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BAR PATRONS GO NUTS OVER PEANUT BAN
Bartender Gavino Siciliano sees the end of the roasted-peanut era at Barnacle Bill’s as a sign of an overly litigious culture. Below, a sampling of comments from the restaurant’s FacebookContinue reading "BAR PATRONS GO NUTS OVER PEANUT BAN"
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REBRANDED RED BANK TOUTS ITS COOL
RiverCenter unveiled its new marketing campaign Thursday night at the Count Basie Theatre; below, branded squishy balls. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Not that there ever was, literally,Continue reading "REBRANDED RED BANK TOUTS ITS COOL"
HAIRCUTS, JUICE, RUGS AND OTHER CHURNAGE
Robinson Hernandez cuts a customer’s hair at Red Bank House of Fades earlier this week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Some updates from the continual swirl of comingsContinue reading "HAIRCUTS, JUICE, RUGS AND OTHER CHURNAGE"
Judging by the huge crowd and gorgeous weather, Sunday’s Red Bank’s Guinness Oyster Festival was shell-cracking success. Autumnal coolness and the aromas of 25 food borough restaurants drew thousands into theContinue reading "OYSTERS AND GUINESS, GOING DOWN EASY"
FOR CONTRACTORS, AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY
On a stroll through downtown Red Bank Thursday, redbankgreen found an unusual amount of renovation work underway. Some of it, like the conversion of the former Ashes Cigar Bar atContinue reading "FOR CONTRACTORS, AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY"
HIDDEN IN RED BANK, A CHEF’S PARADISE
Jimmy DiBartolo, below, orients his business toward the restaurant trade, but has draws the occasional individual shopper, too. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In terms of kitchen provisions,Continue reading "HIDDEN IN RED BANK, A CHEF’S PARADISE"
SEA BRIGHT: AMA TAKES IT TO THE BEACH
Chef Chuck Lesbirel (left) gets some assistance from Pat Trama prepping artichokes and baby beets for Friday night’s opening of Ama Ristorante in Sea Bright. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: AMA TAKES IT TO THE BEACH"
RUNNERS ON A MISSION
Curious about those hordes of runners streaming in and out of Red Bank-area stores and bars after work this summer? It’s highly likely they’re participants in an “adventure run,” heldContinue reading "RUNNERS ON A MISSION"
Scenes from Sunday’s Street Fair in Red Bank. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Sunday’s balmy mid-70s temperatures brought locals out in droves to experience theContinue reading "STREET FAIR SIGNALS SUMMER’S END"
COFFEE WITH A KICK
It’s not often that you see a horse on busy Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank. But when a business is called the Coffee Corral and the back forty is fencedContinue reading "COFFEE WITH A KICK"
BBQ JOINT EYES WEST SIDE; TEMPLE EXPANDS
The former home of Red Bank Pizza, on North Bridge Avenue, has been vacant for nearly two years. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Is it just wishful thinking,Continue reading "BBQ JOINT EYES WEST SIDE; TEMPLE EXPANDS"
Accompanied only by the sound of passing traffic, Red Bank’s Michael Evans, aka ‘Aizen G,’ polished his pipes and his moves before an imaginary audience at Riverside Gardens Park SundayContinue reading "FROM WHERE HE STANDS, IT’S A FULL HOUSE"
METROVATION KILLS ANDERSON PROJECT
The developer has officially abandoned its approval for condos in the former West Side warehouse – temporarily serving as a display location in the ‘Heads’ outdoor art installation – but plansContinue reading "METROVATION KILLS ANDERSON PROJECT"
RED BANK: OFF-THE-INTERIOR-WALL ART
MOUTHWATERING AT THE MOLLY
Hundreds of food lovers turned out at the Molly Pitcher Inn to sample the culinary best of Red Bank restaurants and stores at a benefit for the Red Bank MiddleContinue reading "MOUTHWATERING AT THE MOLLY"
MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES
A screen grab of the article posted Friday. (Click to enlarge) Inside Jersey, the monthly magazine of the Star-Ledger, calls out Red Bank as one of ‘Jersey’s Dining Dozen’ inContinue reading "MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
For the August doldrums, a gimme. Then again, we thought last week’s Where was unmistakable.
ZEBU OUT, WOOD-FIRED PIZZA IN
Zebu will close next week and a new restaurant will take over its space at 12 Broad Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just five months after aContinue reading "ZEBU OUT, WOOD-FIRED PIZZA IN"
JA, YOU CAN GET A REAL DANISH HERE
The Danish flag and lighting fixtures add to the atmosphere of the industrial space in the Galleria. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER In the 105 yearsContinue reading "JA, YOU CAN GET A REAL DANISH HERE"
Patti Siciliano plans to relocate her 14-year-old store to 7 Broad. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Funk and Standard, a retailing stalwart through Red Bank’s economic ups andContinue reading "FUNK AND STANDARD HEADS NORTH ON BROAD"
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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.