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I don't think I've been to Kenilworth, just see it on the GSP when we're heading south. Good looking menu though, so maybe we'll check it out on some trip back.
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elflaco wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:17 am Had a late lunch at Ava's in Kenilworth.
Will be going back for sure - my kinda place.
any of you know it?
Crazy, just talked to a friend who went there Saturday night, and was raving about the food and the beer menu. Need to check it out.
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FALSE FLAG OP!!!
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National bad weekend was also a local bad weekend: https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/08/jilted ... s-say.html

To my knowledge, we didn't know the family or au pair involved, but its in the immediate neighborhood and a place we walk past weekly.
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NJ dudes, you should check this out. He's great live. It wasn't acoustic when I saw him, but it's in my top 3 shows of all time.

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Seconded.
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That's a tiny little club, too.
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For the pedantic among us, I’ll admit that we’re venturing beyond North Jersey with this one, but we had lunch at a cafe in Flemington today called Grateful Bites. It’s a non-profit that is in part staffed by, and where the proceeds go to, the differently abled, via this organization.

The place was adorbs (a lot of reclaimed wood) and the food and baked goods were really good.
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Anyone in the northeast see any reason why every American flight from Reagan to Boston would be canceled?
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Is the storm we’re getting here tomorrow somewhere on the route?
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I dunno. She finally got one to providence but it’s not til tomorrow so it might be deja vu.
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How big is this fire to be trending on twitter?
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Take it to the OFFICIAL Eastern PA thread.
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rass wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:23 am Take it to the OFFICIAL Eastern PA thread.
I saw it was on NJ side, but OK.

Was hoping it would engulf Morristown.
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Hadn't even heard about it. I assumed something massive was happening in Newark when I saw the post.
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mister d wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:45 am Hadn't even heard about it. I assumed something massive was happening in Newark when I saw the post.
Yeah, I had to Google it. With no koalas at risk, nobody cares about a forest fire in NJ.
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EYYY WHO DA FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAKIN ME EVEN MORE EMBARRASSED TO LIVE HERE WHAT DA FUCK EYYY!!!

https://www.nj.com/business/2020/03/a-s ... Xl_1iJaI8E
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mister d wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:51 am EYYY WHO DA FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAKIN ME EVEN MORE EMBARRASSED TO LIVE HERE WHAT DA FUCK EYYY!!!

https://www.nj.com/business/2020/03/a-s ... Xl_1iJaI8E
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Anyone else hear cranford is closing schools after this coming week?
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mister d wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:05 pm Anyone else hear cranford is closing schools after this coming week?
Just Monday. In service to prepare plans for an actual extended closure. Mt Olive is doing the same.
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Oh. That makes more sense.
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east brunswick is closing early today as well as several others... to clean.
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BH is doing two half days to formulate a plan. They are doing this two weeks for now, which could very well be too late, but hopefully not...
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The Sybian wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:53 am BH is doing two half days to formulate a plan. They are doing this two weeks for now, which could very well be too late, but hopefully not...
On Thursday we announced we were out until March 30th. On Friday, case confirmed in East Hanover. Don’t think we will be back on the 30th.
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The Vietnamese restaurant in our town center, which I swear they’ve been working on for over a year and which looked like it was ready open just in time for my birthday back at the beginning of March, is finally opening for takeout tomorrow. I’ll definitely give them a try this week.

There is a soul food restaurant and a Mexican restaurant (the latter almost literally at the end of my street) that both appeared to be on track to be open by now under normal circumstances. Both are currently dark. I’d say that there are more restaurants that are still open and making a go of takeout only than have closed up completely, but there have been multiple closures.
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rass wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 9:30 am The Vietnamese restaurant in our town center, which I swear they’ve been working on for over a year and which looked like it was ready open just in time for my birthday back at the beginning of March, is finally opening for takeout tomorrow. I’ll definitely give them a try this week.

There is a soul food restaurant and a Mexican restaurant (the latter almost literally at the end of my street) that both appeared to be on track to be open by now under normal circumstances. Both are currently dark. I’d say that there are more restaurants that are still open and making a go of takeout only than have closed up completely, but there have been multiple closures.
Taste of Flava? I was hoping they would be doing curbside. When we threw their plantains on their jollof rice, it was magic. If it doesn’t reopen, I’m gonna miss that place.
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Taste of Flava is doing curbside (or walk to the door and stand outside while they run your card and get your food) pickup and seems to be pretty busy.
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rass wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:58 am Taste of Flava is doing curbside (or walk to the door and stand outside while they run your card and get your food) pickup and seems to be pretty busy.
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Zita's is still really good, in case anyone was worried.
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Our downtown ice cream place re-opened over the weekend. They're the nicest, and very involved in town. That's good.


Got a bahn mi a couple of weeks ago. Good, but not as good as the place in Edison I've mentioned a couple of times. Would definitely order again. The local place's Vietnamese ice coffee was better though. Really good.
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mister d wrote: Mon May 04, 2020 2:10 pm Zita's is still really good, in case anyone was worried.
Don't tell my kids, they were begging to go yesterday. I was imagining a large crowd outside the door, wasn't ready to run that risk yet. Hopefully soon. Sucks to live so close, and we haven't been since moving.

ETA: I should say I haven't been. My parents took the kids every day when they were visiting.
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So no crowds because you can only order online to pickup a half hour later. Very structured.
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mister d wrote: Mon May 04, 2020 3:57 pm So no crowds because you can only order online to pickup a half hour later. Very structured.
Interesting... I'll have to pick some up. What flavor did you go with?
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elflaco wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:17 am Had a late lunch at Ava's in Kenilworth.
Will be going back for sure - my kinda place.
any of you know it?
Crazy, just talked to a friend who went there Saturday night, and was raving about the food and the beer menu. Need to check it out.

Been a couple of times and ordered takeout once during Q but finally got the hot chicken sandwich today (in part because they are selling flour and yeast and I’m almost out of the latter and haven’t lucked into it at the supermarket since I started looking 3 weeks ago). Excellent, and the roll was a house made work of love that was more than up to the rigors or takeout.
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Funny to read this now with two kids in the Maplewood (South Orange) school district.
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:13 pmMaplewood and Montclair (taxes and school concerns) are out too but we liked them.
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