Atlantic City upping its holiday game
By Scott Cronick When Travel & Leisure declared Atlantic City as one of the Top 25 Best Christmas Towns of 2022, I honestly rolled my eyes in skeptical wonderment. Listed alongside holiday destinations like Aspen, Colo., Orlando, Fla., Park City, Utah, and...Il Porcellino fills void for Italian market at the shore
By Scott Cronick Bobby Hettmannsperger always needs a new project to work on. Since taking over Essl’s Dugout in West Atlantic City in 2018, Bobby and his wife Carey have been thinking about what that next big project was going to be for them. About two years ago, it...Bally’s Atlantic City honors Juliano legacy with Phil’s Carousel Bar
By Scott Cronick If you were – or are – involved in the business of Atlantic City, you knew Phil Juliano. A local legend by every account, Juliano was the kid from Ducktown that made it. An icon in the gaming industry – not just here but around the country –...Decades Rock Live returns with star-studded tribute to Chicago
By Scott Cronick Founding Chicago member Lee Loughnane, like most musicians, was urged by his parents – particularly his father – to give up the silly idea of becoming a professional musician and to get a “real job.” Now, more than five decades later, Loughnane is not...
