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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SALAD FOR CYCLING
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The chicken bruschetta salad at Red Bank’s Earth Pizza. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS After a long, bacon-wrapped winter for PieHole, spring marks the beginning of bicyclingContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SALAD FOR CYCLING"
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May 16th, 2014 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A scene from last year’s first Appetite Festival — a three-day culinary and epicurean arts festival — returns to the Count Basie Theater in August.  (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS TheContinue reading "RED BANK: CUISINE & KEYTAR AT COUNT BASIE"
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May 15th, 2014 @ 11am
RUMSON: SINGLE-MALTS AND STOGIES
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Luis Cortez will be rolling cigars at Salt Creek Grille in Rumson on Tuesday night. (Photos by Laura Koss. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS For some Scotch drinkers, a tumblerContinue reading "RUMSON: SINGLE-MALTS AND STOGIES"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 9am
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON PIEHOLE…
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PieHole stops by the West Side outpost of Strokers deli for lunch. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If youContinue reading "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON PIEHOLE…"
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May 9th, 2014 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? STEAK AND NOSTALGIA
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California Cheesesteak at Strokers Westside Pizza and Subs. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Strokers Westside Pizza and Subs on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank isContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? STEAK AND NOSTALGIA"
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May 9th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: TAVOLO WETS FEET AT SHIP AHOY
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Patti Balderas at Tavolo Pronto in Fair Haven (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Red Bank’s Patti Balderas, who with her husband Arturo owns and runs TavaloContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TAVOLO WETS FEET AT SHIP AHOY"
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May 7th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FIRST CUT IS THE BEEFIEST
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You’re not likely to find this first cut, bone-in chuck steak shrink-wrapped in your grocer’s meat case. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS As grilling season heatsContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRST CUT IS THE BEEFIEST"
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May 7th, 2014 @ 8am
Another tasty pick for your weekend grilling pleasure in our continuing series on cuts you’ll only find at a real butcher shop. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLISContinue reading "PIEHOLE: KARMA, CUPCAKES & PAD KRA PROW"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 4pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CHICKEN WITH THAI BASIL
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The wonderfully spicy Pad Kra Prow at Muang Thai in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Authentic-tasting Thai with its liberal use of flavorful hotContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CHICKEN WITH THAI BASIL"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: HANGER STEAK FOR YOUR GRILL
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Kyle Powell shows of a well-trimmed Hanger Steak at Citarella’s Market in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS As grilling season heats up, PieHole is checkingContinue reading "RED BANK: HANGER STEAK FOR YOUR GRILL"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 9am
You can call it karma or just good fundraising, either way the Cinnamon Snail’s Kickstarter campaign for a new truck was a success for Red Bank’s Adam Sobel. (Photo by Jim Willis.Continue reading "RED BANK: SNAIL GETS NEW SHELL"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 9am
PieHole has been checking in with area butchers to learn what they bring home for their grills. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about localContinue reading "PIEHOLE: MEAT, VEGANS AND BURRITOS"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FINE WINING & DINING WEATHER
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Sunday’s International Flavour Fest wine list looks pretty good to PieHole – and nothing goes better with wine or beer than sunshine and blue skies. So here’s hoping the National Weather Service has itContinue reading "RED BANK: FINE WINING & DINING WEATHER"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BURRITO, THEN NAP
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The carnitas burrito at North of the Border on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS When we walked through the door ofContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BURRITO, THEN NAP"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: GRASS-FED GRILL FEST
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The butcher counter at Sickles Market is making room for grass-fed beef. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS This weekend Sickles Market in Little Silver will hostContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: GRASS-FED GRILL FEST"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: HEAVEN FOR UNDER $4 A POUND
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Monmouth Street’s man of meats, Stew Goldstein shows off special cut of pork loin for the grill. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS As grilling season heatsContinue reading "RED BANK: HEAVEN FOR UNDER $4 A POUND"
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April 24th, 2014 @ 3pm
The Cinnamon Snail food truck is asking for help on Kickstarter.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With the Red Bank Farmer’s Market starting up in justContinue reading "RED BANK: A TEST OF THE SNAIL’S KARMA"
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April 24th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SPEED DATING WITH CHEFS
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The menu for this Sunday’s International Flavour Festival in Red Bank’s White Street parking lot promises most dishes will be priced between $4 and $8, allowing most eaters to get aContinue reading "RED BANK: SPEED DATING WITH CHEFS"
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April 23rd, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE BUTCHER’S GRILL?
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A good butcher can carve out tasty, affordable cuts for the grill, like this well-marbleized cut of boneless short rib from Monmouth Meats in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE BUTCHER’S GRILL?"
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April 11th, 2014 @ 3pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOMEY, WITH FREE FRIES
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The turkey club at Alice’s Kitchen in Sea Bright.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS This week’s warm weather found PieHole once again putting the top downContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOMEY, WITH FREE FRIES"
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April 11th, 2014 @ 10am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.