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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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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.