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A staple on the Crest's Ocean Avenue strip for years, the Surfside closed after the 2002 season. Though it was scheduled for demolition, the Doo Wop Preservation League raised the funds to have the structure dismantled and kept in storage. It has been rebuilt, and is ready to re-open as the new Doo Wop Museum, at Ocean and Burk Ave. in Wildwood proper.

• The Surfside opened on the Fourth of July, 1963.
• It was owned by Thomas Michael John, Sr., known better locally as "Tomi John." The amicable Greek immigrant was a player in the Wildwoods' restaurant scene in the 60s and 70s, most notably operating his Tomi John's Restaurant, at the northeast corner of Atlantic and Schellenger (part of the Shore Theater complex).

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