National recommendations - AC

[Snapolit1]

One person's take if you are unfamiliar with the area. Take with a grain of salt (or pepper). All of these would be a short taxi ride from most hotels. If you are at a major hotel, don't think of moving your car. Just take a taxi or Uber. Not worth the aggravation of parking and navigating the city. Everything is like a $7 taxi ride away.

Best breakfast: The Gilchrist Restaurant. Go to the one on the water in the Garners' Basin area of AC. Cool spot on a canal. Eat breakfast outside on the water before a long day inside. Also one at the Tropicana. Never been. One outside is cool. Place across the street sells potent drinks you can carry into restaurant.

Best restaurant: Cafe 2825. Hard to get reservations. Call a week in advance and not a minute earlier. Call after 1 pm. I think it's the best Italian restaurant east of Rome. Awesome place and very popular. Runner up Cafe Vola. Food here is really insanely good.

Best sandwich place on the planet: White House Sub Shop. Massive sandwiches.

Classy place to bring the wife if you are trying to smooth things over and give her a good Jersey time: Mataranos at Harrah. Solid Italian. Classy place.

Old school no frills Italian Jersey style: Angelo's Fairmont Tavern. Cool joint.

Really cool place for those wanting the old AC Boardwalk Empire vibe: Knife and Fork Inn. Very cool old place. Lot of history. And food is really good.

Cool cheap Irish bar with a ton of history: Irish Pub.

Fun place for tropical drinks: Cuba Libre (Tropicana)

Best expensive steak place: The Palm (Tropicana)

Best casino and poker room: Borgata

Runner up best casinos: Ocean, Hard Rock, Golden Nugget

Classy bar to take the wife: Borgata (Gypsy bar)

Classy bar to find a new girlfriend: Borgata (Gypsy bar)

Best sports book: Ocean Resort

Cool place to drink beers outside: Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall

Best strip club: forget it. Strip clubs in AC a bit too edgy and unpredictable for my tastes. Wait to you get home.

Just one person's opinion . . . . .

[wondo]

Gotta throw White House Subs in there

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by wondo

Gotta throw White House Subs in there

major oversight. will correct!

[tschock]

Originally Posted by wondo

Gotta throw White House Subs in there

Definitely! Already planning on it.
Get the large and eat it over the course of a couple days. LOL
FWIW, only about 10 minutes walk from the convention center.

[judsonhamlin]

Tony’s Baltimore Grill for pizza. Irish Pub open 24/7 and food decent and fairly cheap.

[nineunder71]

My National recommendation is to skip AC completely

The place is a complete Ghetto! I spent six months there after Sandy and hated every minute.

To each there own, good luck all

[Steve_NY]

Great recommendations -- Cafe 2825 is amazing as is the Palm and Knife and Fork Inn and White House subs.

Input on how to do fine in AC -- NEVER go more than 2 blocks from the Boardwalk. That's where AC becomes sleezy. Even in daylight, do NOT walk past that 2 block radius unless you drive there.

Follow that rule and you will enjoy AC every visit, and never get mugged.

Steve_NY

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by wondo

Gotta throw White House Subs in there

100% True. Best bread, best meats, just freakin awesome.

[Lucas00]

Commenting for ease of access, thanks for the recommendations.

[Seven]

Thanks for the recommendations Steve. Just need to compile my list of recommended dealers at the show and then we'll be good to go!

[Jewish-collector]

Let's say your wife comes with you to AC and does other stuff while you're at the show. Which place is good to take the wife one evening to tell her you spent all of the family savings on vintage baseball cards ?

[drcy]

From your title, I thought you were recommending air conditioning

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by drcy

From your title, I thought you were recommending air conditioning

I always recommend air conditioning. don’t understand people who don’t like it.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

Let's say your wife comes with you to AC and does other stuff while you're at the show. Which place is good to take the wife one evening to tell her you spent all of the family savings on vintage baseball cards ?

I may need to find this place too

[rjackson44]

ill be at my beach house half hour away ,,long beach island ..bringing my own food when i leave ill eat on the island .overpriced rooms over priced food .horrible area at night ,,bring your pitbull

[uyu906]

Any recommended beaches in the area that are free and accessible to the public that have lifeguards?

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by uyu906

Any recommended beaches in the area that are free and accessible to the public that have lifeguards?

Assume atlantic city beach has lifeguards. there is also a beach community called Brigatine about a 20 min drive away that I have never been to but heard good things about. Long beach island is like 50 minutes in the summer and has great beaches.

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Assume atlantic city beach has lifeguards. there is also a beach community called Brigatine about a 20 min drive away that I have never been to but heard good things about. Long beach island is like 50 minutes in the summer and has great beaches.

Brigantine is very nice but I honestly don’t remember ever seeing a lifeguard. Maybe somewhere but I honestly can’t picture one.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Assume atlantic city beach has lifeguards. there is also a beach community called Brigatine about a 20 min drive away that I have never been to but heard good things about. Long beach island is like 50 minutes in the summer and has great beaches.

Brigantine is great and puppy friendly!