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Kimchi Smoke Won't Be Returning To Bergenfield After All Kimchi Smoke Won't Be Returning To Bergenfield After All
Kimchi Smoke Won't Be Returning To Bergenfield After All Kimchi Smoke won't be returning to Bergenfield after all. The popular BBQ shop owned by award-winning chef Robert Austin Cho first opened in Bergenfield. The shop relocated the following year to its current Westwood location. Construction on a second store at Fosters Village was set to begin in March, but those plans were put on hold in March due to COVID-19. "There was a time, I thought I was going to close during the pandemic," Cho said in a Facebook post. "But I kept going not knowing what would happen." Cho on Thursday announced plans for the new Bergenfield store have been cance…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bergen County Restaurant Openings, Closings 10/10/2019 Bergen County Restaurant Openings, Closings 10/10/2019
Bergen County Restaurant Openings, Closings 10/10/2019 Get ready for tacos, smoothie bowls and lots of BBQ. Reported initially by BoozyBurbs.com, here are some of the restaurants coming and going in the area. Scroll down for more. CLOSED: Blue Moon Mexican Cafe, Woodcliff Lake: After 17 years in business, the franchise sold its Kinderkamack Road spot. Locations in Englewood and Wyckoff remain open. OPENING: Kimchi Smoke, Bergenfield: After leaving for Westwood four years ago, the BBQ joint is opening a store in Foster Village, according to signage in the window. No word yet on opening date.  Kimchi Smoke is coming to Bergenfield.Kimchi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bergen Restaurant Owner To Face 'Top Chef' Finalist On Food Network Show Bergen Restaurant Owner To Face 'Top Chef' Finalist On Food Network Show
Bergen Restaurant Owner To Face 'Top Chef' Finalist On Food Network Show WESTWOOD, N.J. -- Kimchi Smoke of Westwood Chef and Owner Robert Austin Cho will be appearing on Food Network's "Beat Bobby Flay" later this month. The episode -- “Sour with the Sweet” -- will include a Round 1 battle between BBQ fusion master Cho and Brian Malarky, a Top Chef finalist.  What was the secret ingredient Bobby Flay chose in Round 1? Cho was hoping that it would not be a vegetable, so he could have his long awaited showdown with Flay.  “I got into barbecue by watching 'Throwdown with Bobby Flay' and just being on the show with an opportunity to face Bobby Flay is a r…

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by Cecilia Levine