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Dinner in Trenton -
Another place comes to mind that's not too far from the Arena. It's the Revere restaurant on River Rd. See http://www.revereristorante.com/ .
Dinner in Trenton -
Amici Milano's http://www.amicimilano.com , last of the old school Italian restaurants in the Burg.
Rossi's http://www.rossiburger.com , noted for their burgers but all their food is great.
Papa's http://www.papastomatopies.com , oldest tomato pie (pizza) place in the country. It's BYOB.
need birthday restaurant help!!
How about the Stockton Inn. Have dinner and spend the night! http://stocktoninn.com/
Bordentown - Trenton -Princeton Area - Party for 25
You might want to consider the Farnsworth House in Bordentown http://www.thefarnsworthhouse.com/ . We had an excellent meal there about a week ago. Although I haven't been up there, I believe they have a separate dining room on the second floor that could accomodate your party. They also have a separate banquet menu.
Italian in South Jersey
Joe Italiano's Maplewood Inn in Hammonton should fit the bill http://www.joesmaplewood.com/home.php
Parx Casino
Has anyone eaten at the Parxgrill or any of the other restaurants in the Parx Casino?
Trenton Tomato Pies
Getting past the bar pie is tough. Try it with the small antipasta. It's great too and you'll take a lot home.
Trenton Tomato Pies
Keep it on the QT about JoJo's, they're crowded enough. Just kidding. Try their Delmonico steak sandwich sometime.
Jersey Top 10
Gees, if anyone outside of New Jersey read these posts they’d probably think that there wasn’t a restaurant in existence anywhere south of New Brunswick.
Pizza Help
Tom246 is right. The Hudson street location closed about a month ago. If RC has the time and inclination, he might want to go into Trenton and try Papa's on Chambers St. It's the oldest, continuously open, Tomato Pie or Pizza place in the country. It also has a style pie more akin to what RC probably had in Brooklyn and many people think it is superior to Delorenzo’s.
My personal choice would be to continue down Rt. 33 to JoJo’s located at 5 points.
Pizza Help
Get off the TP at 7A and head for Delorenzo's http://www.delorenzostomatopies.com on Route 33 in Robbinsville. Touted to be the best in the state.
Restaurants/pubs in/near Burlington?
I haven't been there in a while but Bung's Tavern http://bungstavern.net/ on Route 130 S had pretty good pub food.
Farnsworth House, Bordentown, NJ
Has anyone been to the Farnsworth House in Bordentown lately?
Trenton Tomato Pies
I don't think you can beat JoJo's at 5 points in Hamilton Twp. http://jojostavern.com/
Good southern barbecue joints/restuarants near Trenton or Philadelphia
I haven’t been there myself but Winkler’s http://www.winklersribs.com/Home.html
in Morrisville, PA has received some decent reviews. There was also a place in Morrisville called Porky’s but I couldn’t find a website for it and it may have closed.
Old Homestead in AC closing?
My wife and I had dinner there on 10/10/11 and they were pretty crowded for 6:30 PM on a Monday night.
They did have a problem with the Borgata reservations phone line indicating that they were closed during the week and open only on the weekend. This was not the case. If you have a problem I'd call their NY city place but I think they fixed the problem.
I'm with you. They have the best steak I've ever had anywhere and they're also consistent and dead same every time.
Corned Beef Hash and Eggs
It's not close to you but the Forked River Diner on Route 9 serves great homemade corned beef hash.
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Forked River Diner
RR 9, Forked River, NJ 08731
Help please! [near Freehold]
You can't go wrong with Federici's in downtown Freehold. They're known for their thin crust pizza which I've had and is delicious. I'd bet their other dishes are also great. See http://www.federicis.com/index.html .
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Federici's
14 E Main St, Freehold, NJ 07728
Chef Gordon Ramsey @ Mike & Nellis, OceanTwp.
You're right about Mike. What was the General Manager's job? He just seemed to stand around and do nothing. Shouldn't he have been running the front and supervising the wait staff?
The Best Clams and Linguine in the AC area ?
Not in AC but not too far. Joe's Maplewood Inn located in Hammonton, NJ has great Italian seafood dishes. The Joe's special can't be beat. See http://www.joesmaplewood.com .
6 months away....
I haven't been there yet but the Poseidon Mediterranean Bar & Grill in Robbinsville, NJ has finally opened. This was the old Santino's Bar One.
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Santino's Bar One
2360 Highway 33, Robbinsville, NJ 08691
Do Ocean City, NJ Restaurants Completely Shut Down in mid-October?
Jill - go on their website and give them a call. I'd start here http://www.oceancitychamber.com/businessdirectory-restaurants.asp
NJ Turnpike-near the PA Turnpike exit
In addition to those mentioned, you might also consider Alstarz Sports Pub http://www.alstarzsportspub.com or Chickie's & Pete''s http://www.chickiesandpetes.com . Both are on Rt. 206/130 very near Exit 6 of the NJ Turnpike which is the connection to the PA Turnpike.
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Alstarz Sports Pub
140 US Highway 130, Bordentown, NJ 08505
Need Restaurant Recs Between Hamilton and Howell/Freehold
This is a tough one as Great Adventure seems to be about half way and there isn’t much nearby.
The only places that I can think of are the Happy Apple Inn in Imlaystown http://happyappleinn.com/ and the Clarksburg Inn http://clarksburginn.net/ . The Happy Apple Inn is pretty good but I haven’t been there in quite a while. I’ve only had burgers at the Clarksburg Inn but I recall that they were excellent. Both places are in the boondocks so I would definitely make sure that if you weren’t familiar with the area you had a GPS in the car.
Good luck and let us know how you made out.
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Clarksburg Inn
465 Stagecoach Rd, Millstone Township, NJ 08510
Glass cook tops
My wife and I discovered a number of cracks in our glass top stove one morning. They appeared to radiate from one location. It looked as if something, like a can, had dropped on the stovetop from the cabinet above it. Yet, neither one of us observed anything like that or any other physical action that could have caused the damage.
This remained a mystery for quite a while until one night my wife was watching the “Kate plus Eight” show or whatever it was called, the reality show about the couple with eight kids. Apparently, the same thing happened to her but in her case the whole top shattered.
It seems that if you take a hot lid off of a pot of boiling liquid and place it on the stovetop, when it cools the moist air will contract and form a vacuum powerful enough to crack the glass. I had noticed this vacuum effect before but didn’t think anything of it. Boy was I wrong.
So, keep your hot, moist lids off of the stovetop and you shouldn’t have any problems with cracking glass.
Lodge Dutch Oven
Thanks guys!
paulj’s correct. I should have pointed out that it is an enameled pot. The black surface shown on the lid is some sort of primer or undercoat. It’s not bare iron, so I don’t think rust is an issue.
I think Chemicalkinetics might be on to something. Making the lid rest on the three cleats assures that it won’t wobble when placed on the pot. This would compensate for a slight concave or convex surface of the lid bottom rim, the pot upper rim, or both due to the imprecise nature of the casting process.
Three is a key number. If there were four cleats, you could get a condition where only two of them touched the pot’s rim and the lid would wobble around their axis like a chair with one short leg. Three legged stools never wobble and can’t because of the design. The seat may not be parallel to the surface the stool is resting on, but it won’t wobble.
Lodge Dutch Oven
A year or so ago I bought a Lodge 6 quart Dutch Over. It’s a great pot and I’ve been very happy with it.
However, I’m curious about one of its features. There are 3 rectangular “bumps” or cleats on the bottom of the lid where it touches the upper edge of the pot. They are spaced 120 degrees apart around the circumference of the lid (see photo). There obvious purpose is to lift the lid off the pot allowing a gap between the lid and pot.
It would seem to me that you would want to seal the lid as tightly as possible to the pot to avoid the built up steam from escaping rather than condensing on the bottom of the lid and dripping back into the pot. In fact, a lot of recipes recommend placing a sheet of aluminum foil between the lid and pot to ensure a tight seal.
This design feature seems to ensure that the steam will in fact escape. Is this a safety feature to avoid an ad hoc pressure cooker or is there some other reason for it.
I contacted Lodge and asked them but never received a reply.
Pumpernickel flour
Charles Van Over in his book, “The Best Bread Ever”, states that, “Rye meal is sold according to the grind – fine, medium or course. What is known as pumpernickel flour is actually a course grind rye meal available in health food stores and in mail-order catalogs.”
Most pumpernickel recipes use a combination of unbleached bread and rye flour. Cocoa powder and caramel coloring are added to give the bread its distinctive dark brown color.
Suggestions, please for restaurants fit for foodies mid-way between Tom's River and Philly?
Depending upon which bridge you cross, the High Street Grill in Mount Holly might be closer to half way than Princeton or Hopewell and they have excellent food. See http://www.highstreetgrill.net .
I'm sure there must be a couple of good places in Marlton or Medford but I'm not that familiar with either town.
