Rosie
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Read this review that was in the Bergen Record before you go.
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...nFlZUVFeXkxNQ==
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Try Jocelyne's in Maplewood also. BYO.
Where do you work?
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Anyone going out New Year's Eve? Where?
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Two regulars on the NJ board are Chef Lou Reda from An American Grill, Randolph and Ryan DePersio and/or his brother Anthony from Fascino, Montclair. There are others that pop in now and then. Italian food is very popular in NJ but there are also many "new American" and ethnic restaurants that are popular.
Where do you like to dine?
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Check to see if the Short Hills Hilton is serving afternoon tea.
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Thanks for the update.
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And we shouldn't forget all the food made by eGulleters at Bobolink Farms and the suckling pigs from Finks.
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Would like to try Lincroft Inn and hope to get back to Frog and the Peach soon. Tell me more about SamVera?
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Check phone book for a restaurant supply store in the area.
William Sonoma is in the Short Hills Mall.
You might fall into a good knife set at Costco.
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It was a memorable dining year and it is so hard to list all of my favorite restaurants. This is what I came up with in alphabetical order. I reserve the right to add to this list. I'm sure I forget some great places.
Tell us your favorites for 2003.An American Grill 246 Rt 10 W, Randolph. 973-442-9311
Basilico 324 Millburn Avenue, Millburn (BYO) 973-379-7020
China 46, Ridgefield BYO
Cinque Figlie 302 Whippany Road, Whippany 973-560-0545.
Corso 98, 98 Walnut Street Montclair BYO. Phone: 973-746-0789.
The Dining Room at Anthony David’s, 111 10th Street, Hoboken BYO 201-222-8399.
Epernay, 6 Park Street, Montclair 973-783-0447 BYO
Fascino, 331 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair 973.233.0350 BYO
Hamilton's Grill Room, 8 Coryell Street, Lambertville as 609 397-4343. BYO
Hunan Cottage Rt 46 E Fairfield BYO
Il Forno, 18 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair (973-233-0800); BYO.
Jocelyne's, 168 Maplewood Avenue, Maplewood BYO 973-763-4460
Mr Pi’s, 257 Central Ave Metuchen 732-494-8686
Nicholas 160 Route 35 South, Red Bank Phone 732-345-9977.
No 9 Restaurant, 9 Kline"s Court, Lambertville 609-397-6380 BYO
Origin, 25 Division St., Somerville (BYO) 908-685-1344.
Rat's, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton Phone: 609-584-7800
Tapas de Espana, 7909 Bergenline Ave, North Bergen 201-453-1690
Zoe's By The Lake, 112 Tomahawk Trail, Sparta Phone: 973-726-7226.
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They were closed??? What happened?
Thanks for the report.
Always have a bottle of wine in your car just in case!!!
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" Glad you didn't beat em' over the mullet. "
Not so. I gave them a very hard time!!!
Montclair is not a hard town to open up in. It's a hard town to find parking.
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Ryan will be demonstrating ham dishes & a variety of holiday presentations for ham this Friday, December 19th, on Fox 5's "Good Day NY" sometime between 8-9 am.
Ryan--be sure to give us the inside details about your TV appearance.
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I posted about another new Italian restaurant in Montclair here
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I write about many NJ restaurants and I don't even get holiday cards. Like I said. I'm impressed. Does anyone else get a gift or card from a restaurant where they are a regular?
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I'm impressed.
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Another restaurant has opened in Montclair for you to try. Osteria Giotto, 21-23 Midland Avenue, Montclair serves Italian food in a small casual space and is also BYO. The menu is different than Corso 98 and Fascino.
We ordered a plate of roasted potatoes and very hot peppers from the "vegetable sides" section of the menu when we were seated to munch on while we looked at the menu. A good bowl of chopped tomatoes and a bowl of olive oil accompanied a basket of disappointing generic bread. One appetizer that was beautifully presented were perfectly cooked tender fried calamari served in a basket of thinly sliced potatoes.It came with two sauces. The tomato sauce was good; the very sweet cinnamon sauce was not liked by anyone at the table. Another appetizer worth trying was a slow cooked parmigiano soufflé with wild mushroom sauce. I didn’t care for the asparagus/potato soup or the underseasoned Caesar salad.
One special of the evening was an Italian fish similar to red snapper which we were told is very seldom seen in the US. Lowell was served two small bony red fish which were very hard to eat and dangerously filled with bones. Later on we were told it was mullet. After doing some research I found out that we were served red mullet which is not related to mullet at all but is part of the goatfish family. In all fairness the owner of the restaurant sent over a plate of biscotti when we were having dessert and said he wasn’t going to have this fish on the menu again. My entree was a thin but very tasty charbroiled rib eye steak accompanied with roasted potatoes and shredded sautéed zucchini. One friend had homemade pasta with shellfish which I liked and a delicious special of gnocchi which was flattened and filled with mozzarella (a teeny bit) and eggplant with a roasted tomato sauce and it looked like a little drizzle of basil oil or maybe a pesto.
Desserts are made in house and we all swooned over the profiteroles filled with homemade ice cream. The warm apple tart looked and tasted like a cupcake with apples. Cappuccino was excellent. I certainly will go back to this restaurant as their were many items on the menu that I would like to try.
Phone 973-746-011
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Kim--that's two unsatisfactory experiences. Let's hope the NEXT one is better.
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Which restaurants?
Nice touch for special customers.
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Chefreit--I'm a native of Jersey City. Snyder HS.
chef, you can even see how the school looked when rosie attended here.
Yes. Great picture. Actually that was the lunch wagon. Do you remember those horrible high school cafeteria lunches?
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Chefreit--I'm a native of Jersey City. Snyder HS.
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Don't you hate it when you bring a great bottle of wine and the server wants to pour an entire glass to the top? I usually tell them before they pour that we just want a small taste first. I also prefer to pour my own wine. The servers think that they are being helpful, but they pour off the whole bottle before you know it. Just another wine pet peeve.
Actually, from a legal standpoint BYO's are not suppose to open or pour your wine.
Chefs out there?
in New Jersey: Dining
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Will make an effort to reach out to more chefs. But Curlz--let's start with you? Where do you work?