Holiday weekend kicks off jumpstart to summer season on Jersey shore

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) — The upcoming vacation weekend down the Jersey shore is when many companies re-open, or begin to have restricted hours, till the unofficial begin of summer time on Memorial Day.

On the Ocean Metropolis Boardwalk Friday, there have been dozens of individuals.

Standard spots like Manco & Manco Pizza had a full restaurant and that does not embrace take-out orders.

The Neary household of West Chester hit the boardwalk for his or her favourite summer time treats and say Thursday’s 80-degree temperatures had been a giant tease for summer time seaside days.

“It felt like summer time. We bought our Manco pizza, and Johnsons’ popcorn is subsequent,” mentioned Kristen Neary.

Mustafa Rashed, who lives in Philadelphia and Ventnor, mentioned his household can be considering forward.

“It begins the countdown to the clock I feel. Memorial Day weekend is just six or seven weeks away. All of the ice cream retailers are open now that it is April,” Rashed mentioned.

Jagielky’s in Margate has been making sweet for many years, and its treats make their means into loads of Easter baskets.

“We promote plenty of eggs with names on them, bunnies, gummies, we ran out of jellybeans already, so plenty of baskets went out the door,” mentioned Adrianna Dion, whose household owns the chocolatier.

Companies like Jagielky’s additionally use this weekend as a benchmark to verify they’re ready for the massive seasonal crowds in only a few weeks.

“Fortunately our staffing is excellent this yr, a few years in the past it was robust however now we now have plenty of faculty college students, and our academics that work for the yr are down for the summer time,” mentioned Dion.

So, what about summer time leases? Is it too late?

6abc spoke with Brian Hiltner and Dana Hartman-Hiltner of Berkshire Hathaway, and Fox and Roach in Margate.

“Very straightforward to discover a rental, there are many nice choices, a lot of nice stock,” mentioned Hartman-Hiltner. “My solely piece of recommendation is to start out now. I am certain there’s going to be quite a bit much less stock after this weekend.”

However even after this weekend, the couple says there are at all times choices, so test even should you assume it is too late.