A longtime Jersey Shore restaurant and ice cream store that closed six years ago will be reopening next year, according to its new owner.

Nagle’s Apothecary Cafe is on the first floor of a three-story building built in 1890 in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township.

An apothecary was a precursor to the modern-day pharmacy or drug store. The Monmouth County shop was known for serving ice cream, sandwiches and other comfort foods.

Nagle’s was purchased in February by Kelly Ryan, the longtime owner of The BoonDocks Fishery in Red Bank. Renovations on the cafe will get underway in October, Ryan said.

It will be restored to what looked like prior to its 2019 closing, with a few fresh touches, Ryan said.

The soda fountain counter that dates back to the 1940s, the hot open-face sandwic

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