A Happy 78th Birthday Party for Tony of Tony and Joe’s

Restaurateur Tony Cibel celebrated his 78th birthday with a full house of happy guests June 4 at his riverfront restaurant at Washington Harbour, Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place.

Party-goers were again treated to endless servings of oysters, shrimp, lamb chops, sauteed soft-shell crabs, split lobster, prime rib and drinks.

Native Washingtonian Tony Cibel founded Tony and Joe’s with Joe Rinaldi in October 1987 at the newly constructed Washington Harbour. His business projects have expanded since then. Cibel is the patriarch of the Oceanside Management Family of restaurants, which has included the Dancing Crab, Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place, Nick’s Riverside Grille, Kaufmann’s Tavern, Cabanas and the Rockfish. Tony and Joe’s survived the April 2011 flooding at the waterfront that damaged it and several other places. With a re-design, it emerged better than ever.