Sometimes I just like to stare at the evidence...

No question, the burger is back in a big way. Restaurants have figured out that a great burger is recession proof, and can still pack ‘em in.

String and a hook make the last roundup for a passel of bacalao at Corrado's in Clifton.

...doesn't mean you're safe on Thanksgiving. Especially at Corrado's in Clifton.

If the sign looks like this, you haven't lost, you've won. Buon appetito!

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A hard rain is gonna fall, said the weather forecast. And it did. At Ploch's Garden Center in Clifton, the flowers took it on the chin.

At the grand opening last week of Stew Leonard’s Wines just off Route 3 in Clifton, there was a large crowd, local cops directing parking lot traffic, and a security staff worthy of a rock concert.

The most famous scarecrow of all time was Ray Bolger in The Wizard of Oz, but in these parts we have a bigger problem, geese, and are still trying to find effective ways of scaring them.