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Business
Shuttered Oradell Coffee Shop Cool Beans Replaced By 'Freestyle Italian' Restaurant ORA
Five years after Cool Beans closed, a brand-new restaurant has opened in its place. ORA, which brands itself as a "freestyle Italian" restaurant, is now open in brand-new construction on Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, where Cool Beans stood before closing in 2019. Posted by ORA FreeStyle Italian on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 "The term 'ORA' means now, or right now in Italian," its website says. "And that’s what the food is at this restaurant: a full examination of Italian cooking, but viewed through the lens of what’s happening now in American cooking." Chef and co-founder is Tom Silve…
Business
Dish Boy Turned Executive Chef Is Running The Kitchen At One Of NJ's Newest Mexican Restaurant
A Mexican restaurant that says it has set a world record for most agave spirits at a single licensed location has opened in Central Jersey. Meximodo Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Pearl Street in Metuchen Thursday, Nov. 9. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meximodo - Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar (@mexi.modo) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meximodo - Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar (@mexi.modo) Conceived by the team behind Le …
Business
Award-Winning Chef Bringing New Restaurant To Hawthorne
An award-winning chef is bringing his take on American fine dining to North Jersey. Chef Adam Weiss, who hails from a line of experienced cooks starting with his grandmother and mother, will be opening F1RST Restaurant in Hawthorne on Tuesday, July 25. Weiss earned Bachelor’s Degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, and went on to complete his culinary internship at Ruga Restaurant in Oakland, where his focus on New American cuisine, according to the restaurant's website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by F1…
Business
Popular Dish-Washer Turned Chef Gives New North Jersey Eatery Special Twist
A popular North Jersey restaurateur who broke into the industry as a dish-washer is expanding his pasta and sandwich shop — this time with a twist. Michael Carrino's "Mike’s Pasta and Sandwich Shoppe" in Nutley will transform into Mike’s Pasta Shoppe for its upcoming Park Avenue location in East Rutherford, BoozyBurbs reports. The exact opening date was not known. Carrino is known for both his French-centric and Modern American cuisines. He commands the kitchens at a country club and formerly owned Pig & Prince in Montclair. "A graduate of the acclaimed Culinary Institut…
Obituaries
Beloved Sussex County HS Senior, Aspiring Chef Kyle Porzuelo Dies After Leukemia Battle, 18
Beloved Sussex County high school senior and aspiring chef Henri 'Kyle' Porzuelo died at Morristown Medical Center on Monday, Feb. 7 after a valiant battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was 18. Born in Newton, Porzuelo grew up in Andover Township, his obituary says. Porzuelo was months away from finishing his senior year at Newton High School. He was an aspiring chef planning to attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Porzuelo was also known for his love of music, theatre, and the arts. “He enjoyed singing, dancing, drawing, playing video games, and making people laugh,”…
Lifestyle
ON TV: Watch Bergen County Mom, Chef Compete On '
Chopped
'
A Bergen County mom who teaches cooking classes will be competing on an episode of Food Network's "CHOPPED" this week. Hillsdale's Rama Ginde, who owns WannaBee Chef, will be on the Tuesday, May 25 episode airing at 9 p.m. Ginde was trained at the French Culinary Institute and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She also graduated from the Columbia University’s Teacher’s College, and Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. She opened WannaBee in 2012 and recently transitioned to virtual classes. View this post on Instagram A po…
Lifestyle
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…
Obituaries
North Jersey Mom Marisa Aversa Dies After Battle With Breast Cancer, 43
Bergen County mom Marisa Aversa (Cucciniello) died Thursday, Sept. 20 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. She was 43 years old. Born in Westwood and raised in Montvale, Marisa lived in Massachusetts, Montana, Georgia and Florida before settling in Fair Lawn 12 years ago. A trained pastry chef and restaurant manager with a degree from the Culinary Institute of America, Marisa had worked as an office manager at Yankee Linen in Paterson for many years. She volunteered with the Girl Scouts in Fair Lawn and was a religious education teacher at St. Anne's Church. She also helped with …
Obituaries
Leonia Native Anthony Bourdain Dead From Apparent Suicide At 61
Leonia native and chef, author, and television personality Anthony Bourdain was found dead of an apparent suicide in a French hotel Friday. He was 61. Having graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in 1973, Bourdain became most known as host of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” TV show. A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, Bourdain returned to CIA last year where he was awarded an honorary doctorate. Bourdain also attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. He was regarded as one of the most well-known and influential chefs in the world.
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