Archive for July, 2008

29 Jul

CHOWDOWN: LOCAL EATERIES ON ‘BEST’ LIST

Believe it, Mike, you’re on the list. No Joe’s proprietor Mike Tierney welcomes customers during the Sheehan Classic in June.
New Jersey Monthly magazine’s annual list of the state’s best restaurants is out, and the Red Bank area is represented, scoring in the upscale, bar, raw bar, coffee and other categories.

Whether it’s underrepresented or perhaps even [...]

26 Jul

STRONG START AT RED BANK SIDEWALK SALE

Bargain hunters went sniffing along Monmouth Street this morning. One woman brought her pooch, apparently to give the goods an expert sniff.
The streets of downtown Red Bank were thronged all day Friday, day one of the 54th annual Sidewalk Sale, bringing an increasingly rare note of optimism to the voices of retailers.
“It started early,” said [...]

23 Jul

SIDEWALK SURFING ‘08: BEST. SALE. EVER.

The scene on Broad Street at the 2006 edition of the event.
By TOM CHESEK

There was that friend of ours who found a shrink-wrapped, never-played, original 1963 pressing ( released the day JFK was shot) of the Phil Spector Christmas Album, in a box of old discs at Jack’s.
More than one other whispered of a [...]

22 Jul

BUCKY STOPS BY FOR A TWO-NIGHTER

Legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist-singer Tony DeSare photographed at River’s Edge Café, where they’ll be returning this weekend as part of the Summer Jazz Café series.
By TOM CHESEK
Maybe it’s that seventh string on his guitar; a custom-crafted Benedetto Signature model that transports his playing to a dimension beyond your garden variety six-pickers. Or maybe [...]

17 Jul

A DUNESDAY SCENARIO FOR EASDALE

Whoa, flashback: John Easdale of Dramarama headlines the bill at the annual Dunesday event this Saturday at Donovan’s Reef.
By TOM CHESEK
Less than a year ago, the mood around Donovan’s Reef had a touch of doomsday about it.

The landmark Sea Bright oceanside bar — one of the last remaining sources for old-school Shore kicks in a [...]

11 Jul

THEATER GONE INSIDE-OUT


11 Jul

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT ON THEIR OWN


11 Jul

SUN LOW, HUMIDITY LOW, VIBE MELLOW


10 Jul

MOOCH MAKES HIS MOVE IN CAFÉ SOCIETY


09 Jul

THAT’S THE CHICAGO WAY,’ IN RED BANK


08 Jul

CAUTION: BLIND BABY AREA


07 Jul

BARBEAU VAMPS HER NECK-NIBBLER NOVEL