FOGO TAPAS BAR, MONTCLAIR — CLOSED!
Astonishingly, just a few weeks after he opened Fogo, and after I wrote glowingly about it yesterday in this space, chef/owner Pat Turano, who also owns Trattoria Rustica in Montclair, has abruptly closed Fogo, which means fire in Portuguese.
He tells me he sold the lease to someone else, who will open some other kind of restaurant in the space formerly occupied by Musclemaker Grill, sandwiched between Fricassee and Plum on Park.
Stay tuned for futher developments.
Fogo
19 Park Street
Montclair NJ 07042
973-744-3200
BYO
OPENINGS
A new Indian restaurant, Blue Lotus, has opened at 131 Erie St, Jersey City (201-216-9038); BYO. Closed Mondays.
David’s Tea has opened at 55 Parsonage Road, Edison, on the second floor, near the food court. David Segal started the company in Canada in 2008. There are currently 125 stores in North America, with 16 in the U.S. (Boston, Chicago, New York and San Francisco). Tea guides (in-shop retail associates) help customers with samplings, flavor explorations or recipe suggestions regarding the 160 flavors of the loose-leaf teas that are available. More information is available at their website.
Bread, soup and salad are included with your entrée at the newly opened Eric’s Steak House, 322 Commercial Ave, Palisades Park. The menu offers Korean-style steaks, which comes with a sauce such as sweet-chili steak, pepper steak, Thai Black bean steak and more, as well as grilled choice or prime cuts. Open daily for lunch and dinner; BYO. Reservations: 201-592-0541.
Laboratorio, serving new American cuisine, has opened at 615 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, where Table 8 was previously located (973-746-6100); BYO. Menu items include a parma wedge salad; veal agnolotti; braised short ribs, salmon, marinated hen, bison, lemon-curd mousse cake and chocolate-almond espresso dacquoise. The restaurant uses seasonal, organic produce and grass-fed meats from Fossil Farm in Boonton.
Menya Sandaime, a ramen restaurant, has opened at 1638 Parker Ave, Fort Lee (201-482-4141).
Perk Up Café, offering pastries, deli and a salad bar, has opened at 317 Broadway, Bayonne (201-436-0101).
Persis Indian Grill, a chain restaurant, has opened at1665 Stelton Road, Piscataway (732-543-0560).
Quaker Steak & Lube, a franchise that serves soups, salads, sandwiches burgers, steak, seafood, ribs and chicken, as well as a gluten-free menu, has opened at 561 Rt 1, Edison (732-777-9464).
Sake Bomb Asian Buffet, 875 Rt 1 S, Iselin, formerly King’s Chef, offers a buffet menu of over 100 traditional and modern items (732-602-2188).
Tous les Jours, a bakery chain serving French-Asian baked goods, has opened at 40 Homans Ave, Closter (201-297-7701). Some items offered include red-bean bread, coffee kaya bun, croquet Monsieur, sausage onion bread, tarts, donuts, croissants, pan breads and muffins.
CLOSINGS
No closings to report this week.
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