Rachel Perlow

Yikes! We were there last week for a late lunch/early dinner (around 4 PM on Wednesday). The dining room was empty, as would be expected at that hour. But, our waitress, surprisingly, said the full menu was available (that's never been the case any other time I'd been there). I had the chicken fricasee (I usually have the ropa vieja, and wanted something else), while Jason had his usual Cubano. We also had some empanadillas and maduros, coffee and bread pudding (pudin de pan). All the food was up to par, including the rice & black beans. Also, they have more sodas than Coke or Diet Coke. She brings a glass of ice to your table, and you can go directly to the case up front to choose your beverage. It is possible that your server's limited English restricted what they offered you. Also, Jason's Cuban-accented Spanish might influence our service. Frankly, I don't know what their busy time is. We have been there for dinner when the restaurant is about half-full. I would think it might be more fully occupied on Friday & Saturday, especially later in the evening, with Cuban ex-pats. However, at that hour, they are more likely to not have everything on the menu. I hope she can survive in her larger location, the small takeout place was always jammed, with four always-occupied tables as well as people waiting for their take out.

Probably why I couldn't think of the name, and since I've never been there. But, it does have outside seating. Although, if I were going to Harmes and wanted outdoor seating, I'd walk the 50 yards to Thai Chef.

What's the name of that place next to the Harmes Theater in Englewood? They have outdoor seating.

Rosie's already edited some into her list, like Assembly and (your favorite?) Cafe Angelique.

I finished my edit of the list, so I've updated my post above. Several markets changed days or locations or time, so check the list before heading to your regular Farmers Market. And, once again, if you find an error or have an update or know about a town not listed, please post.

I spoke with Montclair. Walnut is correct.

I went through the USDA site for the list above, now I'm going through the NJ site, and there are discrepancies (for example, Millburn is now on Tuesdays, but only one site had the correct info, for others the times or locations have been wrong). However, they have each been wrong, so no comment on which is better. I've been calling the towns where I've found discrepancies between the two lists, so they can contact the appropriate website to update their info. If anyone finds that the info we have on our list above is wrong, please let me know so I can update it.

According to the USDA website, Rivervale starts in July. I have a call into the town to confirm a start date. More than half the markets start in July. Edit: According to the NJ website, River Vale begins July 7th. Oh! and they just called me back, so that confirms it. Is it Rivervale or River Vale? I see it both ways on the various websites.

OK, I removed the info from my post above because I just compared it ot the current usda link (in Rosie's first post, above) and updated it. If anyone has any corrections, please post them and I'll incorporate it into the list. 2005 Farmers Market Schedule, by day of the week DAILY Paterson: 6AM - 7PM, 449 East Railway Avenue Trenton: Open all year-round, May - October, Monday - Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm; November - April, Thursday - Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm, 960 Spruce Street SUNDAY Berlin: 10-6, 41 Clemonton Road Columbus: dawn-1:30, Route 206 South Englishtown: 9-5, off County Road 527 Flemington: 10-6, Liberty Village Premium Outlets, 1 Church St. Fort Lee: 8-2, parking lot behind post office Lafayette: 10:30-3:30, Routes 15 & 94, Olde Lafayette Village Lawrenceville: 9-1, 16 Gorden Avenue, off Rt. 206 Morristown: 8:30-2, Dumont Place, behind post office Red Bank: 9-2, Galleria parking lot, West Front St and Shrewsbury Ave. Ridgewood: 9-3, Train Station Summit: 8:30-1:30, DeForest Ave & Maple St West Cape May: 11-3, Borough Hall parking lot MONDAY Jersey City: 12-4, Sgt. Anthony Park, between Fleet St. & State Highway Livingston: 12-6, Livingston Mall parking lot by Macy's on the Eisenhower Pkwy side of the mall Maplewood: 2-7:30, Springfield Ave. & Indiana St. Springfield: 12-6, (July-August) 101 Mountain Ave, Parking lot at Johnathan High School; (Sept-Oct) Ruby Field at Caldwell Place TUESDAY Camden: 9-3, Walter Rand Transportation Center East Orange: 9:30-5, 192 Halstedt Street, Lot D (at Central Avenue, behind AutoZone) Elizabeth: 11-6, Union Square Plaza, Elizabeth Ave & High St Hasbrouck Heights: 12-6, Boulevard & Washington Pl. Hoboken: 3-7:30, Newark St & Washington St Jersey City: 11-7, Pavonia East Street; 3-6, St. Patrick’s church, Bramhall & Ocean Ave. Millburn: 8-2, Essex and Main St. Pilesgrove: 8-4, Cowtown Farmers Market, 780 Route 40 West Cape May: 3-8, 732 Broadway, Borough Hall parking lot WEDNESDAY Hopewell: 4-7, Rt. 518 (main street in Hopewell) in front of Failte coffee shop Jersey City: 11-7, Kennedy Blvd at Journal Square; 2-7 Hamilton Park, 8th St & Jersey Ave Ocean City: 8-1, Ocean City Tabernacle Grounds, 5th & Asbury Avenue Roselle Park: 1-6, Chestnut St and E. Grant Ave. Rutherford: 11-6, Williams Plaza, 176 Park Avenue South Orange: 2:30-7, Meadowland Park Duck Pond, at Ridgewood Road North & Mead Street THURSDAY Atlantic City: 10-4, Center City Park, Between North & South Carolina Ave. on Atlantic Ave. Berlin: 10-9, 41 Clemonton Road Bloomfield: 11-6, Lackawanna Plaza parking lot Camden: 9-1, Yorkshire Square Cape May: 10-5, Cape May Courthouse, Crest Haven Road & Route 9 Columbus: dawn-1:30, Route 206 South Jersey City: 11-7, Pavonia East Street Livingston: 12-6, 45 S Livingston Ave. Madison: 2-7, (July-August) Madison High School, Ridgedale Ave; (Sept-Oct) Community Pool, Rosedale Ave. Montgomery: 12:30-6:30, Routes 206 & 518, behind Red Oak Diner Newark: 10:30-5, Military Park, Corner of Broad Street & Raymond Boulevard Newark: 10-4, Bethany Baptist Church, 275 West Market Street Nyack, NY: 9-2, Municipal Parking Lot, Main Street behind the Helen Hayes Theater Rahway: 12-6, Train Station, East Milton Ave & Irving St Rivervale: 1-6, Piermont Rd. Salem: 10-2, First Baptist Church on West Broadway Smithville: 11-5, Village Green, Moss Mill Road & Rt 9 Teaneck: 2-7, Garrison Ave and Beverly Road, behind Miller’s Pharmacy Trenton: 11-2, East State St, The Commons, between Warren & Broad Streets Trenton: 9-6, 960 Spruce Street (year-round) FRIDAY Bridgeton: 10-2, Riverfront Parking Lot, Between Bridge & Commerce Sts. Berlin: 10-9, 41 Clemonton Road Camden: 11-3, Camden Waterfront Camden: 9-3, Walter Rand Transportation Center Columbus: dawn-1:30, Route 206 South Englewood: 12-7, Depot Square Park, North Van Brunt St. & Demarest Forked River: 2-6, Route 9 & Lacey Road Highland Park: 11-5, Raritan Ave, between 2nd & 3rd Middlesex: 12-6, Route 28 & Union Avenue Trenton: 9-6, 960 Spruce Street (year-round) West Orange: 12-6, 66 Main Street SATURDAY Atlantic City: 10-4, Center City Park, Between North & South Carolina Ave. on Atlantic Ave. Atlantic Highlands: 9-2, Cornwall Park on Bay Avenue Belmar: 10-3, Main St & train station Berlin: 10-9, 41 Clemonton Road Bernardsville: 9-2, Rt 202 & Claremont Rd. Boonton: 9-1, Upper Plane Street parking lot Bound Brook: 9-2, train station parking lot, Main St. Burlington: 9-2, 12 West Broad Street Camden: 9-1, Camden Waterfront Collingswood: 8-12, Between Collins & Irvin Ave, along Patco Columbus: dawn-1:30, Route 206 South Englishtown: 7-5, off County Road 527 Franklin Township: 9-2, John’s Plaza, 720 Hamilton Street Highlands: 9-2, Bay & Cornwall Avenues Irvington: 11-6, between Clinton and Springfield Aves. Jersey City: 8-1, Van Vorst Park, Jersey Ave & Montgomery St. Metuchen: 9-2, Central & Middlexex Aves Millville: 8-12, Buck & Pine Streets Montclair: 8-2, train station parking lot at Walnut Street Netcong: 9-2, Main St & Rt 46 North Plainfield: 9-2, Somerset & Race Sts., across from Borough Hall Pilesgrove: 8-4, Cowtown Farmers Market, 780 Route 40 Princeton: 8:30-1:30, Herban Garden, Wetherspoon & Robeson Sts. Riverton: 8-12, train station Scotch Plains: 8-2, Municipal parking lot at Park Ave. Sergeantsville: 8:30-12, Near Intersection of Rts. 523 & 604, across from Delaware Twp. Building Trenton: 9-6, 960 Spruce Street (year-round) Vineland: 9-2, 700 Block of Landis Avenue, across from Vineland Court House Westfield: 9-2, Train station, South Ave parking lot West Windsor: 9-1, Southbound, Princeton Junction train station, Vaughn Drive parking lot Woodbury: 9-1, Between Cooper & East Barber Street

This was the list, updated as of Jul 20 2004, from last year. Anyone know of any changes? We'll update it then add it to the first post above, for easy reference.

Well, we got there at 11:45 and the place was almost full. There's a larger table to the left where some singles (friends?) were sharing a table and asked us to join them, but we were expecting two more people and there were only two seats left at that table. Thankfully, a couple at a four-top moved over to the shared table so we could have the four-top. Very nice of them. So, I would say get there by 11:30 AM.

I've added captions to Jason's food pics, above.

That barbecue shrimp po-boy was one of the best things we ate on our trip. Definitely worth the drive, the trouble finding parking and the wait for a table!

To add to your list: Assembly, Englewood Cliffs Thai Chef, Englewood Cafe Angelique, Tenafly Panevino, Rt 10, Livingston

Must be an in store special. Not on sale on the online shopping list. (which is your local store?)

Yes. You should have waited out the crowd and gotten your burgers to go. Then go sit by the river out back to eat them.

Or, just buy a bag or two of ice when you hit the local liquor store.

I've noticed a running theme on that show that country/rural/poorer mom is usually the more adaptive and accepted than the city/sophisticated/affluent mom. It can't all be editing, can it?

I didn't see the episode. Could you give us a synopsis? What did the Thibodaux mom cook for her foster family in San Diego? Or, wasn't the rest of the family Vegan? What did the Vegan San Diego mom eat in Thibodaux? Did she try to make her foster family eat Vegan while she was there? Also, I agree with you that extreme vegetarianism is only possible in an affluent community. But there are exceptions, like in India, where there are some Vegan sects, despite the poverty of their region.

Did Maywood ever expand their seating area? I know he was talking about adding a dining room a couple years ago.

It seems OK, I guess. I don't buy a lot of fish (Jason doesn't like most fish), but when I do, it's usually at Han Ah Reum. The fish at the Englewood ShopRite is mostly pre-wrapped, they do have kosher fish (wrapped) at the fresh fish counter. As for the lobster, see my post above, click, for more details about SR's occasional lobster-fest. I steam them in seasoned water, about 1-2 inches at the bottom of my 16 quart stock pot. When I get these big ones only one at a time fits in there. Tonight we'll be having them with corn (12 for $1.99) and coleslaw. Another lady at the store said she didn't want to buy the large lobsters because last time they were tough. She had the store cook them. Well, duh. I don't do that -- kill'm yourself!

Big Lobsters on Sale at Shop Rite. 3+ pounders for $5.99/lb. But they only had 4.5+. Guess what we're having for dinner tonight?

This one, or better yet, this one of a bunch of the pitmasters is great. I love the series of pics of people biting sausage, and both seemed to catch the same guy passed out OD'd on 'cue.

I find they're better primarily because you can allow them to ripen fully on the vine and you can eat them while still warm from the sun. You can't even get them at farmers markets that fresh and ripe.

OK, now that we've established that food festivals and the like are to be listed on the eGS Calendar (send me a PM if you have something you'd like to have listed), and further brought to the attention of NJ forum visitors by a thread that I will use as a NJ event index (coming soon), I am locking this thread. Any further policy questions should be addressed via PM. Thank you for your attention and input.