In town for the sales and looking for someplace new and different to eat, shop or visit? Let the TDN help! Following up on our popular Best Bets on the Jersey Shore series during Breeders' Cup week, TDN subscribers now regularly recommend dining and shopping options to our out-of-town readers.

STELLA MARINA (Jersey Shore, NJ - Dining)

800 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712
Phone: (732) 775-7776
Web: www.stellamarinarestaurant.com
Type: Classic Italian cuisine; breath taking views

Sally Tee's in Monmouth Beach is a racetracker favorite with good food and a marina view. My wife and I live in Asbury Park, which has a nice boardwalk, legendary music venues (Stone Pony and AP Convention Hall) and excellent restaurants like Moonstruck, Stella Marina and Ole'. Sunday nights at Donavan's Reef in Sea Bright is a racetrack hangout with live music on the sea wall, cheap drinks and lots of fun. If you cash some tickets you can celebrate with a lobster at Doris and Ed's (Highlands). If you don't, there is good pizza at Zachary's (Oceanport Ave. across from Monmouth Park) or Pete and Elda's in Neptune.

-- BEN PERKINS, TRAINER

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