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Category Archives: Food and Drink

FAIR HAVEN: APRÈS THE BIRD, A LIGHT LUNCH
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The Caprese panini at Tavolo. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) What’s for lunch? Gee, who can even think of food today? But hey, we gotta eat, right?Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: APRÈS THE BIRD, A LIGHT LUNCH"
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November 29th, 2013 @ 11am
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RED BANK: RICE & BEANS, ITALIAN & TURKEY
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Art’s Barbershop. Chair: Jim Murphy, Barber: Rick Memmola. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will beContinue reading "RED BANK: RICE & BEANS, ITALIAN & TURKEY"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 2pm
Denise Kelleher, owner of Cups and Cakes. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) Time for a little Rumson Churn, as the latest iteration of Rumson Market packs it in –Continue reading "RUMSON: MARKET OUT (AGAIN), CUPCAKES IN"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: MOM CAN’T “COOK LITTLE”
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Rocky’s Barbershop. Barber: Michelle Rago. Chair: Anonymous (she played hooky). (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will beContinue reading "RED BANK: MOM CAN’T “COOK LITTLE”"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 6am
David Burke Fromagerie manager Alexander Loehing walks us through the limited-time fixed price lunch menu at the Rumson dining institution. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) When he isn’tContinue reading "PIEHOLE: RICH EATS ON THE SORTA CHEAP"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 3pm
RUMSON: FINE DINING ON THE CHEAP… SORTA
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David Burke Fromagerie manager Alexander Loehing walks us through the limited-time fixed-price lunch menu at the Rumson dining institution. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Among eatersContinue reading "RUMSON: FINE DINING ON THE CHEAP… SORTA"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WORKING, GIVING, GIVING THANKS
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Dequanne Gibson waits for an open chair at Rigo’s Barbershop on Shrewsbury Ave. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS To get a sense of how folks around theContinue reading "RED BANK: WORKING, GIVING, GIVING THANKS"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM
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James Hertler, below, shut down Lucky Break Billiards in September, a month after police cracked down over BYOB issues. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD How’s this for anContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 4am
RED BANK: STAR POWER. OH, AND CAKE, TOO.
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Cake Boss Buddy Valastro emerges to a forest of fans and cellphone cameras at the opening of Carlo’s Bake Shop in Red Bank Monday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: STAR POWER. OH, AND CAKE, TOO."
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November 25th, 2013 @ 5pm
RED BANK: STILL GOING NAKED
[slideshow_deploy id=’86011′]It was nippy outside Sunday evening, but at Red Bank’s Red lounge, it was a place to Go Naked. Dozens came out to the third annual Go Naked and CheckContinue reading "RED BANK: STILL GOING NAKED"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WELL, SHUCKS, OYSTERS FOR T-DAY
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Jamian LaViola of Jamian’s demonstrates how to properly and safely shuck an oyster in a video on redbankgreen‘s PieHole food page. Ever since our conversation a few weeks ago withContinue reading "RED BANK: WELL, SHUCKS, OYSTERS FOR T-DAY"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 12pm
Jamian LaViola of Jamian’s shows PieHole how to shuck an oyster. Click here to watch if the video isn’t displaying on your device.  (Video by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: HAPPY SHUCKING THANKSGIVING"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TAKES OFF THE WRAPS
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Just two months after announcing plans to open a store in Red Bank, celebrity baker Buddy Valastro, also known as the Cake Boss, is expected to debut his newest Carlo’sContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TAKES OFF THE WRAPS"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: MEMORIES OF MOM ON T-DAY
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2Dye4 Salon. Chair: Katherine Plosica, Stylist/Owner: Crystal Diebold. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will be celebrating ThanksgivingContinue reading "RED BANK: MEMORIES OF MOM ON T-DAY"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 3pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH: SOUP WITH A ZING
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What’s for lunch? Vegetable barley soup, with a mysterious kick, from Readie’s in Red Bank. Mystery solved at PieHole. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 11am
Vegetable barley soup, with a kick. We had it with turkey on a roll. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The vegetable barley soupContinue reading "RED BANK: FOR LUNCH? SOUP WITH BITE"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: PERKY, FREE-RANGE EGGS, CHEEP
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Hauser Hill Farms eggs are among the best bargains as the Red Bank Farmers’ Market closes out its 2013 season Sunday. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIMContinue reading "RED BANK: PERKY, FREE-RANGE EGGS, CHEEP"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: THE SEASON’S LAST LOCAL YOLKS
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Perky-as-heck eggs from Hauser Hill Farms. Get ’em Sunday or pine all winter.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS One of PieHole‘s favorites at the RedContinue reading "RED BANK: THE SEASON’S LAST LOCAL YOLKS"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: WHERE THEY’LL EAT ON T-DAY
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You don’t need a PhD in sociology – or a masters in journalism – to know that the best and most scientific demographic sampling takes place in barbershops. So toContinue reading "RED BANK: WHERE THEY’LL EAT ON T-DAY"
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November 21st, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: GETTING READY TO GOBBLE @ GUS’S
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Carl Bowles in the chair at Gus’s Barbershop in Red Bank as barber Augusta Carter works the trimmer. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS You don’t needContinue reading "RED BANK: GETTING READY TO GOBBLE @ GUS’S"
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November 21st, 2013 @ 8am
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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.