Post Tagged with: "Restaurants"
The New Subway Is Open
The sign says it all. Verona’s second Subway franchise, located in the space that once was Liberty Travel on Bloomfield Avenue between Mount Prospect and Sunset Avenues, is open. The new location is owned and run by Don Johnston, an Iraqi war veteran from Englewood.
Verona’s Newest Food Business Is A Natural
For weeks now, Verona has been wondering about the new food spot going in on Grove Avenue next to Tortilla Sunrise in the old Frank Anthony’s location. What would the food be? What hours would it be open? And what was up with that name, Hobcaw Cafe, which definitely didn’t sound Jersey? Wonder no longer. [...]
Party Planning? Think Local
With First Holy Communion and graduation season approaching as quickly as the warm weather, it is time to get planning–party planning. I love to cook and host a party, but even I know my limitations. There are only so many hours in a day and until I grow that third arm I’ve been needing since [...]
We ‘Brake’ For Lunch At Frank Anthony’s
It’s hard to imagine that the auto shop that used to sit at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and South Prospect ever did as much business on a Monday as Frank Anthony‘s does there now. At the end of last year, owner Anthony Tortoriello and his crew relocated from their former strip mall storefront on [...]
Restaurant Week In Montclair, Free Tastings At Sonny’s
As if we didn’t have enough trouble keeping our winter weight in check, Montclair’s Restaurant Week kicks off tonight. According to Baristanet, there are 43 restaurants participating in this year’s event, which runs through February 7. The event will benefit food outreach programs at three of our favorite local charities, the Salvation Army, Human Needs [...]
A Cozy Lunch At Pahang
It takes enough effort just to leave the house on a cold January day, so a Verona friend and I decided not to stray far for a mid-week lunch date. But we wanted something a little out of the ordinary to lift us out of our mid-winter ennui. Could Pahang, the Malaysian restaurant in the [...]
The New Frank Anthony’s Opens
That ugly auto repair shop at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and South Prospect Street is gone for good, replaced by the new incarnation of Frank Anthony’s. Owner Anthony Tortoriello is opening the doors today for what we in the publishing trade call a soft launch, with a grand opening scheduled for later this month. [...]
South Mountain Restaurateur Wanted
Essex County is taking bids from vendors to develop a family-friendly, lake-view restaurant at South Mountain Reservation. The site at the corner of Northfield Avenue and Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange will also have a miniature golf course and surface parking lot. It will be adjacent to Turtle Back Zoo and the Richard J. [...]
NY Times Spotlights Verona Chef’s Menu
While Verona might–for the moment–be light in the restaurant department, it is home to several talented chefs. Among them is Floyd Cardoz, who is featured in today’s New York Times. Cardoz is the executive chef and partner at Tabla, an Indian-influenced restaurant in Manhattan that is part of restaurateur Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group. [...]
Five Things We Want To Buy In Verona
Once upon a time, a time not all that long ago, you could buy just about everything you needed within walking distance from your house in Verona. There was a department store (Evenson’s) and two grocery stores, a movie theater and a hardware store (run by the father of Soprano’s creator David Chase). Malls and [...]