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If you're braver than me and at the mall today, Napa Valley Grille at the Garden State Plaza is a good time-out. Three stars.
Or try some jambalaya at the new Southern Comfort Bistro in Hasbrouck Heights. Starters.
Get rid of those leftovers. And if you missed Corner Table last weekend, watch out with those restaurant gift certificates this holiday season.
We saw these a little late, but they're still amusing - Fort Lee chef David Burke makes a turkey and trimmings in his dishwasher, and prominent Chicago chef Grant Achatz (who was the judge on Wednesday's Top Chef Thanksgiving challenge) makes sous vide turkey and stuffing.
It's a day-before-Thanksgiving tradition here at The Record to test out these holiday dinner helplines - we called seven of them last year, and got varying answers on how to mend pie crust and what temperature to cook a turkey (the older story is at the bottom of this entry). Today, we couldn't resist trying out the newest helpline, from ShopRite.
Hennessy Tavernin Northvale has a new chef, Joe Macri, and he's already making his presence known.
The former executive chef at Candela in Manhattan's Union Square, has added new sandwiches, salads and entree specials to the menu while retaining some of the more popular pub staples, such as shepherd's pie and chicken pot pie.
Blue Moon Mexican Cafe was honored with the New Jersey Restaurant Association's annual Restaurant Neighbor Award at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in Manhattan.
Blue Moon's restaurants in Wyckoff, Old Tappan, Woodcliff Lake and Englewood have raised more than $180,000 for non-profit organizations, the association said in a statement.
Ingrid Krause, who opened Hanna Krause's Homemade Candies in Paramus nearly 50 years ago, has died at age 77. Her obituary in today's Record can be found here.
Hanna Krause's shop was named for Ingrid's mother, Hanna. The family tree includes relatives that opened stores in Fairview and Paterson, Saugerties, N.Y., and Albany, N.Y.
The Milford Steak House, which opened last January on Route 23 in West Milford, has closed, and the phone is disconnected.
A gentleman on-site said that it will be reopening as more of a nightclub on Dec. 4, although there is no indication that the liquor license has been transfered.
Passaic's Stolarz Crystal Ballroom, a 100-year-old bar and landmark in the Polish community, could be on its last days, as it's for sale, Karen Keller reports in today's Herald News.
The best days have passed it by, and a good day now is when a dozen patrons stop in.
The New York Times reviewed the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn in Sunday's paper, giving us an idea of what you can expect from the landmark restaurant that's apparently on its third owner in about 18 months (from Marcello Russodivito -- whose food is not boring, he wants you to know -- to Chris Kelly to George Zahakos and Catherine Stauch, previously of the Bicycle Club in Englewood Cliffs).
Pizza Fusion, the multi-adjective pizza joint (it's gluten-free, lactose-free, organic, green, etc.) coming to Ridgewood, is hoping to open on Dec. 11, the company said in an e-mail.
Pizza Fusion will be at 33 Godwin Ave., Ridgewood; 201-445-9010; pizzafusion.com.
BILL PITCHER is an editor in the Features department of The Record and Herald News and previously was a freelance food writer and restaurant reviewer. He was born in New York's Hudson Valley and was raised in the southern Adirondacks.
E-mail: pitcher@northjersey.com
ELISA UNG has been the restaurant reviewer and dining columnist for The Record since 2007. She's a native of Southern California and a graduate of the University of Southern California, and she spent eight years writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
E-mail: ung@northjersey.com
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