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Category Archives: Food and Drink

EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS
Soul Kitchen as seen on opening day last month, hosted by Jon Bon Jovi, below. (Click to enlarge) Lots of glitz was on display last month when the JBJ SoulContinue reading "EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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With another spirited (and sold-out) gathering in the greenhouse, Sickles Market in Little Silver hosted its annual wine and cheese fundraiser for Holiday Express Friday night. The event featured auctionsContinue reading "HOLIDAY CHEER IN THE GREENHOUSE"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 8am
A Rhode Island man recently posted this YouTube video, in which he praises the new JBJ Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. During his meal the night before,Continue reading "SOULFUL PLUG FOR SOUL KITCHEN"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 8am
WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD
Restaurateur Danny Murphy discusses the need for West Side parking with Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, before last week’s borough council meeting. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD"
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
It’s that time again! Yes, folks, another Thursday is upon us, and another Where Have I Seen This? clocks in. If you think you know where the photo was taken,Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 8am
IN: DRESSES, WAFFLES… OUT: CHEESESTEAK
Jessy Krol, saving a few bucks the DIY way, readies her new dress shop on Monmouth Street last week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two Red Bank storefrontsContinue reading "IN: DRESSES, WAFFLES… OUT: CHEESESTEAK"
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November 1st, 2011 @ 11am
Red Bank’s Dublin House pub is on the hook for more than $1 million of a $3.3 million jury award to the family a man killed by a drunk, off-dutyContinue reading "DUBLIN HOUSE HIT FOR $1.1M IN DWI DEATH"
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October 27th, 2011 @ 3pm
The 64th in an annual series, Sunday’s Red Bank Halloween parade featured a barn-and-silo float from Red Bank Charter School plus a mix of reliably scary and fun costumes. redbankgreenContinue reading "SCARY FUN IN RED BANK"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 7am
NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S
Kathy Maguire takes a breather on day one as owner of the Rumson bar and restaurant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Word about the sale had leaked out,Continue reading "NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 11am
Though no exterior changes are planned, Lucky Break Billiards will feature 19th-century decorative touches inside, the owners say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A billiards parlor that servesContinue reading "BILLIARDS HALL, OFFICE CONVERSION OK’D"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 8am
A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET
Zeet Peabody, executive chef at the new JBJ Soul Kitchen, which features crisp design inside and a vegetable and herb garden out front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET"
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October 20th, 2011 @ 10am
BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN
Jon Bon Jovi gives his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, an attagirl as she prepares a table at the opening of the JBJ Soul Kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The yard outside the restaurant,Continue reading "BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 3pm
SUBWAY CAFÉ TO ROLL INTO RED BANK
The 28-seat sandwich shop will feature 14 seats of semi-enclosed dining where there’s now an alcove, at center above. Below, a concept drawing of a Subway Café, though not inContinue reading "SUBWAY CAFÉ TO ROLL INTO RED BANK"
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October 18th, 2011 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT CATERING HALL CHANGES HANDS
The Quay in Sea Bright has a new owner. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD What’s up with the Quay in Sea Bright? The the long-vacant catering hall andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CATERING HALL CHANGES HANDS"
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October 18th, 2011 @ 5am
WALKING TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY
Hundreds of volunteers tied on their walking shoes for the 30th annual Red Bank Crop Walk Sunday. The five-mile jaunt began and ended at Red Bank Regional High, taking participantsContinue reading "WALKING TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY"
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October 17th, 2011 @ 7am
The Downtown in Red Bank was bumping and grinding Wednesday night as the Nick Clemons Band, led by the son of late E-Street Band saxman Clarence Clemons shared the stageContinue reading "NICK CLEMONS & BANDITS TAKE DOWNTOWN"
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October 13th, 2011 @ 9am
IN CHURN: ART, PACMAN & WAFFLES
Banegas Fine Art Gallery plans to take over the Broad Street storefront last inhabited by Bella Mystique. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The work of a single artistContinue reading "IN CHURN: ART, PACMAN & WAFFLES"
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October 12th, 2011 @ 8am
YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO
A self-serve frozen yogurt shop called Yo Mon plans to take over the space used by AlphaGraphics, which plans to move just a block east, to White Street. (Click toContinue reading "YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 12pm
REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK
The mixed-use residential, retail and restaurant project was scaled down from the version approved in 2006. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Red Bank’s zoning board has been convinced, andContinue reading "REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 7am
The second annual Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival, delayed a week by rain that never came, roared into in town on Sunday  under classic autumn conditions: cool, partly sunny andContinue reading "OYSTERFEST: WORTH THE EXTRA WEEK’S WAIT"
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October 3rd, 2011 @ 6am
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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 ...