Restaurant News

GOT STEAK?

From now until June 30, Morton’s the Steakhouse, Riverside Square Mall, Hackensack, is offering a special steak and seafood dinner for two for $99. The meal consists of two single-cut filets mignons plus a choice of two dishes in each of the following categories: Morton’s jumbo lump crab cake, shrimp Alexander, or broiled sea scallops; Caesar salad or Morton’s salad; and Morton’s hot chocolate cake or key lime pie. For more information and reservations call 201-487-1303.

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MATZOH-MAKING WORKSHOP
On April 13 and 20, bake "biblical" matzoh in a wood-fired oven at a hands-on workshop at Bobolink Dairy & Bakeyard, 42 Meadowburn Road, Vernon. Participants (small children and grandparents welcome) will grind whole-wheat berries, add well water and a bit of salt, roll the dough out by hand, and bake the matzoh on hot stones in the oven. The cost is $5, and attendees get to keep all the matzoh they make, which Bobolink owner Jonathan White guarantees will be “100 percent rabbinical-certification free.” For more information and to enroll log on to www.cowsoutside.com.
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SPRING TASTING MENU
A four-course spring tasting menu is being offered at Le Rendez-vous, 520 Boulevard, Kenilworth, through the month of April. $50. For reservations call 908-931-0888; BYO.
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CHAKRA, PARAMUS
Elijah Stillittano, the new executive chef at Chakra, 144 West Route 4 East, Paramus, has revised the menu. Some items are: asparagus ravioli with goat cheese, preserved lemon, and truffle sauce; breast of duck with cranberry risotto, baby bok choy, and honey gastrique; diver scallops with celery root purée and sautéed watercress; and Oreo cheesecake with Baileys gelato. For reservations call 201-556-1530.
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TROLLEY AND BRUNCH IN CAPE MAY
If you find yourself in Cape May on a Sunday or a Wednesday, take a trolley tour and then have brunch at the Mad Batter Restaurant, 19 Jackson Street. 10:45 AM; $22; children ages three to twelve $17.50. For more information and reservations call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278.

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