Hemingway's Cafe is looking for some ballers tonight

Behemoth Seaside Heights bar/club Hemingway’s Cafe will host its second anniversary party and handout VIPs to all those who came out to celebrate tonight . VIP cards are mainly useful on Saturdays, when cover jumps to $10 after 11 p.m. and this valuable piece of plastic lets you jump the line that will snake from the door down to the corner.

Last year’s VIP giveaway featured one complimentary drink and passed appetizers (and they were all delicious – it helps if you’re friends with the waitresses and they come straight to you when they pick up a new tray from the kitchen).

Hem’s boasts a monstrous dancefloor so be ready to bop along to hip-hop and techno remixes. During the week, four massive pool tables fill it. It’s a pretty clubby atmosphere  – lots of tiny dresses and sky-high heels. More guys than not are wearing Ed Hardy t-shirts. If you’re up to the challenge, you can stay and fist-pump until 4 a.m.

The windows and walls along the two front bars completely open up and create a nice patio feel and provide a front-row seat to gawk at the tricked-out, pimped-up sports cars and SUVs that parade along the Boulevard every weekend.

Last Friday, they offered a Coors Light special – $2 bottles. Friday happy hour features $2 drafts, $7 martinis and $5 appetizers.

The food is pretty tasty too – awesome brick oven pizzas and sushi (really, really good shrimp tempura rolls!). The sushi bar stays open til 1 a.m. if the booze munchies give you a craving for unagi. Hemingway’s decor is pretty swanky overall with high ceilings and dark wood but the dining room is bright and tropical.

Hemingway’s Cafe is located at 612 Boulevard, Seaside Heights. For more information, visit them online at www.hemingwaysnj.com or call 732-830-1255.