Montclair is one of New Jersey’s most formidable food towns. Predominantly a BYO town, competition is tough, and only chefs and restaurateurs with their finger on the pulse and their heart in the kitchen survive. Among the most recently opened restaurants in Montclair is Fin Raw Bar & Kitchen. Fin is owned by New Jersey [...]
I LOVE Greek food. I’m not referring to the diner-variety gyro (pronounced “year-o”, with a roll of the “r”, NOT Gi-ro!!) I am referring to traditional Greek dishes served taverna style, with lots of fresh fish and seafood, olive oil, lemon and herbs. Around these parts, this type of cuisine is nearly non-existent. STAMNA, however, [...]
The Cook’s Tour was recently invited to a media dinner at Strip House in Livingston. Think what you will of the saucy name; the food, service, and ambiance are all top drawer. The restaurant is part of the Glazier Group, which owns Strip House along with Twenty Four Fifth and Bridgewaters in Manhattan, and also offers full-service [...]
Cedar Grove has pizza. Cedar Grove has Chinese takeout. Cedar Grove has bagels. But the one thing Cedar Grove hasn’t had in a while is its own ice cream place. Enter BatchMakers, an unassuming treasure trove of homemade deliciousness. I stopped in recently for a chat with co-owner Joe Gasparino, who opened the shop in [...]
While on an adventure to pillage the treasures of William Sonoma, my mother and I found ourselves getting peckish. Perhaps it was the fact that we hadn’t eaten yet that day or perhaps it was the cruelly tantalizing aroma of the on-staff chef preparing samples, but midway through our shopping excursion we high-tailed it to [...]
A few weeks ago, ZAGAT New Jersey Restaurants 2011-12 went on sale, along with a corresponding guide that covers the Jersey Shore’s restaurant scene. The Survey includes coverage of 1,050 restaurants across the state, reviewed by 6,909 diners. Eateries are rated on a 30-point scale in the categories of Food, Décor, and Service. Nicholas in [...]
Please join the North Jersey editors of Jersey Bites this Saturday, May 14, as they take a bite out of childhood hunger! The Second Annual Food Blogger Bake Sale, created by Gaby of What’s Gaby Cooking? Blog, will be happening at locations across the country, and Jersey Bites is proud to be representing the NJ [...]
NJ’S Favorite Wine Tasting Event is Back: Friday, April 8, 2011, 7-10pm at the Hilton Short Hills The Hilton Short Hills becomes spring wine heaven for one grape-centric evening only…featuring an incredible global array of 100+ wines specially selected by The Wine Library, delicious light hors d’oeuvres artfully prepared by the Hilton’s chefs, plus live jazz [...]
Is it possible to spend over $60 to see a movie? Would you even want to? Do margaritas and movie lines mix? The answers to these and other burning questions ensue. Jersey Bites was invited to attend the opening of a new style of dine-in movie theatre, the AMC Essex Green in West Orange. And [...]
Luckily for us, Kevin Zraly was absent not just during the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers, but also during the first bombing of Tower 1 in 1993. As the first wine cellar master of the famous restaurant Windows on the World, and now author of several books, Mr. Zraly has been [...]
