in the Friday issue.
Let's wrap up this posting by saying that "Jon & Patty's Coffee Bar & Bistro" gets my highest rating ... Delicious. Get there before the off-season is over, tell them you read about them in my Beach Notes Blog ... that may not get you anything, but they will think you are a "regular." Dap
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