I’ve been hearing rumors about Fairway Market opening up a New Jersey location for years. I lived around the corner from Fairway in New York City and its accessibility was one of the aspects of city life that I was the most torn about leaving behind. My one bedroom apartment may have been overflowing with [...]
This week, Outback Steakhouse launched a new menu, featuring 15 meals under $15. Jersey Bites was lucky enough to get invited to join an intimate group of food bloggers at a tasting in Manhattan of some of their new menu items with Tim Gannon, co-founder and head chef of Outback Steakhouse. Tim explained that Outback [...]
When I walked up to Bohj, an Indian restaurant in Elmwood Park, I wasn’t expecting much. The restaurant was in a tiny strip mall on a lackluster street. A bright open sign shone in the window of the tiny corner store that houses Bohj. We almost got back in our car to head to more [...]
As soon as I heard about Creme de la Crepes from a friend, I was eager to try it. Crepe restaurants are rare in America, and especially rare in New Jersey. I’m from France and when I was growing up, eating out at a crepe restaurant was the ultimate treat, as common as eating at [...]
For several years now I have been listening to my boyfriend’s long list of pet peeves when it comes to the habits of some beer drinkers and many of the articles he reads about beer. One such article, which appeared in the Star Ledger magazine recently, sparked the idea for this article. The author, much [...]
I had an amazing meal last night at the newly opened Rosa Mexicano Restaurant in Hackensack at the Riverside Square Mall. Rosa Mexicano joins an amazing selection of restaurants there: Cheesecake Factory, Houston’s, McCormick and Schmick’s, Thai Chef, Morton’s Steakhouse, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, and Maggiano’s Little Italy. It’s the eighth restaurant is this upscale [...]
This post was submitted by a fellow Jersey Biter and good friend, Jenny. Aunt Jenn as we like to call her. I can testify to the words below about her husband in addition to the fact that the man can fall asleep anywhere, anytime. And that’s not an exaggeration. Thanks for the post Jen. I [...]
Well, my begging Joe for his Spaghetti Squash recipe finally paid off, and who knew it would be so simple. Thanks Joe. If you’re a local to Monmouth and Ocean Counties, you probably already know about Joe Leones. If not, visit their site. I can’t wait to try this. I’m sure you could easily halve [...]
