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Dining

Bayonne’s Best Kept Secret!


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Angelina’s Restaurant Offers Fine Cuisine in a Cozy Hideaway

Angelina's Restaurant 928 Broadway, Bayonne 201-823-3322
Angelina’s Restaurant 928 Broadway, Bayonne 201-823-3322

By Sally Deering

 

When you enter Angelina’s restaurant on Broadway in Bayonne, you’re greeted by an explosion of kitsch – a display of 45s and old photographs on the walls and music by 50’s and ‘60s groups like The Shirelles crooning from the speakers in a dining room that’s more like a salon with pink walls and red and white table settings. The place seats 35 lucky guests and if you’re one of those lucky ones, you’re in for a real treat and a dinner that will make you think your Italian mom is back in the kitchen cooking your favorites just for you. Continue reading Bayonne’s Best Kept Secret! →

Dining, Our Community

Mayor Healy Announces Expansion of Restaurant Row In Jersey City

Restaurant Row Doubles in Size as Jersey City Becomes Even More Business-Friendly

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy speaks during a press conference Thursday announcing the recent expansion of Restaurant Row. (from left: City Planning Director Robert Cotter, restaurateur Alice Troietto of Madame Claude Cafe, and Housing, Economic Development & Commerce Director Carl Czaplicki.)
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy speaks during a press conference Thursday announcing the recent expansion of Restaurant Row. (from left: City Planning Director Robert Cotter, restaurateur Alice Troietto of Madame Claude Cafe, and Housing, Economic Development & Commerce Director Carl Czaplicki.)

– Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and city planning officials announced today the expansion of the city’s Restaurant Row during a press conference at Madame Claude’s Café, a French restaurant now situated in the new Restaurant Overlay Zone.

In August, Mayor Healy and the City Planning Division presented the ordinance expanding Restaurant Row, which was adopted unanimously by the City Council on Aug. 31, 2011. Continue reading Mayor Healy Announces Expansion of Restaurant Row In Jersey City →

Dining, Music Views

The Beat goes on at Maxwell’s, Hoboken’s Landmark Rock ‘n Roll Club and Restaurant

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Still Hip after all these Years 

By Sally Deering

 Cutting edge rock ‘n roll and comfort food that won’t bust your wallet are just two great reasons why Maxwell’s in Hoboken still grooves as a club and restaurant. Ever since the 1980s, Maxwell’s has been the Hoboken venue for up-and-coming bands and some famous ones, too, like Bruce Springsteen who filmed his “Glory Days” video at Maxwell’s, directed by filmmaker John Sayles who lived down the block.

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Dining

Hoboken Gets Its Own Ibby’s Falafel

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Popular Downtown Jersey City Eatery expands into Hoboken

ibby-new-restAdnan Kwara, Ibby to his friends and customers knows a lot about preparing delicious authentic Middle Eastern Cuisine. In 2009. 2010 and also in 2011,  Kwara’s restaurant; Ibby’s Falafel, was voted Best of the Best Falafel by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Since 1996  Ibby’s Falafel has been a popular stop for the many residents living in downtown Jersey City and the Hudson County area. After  August 31st,  Hudson County residents will have the opportunity to frequent  two Ibby’s Falafel restaurants with the opening of Ibby’s second store in Hudson County  located at 614 Washington Street in Hoboken. Ibby also has a third store in Freehold, New Jersey.

Our photographer was on hand for the August 31st opening last night and shot these photos.ibby-rest-2-jpg ibby-rest-3

Ibby’s is famous for their Falafel( Ground chic peas, fresh vegetables and imported spices)  but his menu is a delicious variety of Middle Eastern delights like Hummus, mashed chic peas, lemon. tahini , seasoned and imported olive oil. Continue reading Hoboken Gets Its Own Ibby’s Falafel →

Cover Story, Dining

Hell’s Kitchen-Cooking for the Chef of Wrath!


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  Two Hudson County Chefs Face Turbulent Chef Gordon Ramsey of “Hell’s Kitchen” in their Quest to win the Top Prize on Season Nine
 By Sally Deering

Brendan Heavey
Brendan Heavey

Will Lustberg
Will Lustberg

 He screams, breaks plates and throws food – three fabulous reasons to watch Chef Gordon Ramsey, the King of Reality Cooking Shows as he sets ablaze Season 9 of the hit competitive cooking show
“Hell’s Kitchen.” (Premiering Monday, July 18 at 8 pm on FOX) 
Hell's Kitchen Season Nine
Hell's Kitchen Season Nine

Here in Hudson County, we’re lucky to have two local chefs to root for — Brendan Heavey of Hoboken, and Will Lustberg of Jersey City – who with 16 other chefs from across the U.S. chopped, seared, boiled and broiled behind the stove and under the piercing eye – and sometimes brutal tongue — of Chef Gordon Ramsey for the top prize of head chef at BLT Steak in New York City. Continue reading Hell’s Kitchen-Cooking for the Chef of Wrath! →

Dining

Komegashi Too in Jersey City, Just As Fine As The Original

Komegashi Spinoff Brings Restaurateur’s Passion for Fine Japanese Cuisine to the Jersey City Waterfront

By Sally Deering

Komegashi Too serves fine Japanese cuisine on the Jersey City Waterfront
Komegashi Too serves fine Japanese cuisine on the Jersey City Waterfront

Restaurateur Johnny Leung is a self-proclaimed “Foodie” who opened Komegashi on Montgomery Street near Exchange Place in Jersey City in 1990. He made a successful splash as the only fine-dining Japanese restaurant in town and in 2000, Leung opened Komegashi Too on the Jersey City Waterfront at a time when the waterfront had little to offer as a dining destination and there were few hi-rises beyond the restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows.

 As the waterfront developed, so did the restaurant’s cadre of devoted patrons, some who have eaten at Komegashi Too practically every day since it opened. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Komegashi Too was packed, as usual, with patrons dining on exquisite Japanese dishes beautifully plated and popping with fantastic flavors. Continue reading Komegashi Too in Jersey City, Just As Fine As The Original →

Dining

Fine Asian Cuisine close to the Jersey City Waterfront

grand-banks-grey-scaleGrand Banks Restaurant, Cocktail Lounge and Sushi Bar offers Chinese, Japanese and Fusion Dishes to Downtown Jersey City’s 9-to-5ers and Neighborhood Regulars

 By Sally Deering

 Ten years ago, David Ng, converted an old bank building on Montgomery Street in Downtown Jersey City into a restaurant, cocktail lounge and sushi bar known to neighborhood residents and business professionals as Grand Banks. Located two blocks from the Exchange Place station on the PATH and the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Grand Banks serves some of the tastiest Sushi, Chinese, Japanese and Fusion Cuisine in Hudson.
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Dining, Education, Our Community

A TASTE OF WEEHAWKEN BENEFIT APRIL 26TH, 2011

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Local Hudson County Restauants and Wine Suppliers participate in Fundraising Event for Weehawken Free Public Library

By Sally Deering

 Book lovers, Kindle and Nook lovers and those who just adore the Weehawken Public Library for the stellar services it provides are invited to step out on Tuesday, April 26th for an evening of delicious food and wine at “A Taste of Weehawken” at the Lincoln Harbor Food Court (next door to Houlihan’s) on the Weehawken Waterfront. All proceeds from this fundraising event go to the library’s special programming.
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Dining, Restaurant Views

The Barge Inn offers Fine Italian Cuisine in a Cozy Downtown Jersey City Neighborhood Bistro

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Dining Italiano with Frankie and Dino on the Juke!

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By Sally Deering

 The Barge Inn is a warm and cozy Italian restaurant on the corner of 3rd and Monmouth Streets in Jersey City that offers lovers of Italian cuisine authentic family recipes in an atmosphere that makes you feel like you were invited to dinner at a friend’s home. And that’s just the way Linda and Peter “Bitzy” Paldino and Linda’s brother Richie Marto, who oversees The Barge Inn’s bar around the corner, want you to feel.

 Linda and Bitzy have been married 31 years and not only are they partners in life, they’re partners in business. They have a son Richard who is  a Detective on the East Orange Police Force for 6 years. Bitzy and Linda  have worked side-by-side for many years and  they even created one of the house specials named for him: Pork Chops Bitzy served with potatoes, onions, sweet and hot peppers ($22). The menu and a blackboard of daily specials offer variations of seafood, meat and poultry dishes that are cooked to order and made with fresh ingredients delivered that day. Continue reading The Barge Inn offers Fine Italian Cuisine in a Cozy Downtown Jersey City Neighborhood Bistro →