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Salad House opening new Central Jersey restaurant in Metuchen
METUCHEN – A new Salad House restaurant is scheduled to open this week at 660 Middlesex Ave. A social media post indicates the restaurant will open Nov. 13. The Salad House menu includes salads, wraps, soups, grain bowls and smoothies, along with sides such as zucchini sticks, quesadillas, cauliflower bites, french fries, hummus platters and sweet potato fries. The restaurant also offers vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan options. Salad House was founded by Joey Cioffi, whose family owns a deli in Springfield, where he learned everything from washing dishes to preparing large catering orders, according to the restaurant's website. Cioffi created Salad House to offer fresh, fast-casual food that was healthy and family-friendly. He opened the first Salad House in Millburn in 2011, followed by a Morristown location two years later. In 2016, entrepreneur and restaurant operator Jerry Eicke became involved in the business. The two reached a franchising agreement and opened a third location in Westfield in 2017, according to the website. More: 68 apartments, retail proposed for downtown Metuchen The chain also has a Central Jersey location in New Brunswick. Other locations include Cherry Hill, Englewood, Englishtown, Hackensack, Livingston, Manahawkin, Montclair, Newark, Parsippany, Red Bank, Ridgewood, Rutherford, Secaucus, Sparta,
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Newark Community Garden Works to Address Food Insecurity and Expand Access to Fresh Produce
Green tomatoes hang from towering vines, yellow marigolds bloom between vegetable beds and fragrant herbs grow along gravel pathways at a Newark garden that was once an illegal dumping site. Nearly a decade ago, Charmaine La Fortune set out to transform the neglected lot on South 20th Street. Today, her...
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Queen Latifah Brings Newark Housing Mission To BET Documentary
Queen Latifah‘s effort to build housing in Newark is headed to BET, which set a Friday, November 27 premiere for “You Can Go Home Again.”. The documentary follows the rapper’s return to the New Jersey community that raised her and the years of work behind RISE Living. The mixed-use development includes affordable apartments, with a name that honors her late mother, Rita.