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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? AN ORCA OF A BURRITO
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LINCROFT: What's for Lunch? First some decisions, leading to an orca of a burrito, at Queso Grill.
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December 9th, 2016 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? EUROPA GRILL TAPAS
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SHREWSBURY: What's for Lunch? Something otherworldly under a celestial ceiling in a strip mall at the new Europa Grill.
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December 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
CRAVINGS: EXPECTING AN OMELET
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RED BANK: Parents-to-be from Fair Haven satisfy a craving for omelets.
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November 23rd, 2016 @ 1pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HAPPY HOUR RIBS
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RUMSON: What's For Lunch when lunch hour has gotten away from you? There's the happy hour at Salt Creek Grille, which comes with a twinkling view.
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November 18th, 2016 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SLOW-PACED GRAZE
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LITTLE SILVER: PieHole settles in for lunch at Graze, finding "mad-scientist genius" at every turn -- in the soup, sandwiches and mac 'n cheese.
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November 11th, 2016 @ 8am
CRAVINGS: A LITTLE DANISH WILL DO
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RED BANK: What do you crave? For a Fair Haven man it's the Danish Café's danish, whether for breakfast or a lunchtime dessert.
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November 9th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? DREAMY O BISTRO CREPE
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RED BANK: What's for Lunch? PieHole visits chef Marc Fontaine's new O Bistro on Bridge Avenue for a crepe. This is not your average crepe.
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November 4th, 2016 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ALL THE WAY ON A BAGEL
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RED BANK: Keeping it simple, What's For Lunch goes "all the way" on an everything bagel at the Bagel Oven, where bagels are made the old-fashioned way.
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October 28th, 2016 @ 10am
CRAVINGS: SCAMPI PIE NOT A TRIVIAL MATTER
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RED BANK: She may be there for the weekly trivia contest, but Jen Rubino's craving for Jamian's shrimp scampi pizza is no trivial matter.
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October 25th, 2016 @ 4pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? LOBSTER CORN DOGS
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RED BANK: What's for Lunch tries the innovative lobster corn dogs and a bánh mi at B2 Bistro, and enjoys them unreservedly.
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October 21st, 2016 @ 9am
CRAVINGS: MOM’S IRISH SODA BREAD SCONES
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SEA BRIGHT: When Shauna Harten gets a craving, it's for her mom's Irish soda bread scones, which she used to have shipped down to Florida.
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October 18th, 2016 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOT DOGS AND BLISS
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RED BANK: Even on a dreary Saturday, customers line up at G&G Hot Dog Truck on Shrewsbury Avenue.
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October 14th, 2016 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A MOSTLY-NEW HARRY’S
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? Harry's in Sea Bright returns with new owners, a completely new look, and an impressive if somewhat pricey menu.
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October 7th, 2016 @ 9am
CRAVINGS: GOOEY SATISFACTION IN A BOX
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RED BANK: Got a late-night craving for something gooey? Try the bacon burger cheese fries from Jr's. They'll deliver.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? NACHOS AND BEAN SOUP
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? Red Bank's Carlos O'Connor's Mexican is now open for lunch on weekends. PieHole digs into a hearty bowl of soup, and more.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 10am
CRAVINGS: SUNDAY PORK ROLL
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RED BANK: Got a craving? For some locals, it's not Sunday without a stop at Johnny's Pork Roll truck at the Farmers' Market.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GREEK FARE IN LINCROFT
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? PieHole checks out a new Greek place in Lincroft
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September 23rd, 2016 @ 10am
CRAVINGS: A PASSION FOR PUMPKIN
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RED BANK: What are you Craving these days? For Katie Katzgrau, it's pumpkin-flavored coffee.
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September 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? RED ROCK STANDS OUT
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH: PieHole finds a knockout menu at the new Red Rock Tap + Grill to match the daring architecture.
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September 16th, 2016 @ 11am
CRAVINGS: A BUSHEL IN A BURRITO
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RED BANK: Somewhere north of the border, an autumn craving hits PieHole.
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September 14th, 2016 @ 3pm
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...