Point Pleasant, on the New Jersey shore, offers beach enthusiasts miles of sand to comb for shells or to stretch out and soak up the sun. The Atlantic Ocean provides waves to surf, swim and boogie board while the Point Pleasant boardwalk is a destination for families looking to play games, ride rides, shop and dine. The borough offers a variety of seafood restaurants.
Jack Baker's Wharfside offers daily lunch and dinner, specializing in seafood such as rum-glazed salmon, flounder pomodora, pan-seared tuna steak, baked mahi mahi and potato-encrusted tilapia. In warm weather, diners may enjoy outside seating with a water view. Start off your meal with oysters Rockefeller, clams casino, jumbo shrimp cocktail, blackened tuna bites or mussels. For non-seafood enthusiasts, Jack Baker's offers options such as filet mignon, baby back ribs, apricot chicken and New York strip steak. Seafood combinations and surf and turf plates are available. Salads, burgers and sandwiches round out the menu. For dessert, try blueberry cobbler, rice pudding, apple crisp or brownie a la mode. Daily lunch specials and early bird dinners are available. Jack Baker's offers a full bar and a patio for live entertainment and dancing. Casual attire.
Jack Baker's Wharfside
101 Channel Drive
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-892-9100
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Enjoy a seafood meal in a tropical, tiki bar setting at Martell's Sea Breeze, open for daily lunch and dinner. Start off with an appetizer (crab cake, shrimp cocktail, steamed clams, shrimp tempura, Malibu coconut shrimp), salad or soup (shrimp bisque, clam chowder). Seafood entrees include Atlantic grouper, mandarin salmon, seafood jambalaya, crab legs, lobster tail, ahi tuna and crab-crusted halibut. Martell's also offers chicken, steak and vegetable entrees. The restaurant's lunch menu features sandwiches, burgers, wraps and seafood platters such as fish and chips, shrimp and clams, seafood scampi, and a sushi bar. Martell's offers a full bar of wine, beer and cocktails, plus specialty tropical drinks such as the pink hibiscus, banana monkey, blue moon margarita and vanilla nut martini. Casual attire.
Martell's Sea Breeze
Boardwalk
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-892-0131
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During Point Pleasant's summer season (March through October), the Shrimp Box serves lunch and dinner every day of the week. Begin with an appetizer such as buffalo shrimp, shrimp scampi, mussels, sauteed crab cake or calamari. Seafood entrees include fried coconut shrimp, broiled garlic shrimp, broiled stuffed tilapia and fried scallops. The Shrimp Box also serves soups (lobster bisque, clam chowder), burgers, steak and pasta. The restaurant's lunch menu offers a choice of sandwiches, such as fried flounder, shrimp salad and fried soft shell crab, plus salads. Diners may be interested in the early bird special dinners, which include full multi-course meals featuring entrees such as broiled shrimp, shrimp parmigiana, stuffed tilapia, fried fresh clam strips and tilapia Portuguese. The Shrimp Box does not serve alcohol; casual attire.
The Shrimp Box
75 Inlet Drive
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-1637
theshrimpbox.com
