FOOD & DRINK
Landmark Menlo Park Diner back on the market at a reduced price
EAST BRUNSWICK – A landmark 4,500-square-foot Route 1 southbound diner is up for sale again, this time at a reduced $3.5 million price just months after a fire damaged the kitchen. Recently a large red For Sale sign was posted in front of the Menlo Park Diner, 1475 Route...
Chicken sandwich franchise backed by Shaq opening first NJ location. Here's where
Big Chicken, a fast-casual chicken sandwich chain restaurant backed by Shaquille O’ Neal, is opening in the Village at Bridgewater Commons in mid-June. It will be the first New Jersey location for the chain, which has 30 national stores and 350 in the works. “Bridgewater Commons is just a...
Middlesex County lottery player wins $50K playing Powerball
A lottery player in Middlesex County won $50,000 in the Wednesday, April 24, Powerball drawing. The winning ticket was sold at Quick Chek #2 in Piscataway, 191 Stelton Road. The winning numbers were: 2, 20, 22, 26 and 47. The Red Powerball number was 21. Players select five numbers between...
Powerball ticket worth $50K bought at N.J. convenience store for last night’s drawing
A Powerball ticket valued at $50,000 was bought by a lottery player for Monday’s drawing at a convenience store in Somerset County. The third-prize ticket was purchased at Quick Mart on Hamilton Street in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey lottery officials said. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball.
Krispy Pizza Employee Andy Edmon Huska Loncarevic Dies
That's what many customers of Krispy Pizza in Old Bridge are saying following the 42-year-old Sayreville father's death on Thursday, April 25. A cause of death was not made public. An immigrant from Montenegro, Andy was remembered on a GoFundMe campaign as a dedicated and hardworking family man. Nearly $54,000...
N.J.’s best meals under $10: Portuguese gem serves sandwiches, perfect pastel de nata
Walking into Pinho’s, a longstanding bakery and deli specializing in Portuguese custard cups (pastel de nata), I was instead struck by the smell of almond — golden almond cookies, yum! — and the essence of nostalgia from a mainstay that has served its Roselle neighborhood for 33 years.
Giant bluefin tuna giving fishermen a fight off Jersey Shore coast
It started with one giant bluefin tuna. Now, at least a half-dozen more have been landed within the space of week. The big fish have weighed well over 700 pounds and have yielded as much as 500 pounds of meat, once dressed out. The bluefin have came inshore all the way to the Sea Girt Reef chasing schools of mackerel. How long they stick around remains to be seen, but they've stolen the thunder from the spring run of striped bass and bluefish.
New Jersey nonprofit Seeing Eye looking for volunteer puppy raisers
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CBS) -- If you love dogs and want to help make a real difference in someone's life, becoming a volunteer puppy raiser for a New Jersey nonprofit could be a perfect fit for your family.The Seeing Eye, based out of Morristown, New Jersey, pairs specially trained dogs with individuals who have blindness and low vision.The organization is currently recruiting volunteers to raise puppies that will eventually become guide dogs."Our role as puppy raisers is to get these wonderful little babies and expose them to as much of the world as possible, and get them ready and prepare them...
Liquor Cave Somerset Shopping Center Bridgewater
Liquor Cave is opening its fifth store at Somerset Shopping Center in Bridgewater, which will sell fine wine, spirits and craft beer. An opening date was not announced. Levin Management Corporation (LMC) serves as the leasing and managing agent for Somerset Shopping Center. LMC Senior Leasing Representative Vanessa Kelty arranged the 7,400-square-foot Liquor Cave lease.
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