Playa Bowls To Open Another LBI Location

SURF CITY, NJ — The former location of Lickity Split will finally become occupied. Playa Bowls will open another Long Beach Island location in the Surf City building.

Playa Bowls plans to open the second week of May at 518 Long Beach Blvd.

The restaurant has 83 stores nationwide. Many are located throughout New Jersey. Another is set to open in Manahawkin. Read more: Playa Bowls To Open Soon In Manahawkin

Two Jersey Shore natives and longtime surfers — Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor — founded Playa Bowls. They traveled to beaches throughout the world and noticed every exotic surf town they visited had its own version of an acai or pitaya bowl.

They brought the idea back to New Jersey, making a deal with a pizza-shop owner on 8th Avenue in Belmar. Giuliana and Taylor bought a blender, patio table, fridge and freezer to create a makeshift pop-up stand on the sidewalk in front of the pizza shop.

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