Rosie

We will be staying at Hells's Backbone for a few days and dining at the restaurant.

Ninety Grand in Englewood.

Will be in Springdale, St. George and Cedar City. Any restaurant recommendations?

Where are you going? And if you are staying home what are you cooking? I did get this info: Dorrian's Red Hand, 555 Washington Blvd, Jersey City will be starting the St. Patrick's Day celebration at 11 AM on March 17th. Live Irish music; possibly step dancers; bartenders that make shamrocks in your Guinness; a limited traditional Irish menu as well as an increased pub menu will be available. Open until 2 AM. For reservations call 201-626-6660. Joseph’s Restaurant, 2111 Bremen Ave, Egg Harbor City, will be transformed into an Irish pub featuring corn beef and cabbage; potato crusted salmon and other Irish favorites. For information and reservations call 609-965-2111.

If you are willing to drive to Noodle Chu you might as well go to Hunan Cottage in Fairfield. Ask for the Chinese menu.

Thanks =Mark. I'll update my list.

Here's an old list that I found. Al Fresco Dining Arthur’s Landing Weehawken Balcony - Montclair Basilico - Millburn Cafe Matisse, Belmar Café Matisse--Rutherford Casa Comida, Long Branch El Meson, Freehold Elm Street Cafe - Westfield Frog and the Peach—New Brunswick Gerrino--Hoboken Highlawn Pavilion Huntley Taverne - Summit Il Piccolo Forno, Long Branch Il Porto-- on the boardwalk in Sparta Jefferson house --Jefferson Juanitos, Red Bank Juno's--Edgewater Le Petit France, Red Bank Lory’s Lakeside—Farrington Lake Manon - Lambertville Mason Street Pub--Jefferson Metropolitan Cafe, Freehold Milan - Pinebrook Most restaurants in Hoboken Navesink Cafe, Red Bank Off The Hook, Highlands Oggi - Caldwell Old Bay-- New Brunswick O'Sullivans --Jefferson--burgers and fries on the water Raferty’s-- New Brunswick Rat’s—Hamilton Ristorante Il Porto on Lake Mohawk, Sparta, - Rooneys Crab House, Long Branch Ruth Chris--Weehawkin Sea Gulls Nest, Sandy Hook Sir John’s—North Brunswick Stage House Inn –Scotch Plains Stage Left—New Brunswick Thai Chef—Montclair Trap Rock Brewery - Berkley Heights Union House, Red Bank Wild Ginger—Englewood Windlass--Lake Hopatcong

3/13: http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...UVFeXk2NjY1MTIy

Had a delicious lunch at Cinque Figlie today. Chef/owner Joe Mucerino makes one of the best renditions of grilled calamari and we started off with two orders as no one wanted to share this tasty appetizer. Another appetizer of arugula, endive and radicchio salad topped with thinly sliced Parmesan cheese was large and beautifully presented. I loved the thinly sliced tuna served over warm baby greens with a balsamic sauce. It is listed as an appetizer but was large enough for a lunch entrée. Friends had a stripped bass, and grilled scallops and shrimp with squid ink pasta. Both were reported to be luscious. With cappuccino we had some fresh fruit for dessert. Cinque Figlie is open for lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM; dinner Monday through Thursday 5 to 10 PM; Friday and Saturday 5 to 11 PM; full bar. Phone: 973-560-0545.

Brady's at the Station, 5 W Main St, Ramsey (201-327-9748).

Zafra in Hoboken.

Contest ends on Saturday.

Chef Ryan will be on The Today Show Thursday, March 10th between 9:40 and 10:00.

All I know is that it is the same address. Don't know who owns the place.

I'll ask around and post if I hear any news.

Click Here: http://www.njmonthly.com/rosie/rosiemain.html

Do you have a location yet?

Address, phone #, menu?? Do you have a URL? Congratulations and best wishes on this new venture.

We hope to eventually try everything at Hunan Cottage. Last night each dish was a winner. Started off with marinated bean curd skin with Chinese mushrooms. It was similar to a mock duck. The sautéed baby shrimp were mild and although listed as an entrée made a good appetizer. Next we had the fresh noodles with shrimp and chicken. The snow cabbage, bean curd sheet and green beans (edamame) is one of my favorite dishes and so healthy. I can also recommend the yellow leek and chicken. We asked for this in a spicy sauce which we preferred over the sauce it usually comes with. The waiter was fantastic and brought the dishes out one at a time.

March 6, 2005 http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...UVFeXk2NjYyMTUz

REMINDER: DEADLINE IS SATURDAY MARCH 12.

Sorry to hear that also. They had wonderful dinner entrees.

Dinner at Corso 98, 98 Walnut St, Montclair was scrumptious. Along with crispy calamari served with marinara sauce, chitarra pasta bolognese (my favorite), and exotic mushroom risotto with truffle essence, we had for the first time the stuffed zucchini blossoms. Do try this dish. The flowers are stuffed with a rock shrimp, crab, sundried tomatoes mixture and then deep-fried. Good stuff! Entrees were roasted suckling pig; fall off the bone veal osso buco with creamy polenta; a generous portion of pecan crusted tilapia with faro and spinach; and braised rabbit over pappardelle. Of course we didn’t have room for desserts but ordered them anyway! My favorite was the cappuccino crème brulee. The marzipan gelato with chocolate flakes made by Ciao Bella was also great as was momma’s Easter wheat pie. It’s always a delight to dine here. BYO. Phone: 973-746-0789.

What's different? They served those items before. Are they serving dinner entrees?

We were at Ekko once. Loved the large free form rice crackers that were placed on the table. It was a nice change from bread. We were disappointed in the food. The black bean soup with tomato, scallion, guacamoles and cilantro cream sauce sounded better than it tasted. I had shrimp tempura rolls, spicy salmon rolls and tuna tataki which were fair. Have had much better at other places. Lowell had the spicy Ekko pasta containing sautéed chicken, shrimp, Shanghai bok choy, peppers and shitake mushrooms in spicy red bean paste sauce,topped with scallion tempura. I know this sounds like a lot of ingredients but the dish was mostly pasta and not very interesting. Prices were high. We were also overwhelmed with all the menus that were placed on the table when we were seated. I also found it annoying that my plate was whisked away before both of us were finished. The restaurant is very pretty and worth a try as the previous poster had such a positive experience. For sushi I prefer Kyoto or Zen which are also BYO.