Your guide to everything Long Beach Island.
Discover LBI like a local — with insider tips, videos, and guides to help you experience the very best the island has to offer.
Explore the island like a local
What brings you to LBI?
Every article on LBI Locals is written by locals and passionate island-goers from Barnegat Light to Holgate. Pick a path and we'll point you in the right direction.
Meet the Locals
The shops, kitchens, and characters that make LBI feel like LBI.
The ice cream parlor where the staff sings
LBI LOCALS
Summer Contests
Free to enter, full of local prizes, and running all summer long. Hidden tokens, weekly food guesses, and more — our way of giving back to the community that makes LBI feel like LBI.
15 Prizes. One Grand Champion.
Over $5,000 up for grabs all summer long. Follow us on Instagram for weekly hints.
Follow @lbilocals15 hidden tokens. One grand champion.
We're hiding 15 tokens across Long Beach Island all summer. New hints drop weekly on Instagram — find a token, claim your prize. Plus, one Grand Champion will be crowned at summer's end.
Featuring prizes from
Allie May Boutique · Whittingham Coffee Shop · Flour Child · Moxie Salon · Burger 25 · Walter's · The Surf Guru · Azzurri · Black Sheep Studios · The Guarino Team · Freeman & Co. · and more!
Follow @lbilocals for Hints
How well do you know LBI food?
Guess the restaurant and the dish. Win a $100 gift card to that spot.
Follow @lbilocalsFirst to guess wins.
Every Monday this summer, we post a photo of a random food item from an LBI restaurant on Instagram. The first person to correctly guess both the restaurant and the name of the item wins a $100 gift card to that spot.
