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RED BANK: RED TANK BUBBLES TO LIFE
RED BANK: After two years of flat-out "blood and sweat," wedding photographers open Red Tank microbrewery tonight, first of a coming wave of craft suds.
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RED BANK: O BISTRO TAKEOUT? MAIS OUI!
RED BANK: Gourmet French restaurant O Bistro Francais opens takeout counter in former Red Bank Pizza storefront. Yes, you can get pizza there, au jambon.
RED BANK: JJ’S ORGANIC, FUN AND FAMILIAR
RED BANK: JJ's Organic Grill, an organic fast food restaurant, offers a menu filled with healthy meals and fresh, fun, comfort foods.
SEA BRIGHT: BACK TO THE BEACH @ DONOVAN’S
SEA BRIGHT: PieHole pays a happy hour visit to the revived Donovan's Reef, where the palms sway and the rum buckets chill.
RED BANK: GLAZED AND AMUSED AT LUIGI’S
RED BANK: PieHole follows the honey-scented aroma to Luigi's Ice Cream for a donut-and-ice-cream sandwich.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? AMELIA’S KITCHEN POPS
SHREWSBURY: What's for Lunch? Pop's Garage is now Amelia's Kitchen, with the same owners but a new emphasis on healthy eating.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HEALTHY DELECTABLES
LITTLE SILVER: Watching what we eat this week, PieHole gets a takeout from the four-month-old Healthy Palate.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? RELIABLE FRIED CHICKEN
SHREWSBURY: What's For Lunch visits the Chicken Kitchen, a strip-mall takeout place known for its reliably good fried chicken.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ‘ALL IN’ IN SEA BRIGHT
SEA BRIGHT: What's For Lunch stumbles on a new venture by familiar faces, and one of the tastiest dishes we've tried in a long time.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CLUCKIN’ GOOD CHICKEN
RED BANK: What's For Lunch gets a messy, spicy and satisfying mouthful of Buffalo wings and more at Cluck U.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TINY SPACE, HUGE FLAVOR
SHREWSBURY: What's For Lunch? visits a tiny takeout kitchen serving up big flavor satisfaction.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A READIE’S FISH FRY
RED BANK: What's For Lunch? PieHole checks out the new fish-fry menu at Readie's, a downtown institution.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GUILT-FREE SWEETNESS
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? The new Playa Bowls in Red Bank isn't just for kids, and yeah, it works as a filling and guilt-free lunch.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A JIMMY JOHN’S SUB
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? PieHole gives the "Italian Night Club" sub at the Red Bank Jimmy John's a whirl.
CRAVINGS: A LIBRARIAN’S WEEKLY BENTO
RED BANK: World-traveler-turned-library director Elizabeth McDermott indulges her craving for bento boxes at Sogo Sushi. But please hold the teriyaki glaze.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SOME FRESH BOWLS
RED BANK: What's For Lunch? PieHole checks out the new Fresh Bowls, which replaced Salad Works at 130 Broad Street.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? WAWA’D YA THINK?
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? We were skeptical when PieHole urged us to give Wawa's hoagies a try. Here's our take on the convenience store sandwich.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SUPER SUB AT ELSIE’S
RED BANK: What's For Lunch? A super sub at Elsie's in Red Bank, where they've been making them since 1959. We even met a guy who's been a customer that long.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOWLING GOOD PIZZA
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? PieHole says don't be scared off by the wolf: this is howling good pizza at the new Lupo Pizzeria in Fair Haven.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A BELLYFUL OF SHAPIRO’S
RED BANK: PieHole checks out the new highly anticipated Shapiro's deli on Broad Street.
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RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.
SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS
Hundreds braved the wind and sea on Sunday at 1PM in support of St. James Elementary School, and other Catholic schools in the area. The eve ...
RED BANK: RBR CLAIMS TITLE
RED BANK: Watch pure joy as the RBR boys basketball team celebrates its first B North championship in 17 years.