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RED BANK CHURN: CATEZZA GOES DARK; NEW ITALIAN SPOT EYES FRONT STREET
Red Bank Retail Churn: Catezza goes dark, while an Italian eatery eyes the old Front Street Trattoria location.
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RED BANK CHURN: PINBALL LOUNGE, PRE-MADE MEALS SPOT OPEN
Red Bank Retail Churn: A pinball speakeasy and a $10 premade meals spot open. All the details and more news of comings and goings in Churn.
RED BANK CHURN: MEXIMODO OWNER PLANS EATERY; CORNERSTONE GOURMET OPENS
A new gourmet market/caterer opens in the former Citarella's space and Meximodo's owner plans a restaurant on Front Street. (Click to read.)
RED BANK: DRAPERY SHOP CLOSES, WHILE CURTAIN RISES ON NEW SIP ‘N PAINT, COFFEE SHOPS
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, we look at officials' claim of 22 new businesses opening in 2025. Also, one of Red Bank's longest running businesses calls it quits, while new ventures spring up. (Click to read)
RED BANK: CENTRADA, CITARELLA’S SITE, BROOKS BROTHERS IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, an NYC chef plans a new market in the former Citarella's site, Centrada gets cerrada, and much more. (Click to read.)
RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP STORMY SEASON, CHANGES COULD BE ON TAP
Petitioners demanded an end to Red Bank's Broadwalk pedestrian plaza this year. Could changes be in store? (click to read)
RED BANK: INSOMNIA COOKIES, “STREET” EATS AND MORE FILL BIZ VACANCIES
RED BANK: Mexican eatery Toro Rojo closes, while Insomnia cookies and a flurry of other new arrivals are filling fill a string of vacant storefronts along Broad Street. The latest in Retail Churn. (click to read)
WE NEED YOUR “RED BANK BOOGIE” VIDEOS!
It's boogie time, Red Bank! redbankgreen seeks video clips of residents dancing for an epic celebration honoring jazz icon William "Count" Basie.
RED BANK CHURN: LIQUOR STORE PLANS BROAD STREET OPENING
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a liquor store plans to open inside long vacant shop on Broad Street, and Nashville-Pakistani chicken and make-your-own candles spots prep to open. (click to read)
CHECK OUT THESE COOL PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS OF RED BANK
Plein air artists fanned out across Red Bank last week to quickly capture the town on canvas. Here are some of their works. (click to view)
RED BANK: COOKIES, BUBBLE TEA, CANDLES AND COFFEE SHOPS OPEN
RED BANK: A coffee and sandwich shop, a coffee and candle shop, and a bubble tea shop open up. Oh and Danny's Steak House booze license gets sold, all that and more in Retail Churn. (click to read)
RED BANK: GET SET TO BOOGIE FOR COUNT BASIE
It's boogie time, Red Bank! redbankgreen seeks video clips of residents dancing for an epic celebration honoring jazz icon William "Count" Basie.
RED BANK CHURN: FUNERAL HOME FOR SALE, NEW MENSWEAR SHOP VANISHES AND MORE
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a Rolex dealer and a toy shop move to bigger digs, while a "comfy chic" boutique opens and a menswear shop disappears after a fiery five-month run. (click to read)
RED BANK: CHEESY WINDOWS GONE, BUILDING RESTORED TO “LOOK SHARP”
Remember these windows that sparked astonishment when they were installed on a century old Red Bank building? Read on to see how it's all turning out.
5K ORGANIZERS SHOW MERCY WITH NEW FLATTER COURSE FOR ’25
Red Bank Classic 5k organizers announce June 14 race date and a new flatter course. (click to read)
RED BANK: AU REVOIR, CE LA VI? OWNERS PACK UP TWO EATERIES
Red Bank eateries Ce La Vi, Whipped and Toss'd all appear to be on the way out after owner vents about rent hikes and business climate. (click to read)
RED BANK: WEST SIDE TREE LIGHTING, SANTA FIRE TRUCK VISITS ON TAP
Deadline approaches to schedule a Santa fire truck visit, the West Side tree lighting, and more. (click to read)
RED BANK CHURN: “CHELSEA MARKET” OK’D, LEBANESE DELI CLOSES AND MORE
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, plans for a market in the former Sickles market space emerge, two eateries pack it in and more. (click to read)
RED BANK: PARTIAL CLOSURE OF MONMOUTH STREET THIS WEEK
Thinking of driving down Monmouth Street in Red Bank this week? Plan an alternate route. Or walk. (click to read)
RED BANK: ARTIST AND BUTCHER JAZZ UP WALL WITH COUNT BASIE MURAL
A new mural honoring Red Bank's favorite son William "Count" Basie is turning heads on Monmouth Street. (click to read)
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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.