About
Tuckers Tavern is a gastropub on South West Avenue in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island. The menu centers on American coastal dishes and a raw bar, alongside rotating craft beers and cocktails. The restaurant offers indoor and outdoor seating, takeout, gift cards and private parties.
Tuckers is open every day of the year with a few holiday exceptions, from 11:30 AM on weekdays and 10:30 AM on weekends; closing is 9 PM most nights and 10 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations and walk-ins are both accepted. The restaurant is part of the FeaRLESS Restaurants group, and the site describes its concept as drawing on American taverns and English pubs.
The all-day menu leans on local seafood. The raw bar lists East Coast oysters and locally harvested clams by the half dozen or dozen, jumbo shrimp cocktail, old bay and ale peel 'n eat shrimp, and a sampler called The Buoy that combines oysters, clams, shrimp and tuna tartare. Elsewhere on the menu are a bay scallop and clam chowder, local tuna tacos, IPA-battered cheese curds made with Ship Bottom IPA, a half-pound Tuckers Burger, local flounder piccata and pan-seared local scallops. Separate menus cover weekend brunch, happy hour, desserts, cocktails, beer and wine, and vegetarian dishes.
For groups, the restaurant has private and semi-private spaces for 25 to 110 guests: a covered outdoor deck with bay views and its own bar, an Oyster Bar room, the nautical Tavern Room, and the larger Tavern Dining Room. Party and wedding packages are posted as PDFs. Takeout and delivery are handled through DoorDash and order.online, with Caviar pickup also offered.
