What Toms River Businesses Do You Miss?

Toms River, NJ - Businesses open and close, but the impression they leave on a community can last long after they board up their doors.

Has your favorite venue vanished from Toms River? If you’re missing an old hardware store, bakery or mom-and-pop shop, you’re in good company.

We asked Patch Readers in Toms River, what extinct local business they’d bring back from the dead. Here’s a list of one-time favorites:

• “ Hot Sam’s Pretzels in the mall!! I loved that place!!“

• “Tommy’s Restaurant downtown. So many memories from high school going there to eat! They made awesome soup!“

• “Old Time Tavern”

• “Ground Round”

• “Rustic Acre”

• “Toms River Music”

• “Freeman’s Bakery”

• “Stewart’s Root Beer”

• “Fuddruckers”

• “Java Joint”

Is your choice business not on the list? Add it in the comments below or on our Toms River Patch Facebook page.