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Friday, November 16, 2012

Avenue Donating 10 Percent of Proceeds to Local Rebuilding Efforts

Pier Village restaurant reopens today

  Avenue, one of Pier Village's three oceanfront restaurants that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy, will be reopening today and will be donating 10 percent of its sales to Jersey Shore charities through the end of the year. The restaurant, located at 23 Ocean Avenue, sustained over $100,000 in damage from Hurricane Sandy last month after high winds and water ripped through the building’s electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems, which are located on the bottom of the restaurant. Over $30,000 in food was lost to spoilage due to the absence of electricity for more than two weeks as well. “We worked around the clock to get the business back online for the past sixteen days,” General Manager Thierry Carrier said in a release to Patch. “We …

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

All Pier Village Stores, Restaurants Will Be Open Today

Three restaurants have been closed since Hurricane Sandy

  The recovery for Pier Village in Long Branch has been quick, despite the damage some of its stores and restaurants sustained during Hurricane Sandy. Today will mark the first day when every restaurant and store will be open to the public, as Sirena, Avenue and McLoone's Pier House are reopening. The three restaurants lie directly on the boardwalk and suffered the most damage from the hurricane. Other stores such as the Aloha Grove and Koi Botique and restaurants such as Indulge and Turning Point reopened last week. They were able to open more quickly because they are located further west than Sirena, Avenue and McLoone's Pier House. The boardwalk in Pier Village survived the storm and is intact. The section of the boardwalk that lies …

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