Best 15 Places To Go On New Year's Eve In N.J. - Where You Don't Have To Drink

A bowling alley and a battleship: There are plenty of New Jersey places that offer New Year's Eve fun where you might least expect it.

Patch has the best places to be on New Jersey for New Year's Eve, where you can have fun without the hangover. Patch used the Foursquare app, which ranked 15 New Jersey places to have fun with friends and family.

And, no, they're not all in North Jersey.

If you do want to drink, here's where you can go:

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Otherwise, heading the New Year's Eve list is the Laurel Lanes bowling alley in Maple Shade, where a late-night celebration is planned from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. that includes four hours of bowling, a laser-light show, door prizes, billiards and lots of soda.

At the Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial in Camden, they've had raffles where you can fire the starboard guns on New Year's Eve. This year, there will be midnight fireworks from the battleship, and a $10 donation gets you aboard.

Performances are also scheduled at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan and the State Theatre in New Brunswick. And, typically, there are ice cream parties at MaggieMoo's in Robbinsville.

Mostly, the Foursquare list is based on "likes," "dislikes" and what sort of treatment each customer receives - as long as the customers checked in on their smart phones (so this isn't the most scientific survey).

Below is a list of those New Year's Eve places, where they're located and a link to each place, providing Foursquare's reasons for why they're rated so highly:

1. Laurel Lanes, Bowling Alley, Maple Shade
2. Appian Way, Restaurant and Bar, Orange
3. Algonquin Arts Theatre, Theater, Manasquan
4. Don Pepe Steak House, Steakhouse, Pine Brook
5. Moonshine Modern Supper Club, Restaurant and Lounge, Millburn
6. Crystal Springs Resort - Grand Cascades Lodge, Hamburg
7. Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial, First Night Aboard Battleship, Camden
8. The Balcony Restaurant and Lounge, Restaurant, Carlstadt
9. MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery, New Year's Party, Robbinsville
10. Peking Pavilion, Gourmet Chinese Food, Manalapan
11. State Theatre NJ, Performing Arts, New Brunswick
12. Aqua Blue Kitchen & Cocktails, Seafood Restaurant and Bar, Toms River
13. Steakhouse 85, New Brunswick
14. Young's Skating Center, New Year's Eve Skating, Mays Landing
15. Bonefish Grill, Restaurant, Marlton

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