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Dad Who Left Corporate Job To Pursue Dream Expands Cuban Restaurant To Paramus Park Mall Dad Who Left Corporate Job To Pursue Dream Expands Cuban Restaurant To Paramus Park Mall
Dad Who Left Corporate Job To Pursue Dream Expands Cuban Restaurant To Paramus Park Mall Cuban Eddie's is growing. The Cuban restaurant located in Dumont and River Vale is bringing new digs to Paramus Park Mall, its website says. The eatery is owned by Eddie Sanchez, a first-generation American whose parents hail from Santa Clara, Cuba, its website says. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cuban Eddies (@cubaneddies) In 2007, Sanchez left his corporate job and, in pursuit of his dream of owning his own restaurant, opened Cuban Eddie's in Dumont. Six years later, his daughter, Jacklyn, opened the River Vale location. T…
Married Couple Opens Authentic Cuban Restaurant In North Jersey Married Couple Opens Authentic Cuban Restaurant In North Jersey
Married Couple Opens Authentic Cuban Restaurant In North Jersey The Cuban Around The Corner lives up to its name: offering authentic Cuban cuisine made by real Cubans.The new restaurant recently opened in Bergen County. Manny Fernandez and Audrey Pacheco, who have been married for 20 years, originally opened a takeout restaurant in Bogota, but patrons requested a spot with more space, and they settled on a location in Bergenfield at 260 S Washington Ave. At The Cuban Around The Corner, Pacheco handles the front, while Fernandez is in the back making his famous Real Deal Cuban sandwiches. Pacheco estimates they sell about 25 a day. Other popular dishes in…
Cannabis Lounge To Replace Jersey City Cuban Mainstay Closing After 25 Years Cannabis Lounge To Replace Jersey City Cuban Mainstay Closing After 25 Years
Cannabis Lounge To Replace Jersey City Cuban Mainstay Closing After 25 Years A longtime Jersey City Cuban restaurant has shut its doors and a cannabis lounge is reportedly taking its place. Hard Grove Restaurant shut down after 25 years of serving Cuban cuisine in the city's downtown at 284 1st St.  The restaurant's last day was Friday, March 24. The eatery, which was known for its mojitos, announced the closure in an Instagram post on Thursday, March 23.  Set to open at the location is Cream Dispensary and Lounge. The new dispensary, which received approvals last year, has not yet announced its opening date, though its website promises an update in …
Son Grieving Mom's Loss Brings Family Cuban Restaurant To Bergen County Son Grieving Mom's Loss Brings Family Cuban Restaurant To Bergen County
Son Grieving Mom's Loss Brings Family Cuban Restaurant To Bergen County A new restaurant with Cuban roots has opened in Bergen County. The Cuban 'Round the Corner, located on W. Main Street, in Bogota, is run by Manny Fernandez. Fernandez took over his mom's restaurant El Farallon in Cuba after she died in 2018, the restaurant's website says. "Traveling back and forth to the island took a toll on his family dynamics back in Bogota, NJ," it reads.  Ropa Vieja empanada The Cuban 'Round the Corner Facebook Fernandez and his family decided to sell the restaurant just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. He waited several months before his sister, Berta,…
Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open
Young Cuban Chef's East Rutherford Restaurant Now Open Kassandra Gutierrez has been researching the restaurant industry since she was a kid growing up in Miami. She poured over magazines, books and online articles -- eventually graduating from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Gutierrez is taking all she's learned over the past decade and giving the recipes she grew up on a little twist at her very first restaurant, Mima's Cuban Cantina. Now open in East Rutherford, Mima's pays homage to Gutierrez's Cuban roots but will also speak to her years of professional culinary experience, she says. "Cuban food is pretty…
Rumba Cubana Replacing Dog & Cask In Rochelle Park Rumba Cubana Replacing Dog & Cask In Rochelle Park
Rumba Cubana Replacing Dog & Cask In Rochelle Park A North Jersey restaurant chain will be taking over the Dog & Cask location in Rochelle Park, a recent report says. Rumba Cubana, with restaurants in North Bergen, Clifton, Jersey City and Guttenberg, will be coming to Route 17 Southbound once the bar and grill moves out later this month, BoozyBurbs reports. Last week, Dog & Cask announced it would be closing Oct. 16, and earlier this year, Rumba Cubana was eyeing a Bergen County location. Rumba Cubana began in 2004 as Rumba's Cafe, launched by owner Alan Lopez -- four years after moving to the U.S. from Chambas, Cuba. With a…
North Jersey Celebrity Chef Carl Ruiz Dead At 44 North Jersey Celebrity Chef Carl Ruiz Dead At 44
North Jersey Celebrity Chef Carl Ruiz Dead At 44 North Jersey celebrity chef Carl Ruiz was found dead in his apartment Sunday morning, according to recent reports. Friends say the 44-year-old suffered a heart attack in his sleep. Ruiz owned Marie's Italian Specialties in Chatham for many years and was the executive chef at Sabor in Rutherford, along with Cuban Pete's In Montclair. Before that, he worked as a sous chef at Dish in Clifton. Last June, Ruiz opened La Cubana in New York City, paying homage to his Cuban roots. Food Network star Guy Fieri lamented the loss of his good friend on social media. "I'm heartbroken that my friend c…