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[Yeah, but you can get a pizza with Halal gyro meat on it. That has to count for something.
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I did not imply you should shlep to Denville. I have found it to have a large selection of fish but I guess it depends on what you consider large.
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It's true...but I'm not alone in being a little disappointed in it after visits the last couple of months. Just a slight falling enough, but enough so that when I took some first-timers two weeks ago they were unimpressed. Hopefully just a dip.
Went last evening for at least the 5th time and can most happily report that we experienced "no dip". Everything from service to food was as always, exceptional. For my wife and I and our family and friends it has become a destination restaurant and for good reason. Not to open old wounds and discussions but if only Northern Bergen County had anything even close.
This is a great restaurant. I was there last week for the 4th time and also saw no decline. Nothing in Bergen County comes close.
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[oooo a game! i love games.]
it is best to read the official Whole Foods write up rather than creatively writing your own interpretation.
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[whole foods isn't taking a stance against killing lobsters, or even how they're killed. they're taking a stance against the treatment of live lobsters as they feel it is inhumane to store lobsters in the way that they are stored throughout the supply chain (which only ends with them, and then the consumer). Whole Foods has no control over how the supply chain operates, so they can do nothing to change that other than to not be a part of it.
punishing a company for taking the moral high road. that's good stuff.
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[Ditto. And frankly, there are NO fishmongers in NJ with a large selection of fish. Unless Citarella opens a branch up soon.
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[The Pizzeria they own next door shouldn't be overlooked — they do both deep dish and thin NY-style pizza (with Halal mozzarella cheese).
the Pizzeria next door used to be great. It has gone downhill.
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Pine Hill is mercifully removing the big ol' bar left behind by Brassies, and adding more tables, some with gas grills.
the bar was nothing but a magnet for drinkers (and smokers before the ban) who probably didn't even notice that Brassies is now a Korean restaurant.
they're also revamping the "wine list" which means that right now they have only chardonnay and pinot grigio. although i'm told to not expect too much out of it once it's finalized (i'm hoping they're not doing away with the NZ SB at the very least).
most notable about Pine Hill: it's the only korean restaurant that i know of for miles.
any reports on the food at all.
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Looks like this is a no go, all the excitement here was for naught. Westwood isn't that far away, anyway.
Frankly, most of the TJs that I've seen are not on major highways like 17, they are downtown or on secondary roads, so maybe this is not going to fit their MO.
what is your source. What makes you so sure it is not coming to Paramus.
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drove by Office Depot yesterday. I did not see any signs or any indication of a Trader Joe's opening.
Also Whole Foods was supposedly opening in the former Bergen Mall. It must be a long process.
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is there any information on the Trader Joe's opening in Paramus? has it been verified.
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"Whole Foods are springing up around where I live"
where are Whole Foods springing up. There is one new one opening up in West Orange and another supposed to come to Paramus that has not even been approved by the Paramus town planning board. So how can one say Whole Foods is springing up.
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There are two ways to order chirashi at Sakura Bana, Regular or Special (Chef's choice). I think the regular is around $20 and the special is $30+. I was going to get the regular, but Ken and Jason encouraged me to get the omakase, I believe we were charged around $34. My plate included toro, amberjack, salmon toro, giant clam, scallop, salmon roe, raw prawn (head was then deep fried to eat the body/head (except the hard carapice), octopus and a few other things I can't remember (those white fish pieces, there were two or three different ones).
Chirashi is what I order when I want simple sushi, but can't decide what individual pieces I want. Sometimes nigiri sushi is too much to eat in one bite also. With Chirashi, you can take as much or as little rice/fish ratio as you like. Also, I request that the fish be cut in smaller pieces. Sometimes sashimi is cut quite large, and it is very awkward to take bites out of large pieces of raw fish, or worse, to try to cut them with chopsticks. So, it is much easier to have the sushi chef do this for you.
Oh, and yes, the rice is on the bottom, then a layer of nori, then the fish.
$34 for all that fish that seems very cheap considering toro was included.
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if you look closely you will see a little rice below. looks great
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Special Chirashi Sushi, chef's choice
Do you recall the price on this. Also this looks like sashimi with some rice below.
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Passionne sounds promising. Here's the menu. Looks quite similar to Epernay's.
hopefully the service at Passione will be better than Epernay. I always found the service at Epernay so bad that it ruined the whole experience even though the food was very good.
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had a great chicken sandwich there but it had the most unripe avocado in it possible. Great bread and chicken but if an avocado is hard as a rock why include it.
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it was mentioned in a previous post by another poster that some food for NY Times writer to allow proper sampling was comped. If this is not correct, I apologize.
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It would seem logical to let customers know in advance if the place will be closed so they are not plannig ahead. No message or anything. Good Friday or not the place may or not be closed with no warning. After a few times it is not worth it for me.
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Service at the fish market has gotten much worse since the restaurant opened. They have several people taking orders that do not know how to cut fish. They take the order and then go looking for someone to cut the fish. This place does have great fish but the guy who knew how to cut the fish now works primariliy in the dining room. They had 2 people working the other day taking orders in the fish market part of the store and neither knew how to cut fish. It would certainly make sense to train one or both of these people instead of just having order takers who look for someone to cut fish.
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Picnic - Gourmet Take Out/Catering, Emerson
in New Jersey: Dining
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Glen Rock and Emerson are not that close. Why not sell your products in a location closer to Emerson?