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These Bergen County Restaurants Have Special Family Deals These Bergen County Restaurants Have Special Family Deals
These Bergen County Restaurants Have Special Family Deals Takeout and delivery are your options when it comes to New Jersey restaurants for the next several weeks. Many places are offering special deals as the state works to stop the spread of coronavirus. Here are some local businesses offering special deals who you can support during this time (email clevine@dailyvoice.com with restaurant tips). Click here for a list of restaurants in Union, Essex, Somerset, Passaic, Morris and Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon counties. Taverna Mykonos, Elmwood Park: 10 percent off all pick-ups and delivery orders plus free dessert. Salumi Kitchen, Lodi: Fou…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Uncle Louie's Pizza Replacing Momma's Kitchen In Montvale Uncle Louie's Pizza Replacing Momma's Kitchen In Montvale
Uncle Louie's Pizza Replacing Momma's Kitchen In Montvale Uncle Louie's Pizza will be replacing Momma's Kitchen in Montvale. Momma's announced its W. Grand Avenue location had closed on Friday on Facebook, six years after replacing 15 Grand Bistro. "Bielat Santore & Company, the broker involved in the sale, said the restaurant is "in good hands" under new owner and esteemed restaurateur, Uncle Louie's owner David Brancato, who comes from more than 30 years of experience in the industry. "I am excited to start serving the community of Montvale and Pascack Valley,” said Brancato in a report published by the broker.  "Uncle Louie’s is a great …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Restaurant Owner Shuts Montclair, North Arlington Eateries Restaurant Owner Shuts Montclair, North Arlington Eateries
Restaurant Owner Shuts Montclair, North Arlington Eateries A North Jersey restaurateur is closing eateries in Montclair and North Arlington. Juan Placencia closed Somos in North Arlington and Costanera in Montclair will shutter in late February, NorthJersey.com reports. Placencia had transformed the 6,000 square foot North Arlington space into an event venue -- opening its doors in 2018.  The upcoming closing of Costanera has led to the family’s "consensus" to get out of the restaurant business. Placencia’s wife, who also helped out at the restaurants, will return to school and study cosmetology, the article says. Click here for more from N…

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by Valerie Musson
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah
No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was Novino. George Jamieson has spent more than four years building the Italian restaurant, but is hoping for a July 8 opening. All that's left to do for him and his wife Renee to do is pave the parking lot. Novino will be more a retirement project for Jamieson, who named his restaurant after his wife's maternal grandmother. It also happens to be a play on the words "no vino," implying you can bring your own wine, Jamieson explained. The Italian villa-inspired restaurant will specialize in Neapolitan pizza and other authentic delicacies, which Ja…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Johnny Rockets Shutters Garden State Plaza Location Johnny Rockets Shutters Garden State Plaza Location
Johnny Rockets Shutters Garden State Plaza Location Johnny Rockets has closed its Garden State Plaza location. The 1950s diner-style restaurant had been in the mall for more than a decade (on the first floor near Starbucks) but is covered up with advertising. The eatery's closing is a sad day for many who hold memories sweet as the milkshakes. "Hasn't changed in years and I like it that way," Yelper Kellyanne F. from Saddle Brook said.  "It's probably one of the very few places at the plaza that I remember as a kid. Their milkshakes are always delicious and they are always affordable." "My husband and I used to take trips to the mall jus…

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by Cecilia Levine
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CLOSED! Joe's Crab Shack Shuts After 6 Months In Edgewater CLOSED! Joe's Crab Shack Shuts After 6 Months In Edgewater
Closed! Joe's Crab Shack Shuts After 6 Months In Edgewater Joe's Crab Shack in Edgewater has shut its doors. The restaurant opened six months ago in the lighthouse-shaped building behind the Edgewater Commons shopping plaza along the Hudson River, not long after the chain was acquired by Landry’s, Inc., out of Houston. Only three Joe's Crab Shack locations remain in New Jersey: Clifton, Deptford and South Plainfield. The 10,676-square-foot facility -- formerly home to Mitchell's Fish Market and The Crab House -- is up for lease. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Jersey Newlyweds Put Modern Twist On Old-School Deli North Jersey Newlyweds Put Modern Twist On Old-School Deli
North Jersey Newlyweds Put Modern Twist On Old-School Deli A pair of newlyweds are putting a modern twist on the old-school Jewish deli. Sal and Jacqueline Yehudiel of Fort Lee, who tied the knot in August, will be opening Humble Toast on Queen Anne Road Oct. 22. "We want to be a great restaurant that happens to be kosher," Sal Yehudiel said. "We want everyone who enjoys good food to come here and be our guest." Yehudiel, born in Israel and raised in Fair Lawn, is a trained chef who has years of experience. He worked his way up to to becoming an executive chef at Downtown Disneyland in Anaheim, California. As his career progr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Who Bought Allendale Eats? The Guy Across The Street Who Bought Allendale Eats? The Guy Across The Street
Who Bought Allendale Eats? The Guy Across The Street Ed Veseli is going to be working both sides of West Allendale Avenue when he opens a new restaurant on the site of the former Allendale Eats.  Veseli, who owns and operates Mezza Luna Bistro right across the street, said he'll offer breakfast and lunch -- same as the now-gone Allendale Eats, which closed suddenly in May. He hadn't scheduled an opening yet.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wayne Paris Inn Will Be Mexican Restaurant Wayne Paris Inn Will Be Mexican Restaurant
Wayne Paris Inn Will Be Mexican Restaurant The Wayne Paris Inn will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant that could open before Spring 2019, NorthJersey.com reports. Casa Don Manuel, as it will be called, is owned by the Sanchez family of Mahwah, who bought the property for $990,000 at an April auction. The popular 17,000-square-foot banquet hall, a longtime landmark in Wayne and surrounding areas, closed in April 2017. The Sanchez family also owns a Mexican restaurant in Suffern, N.Y., La Hacienda De Don Manuel. Updates to the structure, floors, lights and paint will cost approximately $100,000, and investing in a liquor license w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Friends Open 'Two Pitas' In Moonachie Two Friends Open 'Two Pitas' In Moonachie
Two Friends Open 'Two Pitas' In Moonachie A pair of friends who met working in a restaurant have opened one one their own in Moonachie. With Ismael Dominguez in the front of the house and Saul Duran in the kitchen, the pair together run Two Pitas, a Mediterranean restaurant that opened recently on Joseph Street. Dominguez of Little Ferry noticed Moonachie had many fine-dining options but few casual grab-and-go places that weren't fast food. He wanted to bring something special to his neighborhood. "I want to bring food with meaning," he said. "Good, healthy and delicious food -- that's what we're doing here." …

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by Cecilia Levine