Article: By the sea in an SUV: tailgating is splashy stuff at the Cove in Brigantine, where sand sandwiches give way to gourmet, and vehicles stack up like beach blankets.

Byline: Amy S. Rosenberg

Aug. 23--BRIGANTINE, N.J. -- Is this a beach, or the parking lot at the Linc? Some days, it's hard to tell at the Cove, where people back their SUVs right up to the waterline, open up the back, and start the tailgate party. "It's like going to the Eagles, without the game," says Joe Abater, 50, of Deptford. Except for when the guys bring their generators, satellite dishes and TVs, and then they have the game too. It's been known to happen. Whatever works -- right, sun worshippers? You take your beach with trucks, or without. Nobody's forcing anyone. On Sundays, they are jammed in truck to truck, two and three deep on ...

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