Atlantic City Beercation - early August 2024

I'm looking for feedback on my itinerary for a five day beer-cation in Atlantic City the first Sunday to Thursday in August. Eight of us are driving from Boston to Atlantic City and staying at the Trop. Our agenda is to drink good craft beer, eat decent food, hit the beach, play golf, have a lot of laughs, and do some fun tourist stuff.

Any helpful suggestions on our itinerary would be appreciated. Am I missing any essential spots? Is there anything in my itinerary we should skip? What tourist stuff should we do in Philly?

SUNDAY

8:00 drive from north of Boston to NJ

1:00 Lunch @ Windmill, Long Branch

Beers (afternoon) @ Source, Kane Brewing (and Carton if there's time)

Dinner/pizza @ Pete and Eldas, Neptune City,

Drive to Atlantic City...check into hotel..free play — check out boardwalk..gamble?

MONDAY

morning golf - Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087

Beach after golf

happy hour, 4:00 to 6:00, Tony’s Baltimore Grill in Atlantic City

Casino at night

TUESDAY

Philly Day outing

Lunch- Reading Terminal Market

Beer spots:

Human Robot 1710 N. 5th St or 2401 WALNUT STREET

Fermentery Form - Open by announcement only. Please see Instagram and Facebook for times.

Tired Hands - Various locations

Dinner @ Monk’s Cafe

Night in Hammonton, NJ (on the way back to AC) Chimney Rustic Ales, Vinyl Brewing Co.

WEDNESDAY

Beach

Get subs for beach from White House subs 2301 Artic Avenue, Atlantic Cit

Night - Biergarten Atlantic City, 2701 Boardwalk

Dinner @ Chef Vola’s Dining Room in AC [reservations required and hard to get]?

THURSDAY

Drive home

Golf @ Rockledge Golf Club - West Hartford, CT

 

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Trip was great. We did not make it to all spots on the itinerary, and added some spots on the fly.

Highlights include:

Day 1 in Monmouth County

Windmill (legendary Jersey Shore footlong hotdogs and cheese fries)

Source -- excellent farmhouse brewery with fun space/vibe for hanging out

Kane - fabulous IPAs and barrel aged stouts

Pete & Eldas -world's greatest thin crust pizza, and Kane's head High on draft

Day 2 in Atlantic City

Tony's Baltimore Grill --old school Italian joint -- great chicken parm, meatballs, etc. Excellent Seed IPA on draft. Waitress Amy sassed our crew like a performance artist.

Day 3 in Atlantic City

Yummy breakfast at Gilchrist's.

Fun day on the beach in AC.

Fabulous Mexican dinner at Pancho's Mexican Taqueria, an authentic hole in the wall.

Day 4 in Philly

Lunch at Reading Terminal Market --everyone found something they liked, cheesesteaks, turkey sandwiches, vegetarian options, etc.,

Tour of Eastern State Penitentiary - fun and interesting tour of America's oldest prison.

Human Robot in North Philly - we grabbed a round or two at this fab authentic purveyor pf German and Czech pilsners and lagers. Outstanding beers and fun vibe--reminded us of our favorite local spot Notch in Salem, MA. They gave our crew a complimentary milk tubes of foamy beer--a yummy and generous gesture!

Dinner @ Monk’s Cafe - a highlight of our trip was a stop at this world class Belgian restaurant and beer bar. We enjoyed pints of Pliney the Elder, Pliney for President 2024, etc. at the bar while we waited for our table. We were seated at a round table. We shared three different types of yummy muscles and a variety of fab entrees. World class beers continued to flow during dinner. Russian River Consecration was a special treat. Amazing experience at a reasonable price.

We grabbed bottles of Russian River sours at Foodery liquor store on our way out of town. What a treat!

 

Thanks man. When we mentioned Notch to the bartenders at Human Robot, they tipped their caps to Notch as an OG brewery for their styles of beer.