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SEA BRIGHT: FRESH-PLATED BY YOUNG CHEF
Chef Chuck Lesbirel in the dining room of Ama. Below: a seasonal salad of Jersey peaches, Jersey tomatoes and lobster.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON HowContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FRESH-PLATED BY YOUNG CHEF"
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RED BANK: KICKING-OFF A WEEK OF COCKTAILS
 Jamie Gray prepares a cocktail at red‘s upstairs lounge bar. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON There’s a party going on in Red Bank over the courseContinue reading "RED BANK: KICKING-OFF A WEEK OF COCKTAILS"
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? FOLLOW SMOKE SIGNALS
New owner Dom Procopio grew up working at Dom’s Cherry Street Deli. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Some deli owners might be content with a few balloonsContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? FOLLOW SMOKE SIGNALS"
RED BANK: SIENA SPACE TO REOPEN AS BLU
Work is about to begin at the former Siena Grille space on Shrewsbury Avenue, according to documents filed with the borough planning office. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: SIENA SPACE TO REOPEN AS BLU"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S
The exterior’s already gotten a facelift and one is underway inside at Basil T’s, soon to reopen as Birravino, says owner Vic Rallo Jr., below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S"
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘SECRET’ SALAD
The dried cranberries made this salad from Fairwinds Deli in Fair Haven pop. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Looking for a healthy, tasty lunch, PieHole’s wanderingContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘SECRET’ SALAD"
RED BANK: ‘KITCH ORGANIC’ EYES LEIGHTON
Vacant for four years, the shop would get an interior and exterior sprucing up, with a raised-bed vegetable and herb garden out back. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘KITCH ORGANIC’ EYES LEIGHTON"
RED BANK: CHOCOLATIER SIGNS FOR BROAD
A Chocolate Works franchise has leased 65 Broad Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The rapid transformation of downtown Red Bank into an epicurean destination continues with theContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOCOLATIER SIGNS FOR BROAD"
RED BANK: WHIZ KIDS BELLY UP TO THE BAR
 Rick Norman is Jamian’s quizmaster on Tuesday nights.(Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON For the second week in a row, thirsty brainiacs packed the patio barContinue reading "RED BANK: WHIZ KIDS BELLY UP TO THE BAR"
RED BANK: COCKTAIL WEEK? IF YOU INSIST…
Downtown bartender Dee with some of his output, including a blackbery cosmo, below.  (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) To watch the one-named bartender Dee when the drinkContinue reading "RED BANK: COCKTAIL WEEK? IF YOU INSIST…"
SEA BRIGHT: A MARTINI RIPE WITH SUMMER
Ama mixologist Beau Keegan adds a dash of grenadine to give his white peach martini the look of a peach. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A MARTINI RIPE WITH SUMMER"
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH: PIZZA WITH INTEGRITY
Red Bank’s New Corner Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, personal size pizza. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Though I’ve lived in New Jersey longer than anywhere else,Continue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH: PIZZA WITH INTEGRITY"
RED BANK: BELATED GOODBYES TO A DINER
Sisters Sarah and Claire Taylor came to the Broadway Diner from Ocean Township with their mom on Tuesday not knowing it had closed. Below, the diner’s famous buttermilk pancakes are nowContinue reading "RED BANK: BELATED GOODBYES TO A DINER"
RED BANK: GREEN LIGHT FOR GOTHAM
A passerby checks out new signage being installed Monday for Gotham, a speakeasy-themed gastropub that won approval from the Red Bank zoning board last week with no objections voiced byContinue reading "RED BANK: GREEN LIGHT FOR GOTHAM"
FAIR HAVEN: COOK, TASTE, LEARN
Marilyn Schlossbach teaching a class at Taste and Technique Cooking Studio. Below, the Cast Iron Steak Scampi she prepared. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON AContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: COOK, TASTE, LEARN"
SEA BRIGHT: McLOONE’S DEMOLISHED
McLoone’s Rum Runner, a Sea Bright favorite since 1987, was demolished Monday, nearly 21 months after it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Owner Tim McLoone has approvals to rebuild theContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: McLOONE’S DEMOLISHED"
RED BANK: DINER TO REOPEN AS TOAST
  “Sorry, closed” is all sign in the door tells patrons of the Broadway Diner, where some 40 workers were shocked to learn they’d lost their jobs Monday. Below, workersContinue reading "RED BANK: DINER TO REOPEN AS TOAST"
RED BANK: DINER POURS FINAL CUP
The diner will reopen as a new restaurant, an owner says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Broadway Diner, a gleaming all-nightContinue reading "RED BANK: DINER POURS FINAL CUP"
BROADWAY ON THE NAVESINK, AT MOLLY GALA
The Broadway Dolls, featuring Hollie Howard (center), bring the excitement for Waves of Support, a September fundraising gala to benefit a group of ten Shore communities and locally based nonprofits.Continue reading "BROADWAY ON THE NAVESINK, AT MOLLY GALA"
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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 ...
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.