E.W. FAIRCLOTH / For the Daily News
Leaving Delaware Seashore State Park after July 4 festivities.
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New in town? A handy shore-to-shore conversion guide
Other boutique hotels in our Other Shores territory include Daddy-O in Brant Beach on Long Beach Island and Hotel Rehoboth in Rehoboth Beach. Hotel Bungalow, which opened in May in Long Branch., N.J., is the newest member of the swanky breed.
HAPPENING NIGHTLIFE
Downashore standby
The Ocean Drive, Sea Isle City
Other Shores substitute
Joe Pop's, Ship Bottom, Long Beach Island
These two have a lot in common, "except we get Jon Bon Jovi on stage fairly regularly - ha," crowed one Joe Pop's regular.
More near-equivalents:
Crawling northward on the club scene, there's the Bamboo Bar in Seaside Heights, Jenks Club in Point Pleasant, and Belmar's big three: D'Jai's, the Boathouse and Bar Anticipation, universally known as Bar A.
In Dewey Beach, the party town of the Delaware Coast, the Rusty Rudder and the Lighthouse are hot spots. Revelers warm up for the night at the Dogfish Head brewpub in Rehoboth Beach, featuring locally made (and nationally renowned) Dogfish Head craft beer.
The Jamaican-themed beach club Seacrets on the bay in Ocean City, Md., is in a class of its own, with 17 bars and wade-out tables in the bay itself.
BEST FRIED DOUGH
Downashore standby
Brown's Restaurant, Ocean City, N.J.
Other Shores substitute
Fractured Prune Bake Shoppe, Ocean City, Md.
This is where Maryland shoregoers line up for donuts - notably the "sand" variety, glazed with a dusting of cinnamon and sugar, although there's also an option to pick your own-toppings.
