The change in ownership of the former Ketch restaurant and nightclub on Dock Road in Beach Haven has brought with it a whole new identity as Bird & Betty’s – an aesthetic reimagining of the hippie and disco eras. Newly purchased by the Tide Table Group and renamed for Bird and Betty Clutter, who bought the building in the late ’50s and operated it until 1976 while it was called the Acme Hotel, the restaurant and entertainment venue ratchets up the food and music experiences to a level of…
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