No restaurants this weekend but some great home made italian food, breakfast, maryland crab balls, cupcakes (my contribution) and cookies.  Thanks to our great quinnipiac lacrosse alumni friends who pulled off a successful weekend down at Point pleasant beach.  Epic corn hole games, Sambuca, homemade bird houses and mini beer pong.  

The BRRC guys had a fun trip down to Pinehurst last weekend and we have some pretty good food in addition to some fun golf competition.  Friday night we ate at the Country Club of North Carolina and had some universally acclaimed shrimp and grits.  Saturday night we went to a local restaurant named Ironwood... Continue Reading →

Birthday fun for Leslie at the Summit House in Summit. Nice clean upscale place without the really high prices.  I enjoyed my Duck but the pasta appetizer was excellent. The Aquerello Risotto with crushed peas, smoked ham, herb oil, parmesan was good but the best was the House-Made Campanelle with porcini, pickle peppers,  and harissa was excellent.After my bowling... Continue Reading →

We got snowed out of a return trip to da Fillipo's on Saturday in Somerville but the past few weeks we enjoyed a new spot at Del Frisco's Grille in Hoboken for lunch.  We loved the cheese steak egg rolls, the fish tacos.  My steak sandwich with parmesan crusted fries were strong.Old favorites were the... Continue Reading →

I have to lead off with the duck for two at Common Lot in Millburn which the chef had recommended when me and Leslie were there a few months back. You have to call at least one week beforehand but the call is well worth it. The chef orders a whole duck and then splits... Continue Reading →

Had a great time at the Long's wedding including some good food at Natarir in Bedminster such as the short rib off the bone.  I even got the tennis boys together for a great photo op!The Sisto's took us to a place I had not heard of in Strega Bistro in Berkeley Heights for a... Continue Reading →

We had a great trip to Aruba last week and we were really happy with the food options on the island.  The tough part is to pick which really good restaurants to go to.  We started at Atardi which has tables on the beach in a really nice ambiance.  I had the macadamia crusted grouper... Continue Reading →

We got a chance to go to Toast in Montclair for brunch and as expected the food was excellent and Murphy even got the chance to beg a little bit for the bananas foster french toast.  I had to try for the first time ever the carrot cake pancakes. These could have been deserts instead... Continue Reading →

We found a new brunch spot in Maplewood, nj in Cassidy's.  The Shrimp and Grits was very good and Leslie's avocado toast was really well done.  Eating outside in Maplewood made it a really nice morning. Pictures are at the bottom of this post. The last few weekends we have focused on some really good... Continue Reading →

Updated 09/24/17Last weekend we got the opportunity to go to Antique Bar and Bakery in Hoboken which we had heard great things about.  The restaurant did not disappoint and the vibe was very cool with great music and a kitchen that is open and near our table; a little dark but the pictures came out... Continue Reading →