WAYNE’S MARKET OWNER FISLER DIES AT 58

Wayne Fisler, below, could often be seen working in the window of his shop on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Wayne Fisler, owner of Red Bank wine and food store Wayne’s Market on West Front Street, died Sunday. He was 58 years old.

A fixture of sorts to passersby, Fisler could often be seen on the phone or schmoozing with customers from a stool at the store’s front window.

In fact, borough Administrator Stanley Sickels and Mayor Pasquale Menna, who grew up with Fisler, referred to him as a “Red Bank fixture.”

May 22, 2012 - 7:22 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: FOOD, CLOTHES & MORE IN CHURN

JJ’s Delicasies, at 21 West Front Street, features a swirling logo on the sidewalk out front, thanks to a projector. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

In this edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn, one of Red Bank’s hot vegan restaurants is building a separate takeout place, while a 24-hour gym, a barber shop and a cryotherapy spa all have plans to set up shop downtown.

Meantime, two businesses — a restaurant and a women’s clothing shop — have opened in recent days.

April 3, 2018 - 9:10 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: CRAFTS SHOPS, RESTAURANT OPEN

Anne Hamilton of All Things Local chats last week with Susan Folta, of the Monmouth County Economic Development office’s Made in Monmouth program. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Not one but two craft shops, both featuring the work of local artisans, plan to open in downtown Red Bank this weekend.

Also in this edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn: a seven-day-a week Mexican restaurant with loco hours opens for business, and a chain sub shop unplugs the meat slicer after just a year in town.

September 29, 2017 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A JIMMY JOHN’S SUB

The Jimmy John’s Italian Night Club sub. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)

By SUSAN ERICSON

Gleaming subway tiles and a mix of communal hightop tables and booths seem to be the template for modern fast food joints today.

The Jimmy John‘s franchise on West Front Street in Red Bank, with Gaslight Anthem bassist Alex Levine on board as a partner, has the decor and menu down to a science. But how does it stack up against other sub shops on the Greater Red Bank Green?
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March 10, 2017 - 10:59 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: SUBS, BURRITOS, PIZZA & MORE

Jimmy John’s has opened in the long-vacant former Wayne’s Market space on West Front Street. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A few quick bites of Red Bank restaurant news for this edition of Retail Churn:

• A sub shop, co-owned by a member of Gaslight Anthem, has opened.

• Two restaurants in town have changed their names.

• Actually, three, if you count the former Brannigan’s. In case you missed it, the Wharf Avenue mainstay has a new moniker to go with a dramatically new look.

September 8, 2016 - 8:59 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D

The former Wayne’s Market on West Front Street is slated to open as a Jimmy John’s franchise owned by Gaslight Anthem bassist Alex Levine, at left below, and Matt Schaffert, right. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

The owners of two Red Bank restaurants left Monday night’s planning board meeting with unanimous approvals, one to expand and the other to open.

Buona Sera, at Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street, won an OK for a plan for a 1,200-square foot addition that might accommodate up to 50 standing customers. And Jimmy John’s Deli, a sandwich franchise co-owned by a member of the rock band Gaslight Anthem, got a thumbs-up to open in the former Wayne’s Market space on West Front Street.

February 2, 2016 - 7:54 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BAR PLANS DECK; CHAINS COMING

Branningan’s has filed plans to add a two-tiered deck to the parking lot side of its Wharf Avenue building. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Yes, it’s already time for another edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn. And once again, there’s news about Red Bank food and drink.

Right around the “read more” corner are details about big changes planned at Brannigan’s Bar & Grill, plus word of two national food chains hoping to get in on the head-spinning restaurantization of Red Bank: Jimmy John’s Deli and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

July 20, 2015 - 9:00 am | Comments ()

CHURN: FRESH STARTS DOWNTOWN

The building at 14 West Front Street, center above, has changed hands. The white one next door is the site of a proposed roof deck for the Downtown, at far right. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

This edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn takes note of news at three key downtown properties.

Two are in the heart of a strip of businesses undergoing rapid change on West Front Street.

The other, on Broad Street, is marking the completion of an overhaul that’s been underway for more than three years.

April 14, 2015 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

CHURN: BLING, BUBBLE TEA AND BUSTED DEALS

After just a year and a half, Shore Scoop closes, giving way soon to Chill Bubble Tea at 15 White Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

There’s lots to report here in the 200th installment of Retail Churn, as the comings and goings of storefront businesses and restaurants on the greater Red Bank Green is as lively as we’ve seen yet.

Take it past the jump for a thumbnail tour.

October 15, 2014 - 8:11 am | Comments ()

WHERE’D THE LOVE GO?

The former home of Love Lane Tuxedos is one of downtown Red Bank’s most persistent large vacancies. (Click to enlarge)

By MIKE BARON

Wheres the love for the old Love Lane building?

The prominent storefront on West Front Street, with its distinctive retro signage, has remained stubbornly vacant for eight years, and the exterior is showing its age.

Now, amid many signs of resurgence on the block, the address is starting to stand out as an eyesore, neighbors say.

May 3, 2012 - 8:59 am | Comments ()

IS THAT… WAYNE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES?

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We here at redbankgreen weren’t the only ones who did a double-take on opening last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine to page 39.

“Is that who we think it is in the full-page patient testimonial for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York?” we asked ourselves.

In fact it was, and is, Wayne Fisler, owner of Wayne’s Market on West Front Street.

Still, some of Fisler’s friends calling from around the country aren’t completely sure it’s him staring back at them from the magazine.

“A lot of people didn’t know it was me right away because I don’t have my glasses on,” Fisler tells us. “It makes me look like an old man.”

September 27, 2007 - 7:30 am | Comments ()

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WAYNE’S MARKET OWNER FISLER DIES AT 58

RED BANK: FOOD, CLOTHES & MORE IN CHURN

RED BANK: CRAFTS SHOPS, RESTAURANT OPEN

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A JIMMY JOHN’S SUB

RED BANK: SUBS, BURRITOS, PIZZA & MORE

RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D

RED BANK: BAR PLANS DECK; CHAINS COMING

CHURN: FRESH STARTS DOWNTOWN

CHURN: BLING, BUBBLE TEA AND BUSTED DEALS

WHERE’D THE LOVE GO?

IS THAT… WAYNE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES?