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RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLAN OK’D FOR DEAD GAS STATION SITE
Red Bank Planning Board approves Victor Rallo's plan to remake a longtime eyesore property. (Click to read)
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April 9th @ 12pm
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RED BANK: RALLO PLANS EATERY FOR FORMER GAS STATION
Birravino owner to unveil plans for new eatery in Red Bank. (Click to read)
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April 7th @ 2pm
RED BANK: BILLBOARD LAWSUIT SETTLED WITH SWAP
Ad company will drop its bid to build a digital billboard at the Red Bank's northern gateway - if it can build one on the southern border instead. (Click to read)
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March 26th @ 7am
RED BANK: CLEANUP AT “GATEWAY” GAS STATION
With environmental cleanup underway (and new Christmas wreaths hung) Victor Rallo seems to be wasting no time in rehabbing the former gas station property he just purchased at Red Bank's northern gateway. (Click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 8am
RALLO GETS HIS GAS STATION, PLANS NEW RED BANK “GATEWAY”
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Inspired by a gas station's 1962 Hollywood cameo, Birravino restaurant owner buys long-vacant Bridge Avenue Gas station and plans to restore existing building. (click to read)
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November 7th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BILLBOARD COMPANY SUES OVER SIGN DENIAL
A billboard company whose plan to build a 25-foot LED sign at the entrance to Red Bank was nixed is now suing the zoning board to get it built. Will the court case put a wrench in hopes of redevelop the site? (click to read)
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June 17th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: BIRRAVINO OWNER PLANS TO BUY, “CLEAN UP” EYESORE GAS STATION
Owner of Red Bank eatery Birravino announces he's under contract to buy the eyesore vacant gas station at the town's northern entrance. (click to read)
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February 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: THREE WEEKEND DEBUTS PLANNED
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RED BANK: Two new businesses plan Memorial Day weekend openings, and a longtime veteran of the restaurant and bar scene unveils a new beer garden.
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May 26th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BEER GARDEN, VEGAN PLANS OK’D
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RED BANK: Plans for an expansion of Good Karma Café and a beer garden at Birravino won planning board approval Monday night.
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December 6th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLANS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: A planned beer garden and a vegan restaurant expansion get the attention of the borough planning board Monday night.
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December 5th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON: BBQ, BOURBON & RECYCLED AMERICA
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Restaurateur Victor Rallo has transformed the former Molly Maguire’s Gastropub into a barbecue joint. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With two Italian restaurants andContinue reading "RUMSON: BBQ, BOURBON & RECYCLED AMERICA"
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March 29th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE BBQ PLANS OPENING
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Local Smoke BBQ plans to fire up its smoker in a building last rented by Delfini. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Nearly twoContinue reading "RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE BBQ PLANS OPENING"
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January 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’
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Celeb chef Jacques Pépin, above, gets things cooking at the Basie this afternoon. (Photo by Christian Ceppas) Continuing with the ever-eclectic menu of entertainments that has distinguished and defined its audience-pleasingContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’"
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October 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: RALLO TO OPEN ‘SURF BBQ’ HERE
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Restaurateur Victor Rallo plans to transform the former Molly Maguire’s Gastropub into a smoked barbecue joint. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Greater Red Bank Green, teeming withContinue reading "RUMSON: RALLO TO OPEN ‘SURF BBQ’ HERE"
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October 8th, 2015 @ 7am
CIAO, BASIL’S. IT’S ‘BIRRAVINO’ NOW.
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Victor Rallo in the bicycle-decorated atrium of Birravino. Below, one of the long communal, or feste, tables in the dining room.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "CIAO, BASIL’S. IT’S ‘BIRRAVINO’ NOW."
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September 12th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ‘APPETITE’ SATISFIES HUNDREDS
[slideshow_deploy id=’92048′]At this weekend’s three-day ‘Appetite‘ extravaganza at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, hundreds of visitors feasted on food, wine, beer and culinary wisdom. Susan Ericson’s food blog,Continue reading "RED BANK: ‘APPETITER ...
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August 5th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S
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The exterior’s already gotten a facelift and one is underway inside at Basil T’s, soon to reopen as Birravino, says owner Vic Rallo Jr., below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’
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They came for the wine with local restaurateur Vic Rallo and stayed for the food trucks, beer and make-your-own bloody Mary’s Saturday at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, hosting itsContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’"
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August 3rd, 2014 @ 7am
[slideshow_deploy id=’84449′]Bloody Marys, ribs, wine, doughnuts, bourbon, coffee: Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre had all that and more for hundreds of eaters and drinkers this weekend. Its four-day Appetite festivalContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOWING DOWN AT THE COUNT"
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September 9th, 2013 @ 5pm
Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, seen above at a 2007 primary school function featuring his cooking, faces restaurateur Victor Rallo, below, in a stovetop showdown at the Basie next Saturday. Continue reading "FOODFEST TO SERVE UP A PASTA SMACKDOWN"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 4pm
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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 ...
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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.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.