Where the tide
meets the table.
Maree — French for tide.
Downtown Spring Lake's first neighborhood bistro and bar. Seasonal American fare, French-influenced, locally sourced. Built inside the former Wells Fargo building, original bank vault and all.
A 100-year-old bank vault.
Now your wine locker.
When Marilyn and Bret took over the former Wells Fargo building at 1123 3rd Avenue, they found something extraordinary: a massive original bank vault, iron door intact, perfectly preserved behind the walls.
They built around it. The vault is being transformed into the centerpiece of Maree's Wine Locker Program: a private, climate-controlled cellar where members store their wine with an engraved nameplate on the locker and concierge service for every bottle.
Only 12 locker memberships are available. Your name on a piece of Spring Lake history.
Reserve Your LockerThe Cheers she has been describing for thirty years.
After 40 years of building restaurants up and down the Jersey Shore, Marilyn thought Whitechapel Projects might be her last chapter. Then she took a consulting job with Faherty Clothing in Spring Lake, and the bug came back.
She saw what Spring Lake was becoming. A town that had been quiet for decades was waking up, and nobody had built the neighborhood restaurant it deserved.
On a trip to France she had the meal that sealed it: grilled fish, garlic, a baked potato, a bottle of rose in a tiny bistro south of Biarritz. The most amazing meal of her life. Simple. Perfect. The kind of food that connects you to a place.
She came home and called Bret Morgan. Maree was born.
"I think Spring Lake has been missing this kind of community spot with that Cheers feeling where you know everybody and the staff knows you. You thrive when your neighbor thrives."
Marilyn Schlossbach, Co-FounderMore than a restaurant.
A coastal gathering place defined by warmth, craft, and a genuine sense of place.
Seasonal Kitchen
Ingredient-driven dishes built around local makers and sustainable seasonal produce. Simple done extraordinarily well, the lost art Marilyn found in the south of France.
Craft Bar
Coastal cocktails, ethical wines, local craft beer. The kind of bar you linger at because the conversation is good and the glass is never empty too long.
Genuine Hospitality
The door is always open. The table is always set. A culture of kindness where every guest feels like a regular, even if it is their first visit.
Community First
Food as a bridge connecting people, stories, and local businesses. We source thoughtfully and believe great restaurants make their towns better.
Honoring History
The former Wells Fargo building has been part of Spring Lake's story for a century. We are not erasing that history. We are building the next chapter on top of it.
Coastal Soul
Like the tides, we evolve. A commitment to practices that support our environment, our local economy, and the Shore community that makes all of this worth doing.
Not a club. A current.
Maree is a public restaurant for everyone. For those who want a deeper connection, smoother reservations, early access, and a locker with their name on it in a 100-year-old vault, the High Tide Community was made for you.
Wine Locker Program
- Private 12-bottle climate-controlled locker in the original vault
- Engraved nameplate: your name on a piece of Spring Lake history
- Engraved plaque within the vault for all locker members
- Complimentary service for bottles from your locker
- 20% savings on all wine purchased through Maree
- Priority access to allocated and rare wines
- Curated seasonal selections from the bar team
High Tide Community
- Priority reservations and preferential seating
- Early access to events, menus, and seasonal programming
- Direct connection to Marilyn, Bret, and the Maree team
- Invitations to exclusive community dinners and tastings
- Founding member rate locked in before rates increase
Built by two people who believe great restaurants change towns.
Marilyn Schlossbach
Chef · Restaurateur · Co-FounderForty-plus years. Fifteen-plus restaurants. A career that helped transform Asbury Park and shaped the Jersey Shore dining scene from Belmar to Long Branch. Marilyn brings every lesson, every late night, and every table she has ever set to Maree: the restaurant she has been describing her whole life.
Bret Morgan
Entrepreneur · Developer · Co-FounderA Jersey Shore local with a talent for transforming spaces into places that matter. Bret brings the vision of a developer who understands that great buildings create great communities and the instinct to know that Maree is exactly what Spring Lake has been waiting for.
Spring Lake has been waiting for this.
So has Marilyn.
Opening Summer 2026 · 1123 3rd Avenue, Spring Lake, NJ