MELANGE @ HADDONFIELD
Joe Brown, owner of Melange Cafe, Cherry Hill, has opened Melange @ Haddonfield, 18 Tanner Street, Haddonfield, which serves lunch and dinner daily. Chef Brown’s signature Louisiana and Southern-inspired selections include: barbecued shrimp with cheese biscuits; crab fritters; fried oysters; sausage and bean soup; smothered chicken over crawfish mashed potatoes; jambalaya; and duck gumbo. Melange @ Haddonfield also offers a small-plates menu and a weekend New Orleans jazz brunch. Shade Holden, formerly of Alphabet Soup in Audubon and most recently 707 Restaurant in Philadelphia, is chef de cuisine. Phone: 856-354 1333; BYO.
NEED A PARTY ROOM?
Chef/owner Scott Cutaneo of Le Petit Chateau, 121 Claremont Avenue, Bernardsville, has a newly renovated second-floor private dining room that can accommodate 35 people. For more information call 908-766-4544.
THE BRICK HOUSE
The Brick House Restaurant, 179 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, has reopened after extensive renovations. Menu items include grilled sirloin, lamb porterhouse chops, and baby-back ribs, as well as seafood, pasta, burgers, and open-face sandwiches. A large banquet room is available for private parties. For reservations call 201-848-1211.
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