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RED BANK: EYESORE SPACE IN FOR MAKEOVER

The new owner of the former Love Lane tuxedo space also owns the four-story 12 Broad Street, just around the corner. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of downtown Red Bank’s more glaring eyesore buildings is about to get a gut job. The owners of the highly successful 12 Broad Street have acquired [...]

LITTLE SILVER SIDEWALK SALE

It started Thursday, continues Friday and runs through Saturday. It’s the annual Little Silver Springtime Sidewalk Sale, and we’ve got six seconds of sights and sounds to whet you’re interest. (Video by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

HOBBYMASTERS SKATES BACK INTO BOARD BIZ

Hobbymasters employee Mychael, who declined to give his last name, shows off a board. Below, a board equipped with underside lighting. (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE The zenith of skateboarding’s popularity  in Red Bank may be past, and skating downtown could land you in handcuffs these days. But after a [...]

FRENCH OUT. THAI, PERUVIAN & ICE CREAM IN.

Marc Fontaine outside the now-closed Bienvenue, which will become a Thai restaurant. Fontaine plans to open a pastry shop on Monmouth Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Restaurant-crazy Red Bank’s ethnic pot is getting stirred again. For Francophiles, the news is bad, as Bienvenue, the only French restaurant for miles around, has closed. [...]

FAIR HAVEN: CLOSINGS ROCK RIVER ROAD

Nature’s Emporoium is closing after 40 years in the same location, and will be replaced by a women’s clothing boutique displaced from Sea Bright. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD As though hit by an economic hurricane, Fair Haven’s historic downtown is reeling from the abrupt loss of four well-established River Road retailers. • [...]

RED BANK: AFFORDABLE GIFTS AND GOODIES

What, she doesn’t have a wine purse? We can fix that. Read on. (Photos by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE Unsure of what gifts to buy this holiday season? Don’t fret. redbankgreen has been window-shopping downtown Red Bank in search of the perfect gift ideas for everyone on your list. For example: [...]

LACROSSE STORE TAKES AIM AT BROAD STREET

Lacrosse Unlimited plans to take the space at far right in the building above, formerly tenanted by Hip & Humble Home.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A fast-growing, family-owned chain of stores specializing in gear for lacrosse players plans to open a shop in Red Bank. David DeSimone, an executive with Lacrosse Unlimited, [...]

RIVERWALK PLAN REVISED AND REVIVED

A rendering of the planned Riverwalk project, which is to replace the building at 24-30 Mechanic Street, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After six years of dormancy, a 24-unit residential building planned for Mechanic Street in Red Bank is about to go into the ground, says its developer. Only, not as far [...]

HAIRCUTS, JUICE, RUGS AND OTHER CHURNAGE

Robinson Hernandez cuts a customer’s hair at Red Bank House of Fades earlier this week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Some updates from the continual swirl of comings and goings among Red Bank businesses that we like to call Retail Churn: • After months of dormancy, the conversion of the storefront at 8 [...]

RED BANK CHURN: FOAM AND A FEATHER

Jeff Bonham plans to open the 15th store in his mattress chain in the former Surray Luggage space next month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A five-month-old vacancy on middle Broad Street in Red Bank is about to be filled with foam. And in the heart of downtown, a stigma-beating consignment shop has [...]

GOOD VIBES: ALEX AND ANI CRYSTALIZES

Set to open at 12 Broad Street in Red Bank Monday is Alex and Ani, the latest in a chain of jewelry stores whose products, the company says, are infused “with the positive energy that ancients refer to as vital force.” So is the store itself, located between Urban Outfitters and Zebu Forno: as previously [...]

BETWEEN THESE WALLS: ‘VITAL FORCE’ ENERGY

Retail space tucked inside 12 Broad has been leased by a store specializing in jewelry infused with “vital force.”  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Downtown Red Bank’s comeback is about to get a jolt of extra energy. Alex and Ani, a designer and retailer of wrist bangles and necklaces infused “with the positive [...]

DOWNTOWN RED BANK COMES OFF THE ROPES

The recent opening of Lucki Clover, above, in a Broad Street space vacated last September, is seen as one of many indicators of a strengthening comeback.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Without question, the losses have been significant. Over the past six months, as the global, national and regional economies have struggled to [...]

VIZZINI TO FILL LAST SPOT AT OLD KISLIN’S

Furniture retailer Vizzini & Company plans to relocate from the Galleria to 8 East Front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A longtime major vacancy on East Front Street in Red Bank is about to end, adding momentum to an economic resurgence on and near Broad Street. Vizzini & Company, a furniture dealer, will [...]

SURRAY LUGGAGE ON HIATUS?

Surray Luggage has been dark this week, with signs touting an inventory closeout. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Has Surray Luggage gone on a trip? The Red Bank luggage retailer’s Broad Street store has been dark for a week, with signs hinting vaguely of change.


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