New Fort Monmouth Sports Bar With Virtual Golf, Fire Pit On Its Way

OCEANPORT, NJ — Not only did the first-ever brewery open at Fort Monmouth earlier this October (Birdsmouth Beer, which opened Oct. 15), but a massive new sports bar and restaurant is now slated to open there as well.

The sports bar will be called Baseline Social; renderings of how it will look are above. Construction on the bar is underway now and it is not scheduled to open until the spring of 2023; an exact month is not yet known.

Both the brewery and the sports bar are located at The Commissary at Baseline, which was the old grocery store when Fort Monmouth was an active Army base.The Commissary is located at 675 Oceanport Way in Oceanport.

Baseline Social is owned by Andrea Pappas, Greg Bartz and Phil Villapiano, the owners of Deal Lake Bar + Co, an American-style bar/restaurant with three open bars and a large outdoor dining area in nearby Loch Harbor.

The trio of Monmouth County restaurateurs they wanted to bring that same kind of atmosphere to the old Fort Monmouth Army base.

The sports bar will bring a "one-of-a-kind immersive dining and entertainment experience to Fort Monmouth" with an "expansive LED viewing wall perfect for watching the game" and a 38-seat platform lounge.

Baseline Social is not just for watching sports: The bar will have five virtual golf bays with full-swing technology will enable guests to play a variety of sports and games.

There will also be an outdoor fire pit lounge for three-season access, with infrared heaters.

The brewery is located inside, as is MGT Foods, a third-generation family-owned business that relocated there from Keyport this fall. MGT is the maker of food brands such as Mr. Green Tea Ice Cream, Mr. Mochi, The Bear & The Rat Cool Treats for Dogs and Eat Mud Non-Dairy Ice Cream.

Baseline Social will be the third and final tenant of that space.

The Commissary is owned by Red Bank-based commercial real estate developer Denholtz Properties, which plans to next move forward with its redevelopment of the former Fort Monmouth Warehouse District: 2,400 square feet of modern spec industrial/flex space spread across three buildings.

Fort Monmouth development boom well underway: New Fort Monmouth Craft Brewery Will Open This Saturday

Netflix was just approved to open a massive film production studio at Fort Monmouth

Developer Ralph Zucker, who owns Bell Works in Holmdel, wants to build luxury condos at Fort Monmouth and add a waterfront walkway.

The area of the fort where the officers used to live, a stately row of brick homes called Officers' Row has been turned into luxury houses for sale, with prices starting in the $700,000s.