The Coolest Place At The Jersey Shore? Gotta Be Asbury Park

If you're going to take advice from somebody on a travel destination, who better to consult than Travel and Leisure?

Perhaps that's why we should listen when the magazine says Asbury Park is the "coolest place" at the Jersey Shore.

In a recently published article, Travel and Leisure told people to "ditch the Hamptons for something much cooler."

"Long known as a destination for music history buffs or as a backdrop of crumbling architecture, Asbury Park has become an unlikely cultural hub on the Jersey Shore," the publication said.

“Asbury Park isn’t just for us locals anymore,” Tina Kerekes, a local designer and manager at the Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery, told the publication. “We’re attracting people from all over the world now.”

The article said an average stroll through town "could reveal a drag queen bingo party or an impromptu drum circle on the boardwalk."

"Asbury Park delights in the unexpected."

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