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One of the greatest food critics and culinary journalists in the history of southern New Jersey, Ed Hitzel, suffering a very sudden death approximately 11 years ago.

At that time, Carmen Marotta was becoming an increasingly frequent cohost on his show, TABLE FOR ONE. Consequently, The Tony Mart Family became active in producing a radio show that focused on restaurants, cooking and wine, but expanded it into the music of the Tony Mart Legacy.

With the assistance of Harry & Don Hurley, affiliated with WPG, this became a reality that has become the highest ranking Saturday afternoon talk show at 12:00pm weekly: Tony Mart Presents Music, Food, Fun, Travel: Let the Good Times Roll!

In the 10 years that have transpired since the inception of the weekly talk radio show, Tony Mart Presents has increased its production of concerts with further development of Mardi Gras On The Boardwalk, the FREE Boardwalk concert series that initiated approximately 15 years ago.

In 2025, Tony Mart Cares Inc., our nonprofit community service organization became the producers of Legacy Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point, now in its 33rd year.

Several years ago, Tony Mart Presents reintroduced The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival, which has become exponentially successful in July at the beautiful tiki bar and tropical nightclub, The Point, located at 998 Bay Avenue, at the site of the former Bay Shores Nightclub, across from the original Tony Marts on the historic Somers Point bay front.

The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival continues its focus featuring extensive information on favorite restaurants and eateries along with extensive information about the amazingly FREE concerts, which are produced in both Somers Point and Atlantic City as the premiere FREE headline concert series at the Jersey shore each summer.

The radio show now features detailed information and very interesting, amusing & fascinating interviews regarding the performances and the careers of the musical artists; travel to major musical events such as New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and back in Jersey, Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival in Sussex County. Occasionally, the show features savory details of the last of the 'real deal' Americana restaurants, BBQ's, 'road food' and traditions which we are still able to enjoy for over 45 years.

In addition to updating and encapsulating all of these activities produced by Tony Mart Presents and Tony Mart Cares Inc., the radio show has become focused on the fabulous wines of the world and the significant values offered by Circle Liquor Store, our premiere sponsor, as curated by the wine master at Circle, Chester Malloy, the First Lady of Circle Liquor, the lovely Jeanette Giemza, and Tony Marts own sommelier, Julia Stacy Reilly, AKA the 'wine goddess'.

With so much content and detail as to how to enjoy life it's no wonder that the radio show is consistently polling the #1 most listened to show our time slot by large margins!

It's all about celebrating positive good times in life! Tune in and remember that you can get the weekly broadcasts live in real time by merely clicking on WPG in the top right corner.

Let the good times roll!

We are at the Renaissance of our lives as we approach Easter Sunday, Passover and the exhilarating prospects of another wonderful summer at the Jersey Shore!

It was a time for everyone to strut their finery and enjoy the Atlantic City Bardwalk where my father had the Tony Mart Luncheonette at Columbia Place on the Boardwalk not far from our concerts at Kennedy Plaza. In Somers Point, summer at the Shore began with those beautiful spring weekends and sinful nights at Tony Marts with the biggest, bushiest hydrangea flowers anyone has ever seen!

As we write this on the eve of the holiday and Black Friday, it is appropriate that we honor and pay homage to one of the great lead singers in the history of South Jersey and Tony Marts. Recently Bobby Hunter passed after leading the great Full House and the Jerimiah Hunter Band for so many years all over the tri-state and Jersey Shore area.

We will miss him and we will pay homage to him with a dedication appropriately on the Beach in Somers Point at the Legacy Concerts on the Beach this summer.

The headline schedule for 13 amazing free concerts has been released and you can check it out at www.Tonymart.com where you can also click on the red “Become a Sponsor” for Legacy Concerts on the Beach and become a Sponsor or make a donation.

We are looking forward to the many Sponsorships and Contributions that enable us to have multiple Grammy Award Winners, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Artists, multimillion selling Rock ‘n’ Roll Stars and the very finest tribute and party dance bands. It’s all about rock ‘n’ roll and all the music that allows us to revel in our good times all summer long - free!

This week on the radio show we will have the pleasure of interviewing one of the most famous and beloved music stars of the New Orleans Funk and R&B scene, George Porter, Jr, who talks about recording with stars like Glen Campbell and Patti LaBelle at the Allen Toussaint Studios; performing with the Rolling Stones and The Meters and one of the most delightful funky bands in the history of New Orleans, George Porter, Jr and his Runnin’ Pardners, since 1985 right after the worlds fair!

George will be headlining the New Orleans and Dr. John Legacy Shows on July 22 in Atlantic City and July 24 on the Beach in Somers Point. The show will also feature John “Papa Gros Funk” who also led one of the greatest bands in New Orleans musical history by that name.

John Gros will pay tribute to Dr. John as well as the “Giants” on his new recording, Allen Toussaint, Billy Preston, Art Neville and the Meters and one of the most important historic figures in the legacy of Tony Marts, Levon Helm.

Along with the New Orleans Music comes the world famous New Orleans cuisine on July 13, 2026 when Tony Mart and The Point Nightclub will present The Jersey Gumbo Cookoff and Louisiana Music Festival with tastings from 3 to 6 PM and music until 10 or 11 o’clock at night with a phenomenal lineup including Dead Reckoning, the Plaid Salmon horns with guest stars and one of the greatest funk bands in New Orleans, Soul Project Nola, the world class funky R&B band that performed with both Walter Wolfman Washington and the famous Johnny Adams known proudly in New Orleans as “The Tan Canary.”

The flavor of the music will be as deep as the soulful gumbo. This year Chef Larry Alexander will be defending his title as Chef King Gumbo by kicking up his rich, flavorful, beef gumbo with both oxtails and crab meat!

There are new contenders coming after him and it should be a great day.

We will celebrate the life and work of this dedicated Executive Chef from the Atlantic City Convention Center and Boardwalk Hall and all around the community where he relentlessly and tirelessly gives and gives! Perfectly appropriate to give thanks to him, our Chef King Gumbo on Easter weekend!

We would also like to thank our longtime sponsor Rich Gerber from Richard T Gerber Insurance at 609-653-9101. Richard is delightful, engaging, knowledgeable and very expert in so many areas from Medicare to guaranteed multi year annuities and long-term secure investments, so you can be ready to Let the Good Times Roll!

We are very grateful to Richard and want to especially thank him on Easter Sunday for being such a great friend and superb asset to our community.

We will continue enjoying the flavor of French wine this spring as we build upon the foundation of phenomenal French wines: remarkably low and reasonable, medium prices. From Champagne and Bordeaux all the way to the Rhone River Valley. Chester demonstrates every day why he has hundreds of great French wines at unbelievable prices. Check it out for Easter and see why he continues to earn his reputation as the Winemaster!

In spring as always, Circle Liquor Store is conveniently open seven days a week from 9 AM to 10 PM.

It is the most enjoyable place to take it all in and be ready to Let the Good Times Roll with astonishingly, diverse selections of all your favorite products and the ability to get you special orders very quickly!

Next week we’ll be at one of the greatest fests in the USA, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival! Then will get ready for our Atlantic City Concert Series with a proposed expanded “Let the Good Times Roll at the Shore” series of concerts starring some of the finest most respected artists in the history of New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore: R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, Americana and funk!

Happy Easter!