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RED BANK: WHO’S MAKING YOUR NEXT SUB?
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Now open in Red Bank’s City Centre Plaza: Jersey Mike’s. Yeah, a chain. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) Does Red Bank need another sub shop? The folks at theContinue reading "RED BANK: WHO’S MAKING YOUR NEXT SUB?"
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January 16th, 2014 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: FOOD MARKET TO REOPEN FRIDAY
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A “Now Hiring” sign appears in the window of Balderose Fine Foods in the run up to its reopening this week. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS AfterContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: FOOD MARKET TO REOPEN FRIDAY"
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January 13th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: FOOD FROM THE HEEL OF ITALY
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The former Red Bank Pizza is now home to Puglia, named for a Manhattan restaurant with an almost 100-year history. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS TheContinue reading "RED BANK: FOOD FROM THE HEEL OF ITALY"
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January 9th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: GROWING MENU AT WHIPPED BITES
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Nick Napoletano gives PieHole a sneak peak of the new savory crepes menu at Whipped Bites.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Whipped Bites is busy. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: GROWING MENU AT WHIPPED BITES"
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January 7th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE BREAD
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East Siders Christina Dostie and Jenny Rossano made the snowy trek into downtown Red Bank this morning for the debut of Antoinette Boulangerie, the new bakery on Monmouth Street. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE BREAD"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: FINALLY, A LOCAL BAGUETTE
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Sisters Zeynep Ozdemir (left) and Ayca User (right) with executive pastry chef Gina Roselle-Broschart in the Antoinette Boulangerie kitchen. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Sisters Ayca UserContinue reading "RED BANK: FINALLY, A LOCAL BAGUETTE"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: CELEBRATING WITH CAVIAR
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Haylee Brents of Sickles Market in Little Silver shows PieHole a range of caviar options for New Year’s Eve. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS If yourContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CELEBRATING WITH CAVIAR"
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December 31st, 2013 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN: BUBBLY FOR THE NEW YEAR
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Nicholas Restaurant owner and chef Nicholas Harary helps PieHole choose a bubbly to ring in the New Year. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Celebrating on New Year’s Eve almostContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BUBBLY FOR THE NEW YEAR"
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December 30th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: ALL BUT HOME HAILS THE SNAIL
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The Cinnamon Snail is now the top-ranked restaurant in New York City according to Yelp.com (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Ouch! Red Bank gets a second blackContinue reading "RED BANK: ALL BUT HOME HAILS THE SNAIL"
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December 24th, 2013 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: FROM FRANCE, STUFFED PRUNES
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Sickles Market stocks these French prunes only during the holidays.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. For the food lovers on yourContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FROM FRANCE, STUFFED PRUNES"
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December 24th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: RECIPES WITH BOOZE AND LOVE
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Red Bank’s Jenny Rossano shares a holiday recipe with PieHole that’s equal parts fond memories and booze. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS This time of year,Continue reading "RED BANK: RECIPES WITH BOOZE AND LOVE"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: TASTING ROOM’S WINE HARDWARE
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A gift box of wine hardware, including an in-bottle decanter and a preserver vacuum, from The Tasting Room in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows thatContinue reading "RED BANK: TASTING ROOM’S WINE HARDWARE"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: EXOTIC SPICE STOCKING STUFFER
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One of Red Bank’s newest stores is the source of today’s gift idea. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. ForContinue reading "RED BANK: EXOTIC SPICE STOCKING STUFFER"
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December 21st, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: A COOL COTTON KARMA CARRIER
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Tote you veggies home from the Farmers’ Market in this cotton bag. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. For theContinue reading "RED BANK: A COOL COTTON KARMA CARRIER"
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December 21st, 2013 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: DRIFTWOOD TIKI BAR OPENS
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The newly-renovated Tiki Bar at Driftwood Cabana Club in Sea Bright will be open to the public on weekends from October-April.  By JIM WILLIS Sandy may have sent Donovan’s toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DRIFTWOOD TIKI BAR OPENS"
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December 20th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: SHOP LOCAL EATERS GIFT GUIDE
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Cheese Cave owner Steve Catania at work. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. For the food lovers on your giftContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOP LOCAL EATERS GIFT GUIDE"
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December 20th, 2013 @ 8am
PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. So for the food lovers on your gift lis,t we have assembled 12 Days of PieHole’s First Annual Shop Local Holiday FoodContinue reading "RED BANK: A NOT-TOO-ECCENTRIC CAB"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: PAPPY VAN WINKLE AUCTION
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Little Silver Bottle Shop’s eagle-eyed Bill Kenney guards the four rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon the store is auctioning off. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIMContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: PAPPY VAN WINKLE AUCTION"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 6am
PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. For the food lovers on your gift list we have assembled 12 Days of PieHole’s First Annual Shop Local Holiday Food &Continue reading "RED BANK: SHOP LOCAL EATERS GIFT GUIDE"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: ITALIAN MOMS TALK CHESTNUTS
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Red Bank neighbors Melissa Bartolone and Christina Dostie give PieHole a lesson in buying, roasting and eating chestnuts. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS It is of questionableContinue reading "RED BANK: ITALIAN MOMS TALK CHESTNUTS"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 11am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...