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Category Archives: Food and Drink

PIEHOLE: TOMATOES, CHEESE AND BEER
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Brian Imbriale puts the finishing touches on PieHole‘s curry chicken salad sandwich at Fair Haven’s Balderose Fine Foods. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food andContinue reading "PIEHOLE: TOMATOES, CHEESE AND BEER"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 3pm
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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CURRY CHICKEN FROM BFF
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The curry chicken salad sandwich from Balderose Fine Food in Fair Haven.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Back in January, when we last checked inContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CURRY CHICKEN FROM BFF"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TALKING DIRT AT THE LIBRARY
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A dozen or so cilantro seedlings and twice as many gardeners were on hand last night at the Red Bank Public Library for a talk on organic gardening. (Photo by Jim Willis.Continue reading "RED BANK: TALKING DIRT AT THE LIBRARY"
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March 6th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: TOMATOES, JUST OFF THE BOAT
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Jimmy DiBartolo gives PieHole a crash course in imported Italian tomatoes. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS A few months from now in the fertile fields ofContinue reading "RED BANK: TOMATOES, JUST OFF THE BOAT"
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March 3rd, 2014 @ 1pm
PIEHOLE: BAGELS, BURGERS AND PERUVIAN
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Why is a bagel sandwich so cheap here? Because they make bagels. They want you to eat bagels. (Photo by John T Ward. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is allContinue reading "PIEHOLE: BAGELS, BURGERS AND PERUVIAN"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? THIS, IN RUMSON
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The Metropolitan, with a side of red potato salad, at Atlantic Bagel in Rumson. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Honestly, this kind of blew us away. It’sContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? THIS, IN RUMSON"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TO REBUILD
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Donovan’s Reef as seen five days after Hurricane Sandy, above, and in better days, below. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Smashed toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TO REBUILD"
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February 27th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BURNHAM REOPENS WATER VALVE
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Councilwoman Cindy Burnham, right, listens as Councilwoman Kathy Horgan reads an Environmental Commission resolution that denounced any move to privatize Red Bank’s water utility. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM REOPENS WATER VALVE"
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February 27th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK BULKS UP ON BURGERS
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Red Bank adds another burger business to its roster of patty purveyors. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS The former Muscle Maker Grill in Red Bank isContinue reading "RED BANK BULKS UP ON BURGERS"
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February 27th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: PERUVIAN EATERY NEARS OPENING
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A Runa employee tells PieHole the Peruvian restaurant on Monmouth Street is a few weeks from opening. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Several PieHole readers have askedContinue reading "RED BANK: PERUVIAN EATERY NEARS OPENING"
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February 25th, 2014 @ 11am
PIEHOLE: CHEESE SCHOOL IS NOW IN SESSION
Ready for cheese school? Read all about it in PieHole. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t liked us on FacebookContinue reading "PIEHOLE: CHEESE SCHOOL IS NOW IN SESSION"
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February 21st, 2014 @ 5pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CAPPY AND FRESH MOZ
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The A&G Special from A&G Italian Fine Foods in Little Silver (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS On a friend’s suggestion, PieHole stopped by the deli onContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CAPPY AND FRESH MOZ"
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February 21st, 2014 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: MIND YOUR RIND AT SICKLES
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Cheesemonger Caitlin O’Neill will be leading a series of cheese classes in the Sickles Market greenhouse. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS When Caitlin O’Neill, cheesemonger atContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MIND YOUR RIND AT SICKLES"
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February 20th, 2014 @ 2pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Though the above photo may appear to have been taken indoors, Where Have I Seen This hasn’t abandoned its principles. The tableau is visible to a passerby. Do you knowContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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February 20th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: TIME TO GET YOUR GARDEN ON
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First come, first served applications are being accepted for Red Bank’s Community Garden. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Break out those seed catalogs, gardeners. With rainContinue reading "RED BANK: TIME TO GET YOUR GARDEN ON"
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February 19th, 2014 @ 4pm
PieHole checks in with area bartenders for some Valentine’s Day cocktail suggestions. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t liked usContinue reading "PIEHOLE: VALENTINE’S TIPS, DISH AND PHO"
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February 14th, 2014 @ 3pm
PIEHOLE: LOVE ON THE ROCKS… OR NEAT
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PieHole checks in with area bartenders, including Heather Vena and Robb McMahon of Murphy’s Tavern in Rumson, on good libations for either side of dinner. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click toContinue reading "PIEHOLE: LOVE ON THE ROCKS… OR NEAT"
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February 14th, 2014 @ 1pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? PHO-BIOTICS FOR FLU
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Takeout Chicken Pho from Pho Le in Red Bank.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Last week found PieHole in the grip of the grippe. WhenContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? PHO-BIOTICS FOR FLU"
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February 14th, 2014 @ 11am
NEW CLUB COOKING UP FUN AT RFH
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School On a recent evening, the aroma of vegetarian dishes filled the kitchen of St. George’s By the River Episcopal Church in Rumson.Continue reading "NEW CLUB COOKING UP FUN AT RFH"
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February 12th, 2014 @ 6am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? THIS, IN RED BANK
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Grilled chicken wrap with curly fries, at the Red Bank Diner. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The seasoning on the grilled chicken in the grilled chicken wrapContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? THIS, IN RED BANK"
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February 7th, 2014 @ 10am
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(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 ...
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.