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RED BANK: BREAKFAST ALL DAY LONG
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A breakfast of fried eggs, homefries and sausages from the Red Bank Diner on Broad Street. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Since the unexpected closing ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BREAKFAST ALL DAY LONG"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK
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The oven, assuming it’s sold, will have to go out the way it went in: through the front window. Below, Anthony “Tito” Vega with the three-ton oven last year. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 4pm
GETTING FRIED ON THE GREEN
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Barnacle Bill’s fried zucchini with tangy dipping sauce is a perennial favorite, while deep fried pickle spears (below) from the Globe are a newer menu addition. (Photos By Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "GETTING FRIED ON THE GREEN"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 11am
CIAO, BASIL’S. IT’S ‘BIRRAVINO’ NOW.
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Victor Rallo in the bicycle-decorated atrium of Birravino. Below, one of the long communal, or feste, tables in the dining room.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "CIAO, BASIL’S. IT’S ‘BIRRAVINO’ NOW."
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September 12th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S AMBROSIAL SIDE
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A sampling of desserts from Patrizia’s. Below: the caramel cone. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON In a perfect world, calories would not count and sugary treatsContinue reading "RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S AMBROSIAL SIDE"
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September 10th, 2014 @ 11am
WHATS FOR LUNCH: SOUP’S ON
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The oversized Reuben lunch platter with  fries, above, and French onion soup, below, from CJ McLoone’s.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON The calendar flips to September,Continue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH: SOUP’S ON"
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September 5th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: ORGANIC TAKEOUT GOOD TO GO
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A pyramidal glass skylight and other touches would transform the former deli and liquor store shown below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "RED BANK: ORGANIC TAKEOUT GOOD TO GO"
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September 5th, 2014 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT FARMERS MARKET: DIVE DEMO
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Dive chef Kyle Hopfensperger and sous chef Daniel Ciameroni at the Sea Bright Farmers’ Market. Their salsa, below. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Last week, theContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FARMERS MARKET: DIVE DEMO"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HIP & HUMBLE HOPS
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Chairs and a ladder claimed a parking space for Hip & Humble’s departure last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Having tried threeContinue reading "RED BANK: HIP & HUMBLE HOPS"
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September 2nd, 2014 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Red, white and extremely blue. This week’s summer-ending Where Have I Seen This? appears in all its natural, glorious and unretouched colors. Can you identify its location? Take a guess! PleaseContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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August 28th, 2014 @ 7am
A view along Broad Street from 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) What’s your favorite New Jersey downtown? The state chapter of the American Planning Association isContinue reading "RED BANK: IS THIS A ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN?"
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August 26th, 2014 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH: BISTRO SUSHI
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A large platter of specialty sushi rolls from the Bistro take up most of the table top. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Where can you findContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH: BISTRO SUSHI"
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August 22nd, 2014 @ 11am
BELIEVE IT: RUNA TO OPEN IN RED BANK
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At Runa: a quinoa croquette appetizer topped with avocado, heirloom tomato and aji amarillo pepper. Runa owner and chef Marita Lynn, below.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheContinue reading "BELIEVE IT: RUNA TO OPEN IN RED BANK"
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August 22nd, 2014 @ 10am
SHARED KITCHEN EASES STORM’S AFTERMATH
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Lynn McKittrick and Linda Walton utilizing the kitchen of Via45  for their catering business, the Whistling Onion. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON “What are we goingContinue reading "SHARED KITCHEN EASES STORM’S AFTERMATH"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 8am
JBJ HOOKS A BIG-TUNA DONATION
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Ask any rock star you happen to see: Chicken of the Sea’s traveling mermaid will present Jon Bon Jovi’s JBJ Soul Kitchen with a “100 Years of Good” donation, inContinue reading "JBJ HOOKS A BIG-TUNA DONATION"
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August 19th, 2014 @ 6am
WHATS FOR LUNCH? PANINI AT PATRIZIA’S
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The grilled vegetable panini hero shown above is vegetarian friendly. Below, the burrata. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON “It’s like going to your grandmother’s houseContinue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH? PANINI AT PATRIZIA’S"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT
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Building owner Eric Eremita in the doorway of the recently vacated bottle shop at 1 Broad Street. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The ever-fluidContinue reading "RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 8am
COCKTAIL WEEK (SORRY) MUDDLES ON
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Bartenders, preparing to compete at Taste Tuesday night. Chris Paseka, below, emceed the well-attended event. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A feeling of autumn wasContinue reading "COCKTAIL WEEK (SORRY) MUDDLES ON"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED
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The Ocean Avenue lot where Frances Rooney, seen above in April, has sold hot dogs from a cart since 1977 will become Rooney Plaza, below.  (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 7am
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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 ...