I guess I'm going to the Jersey Shore?

June 12, 2010 9:38 AM

I'm going to Fort Monmouth, NJ for a work trip next week. What is there to do around there on weeknights for a solo, late-twenties female?

I probably won't be too adventurous, but I would appreciate any recommendations for good restaurants (vegetarian/pescetarian), places to walk, and other points of interest for a lone traveler.

posted by hellogoodbye to Travel & Transportation around Oceanport, NJ (5 answers total)

You could hit all the local boardwalks, you're probably less than 30 minutes away from all of them. Keansburg, Seaside Heights, Point Pleasant. Lots of little shore towns near by, too.
posted by Geckwoistmeinauto at 9:42 AM on June 12, 2010

Red Bank has a great downtown with lots of restaurants. It is just a few minutes north of the Fort up Route 35.
posted by xsquared-1 at 9:50 AM on June 12, 2010

Red Bank for sure. Spring Lake and Point Pleasant are also fun/beautiful.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:01 AM on June 12, 2010

Red Bank has the Count Basie theatre. Your tastes may very.
posted by IndigoJones at 4:55 PM on June 12, 2010

Seconding Spring Lake. Esp if you like Victorian architecture. It was originally a summer getaway area for the moneyed classes of New York and Philadelphia, and much of it remains as it was.
posted by IndigoJones at 5:33 PM on June 12, 2010