About Us
The Best Sandwich Shop
in Ocean County*
*Fox 29 Philadelphia's Best of the Shore 2008 & 2009
Executive Chef Tony Salzarulo, a Ship Bottom Resident,
is pleased to announce the second anniversary of a NEW concept
in the food service industry: The Dark Star Café.
Drawing from his many years of experience
at some of the finest properties
in the New York Metropolitan area,
as well as, the last five seasons here on Long Beach Island,
The Dark Star Café LLC is your prime resource
for the highest quality chef prepared
soups, sauces, salsas, pizza & prepared foods.
Favorites include gourmet pizza, home-cooked deli meats,
roasted vegetables, crab cakes & barbecued spare ribs,
even homemade mozzarella.
We also feature our unique selection of spice rubs,
marinades & salad dressings, designed to make your next
home prepared meal as good as any you would find
in your favorite restaurant.
We have experienced a tremendous response to our restaurant and
are so happy to be satisfying the desire of our customers
to enjoy fine food prepared here or in their home.
"We make fantastic food & you enjoy it wherever you want!"
says Chef Salzarulo. We have seating for twenty-five.
You can get prepared food to take with you, or you can get
chef~prepared items for you to assemble at home.
What could be more convenient?
How about taking home some salsa for your next dinner or
a spice rub to give that chicken breast the kick it needs.
We have everything to satisfy your quest for flavor,
and that's what it's all about anyway, right?
We'll even drop off your next catered event.
Check out our catering menus.
Get a big dose of Island flavor at the Dark Star Café You'll be back!
Don't forget to bring a taste of L.B.I. home with you!
We have t-shirts, hats & mugs, as well as our Mojo~to~Go
line of prepared spice rubs, marinades & salad dressings.
We plan to offer gift baskets for your favorite barbecue chef.
Our mission is to consistently provide a superior product by
offering high quality professionally prepared food
available on site or at any location.
We will continually strive to keep the food unique, fun and always
fresh. The Dark Star Café aims to become a regionally recognized
brand name using quality, knowledge, personality & enthusiasm
to capitalize on the desire of our customer to enjoy the finest
quality food prepared here and in their home.
Our goal is to be profitable, unique, and an indispensable resource
in our customers' quest for flavor,
while enjoying the ride.
Our Chef graduated from the French Culinary Institute in March of
1989, where he studied under Christian Foucher & Jacques Pepin.
He worked throughout The Plaza Hotel in New York City for three
years leaving as Night Chef in The Oyster Bar Restaurant.
His next position was Executive Chef
for Levana Restaurant in Manhattan
where he achieved his first "Excellent" rating by
Zagat's Guide to New York City Restaurants.
In addition to running the restaurant and its
five-hundred seat catering facility in Forest Hills,
He also appeared regularly on the Manhattan Cable television
program, "Schmoozing" as a guest chef.
Then it was on to New Jersey, where he was the chef at a steak
house in Englewood rated "Excellent" by the New York Times.
He obtained "Best Mexican Restaurant" by New Jersey Monthly, and
another "Excellent" rating by Zagat's
for Mexicali Blues Café, in Teaneck,
where he was the executive chef.
Before moving to Long Beach Island, at his last job in New York City,
he worked in Manhattan for Marriott Corporation
as a District Executive Chef for five years.
At a prestigious law firm, White & Case,
in their World Headquarters, a 42 story building in Midtown,
catering to their building population of 850
as well as their Board of Directors.
He was recruited to be on the
James Beard House culinary team for three years,
and attended several week-long continuing education classes at the
Culinary Institute of America.
Upon moving here, he was the executive chef for
a prominent Island restaurant where he created
an entirely new menu and gained a tremendous following.
Having lived in Ship Bottom, with his wife & son, for the last seven
years, his vision is one of stylish food,
paired with the relaxed atmosphere of the beach,
to savor in the comfort of your own home.
We hope that you enjoy everything!
The Dark Star Café is conveniently located at
29th street & The Boulevard in Ship Bottom, NJ,

We are now OPEN!!
Currently our hours are:
11AM to 8PM, Thursday
11AM to 9PM Friday & Saturday
11AM to 8PM sUNDAY
CLOSED MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY