Rosie Saferstein is a food writer for njmonthly.com, the Web site for New Jersey Monthly magazine. Her column "Table Hopping With Rosie" features New Jersey restaurant news, food event listings, information about New Jersey chefs, and a list of New Jersey restaurants that have recently opened or closed. The page is updated Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Entries for June 2008
Restaurant News
LET’S PARTY
Are you planning an event but don’t know where to hold it? Then tour the state’s caterers and banquet facilities via a new book, Let’s Party—New Jersey’s Top Places for Catered Affairs, by John and Laury Bakie.
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Openings and Closings
OPENINGS
Champions Grille, Old Tappan Golf Course, 83 DeWolf Rd, Old Tappan (201-784-0550).
Patsy’s Italian Restaurant, Atlantic City Hilton, Boston Ave and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City (609-340-7585).
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Food Events
7/9: A Classic Malts of Scotland dinner will be held at Gladstone Tavern, 273 Main St, Gladstone. 7 PM; $100 including food, scotch, and gratuity. For reservations call 908-234-9055.
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Restaurant News and Food Events
WHAT’S NEW? SU!
Ready to discover someplace new and unique? Try Su (“vegetarian” in Chinese), a strictly vegetarian casual restaurant that recently opened at 725 River Road, Edgewater, offering Asian- and Mediterranean-influenced cuisine.
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Breaking News: Farewell Zoe's
Zoe’s By The Lake was a unique and unlikely success. A country French restaurant, it overcame its remote location in Sparta and the fact that there was at first no lake--it had been drained after a dam burst a few years before Zoe's opened.
Jean-Charles and Marla Saben bought the rundown property and its two-story cabin anyway. They made it a warm and welcoming place. Last year New Jersey Monthly named Zoe's the "Most Romantic Restaurant in the State."
But now, it seems, Zoe's has closed, and not for vacation.
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Chefs on the Move
CHEFS ON THE MOVE
Peter Case is the executive chef at Vineyards Restaurant, 3619 Rt 94, Hardyston (973-209-0500).
Giacomo (Jack) Mistretta is the new executive chef at Napa Valley Grille, Garden State Plaza, Paramus (201-845-5555).
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