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Category Archives: Cocktails

RED BANK: ‘COCKTAILS’ AT THE COFFEE CORRAL
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Courtlyn Crosson makes a High Roller, seen below complete with grapefruit foam. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Tired of getting the same old latte or mochaccinoContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘COCKTAILS’ AT THE COFFEE CORRAL"
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June 18th, 2015 @ 12pm
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SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE
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The pungent Garlic Shrimp, above, and the Drunken Clams, below,are customer favorites.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON There isn’t a bad seat at the EventideContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE"
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May 8th, 2015 @ 11am
QUENCHING A CINCO DE MAYO THIRST
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Downtown bartender John Butler makes PieHole a fresh strawberry margarita.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Maybe it was the sterling weather this past weekend, or maybeContinue reading "QUENCHING A CINCO DE MAYO THIRST"
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May 4th, 2015 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK
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Ashlyn Schmidt pours a spicy bloody Mary at Dive in Sea Bright. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A sweet cocktail filled with tropical fruit is niceContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK"
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April 9th, 2015 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST
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Chefs from more than 30 local restaurants impressed guests at last year’s “Recipe for Success” at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 10am
AT THE DUB: IRISH COFFEE THE IRISH WAY
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A traditional Irish Coffee at the Dublin House. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON There was a time, not so long ago, when most restaurants would handContinue reading "AT THE DUB: IRISH COFFEE THE IRISH WAY"
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March 5th, 2015 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: CATERERS FIND NEW KITCHEN
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Linda Walton in the new Whistling Onion kitchen with some of the foraged artisanal products that she has been creating, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CATERERS FIND NEW KITCHEN"
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March 4th, 2015 @ 2pm
IN GOTHAM: HOLY SOUR MASH, BATMAN
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Gotham’s Arty Homes helped PieHole navigate the Red Bank bar’s eclectic cocktail menu. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Late on a winter afternoon with a bitterlyContinue reading "IN GOTHAM: HOLY SOUR MASH, BATMAN"
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February 20th, 2015 @ 2pm
Among the watering holes featured as NJ.com, the website of the Star-Ledger, searches for New Jersey’s Best Bars is Murphy’s Tavern, the Prohibition-era speakeasy hidden in the basement of aContinue reading "RUMSON: NEW JERSEY’S BEST BAR?"
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February 12th, 2015 @ 10am
QUENCH: AN OLD-FASHIONED AT SALT CREEK
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An Old-Fashioned at Rumson’s Salt Creek Grille, above. Below, Rob Habel muddles fruit for the cocktail.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Blended to shades ofContinue reading "QUENCH: AN OLD-FASHIONED AT SALT CREEK"
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February 9th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN
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Continuing the rapid transformation of Red Bank into a dining mecca, the paper comes off the windows at 9 Broad Street as the seafood restaurant Catch opens Thursday night. AtContinue reading "RED BANK: SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN"
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December 11th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: ALE HOUSE OPENS; CATCH IS NEXT
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The Robinson Ale House on Broad Street had a soft opening last week.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Restaurant tycoon Tim McLoone’s new venture, theContinue reading "RED BANK: ALE HOUSE OPENS; CATCH IS NEXT"
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December 9th, 2014 @ 7am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? COMFORT FOOD W/ RIV VU
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Chicken pot pie at the International Bar in the Molly Pitcher Hotel. Below, the pot pie scooped out of its baking dish. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? COMFORT FOOD W/ RIV VU"
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December 5th, 2014 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE
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Residents packed Monday night’s borough council meeting, many in support of a referendum on the license question.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 11pm
RED BANK: SPICING UP A MONDAY NIGHT
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The granite bar at Pazzo is as inviting as any table in the restaurant. Below, complimentary dishes of  olives and warm bread and butter served at the bar. (Photo by SusanContinue reading "RED BANK: SPICING UP A MONDAY NIGHT"
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November 6th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT
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Looking for all the world like the trendiest bag ladies you’ve ever seen, more than 200 women signed up for this year’s edition of Girls Night Out, held Thursday andContinue reading "RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 1pm
RUMSON: CRAFT BEERS AND A SOUVENIR
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John Mayer pours a pint of Starr Hill Sabbath Black IPA. Below, souvenir glasses available to the first 24 customers of the night. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RUMSON: CRAFT BEERS AND A SOUVENIR"
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October 14th, 2014 @ 8am
WHATS FOR LUNCH: SLIDERS ON SURFBOARDS
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Brisket sliders and an Orange Crush on a surfboard-themed table at Woody’s Ocean Grille in Sea Bright.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Meeting a friend forContinue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH: SLIDERS ON SURFBOARDS"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: DIVE BAR DIVES RIGHT BACK IN
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A bright and colorful interior to Dive into in Sea Bright. Below, the vegetarian black bean burger. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON  Dive owners and newlywedsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DIVE BAR DIVES RIGHT BACK IN"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY: GARDENERS EAT THEIR OWN
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Community gardeners celebrating their harvest at the garden, located adjacent to Borough Hall. Below, Pam MacNeill and Maureen Collins in the gazebo. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: GARDENERS EAT THEIR OWN"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 9am
Partyline
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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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.