Openings & Reopenings:
Battello Restaurant, Jersey City
After closing for the month of January to protect employees, clients and guests, Battello Restaurant reopened for business on February 5. Chef Ryan DePersio is celebrating the reopening with a brand new menu, including items like mafalde cacio e pepe (topped with pecorino romano), grilled Idaho trout (with potato confit and pancetta marmalade), and buttermilk-baked chicken (served with black truffle pesto and grilled broccolini) and celebrate the opening with cocktails like the Not Too Matcha (Jose Cuervo, sherry, matcha syrup). Open for dinner at 5 pm Tuesday-Sunday. For Valentine’s Day, Battello will serve a special three-course prix fixe menu, with an option to enhance your evening with wine pairings and live music.
Battello Restaurant, 502 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City; 201-798-1798
True Food Kitchen, Hackensack
This Arizona-based restaurant brand is opening its first location in the Garden State in mid-March, bringing guests an earthy atmosphere full of good eats. The new space will be located inside the Shops at Riverside, with a patio made up of eco-friendly materials, including dining chairs made of recycled soda bottles. Their seasonal menu includes many health conscious dishes full of flavor, including spaghetti squash casserole, vegan butternut squash pizza and edamame dumplings. Craft cocktails will be available to go, like the Prickly Pear Margarita, The Cape (vodka, cranberry, ginger, lime and sugar cane), as well as red and white sangria kits. If you’re interested in joining the team at the new True Food Kitchen location, you can check out their opportunities online.
True Food Kitchen, 390 Hackensack Avenue, Suite 186 (The Shops at Riverside), Hackensack
Moorestown Nutrition, Moorestown
Hopping on the massive trend of healthy eating, Erica and Steven Koehl opened Moorestown Nutrition in late 2020. Serving up shakes, juices, coffees, and more, this health-inspired drink shop is giving guests an alternate to sugar. By adding stevia and fructose to their drinks in place of sugar, each item is only 200 to 250 calories. Choose from over 90 flavor options, including Chocolate Covered Strawberry, Key Lime Pie, Tropical Sunset, and Puppy Chow, for your infused tea, shake or coffee.
Moorestown Nutrition, 115 West Main St, Moorestown; 609-850-8007
Closings:
Nabisco Plant, Fair Lawn
The days of smelling fresh-baked cookies on Route 208 will come to an end in late summer. After making famous products like Oreos and Teddy Grahams for over 63 years, the Nabisco plant will close its doors this year. Mondelez International (Nabisco’s parent company) announced the news, stating the Fair Lawn production will move to another one of their many factories in the U.S. This closure will leave almost 600 people without jobs, adding to the drastic unemployment rates we’ve seen in the past year.
Mondelez International Nabisco Bakery, 500 NJ-208, Fair Lawn; 201-794-4000