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One of the greatest food critics and culinary journalists in the history of southern New Jersey, Ed Hitzel, suffering a very sudden death approximately 11 years ago.

At that time, Carmen Marotta was becoming an increasingly frequent cohost on his show, TABLE FOR ONE. Consequently, The Tony Mart Family became active in producing a radio show that focused on restaurants, cooking and wine, but expanded it into the music of the Tony Mart Legacy.

With the assistance of Harry & Don Hurley, affiliated with WPG, this became a reality that has become the highest ranking Saturday afternoon talk show at 12:00pm weekly: Tony Mart Presents Music, Food, Fun, Travel: Let the Good Times Roll!

In the 10 years that have transpired since the inception of the weekly talk radio show, Tony Mart Presents has increased its production of concerts with further development of Mardi Gras On The Boardwalk, the FREE Boardwalk concert series that initiated approximately 15 years ago.

In 2025, Tony Mart Cares Inc., our nonprofit community service organization became the producers of Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point, now in its 33rd year.

Several years ago, Tony Mart Presents reintroduced The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival, which has become exponentially successful in July at the beautiful tiki bar and tropical nightclub, The Point, located at 998 Bay Avenue, at the site of the former Bay Shores Nightclub, across from the original Tony Marts on the historic Somers Point bay front.

The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival continues its focus featuring extensive information on favorite restaurants and eateries along with extensive information about the amazingly FREE concerts, which are produced in both Somers Point and Atlantic City as the premiere FREE headline concert series at the Jersey shore each summer.

The radio show now features detailed information and very interesting, amusing & fascinating interviews regarding the performances and the careers of the musical artists; travel to major musical events such as New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and back in Jersey, Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival in Sussex County. Occasionally, the show features savory details of the last of the 'real deal' Americana restaurants, BBQ's, 'road food' and traditions which we are still able to enjoy for over 45 years.

In addition to updating and encapsulating all of these activities produced by Tony Mart Presents and Tony Mart Cares Inc., the radio show has become focused on the fabulous wines of the world and the significant values offered by Circle Liquor Store, our premiere sponsor, as curated by the wine master at Circle, Chester Malloy, the First Lady of Circle Liquor, the lovely Jeanette Giemza, and Tony Marts own sommelier, Julia Stacy Reilly, AKA the 'wine goddess'.

With so much content and detail as to how to enjoy life it's no wonder that the radio show is consistently polling the #1 most listened to show our time slot by large margins!

It's all about celebrating positive good times in life! Tune in and remember that you can get the weekly broadcasts live in real time by merely clicking on WPG in the top right corner.

Let the good times roll!

It is official!

The Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point have once again been voted at the Top of the United States of America on its 250th birthday!

In the last four years, our concert series, now and it’s 33rd year, has been first or second in the nation and that’s why we have a summer long celebration!

Start with us on June 12 and see Nashville‘s five time Grammy Award winning producer, Tom Hambridge, along with South Jersey’s own emerging blues rockers, the Twisted Livin’ Band.

We will just roll from there on the Beach in Somers Point. Please contact us at TonyMartPresents@gmail.com to become a Sponsor or make your Donations to fund the concerts.

The biggest news of all this week is the recommendation that allows us to go forward and produce the largest schedule of Monday and Wednesday night concerts in recent history at Kennedy Plaza on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. For 11 consecutive Wednesdays, June 24 through September 2, and the five glorious Monday nights on those long party weekends in August, we will present Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk Wednesdays and Lundi Gras on the Boardwalk Mondays with the amazing schedule that follows this blast.

We are very grateful to the New Jersey State Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and all of the officials who show us so much confidence. We have a special thank you to Mayor Marty Small and Kashan McKinley in his office for the tremendous support that is shown from everyone in Atlantic City Hall.

16 concerts are quite expensive and we do need additional funds so that we are able to promote them and to present so many great bands, including two bands performing most nights in one concert. There will be 25 shows during those 16 concerts.

We’re asking for Corporate Sponsors, wealthy Individuals or community organizations to support this huge Good Times at The Shore program. Details of the opportunities for Title Sponsorship of the Monday night series and high-level sponsorships in front of the extensive Boardwalk crowds will be forthcoming in the days ahead.

On the culinary side, we are proud this week to interview on the radio, one of the great, unique and exotic signature chefs in South Jersey, Chef Mohammed of the Golden Pyramid Restaurant.

With so many exotic dishes, Seafood Fra Diablo, Seafood Paella, lovely lamb dishes and excellent steaks and pasta, you will savor the cuisine from Egypt, the Mediterranean and Italy and enjoy the relaxed ambience of the Golden Pyramid on Friday, Saturday and Sunday when many summertime restaurants are jammed. You can make a reservation for one of those weekend nights by calling the Golden Pyramid at (609) 829-2129 and enjoy the fruit of his culinary artisty: one of our fine chefs buying all the ingredients picked by hand; creating all the sauces and stocks and putting together some of the most delicate and delicious cuisine in South Jersey. Chef Mohamad will be at the Jersey Gumbo Cook-off on Monday, July 13 at The Point in Somers Point competing against the Gumbo King Champion Larry Alexander of the Atlantic City Convention Hall.

Also joining us this week will be the great young funky, brassy jam rockstar, Ian Gray from the Ocean Avenue Stompers, who will appear at Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Festival where we are headed for the weekend to taste Chef Michael Arnone‘s crawfish etouffee, famous jambalaya, fried catfish, world class alligator sausage and lots of fresh whole crawfish so you can “suck the heads and pinch the tails!”

The crawfish festival is happening Saturday and Sunday and it is really a bargain with great entertainment including Samantha Fish, Bonerama, Johnny Sansone, John Papa Gros and the Ocean Avenue Stompers as well as Soul Project Nola. If you recognize those names it’s because they have all appeared on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City and/or the Beach in Somers Point in past years.

With sunshine we have everything and off we go into the summer season 2026 beginning next Friday when the South Jersey Jazz Society presents PJ Keiter and the Young Lions “Hot Eight” musical salute to Louis Armstrong!

Let the Good Times Roll!