About
Daymark is a restaurant with a full bar at 404 Broadway in Barnegat Light. The menu is available online, and guests can reserve a table or order takeout through the website. The restaurant also hosts weddings, rehearsal dinners and other private parties.
Daymark took over the space formerly occupied by Rick's American Cafe, according to its website, and builds its cooking around fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The bar serves cocktails, beer and wine, with a happy hour on Thursday and Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.
The menu posted on the site (dated July 2026) lists appetizers such as crispy eggplant, garlic shrimp, blackened wings, mussels meunière, crispy calamari, steamed clams and roasted beets. Entrées include bucatini and clams, a seafood paella with andouille, chicken, clams, mussels and shrimp, pan-seared salmon, crabcakes, an organic chicken breast, a grilled pork chop and a garlic-shallot crusted NY strip, along with a pound of honey crab clusters at market price. Sandwiches include a double cheeseburger, a crispy fish sandwich and a crabcake sandwich, and a children's menu offers chicken fingers, a cheeseburger or pasta. The menu notes that the kitchen fries in beef tallow, and daily specials are offered.
Hours change with the season. The fall schedule on the website is 4 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with weekend brunch specials. Tables are booked through Resy, takeout orders and gift cards are handled through Toast, and wedding inquiries go through the contact page.
