Founded in January 1984. W.L. Goodfellows is a popular Atlantic City area landmark with a large audience including families, children, seniors and business professionals. Our full-service, casual restaurant serves a diverse menu with an Italian influence. Our friendly environment is ideal for celebrating special occasions, hosting a business lunch or gathering for a delicious meal with friends and family. Open daily for lunch and dinner, Goodfellows has something for everyone offering a selection of freshly prepared items using only the finest ingredients available. Favorites include many homemade Italian specialties, hand-tossed pizzas, choice steaks, seafood, baby back pork ribs, specialty salads, pasta, sandwiches, burgers and more. Goodfellows baked goods and desserts including our deliciously rich cheesecake and Apple Crisp are popular favorites with our guests. Our bar is a comfortable gathering place to relax after a day at work, to catch a game or share an appetizer with friends. The menu features signature cocktails, chilled martinis, premium and ultra premium spirits, specialty non-alcoholic beverages, an extensive wine list, and imported and American craft beers. When you step inside Goodfellows you will discover an environment that is warm and comfortable. The interior of our restaurant feature rich woods, brick, Italian blown glass and colorful Tiffany lamps all used to create a certain warmth. As a well known dining and drinking landmark, Goodfellows does not rest on our reputation, we ask ourselves daily how we can improve and continue to raise our standards in every area of the restaurant... the variety of our menu, the quality and presentation of our food, and the efficiency of our service.
It was our Great Grandfather Nicholas Forte that Co-founded San Giorgio Macaroni Company along with his cousin Girolamo Guerrisi. San Giorgio evolved from the Keystone Macaroni Company with only a handful of employees. Our father told us the story of how he remembers his grandfather Nicholas designing and sketching the "San Giorgio" logo, you'll notice to this day the very same logo appears on every box of San Giorgio pasta, it depicts Saint George as he slays the great dragon, hence San Giorgio! Our father's memory is limited since he was a young boy at the time, but, he told us how they sold their long spaghetti noodles by the pound out of a small neighborhood store front in Pennsylvania. Nicholas then began marketing their pasta to other businesses and restaurants from the area, if fact my father used to ride along with his uncle's Louie and Carmen Forte as they delivered boxes of their homemade pasta to local stores in and around Philadelphia.
Our father began his food career 50 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Garwood Mills
down by the inlet section of the city. There you would find the famous Captain Starns Restaurant,
Fishing Pier, the Sea Lions show along with speed boat rides aboard the Miss Atlantic City.
Garwood Mills was the equivalent to one of today's large retailers, it was there that our father
owned and operated one of the areas most successful deli's, serving sliced meats, cold cuts and
produce to all of Atlantic City. Years later he opened Chick's Restaurant in Brigantine, NJ on the
beach over looking the ocean. Chick's became an Island institution and a well known landmark for
many vacationers from Canada, down through New York, North Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley.
For the next twenty two summers he successfully operated Chick's being known for great food at the seashore.
Over the years he created many delicious dishes but the one he became well know for was his creation of
the French Fried Lobster Tail. Soon after, Chick's became know as "Home of the French Fried Lobster Tails!"
Our Family represents three generations of restaurateurs and we know what's important to our customers.
In order to ensure the highest quality, we use only the best ingredients and family recipes that have stood
the test of time and millions of customer approvals for years.
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