Boardwalk staple will be missed

Boardwalk staple will be missed

The Asbury Park boardwalk may be losing its only mainstay, the Mayfair Boardwalk Grill, this year. Madison Marquette has advised the owners, Ted and Diane Heleotis, that they will not be renewing their lease for the 2010 season.

As a longtime patron of the Asbury Park beach and boardwalk, this is a huge mistake. The Mayfair is one of the only establishments on the boardwalk that serves reasonable, children-friendly food, and it has the best hot dogs around.

It is impeccably clean and well run. It also is the only establishment that has weathered some of the tough times in Asbury. Even when most of the stores were vacant, I knew the Mayfair would be open for business when the summer months arrived.

Now, as Asbury Park is beginning a turnaround, this wonderful establishment is being asked to leave. Shame on Madison Marquette for this decision. Many other individuals and families in the area feel the same way.

Keep the Mayfair, please, for its food, its nostalgia and for the perseverance that the Heleotises have shown throughout the years by never giving up on the Asbury Park boardwalk when almost everyone else did.

Patty Kremer

OCEAN TOWNSHIP