National recommendations - AC

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One person's take if you are unfamiliar with the area. Take with a grain of salt (or pepper). All of these would be a short taxi ride from most hotels. If you are at a major hotel, don't think of moving your car. Just take a taxi or Uber. Not worth the aggravation of parking and navigating the city. Everything is like a $7 taxi ride away.

Best breakfast: The Gilchrist Restaurant. Go to the one on the water in the Garners' Basin area of AC. Cool spot on a canal. Eat breakfast outside on the water before a long day inside. Also one at the Tropicana. Never been. One outside is cool. Place across the street sells potent drinks you can carry into restaurant.

Best restaurant: Cafe 2825. Hard to get reservations. Call a week in advance and not a minute earlier. Call after 1 pm. I think it's the best Italian restaurant east of Rome. Awesome place and very popular. Runner up Cafe Vola. Food here is really insanely good.

Best sandwich place on the planet: White House Sub Shop. Massive sandwiches.

Classy place to bring the wife if you are trying to smooth things over and give her a good Jersey time: Mataranos at Harrah. Solid Italian. Classy place.

Old school no frills Italian Jersey style: Angelo's Fairmont Tavern. Cool joint.

Really cool place for those wanting the old AC Boardwalk Empire vibe: Knife and Fork Inn. Very cool old place. Lot of history. And food is really good.

Cool cheap Irish bar with a ton of history: Irish Pub.

Fun place for tropical drinks: Cuba Libre (Tropicana)

Best expensive steak place: The Palm (Tropicana)

Best casino and poker room: Borgata

Runner up best casinos: Ocean, Hard Rock, Golden Nugget

Classy bar to take the wife: Borgata (Gypsy bar)

Classy bar to find a new girlfriend: Borgata (Gypsy bar)

Best sports book: Ocean Resort

Cool place to drink beers outside: Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall

Best strip club: forget it. Strip clubs in AC a bit too edgy and unpredictable for my tastes. Wait to you get home.

Just one person's opinion . . . . .