Happiness was a window bench in a new Ship Bottom luncheonette, the ocean breeze blowing in the open screened window whilecustomers weremaking new friends over tater tots, Maristella-style.
Comfortable, colorful Maristella’s Luncheonette is on the Ship Bottom circle, where Lex Mex moved from. One couldn’t ask for a more central location than 816 Long Beach Blvd.
Young people online are calling it “my new favorite place,” for reasons like “a lot of TLC in there!” The next generations up are finding it, too.
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