Great. Another 2 chain restaurants. More people drinking and driving in Brick. The traffic cams are there for safety but this does not matter? Can we put a traffic camera on the corner near the bars or a breathalyzer in the bars? Lets catch em and fine em before they know what hit them! Money will solve the problem, right?

Its not the townships responsibility to monitor their citizen's alcohol consumption.

Is it the towns responsibility to keep people safe? Do you think the more liquor is consumed and sold has anything to do with dwi? If we had a town full of bars would that be a good thing for reducing dwi tickets? Instead we are trying to nab people for a one or two second mistake at the traffic light cam.

What us the policy for adding licenses. Dies it use the seasonal high adjusted population or the full time residents?

I'm partial to Buffalo Wild Wings.

Hey maybe we can get a go go bar!!

The small time bars are hurting as it is in brick with so many damn chains.they don't need anymore bars here.. Oh by the way for brick to be crying no money all these liquor licenses they sold the last few years. What did they piss all that $$$ away on??

Na. A good go go would generate more dollars from the traffic cams.

The town is stupid if they allow a rite aid with the walgreens right across the street.. We don't need it.
So dumb

Your last line says it Scott. The town could refuse the zoning. Seriously though, with ALL the empty store front and buildings in Brick, it would be alot cheaper to occupy and renovate an existing building. AND like the abatements being offered on foodtown, the same type of deal or other incentives, could be offered to companies to take existing real estate, as opposed to building new.

I swear Brick has more liquor stores, bars, and restaurants with liquor licenses then a large city. Why do we need so many? Heck we have more places that sell liquor then we do convenience stores!

What town are you living in? There's more convenience stores than anything in this town

Only on this site can you see someone complain about a Rite Aid going on the lot where a liquor establishment currently sits, and in the next breath complain about the amount of liquor establishments.

They want the town to refuse the zoning permits, then complain about how were being over-governed with red light cameras.

Welcome to the Twilight Zone

WOW! Such anger and confusion at the same time. Seriously, you really need to take a deep breath, relax, and stop drinking the koolaide and close your mind to the brain washing.

I SAID the town should offer incentives to these businesses to OCCUPY already established buildings and store fronts INSTEAD over building a new building. WHen I first came to Brick, we still had dirt roads, Two Guys was the place to shop and rt 70 was desolate. Hell we didnt even have a police force per say. It saddens me to see what the politicians over the last 30 years have turned this town into. BOTH R and D have destroyed this town. Oh btw I wante to ask you, do you get a discount to dock your boat at the yacht club at Traders Cove?

I hate to break it to you, but it's 2011. That wonderful town you described, everyone else wanted to live there too. They moved here and things changed, that's life, move on or just plain move.

And in regards to your question, if I could afford a Yacht, I wouldn't live here

You should move because you're clearly against progress. I know of some people in Lancaster PA that would welcome you with open arms. They can always use another set of hands to churn the butter and shoe the horses.

Yes! You should move there! Everyone must think the same, act the same dress the same. It would be perfect for you and you could be in charge at the barn raising's!

No one said I was against progress. What I am against is over building, and turning a beautiful town into the next Lakewood or Camden, because our friend wants to build this, and this one wants that, and I want to own my own ice rink, and and and. Enough. Down the street from me they allowed someone to build a house on a 50x50 lot. McMansion from property line to property line. I am all for progress but not the type of progress that will make us look like NYC at the turn of the century! Whats next? Tenements?

Keep the foodtown property, turn it into a park, with public boat ramps, picnic areas, walking trails. And before you open your mouth, we can get Green acres funds for upkeep, just like we get for windward.

So you can keep your chauvinistic to yourself. And let me know when you are moving to Amish country I will be more then happy to help you move.

Lets all face it we have no real master plan. No town center. No push to help local restauranteurs or businesses. (sell a local restaurant a liquor license for 50k) It is a real shame for such a nice place. The administration has no vision for the town, just for finding ways to get money so they can build something with their name on it. Unless we band together whoever gets in next round will do what they want. By the way no one is talking about the new garbage trucks we will need to be buying. It just baffles me that we did not put garbage out to bid and stipulate the new company buy our old trucks and take some of the staff with them. We could also rent the facility to the company because they would need to have a place for their trucks anyway. We could have made money here and reduced our expenses. We need to band together and take back out town.

The reason you have all this mess was the lack of planning way back in the fifties and sixties.

George you're close, it's more like the 70's - 80's. this was a great town until building boom of the 80's and it was every man for himself. No one could have foreseen what was coming and before you know it, it was too late because all the TWP saw was mo money, mo money, mo money and no one was willing to put on the brakes to get things organized.

Too many of our leaders have had any foresight or working knowledge of construction or the building of a community. Someone said it and I can't find it but they used the word hodgepodge and that's what this town is a hodgepodge of crap thrown about anywhere and everywhere.

We've been hearing for 2 years now that The Red Lion is closing.Rumors are for a Rite Aid.Do we need a Rite Aid across from a Walgreens. Whatever the reason.
Lets save The Red Lion from closing.Its the only Family owned real bar,no commerical chain bar.
And besides it being a bar,their food there is good!Service is good,and friendly.Yet they did fire a good bartender that was there Angela : ( . There are still many good people who work their .Save the RED! Go to the RED,and forget those other bar chains that they may want to build in the future. Just saying.

The Red Lion has great food but the restaurant interior is so dated and worn out. The interior should of been improved years ago.

Maybe a juice bar. Brick was sued years ago and lost to a guy who wanted a non acoholic juice bar. For some reason it never opened. Isn't this where we are headed with all these liquor licenses anyway?

On that matter what happens when the town becomes the builder developer. Do the same rules apply? I am talking about the water park marina. We now will have more employees on payroll. WIll the town pay itself real estate tax as if it was a privately owned concern as part of their operating budget? Should they? Shouldn't they outsource the staffing and management to someone instead of creating more township jobs? What if it does not turn a profit? Should Brick residents pay to enter since our dollars built the thing?

Are they not competing with local businesses for that almighty dollar? Dont we think it will hurt Beatons who employs locals and has a marina across the street? We are just not thinking here. If I were Beatons I would sue the township for unfair business practices.