RED BANK: CHAR TO OPEN THIS MONTH
A view from Char’s second-floor dining room of the new two-story windows overlooking Broad Street. Below, the restaurant features a waveform awning with heating elements underneath for outdoor dining in cool weather. (Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
After an extensive overhaul of a 19th-century Red Bank building, Char Steakhouse plans to open in the former Ashes Cigar Bar space on Broad Street later this month, redbankgreen has learned.
The widely anticipated debut marks the end of a two-and-a-half-year vacancy in a prominent building as the downtown has struggled to recover from the recession that began in 2007.
It also caps what is believed to have been one of the largest investments in a downtown restaurant in years.