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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Nutley

Education Got Them Across The Tracks

The long, hard road from Italy leads to the mayor’s office in Nutley. more

Farm2Bistro

The term bistro has been so abused it’s easy to forget its original meaning—a small, casual dining spot (originally in France) where locals can eat, drink, socialize, and perhaps enjoy entertainment. more

Elephants' Graveyard

Where two lumbering old machines go to rust away, unless someone should want to call them out of retirement, the Mets, for example...

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Nutley Pastoral

A side street, a patch of green, and late afternoon sun...

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The Owl Yard

You can find all manner of things here, but first you have to pay your respects to the owl...

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Controlled Chaos

They say you should never look at a restaurant's kitchen if you want to feel good about eating there.

But what about the back of a restaurant?

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See You In September

This space heater on a restaurant patio is just hanging out this summer, not doing any work for the next couple of months as flowers bloom beside it...

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Ask the Oracle

At an auto body shop, this broken construction block seemed to beckon me into its tucked-away temple...

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Circle of Spheres

On an office window sill, a shrine to pastimes...

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Sideways

Oh, the compromising positions you get into working on your car...

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Seafood, In or Out

Here are some seafood markets/restaurants our food editor Rosalie Saferstein has found where you can have a casual fish dinner or purchase fish to cook at home.

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Reader Picks

We’ve given you plenty of ideas. Now it’s time for you to give us yours. And you have: restaurants that keep you going back for more.

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How Jersey Am I?

The New Singles Scene

Best of Jersey: Good Eating

The Spin Cycle

"Mother's Little Helper"

Valium more