The Greek City Restaurant opened this morning in the Ramsey strip-mall space formerly occupied by Ginger and Spice.
Owner Theodore Christakis said by phone this afternoon that he is offering an extensive menu of Greek dishes, including whole grilled fish, seafood, sausages and cheeses, dips, traditional favorites like moussaka, and desserts.
Natalie's in Ridgewood has expanded into the space formerly occupied by the Broad Street Smokehouse. Sit-down lunch and dinner service is offered, including the same Natalie's menu items as well as burgers, steaks and items like lobster pot pies.
The original Natalie's site across the street is now named Natalie's Bakery and Pasta House, and serves breakfast, pasta and focaccia pizzas, and 25 kinds of cupcakes.
Copeland in Morristown is doing a Garden State Tasting menu in July and August that will highlight products from several New Jersey food producers, such as Valley Shepherd Creamery in Morris County. Executive chef Thomas Ciszak will use as many Jersey products as possible, including corn, tomatoes, peaches, and local seafood and meat.
Foodies, unite. The Gourmet Institute is coming.
The sixth annual event is scheduled for Oct. 17 to 19. It will be held in and around the Conde Nast Building in Manhattan. Included are eight workshops, classes and lectures with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, a welcome gala and dinner at either Fiamma, Picholine or Union Square Café.
TW’s Place, an American and Italian restaurant with an eclectic menu, has opened in Cresskill, at the site of the former Ciao Bella.
The owner is Theresa Witte, who started working at the original Ciao Bella 17 years ago.
Anthony Lo Pinto, the West Paterson chef who established the menu and served as executive chef at Crave in Fairfield, has run the kitchen for the final night.
"The new chef took over tonight. He's here, so I'm all done," Lo Pinto said Friday night.
Gelato is everywhere. Everywhere. Here are two newly opened ones, both offering homemade gelato and sorbet:
... Frank's Waterside. Give them a big round of applause.
Frank's joins Teggiano, Nanni and other North Jersey restaurants that have misrepresented reviews and ratings in their advertising or other promotional material. In Frank's case, the restaurant rounded a 2 1/2-star review up to three stars in the copy that's on display in the lobby.
Two temporary closures to pass along, of varying amusement:
A branch of the popular Indian fast-food restaurant Rajbhog has opened in Saddle Brook. It sells Indian sweets, snacks, ice cream, and an assortment of hot food like $1.29 vegetable puffs (spiced potatoes and peas covered in puff pastry), samosas, pooris, parathas, etc. Rajbhog is at 350 Market St., Saddle Brook, 201-845-6200.
BILL PITCHER has been The Record's food editor since June 2006 after five years writing and reviewing restaurants. He was born in New York's Hudson Valley and raised in the southern Adirondacks.
E-mail pitcher (at) northjersey (dot) com.
ELISA UNG joined The Record as its food writer and restaurant reviewer in September. She's a native of California and a graduate of the University of Southern California, and she spent the last eight years writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
E-mail Ung (at) northjersey (dot) com.
ROBERT BIESELIN, a reporter in The Record's features department, has written about new restaurants and North Jersey dining events since 2005. He's a native of Orange County, N.Y., and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College. E-mail Bieselin (at) northjersey (dot) com.
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