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Flip Flopz Beach Bar & Grill is worth checking out

By JEANNE DONOHUE For At The Shore

Published: Aug 07, 2008

Flip Flopz Beach Bar & Grill is an eye-catching place in North Wildwood's Anglesea entertainment district. Open less than a year, it has a fresh, new feel, with bright colors inside and out.

We got to Flip Flopz shortly before 6 p.m. on a mid-summer Wednesday to find a few people enjoying cocktails around one of three bars. The huge dining room was basically empty, but that's what I was hoping for in getting there early.

I was a little nervous at first because all I saw were tall tables with stools, which my 3-year-old would not have been able to sit on safely. But the hostess led us to the outside wall of the dining room, which is lined with tables and roomy, cushiony booths. Our little guy went into the booth first and I sat next to him to trap him in.

My 7-year-old daughter put the folded linen napkin on her head and said, "Look, a pirate hat! Write that down in your book, mom." I dutifully jotted it in my notebook. Pretty soon, the kids will be writing these stories themselves. More

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Absecon

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