East Coast Burger opens in Ridgewood
Finally, something has replaced the eyesore of an empty car dealership on the corner of Oak Street and Franklin Avenue in Ridgewood. East Coast Burger Co., on the ground floor of the renovated...
View ArticleBrio Tuscan Grille opens today at Willowbrook
The latest location in the 52-outlet Brio chain opened its first North Jersey restaurant today at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne. According to a press release: “the menu offers made-to-order pastas,...
View ArticleChakra offers relief menu beginning Sunday
Although it’s usually closed on Sundays, Chakra on Route 4 West in Paramus will open this Sunday, Nov. 4 from 1 to 8 p.m.. From Sunday through Wednesday, the restaurant is offering a special menu of...
View ArticleLooking for North Jersey restaurants raising funds for storm victims
If you are the owner or chef of a Northern NJ restaurant doing something to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, please let us know and we’ll help you get the word out. There are lots of NYC...
View ArticleTable to Table in urgent need of post-Sandy food donations
Table to Table, Northeast New Jersey’s first and only non-profit food rescue program, and Gail Schoenberg Public Relations (GSPR), the New Jersey based food and beverage public relations firm, are...
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White Manna a favorite of Boston star chef
White Manna burgers, courtesy of Zagat. Celebrated chef Ken Oringer of Toro and Boppa in Boston, Mass. and Earth at Hidden Pond in Kennebunkport, Me., is one of 31 chefs asked by to choose their...
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Raymond’s now open in Ridgewood
Photo: Facebook After more than a year of construction, Raymond’s opened in Ridgewood today, at the corner of Oak Street and East Ridgewood Avenue. The interior, above, looks much like the original...
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Picnic in Fair Lawn closes
Chris Monroe/The Record Chef Christine Nunn has closed Picnic, her fine-dining restaurant in the Radburn section of Fair Lawn. She posted a message on the restaurant’s Facebook page this morning: “A...
View ArticleBurger Deluxe creates burger for Sandy relief
From Feb. 4 through 11, Burger Deluxe will offer a New Jersey-inspired burger and fries, with 100 percent of sales benefiting the Sandy NJ Relief Fund – an independent non-profit organization dedicated...
View ArticleThe ’101 Best Restaurants In America’
And not one of them is in New Jersey, at least according to The Daily Meal. But if you have a few minutes and like slideshows, it’s an interesting list. And of course, a good number of them are just...
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Hillsdale chef opening new restaurant in Ridgewood
Chef Chris Tarta, owner of Bella Campania in Hillsdale, has acquired what has been a revolving door space on the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and South Broad Street in Ridgewood. Blue Fish, a...
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Reviews from elsewhere: 17 Summer in Lodi
Anthony Scillia reviews one of the bi-monthly dinners at 17 Summer, the “chef’s table” for Joseph Cuccia Catering in Lodi. “Growing up in Lodi, 17 Summer was for the longest time known as Vagabondo....
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Central Kitchen poised to open next month
The contemporary restaurant taking shape at the intersection of East Palisade and Sylvan avenues in Englewood Cliffs (the former site of Royal Cliffs Diner) is slated to open in early April, according...
View ArticleAcanto opens in Tenafly
Acanto Ristorante has just opened at 88 Piermont Road in Tenafly, which has been vacant since the short-lived Sidebar Steakhouse closed in the spring of 2009. There is no website yet, but the phone...
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Christine Nunn named chef of Grange in Westwood
A 40-seat BYO, Grange will open in mid-April in Westwood at 31 Westwood Ave. , the space long occupied by Pourquoi Pas and most recently, by Mezza, which moved in January to 20 Jefferson Ave....
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Burgerwood moving to new, larger location
Burgerwood co-owners Daniel Zaytsev 18, Alexander Bittan 19 and Jamie Bensadigh 19. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Staff Burgerwood’s three teenage owners are not yet old enough to drink, but just three months...
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Schlotzsky’s opening March 24 in Englewood
New Jersey’s first Schlotzsky’s casual eatery will open on Sunday, March 24 at 39 Nathanial Place in the Englewood ShopRite Plaza. The new location is owned and operated by the Dalleggio family who...
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Bazzarelli hosts fundraiser for Moonachie First Aid Squad
The all-volunteer Moonachie First Aid Squad was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, but although the organization lost its building, equipment, personal belongings and cars that day, that did not stop them...
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Roots Steakhouse Coming To Ridgewood
Will a steakhouse finally make a lasting success out of 17 Chestnut Street in Ridgewood? Harvest Restaurant Group has leased the former Blend for a third location of its Roots Steakhouse concept,...
View ArticleGrissini is chef-less again
For the second time since longtime executive chef Alberto Llandri’s departure last year, Grissini in Englewood Cliffs finds itself without an executive chef. Camillo Bassani, who came on board in June,...
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