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Jim and Melissa Brown, the second generation owners of Browns Restaurant in Ocean City, pose behind the grill.
Jim and Melissa Brown, the second generation owners of Browns Restaurant in Ocean City, pose behind the grill.Read moreCraig LaBan / Staff

Browns Restaurant

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Says critic Craig LaBan: “The summer smells of salt air, suntan lotion, and frying doughnuts mingle on the boardwalk breeze that swirls through the screen windows of this definitive beach grill. The perfect fresh burgers and sloppy joes are popular for lunch. But Browns is first and foremost a morning ritual due to its peerless fried-to-order doughnuts. The taste of a Browns doughnut glazed in Bucks County honey is my first bite rite of summer. This is also the doughnut robot that inspired the far cheffier Federal Donuts chain.”

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Restaurant Details

110 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ, 08226
6093910677
https://www.facebook.com/p/Browns-Restaurant-100034959434925/
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