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ON THE GREEN: RESTAURANTS REOPEN
RED BANK: With the weather a bit on the cool side, restaurants stir back to life after nearly three-month shutdown under pandemic regulations.
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RED BANK: RESTAURANTS HUSTLE TO REOPEN
RED BANK: With outdoor dining set to resume Monday, and shopping-and-dining plazas coming three days later, restaurants scramble to be ready.
RED BANK: WHITE STREET DISRUPTION FEARED
RED BANK: Merchants fear third economic blow in a year as borough embarks on White Street makeover and parking lot reconfiguration.
ON THE GREEN: VIRUS UPDATES
ON THE GREEN: Latest COVID-19 updates in the Red Bank area include train schedules, a virtual tip jar for restaurant and bar workers, and a scam alert.
RED BANK: CHILLING AND MINGLING AT TEAK
RED BANK: PieHole gives What's For Lunch a rest and takes it outdoors in search of summer's chillest happy hours and ice cream stands.
RED BANK: BOUTIQUES PLAN FASHION SHOW
RED BANK: The new rooftop deck at Teak is the setting for a fashion show spotlighting downtown boutiques next month.
ON THE GREEN: WHERE TO WELCOME 2017
RED BANK: Where to say 'sayonara' to '16 and welcome the New Year in style here and in Fair Haven, Rumson and Sea Bright.
RED BANK: TEAK DECK OPENS, SO COME ON… UP
RED BANK: Just in time for Thanksgiving Eve revelry, Teak's new second story and deck is completed, inspected and open for business.
RED BANK: BRANNIGAN’S, TEAK REACH FOR SKY
RED BANK CHURN: Brannigan's and Teak are adding roof decks.
CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS
Greek Eats has signed to take the corner space, at right above, at the three-store 89 Newman Springs Road, now under construction. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS"
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? KUNG PAO, INDEED
A dish of kung pao chicken at Teak in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Lunch at Teak in Red Bank onContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? KUNG PAO, INDEED"
RED BANK: SUSHI PLACE TAKES PRIMO CORNER
The large space formerly home to the Broadway Grille is to become Taka, a sushi restaurant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Amid a proliferation of new restaurants, downtownContinue reading "RED BANK: SUSHI PLACE TAKES PRIMO CORNER"
BROADWAY ON THE NAVESINK, AT MOLLY GALA
The Broadway Dolls, featuring Hollie Howard (center), bring the excitement for Waves of Support, a September fundraising gala to benefit a group of ten Shore communities and locally based nonprofits.Continue reading "BROADWAY ON THE NAVESINK, AT MOLLY GALA"
BASIE HOSTS TWO RIVER PRIDE EVENT
Red Bank Mayor Pat Menna delivers a special proclamation, and Josh Zuckerman provides the live music, as the annual Two River Pride event comes to the Count Basie on JuneContinue reading "BASIE HOSTS TWO RIVER PRIDE EVENT"
RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED
Red Bank has seen the last of the Cinnamon Snail, at least until next year’s Farmers’ Market at the Galleria, says mobile chef Adam Sobel. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED"
RED BANK: LET THERE BE TRUCK FOOD!
The vegan magnet Cinnamon Snail will have a temporary home beside Teak, thanks to a little help from PieHole. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS AsContinue reading "RED BANK: LET THERE BE TRUCK FOOD!"
RUMSON: TALKING COLD-WEATHER COCKTAILS
Robb McMahon of Murphy’s Tavern in Rumson mixes up a pair of bourbon Manhattans. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With a recent string of near-freezing nights,Continue reading "RUMSON: TALKING COLD-WEATHER COCKTAILS"
RED BANK: TEAK CLEARED TO RAISE THE ROOF
The Monmouth Street restaurant plans to offer light fare and cocktails on its second floor, an owner said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Praised for adding “urban” flavorContinue reading "RED BANK: TEAK CLEARED TO RAISE THE ROOF"
Supporters packed Teak Restaurant for the second edition of Go Naked & Check Yourself on Sunday. (Photos by Rebecca Desfosse.) By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Sugarush cupcakes and Sweetest Sin have doneContinue reading "BARELY DRESSED FOR CANCER PREVENTION"
RED BANK: THIS TIME, ELECT TO GO NAKED
Models make their way through the crowds at the inaugural Go Naked and Check Yourself awareness-raiser in 2011. This year’s edition takes place Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "RED BANK: THIS TIME, ELECT TO GO NAKED"
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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.