I would bring back The Orange Squirrel
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That was a great spot!
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Don’s
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Unless I am completely misremembering, there was a Pizza Hut with a liquor license in New Brunswick circa 1989
Perhaps, I’m going back to late 70’s early 80’s with my memory. I was barely a teenager but being asked to take the trip with my older cousins was a badge of honor!
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Yup what a loss to the area! (Bread bar!?!?? What???)
There was an uproar on these boards between several of us and the next ownership. (whom shall remain nameless)
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Poor @corvette_johnny is still in hiding
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She doesn’t smoke.
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From the Grunnings on the Hill, looking out over the NY skyline! I’d always get the $5 Sundae for just $1.00, served in a beer mug.
BTW–I was just in South Orange Village last week, visiting family. I was SO distressed to see that they had torn down the Grunnings building, with it’s iconic windows. It’s final iteration was a great Italian restaurant that lived up to the quality standards that made Grunnings so great.
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Did you go to The Stuft Shirt?
Two family members from Spirito’s fame (Elizabeth) are in CA trying to establish a new legacy and it’s nothing even close to attainable. But this photo is on the wall.
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Mastori’s.
Casey Jones in Long Branch. I frequently ate there alone. They had some cozy corner tables which were perfect for a single diner. My favorite entree was Stuffed Flounder.
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My wife’s family, Long Branch natives, loved Casey Jones. I got there a few times in the late 80s.
That espresso bar and Italian grocery on Ringwood Avenue in Haskell. I last went there in 1985. Now the whole area has been demolished and rebuilt.
More recently, the Hong Kong Supermarket food court on Oak Tree Road in Plainfield (I think). I especially remember the Taiwan noodle stall run by a woman named Lucy. I’m pretty sure my last bowl of noodles there was in 2007.
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@byarvin Good to see you posting, Brian! #BlastFromThePast
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As a kid, I loved to be able to eat in a train car. As an adult, I would kill to have that nostalgic moment one more time.
Very cozy indeed. Dim “lantern” lights in the dining car, beer “by the yard”, and a large seafood menu. Trying to get in on a Friday during lent was hellacious. I remember a lounge car with ash trays on the tables for when that was still a thing.
Mom used to get the Boston Scrod.
Thank you Curlz! Since I live in Pennsylvania now, everything I’ve got to say about NJ will be a blast from the past.
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