From NJ.com:
If there’s one food in dire need of a public relations campaign, it’s boardwalk food. It gets no respect, and maybe it shouldn’t. Underwhelming and overpriced, boardwalk food caters to — takes advantage of? — a captive audience.
But there is good, even great, boardwalk food out there, if you know where to look. In 2018, I spent six days walking the six major boardwalks — Asbury Park, Point Pleasant Beach, Seaside, Atlantic City, Ocean City and Wildwood — most of the journey in a blistering heat wave. I stopped at 77 restaurants/stands, sampling close to 150 items, everything from fried pickles with sexy sauce to Seagull Droppings (ice cream, and no seagulls were involved).
In 2019, I hit the boards again, visiting 31 previously-unvisited places, sampling an additional 48 Items. There was major upheaval in the rankings. with seven spots dropping off the list, and a new number one. Several places — Johnny’s Pork Roll and Hoagitos, both in Asbury Park — dropped off the list because they are no longer on the boardwalk.
In 2022, I visited 20 more places (many were boardwalk newcomers), sampling 35 items. Six spots made it into the rankings, the highest at No. 3.
In 2023, I visited 18 previously-unvisited places; eight made the list, and one shot all the way to No. 1.
This summer, I visited 22 previously-unvisited places; nine made the list.
There’s still a lot of mediocre boardwalk food, especially pizza (don’t get me started on that subject). But you can eat well on any Jersey boardwalk; this list will tell you where.
A couple of notes on this ranking: Candy and sweets stands were not considered. but beverage spots were, and these are not rankings of restaurants and stands but individual dishes and items at those places.
13. Crab cake sandwich, Ike’s Famous Crabcakes, Ocean City
The Ike in Ike’s Famous Crabcakes was the late Ike Cossaboon, who cooked for the New Jersey Conference of Mayors annual conference for 15-plus years, and opened his boardwalk stand in 1990. New owners took over in 2012, but they still claim to make the best crab cake at the Jersey Shore. Who am I to argue? The sandwich is pillowy-soft and close to perfect. It’s $17.99 and comes with a heap of Ike’s butterfly chips!
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