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The Shrimp Box featured on News 12 New Jersey

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Best of the Shore on NJ.com

by Jennifer Connic
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"Best of the Shore: Your favorite restaurant"

We asked you to tell us your favorite restaurants down the Jersey Shore,

and we received lots of nominations. We narrowed them down to six finalists, and after four days of voting we have a winner.
Your favorite restaurant down the Shore is: The Shrimp Box, Point Pleasant Beach
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10 Shore spots to hit as glorious 'local summer' begins

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The Wall Street Journal

New York - By CHRISTINA CUESTA
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Best Views of the Jersey Shore

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10 Restaurants to Hit Before the Tourists Come

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"Shrimp Down the Shore"

A Restaurant With Boat Parking

On the walk up to The Shrimp Box and Outside the Box Patio Bar, there's an intense fishy smell of the surrounding bay.

Once inside, customers can enjoy the view of the inlet and fishing boats coming and going on their daily runs. The seafood restaurant has a casual air that welcomes boaters to 20-something vacationers. "A lot of people say they never knew this place existed," said George Gyftakis, a member of the family-run restaurant. "It's the Jersey shore's best-kept secret."

The grilled shrimp and bacon wrap ($12) and the half-stuffed lobster ($16) with crab meat are sought-after lunch items. The crab meat is one of the Shrimp Box's staple dishes, and Head Chef Lenny de Luca is known for it. Mr. Gyftakis said he's noticed a recent popularity surge in the lunch salads because diners are able to customize them to their liking.

Everything on the menu is made fresh, from the fish to the walnuts. "We get a lot of our supplies from the fishing boats you see outside of the restaurant," Mr. Gyftakis says. "It doesn't get fresher than that."
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Point Pleasant Patch

"Sandy-Battered Inlet Businesses Start to Re-open in Point Beach"

"The Shrimp Box & Outside the Box Patio Bar is opening for the season today (yes unbelievably on the eve of yet another storm...wow)," wrote co-owner George Gyftakis to Patch on Wednesday, as a coastal winter storm barreled into the area. "The paint is still drying but we were determined to open today after being destroyed by Sandy."
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Ocean Star

By Colleen King

Shore ready for Labor Day

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Just five days ago, Hurricane Irene dumped 4 inches of rain in northern Ocean County and caused widespread flooding and power outages, but as of today, it will be business as usual for local stores and restaurants as they gear up for Labor Day weekend. As a Shore town where tourism is the number-one industry, many local businesses rely on the big summer holidays — including Labor Day — to make a profit.
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The Shrimp Box featured on News12

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