Rosie

Seven Hills of Istanbul is in Highland Park. Very good Turkish food.

Mings in the Shop Rite mall on the lower level is also worth a visit. Moghul is next door.

HI Fitz--We miss you. Have a wonderful holiday and let us know where you dine the next time you are visit NJ.

Mr Pi's on Central Ave in a small strip mall has very good sushi. BYO. Wegman's is down the road from Woodbridge Shopping Center and has a very good food court.

The bakery in Livingston is gone. I think they were Glatt kosher.

We finally got here. The restaurant is new and has some menu and service issues to iron out. If you go let us know what you think. We were disappointed and like Lalazar and The Greek Diner in Montclair much better than this establishment. But since they are just open a week things may change and if so I certainly will return. The bread is room temperature pita so while there is nothing wrong with fresh pita we prefer our bread warm and prefer the "pida" bread served at Lalazar The lebnah was fine but I make my own which I prefer. I know the Greek salad was salted but am unsure if it had dressing on it. It was bland. The restaurant was out a chicken entrée but did have chicken kebabs. They also were boring and salty and were accompanied with cous-cous and rice. Two starches were not needed. Our other entrée was a ho-hum beef kebab similar to hamburger. We didn’t stay for dessert. The water glasses weren’t refilled until we were ready to leave and the waiter didn’t know who received each entrée. He held the entrees in front of us and basically shrugged his shoulders. The entrees came before we were finished with the appetizer. With tax and tip the bill was $40. There is also a buffet and smoking allowed in a back room. The buffet actually looked more attractive and appetizing than our meal so that may be the way to go at this restaurant. The restaurant is visually beautiful and alot of thought went into the decor.

In Montclair: Blu, Table 8, Fascino, Corso 98 and Epernay.

Livingston

Just wanted to update the threads with King's Village reccomendations to let everyone know that they are now closed as of 11/20/2005. ← King's Village is closed for renovation. They should reopen in about a month.

Nov. 20, 2005 http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...UVFeXk2ODE4MTA5

Are you going out? Cooking? Be sure to give us a before and after report. If you are dining out be sure to let us know where and how it was.

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Do they still ask you to leave the tip in cash and not to put it on the credit card?

Look Here: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=4253&hl= Posts are old but may be helpful.

We tried to eat there last week. They didn't have their menus yet and were serving a buffet so we left.

Welcome to eGullet lmkennedy53 and be sure to let us know other restaurants that you like to dine at in NJ.

Whoa... Did'ja tell the Barista? Too bad - that guy could cook. Hope he turns up somewhere local. And cheap. Thks Rosie... ← Guy is gone. Woman is in. But then I saw that the restaurant in the Montclair Times was listed as American. A few weeks ago it was listed as Spanish.

That's because I stole the menu and you didn't. Other dessert choices were warm apple Tartatin; fricassee of fresh fruit; chocolate carmael gateau; flourless chocolate cake; and chocolate truffle. And you didn't mention that we were dining there for four hours. How could we have not ordered anything that was chocolate?

What a delight it was to experience Chef Mitchell Altholz’s cuisine again. He has put his mark on the food at Highlawn Pavilion. So between the delicious food, attentive professional service and clear night with a gorgeous view of the NY skyline we had a memorable evening. Appetizers were oysters on the half shell with tarragon mignonette; a humongous jumbo lump crab cake sitting atop a red onion and tomato salad with honey chipotle cream; baby arugula with frsh figs and shaved parmesan salad and a classic onion soup. Entrees were salmon with herb spaetzle and lobster sauce; red snapper with a white wine sauce; diver sea scallops and prawns with risotto and saffron sauce; and a special or duck breast. We shared a New York style cheesecake with berries and raspberry sauce and ice cream from Applegate farm for dessert. Another intriguing option would have been an artisanal cheese selection with organic quince paste. Coffee was very good. No need to cry about the closing of Jocelyne’s as Chef Altholz’s evolving menu has many of the same dishes that he so expertly presented at Jocelyne’s.

November 13, 2005 http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...UVFeXk2ODE0MTg3

Seven Hills of Istanbul--Highland Park

They have a new chef at 115 Grove and we were extremely disappointed with the paella and dinner we had there a few weeks ago.

Park Steakhouse, Park Ridge

Scalini Fedeli, Il Mondo Vechhio, and Porto Leggero are owned by Michael Cetrulo.

Wonderful news. Congratulations.