CRAVINGS: MOM’S IRISH SODA BREAD SCONES

Oct 18, 2016

Irish soda bread scones from Alice’s Kitchen in Sea Bright. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)

By SUSAN ERICSON

When 23-year-old Shauna Harten gets a craving, it’s likely to be for Irish soda bread scones. And not just scones like those her mother used to make, but the genuine article.

When the Sea Bright resident was studying hospitality at Florida International University, she’d have her mom ship them down to her, she tells PieHole.

“My roommates really liked them, too,” she said. “They looked forward to the delivery almost as much as I did.”
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October 18, 2016 - 2:15 pm |

SEA BRIGHT: STORM “NERVEWRACKING”

Oct 2, 2015

A pair of Sea Bright business owners — Frank Bain, of Bain’s Hardware, and Alice Gaffney, of Alice’s Kitchen — talk about the approach of Hurricane Joaquin in this short video by Rutgers journalism student Dan Natale of Red Bank. (Video by Dan Natale.)

October 2, 2015 - 8:57 am |

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOMEY, WITH FREE FRIES

Apr 11, 2014

The turkey club at Alice’s Kitchen in Sea Bright. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge)

By JIM WILLIS

This week’s warm weather found PieHole once again putting the top down on the convertible and zipping east towards Sea Bright for lunch. We noticed progress in the clearing and preparation of the town’s public beach parking lot. Last week‘s mountains of sand gave way to cement curbs and the semblance of a parking lot.

Neighbor and frequent PieHole lunch companion Brian McCourt joined us, and suggested we try Alice’s Kitchen.

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April 11, 2014 - 10:59 am |

SEA BRIGHT: BROGUE, HEARTH AND PORK ROLL

Jul 19, 2013

Alice’s Kitchen takes over space that was home to downtown fixture Steve’s Breakfast & Lunch. Below, Alice Gaffney with a customer shortly after opening her doors Friday morning. (Photo below by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge)

By COLBY WILSON

The first time you visit Alices Kitchen in Sea Bright, order an Irish breakfast.

Thats on the recommendation of the chef and owner, Alice Gaffney, who’s bringing the food and an architectural touch of her homeland to 1100 Ocean Avenue, but doing it Jersey-style.

Were going to have Irish soda bread, Irish breakfast, and of course pork roll,” Gaffney tells redbankgreen. After all, “this is the Jersey Shore, she says.

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July 19, 2013 - 8:51 am |

Red Bank Green

Serving Red Bank and Greater Red Bank, NJ

CRAVINGS: MOM’S IRISH SODA BREAD SCONES

SEA BRIGHT: STORM “NERVEWRACKING”

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOMEY, WITH FREE FRIES

SEA BRIGHT: BROGUE, HEARTH AND PORK ROLL