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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
New Brunswick

Panico's

Can eating at a particular establishment in New Brunswick be considered a gamble? One of our dining critics certainly thinks so. more

The Saint of George Street

George Street Playhouse artistic director David Saint's innovative vision has helped the venue become one of the most popular in the state. more

Come Back To The Theatre!

The curtain is going up on many local stages as the new season gets underway. We’ll be your guide to the best performances En Jay has to offer. Plus, we’ve got exclusive access and great deals to hard-to-find tickets.

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Day Trip: New Brunswick

A college town elevates its preppy profile with fine dining and cultural attractions. more

The Reel Deal

Sept 4–Nov 8: The New Jersey Film Festival at Rutgers University returns this fall to showcase even more original films by talented filmmakers. more

New Faces NJ: HelenaMaria

Identical twins Helena and Maria Mehalis of Flemington have merged their singing and songwriting talents into the free-spirited pop-rock duo HelenaMaria. Can’t tell them apart? Here’s a clue: Maria plays guitar left-handed. more

25 Best Restaurants 2009

Our experts scoured the state to find elite dining establishments old and new. How did they fare? Read our Top 25 Restaurants list to find out. Feel free to comment on their findings. more

Due Mari

Emphasizing seafood, Due Mari (“two seas”) joins its Bernardsville sibling, Due Terre (“two lands”), to form a dynamic duo. more

Welcome to the Jungle

This past week Greg, from the Art Department here at NJM, attended an evening performance of Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. Although he claims to "suck at writing," Greg's words convey his positive response to the experience of Cirque with an honest and straightforward simplicity. Without further adieu and straight from the horse's mouth...

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Power Issue: Woody Johnson

Goya at Rutgers

To view the paintings of the great Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, you have to go to El Prado museum in Madrid.

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The Frog and the Peach

Few restaurants last a quarter century. Fewer still navigate the shifting winds of public taste and the unforgiving shoals of the business to emerge—as the Frog and the Peach has—still on top and on course. more

Still Peachy on its Silver Jubilee

The Frog and the Peach has been among the state’s best restaurants for 25 years. Meet the visionary couple behind this long-running hit. more

Food Events

"Journey to Tuscany," an exhibit of recent photos by Highland Park artist Mark Chernin, will open at The Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick this Friday from 6 to 8 pm.

Would this be Table Hopping if there were only visuals, no victuals?

Not on your life!

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Weekend Picks: Cool Jazz, Slow Food

Used to be you needed a long memory to think of Asbury Park as a happening town. But look at all the renovation of classic Asbury places like Convention Hall and Paramount Theater, plus the restaurant scene, chic shopping, and like always, the beach. You see why it’s cool again. Or is it hot? Get both this weekend with the 20th annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival. Performers and schedule here.

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Giving Back

Today we salute to three very different Garden State charities that may get you thinking about giving back. 

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Creature Feature

They're everywhere. Strange beings with serpent's heads, raising their steely necks above the rooftops of our cities and towns.

Run for your lives!

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"I'll Be Right Back..."

That's the title of a series of pictures I started in 2002. This picture was taken Friday during our visit to New Brunswick.

The full title of the series is, "I'll Be Right Back: Visits to Men's Rooms and Bathrooms."

I promise not to gross you out.

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RU+18S@4PM=0

An interesting afternoon in New Brunswick with Rutgers University staff and archivists, who are helping us find material for our July cover story, THEN AND NOW.

But getting out of New Brunswick at 4 PM on a Friday on Route 18 South....

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Chefs on the Move

John Bendokas IV is the chef de cuisine at Frank’s Waterside, 7800B River Rd, North Bergen (201-861-0700).

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Pride of Place

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects, the organization’s New Jersey chapter has selected the 150 best buildings and places in the state. Here are a few of the most notable, from a Gothic basilica to a funky old burger joint. more

Bright Lights, Small City

If all the world’s a stage, towns with local theaters are important players on it. more

Beer Here

Seven Minutes to Kill

Keep On Truckin'

Critical Condition

How Jersey Are You

Making Mario

Best of Jersey: Good Eating

It's a Family Affair

52 Things Every New Jerseyan Must Know

Catherine Lombardi

A Good Loser

Big Bang of Biotech

In Daryl Veritas

Daryl Restaurant and Wine Bar more

Verdigre

First Blood

The Playing of the Green

Christopher's

At Christopher’s, in the prime location of the Heldrich Hotel, chef Tom Drake shows he’s ready for prime-time, even if the restaurant must smooth a few rough edges. more

Chef's Kids Eat the Darnedest Things

Quail eggs? Frog legs? Tofu? Bring ‘em on! But leave room for peanut butter on salami. more

Best of Jersey

We in the Garden State need to start demanding more. Here are a bunch who deliver. more

Health Plan

Johnson & Johnson more

Best Downtowns

Hot Restaurants

Attention, foodies! Add these gustatory bastions and new sensations to your to-do list. Gentlemen, and ladies, start your forks. more

Crusin' for a Bruisin

Maybe it’s the volatile mix of short skirts, fishnet stockings, and naked aggression. Maybe it’s the cosmic hoot of rooting for stars with names like miss mayhem and dirty pirate hooker.Whatever the reason, women’s Roller Derby is knockin’ ’em dead in the Garden State. more

Leap Year

New Jersey Monthly contributor, and Rutgers University professor Michael Aaron Rockland ruminates on how bigtime football, and a few other things, brought change to the campus—and the state. more

Varsity Blues

Rooms With a View—of Art

Anatomy of a Flirt

Coming to terms with being gay was just the first step in Zach Sweet's journey from promiscuity to fidelity, but he still charms when he tends bar. more

Grilling the Greats

Anthony Bourdain, David Burke, Tom Colicchio, David Drake, and Alice Waters tell why they relish their Jersey roots. more