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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
January 24, 2022
Holsten's Brookdale Confectionary | Bloomfield, New Jersey
Holsten's Is A New Jersey Legend
Holsten’s ice cream parlor has been a legendary meeting spot in Bloomfield, New Jersey for over 75 years.
They are famous for their homemade ice cream and candy.
They also serve burgers and other classic American food.
It still holds old-school charm in its décor.
New Jerseyans have known about Holsten’s for many years.
Holsten's Becomes World Famous
But in 2007, Holsten’s suddenly became world famous.
The producers of the HBO classic series, The Sopranos, decided to film the very last scene of the series at Holsten’s.
This is the very table where the scene was filmed:
The Tony Soprano Table
When the star of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, died several years ago, there was a special tribute to him.
The booth was "reserved" for "Tony Soprano" that night. No one sat at that table.
Gandolfini was from New Jersey.
It was even spoofed recently in a Trump-Russia opening skit on Saturday Night Live, since Trump and Michael Cohen have apparent mob connections:
You can check out their website here: Holstens Brookdale Confectionery
The restaurant is part of the Sopranos tours that are still going on many years after the show ended
♪ Don't Stop Believin'♪
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June 29, 2015
Summit Diner | Summit, New Jersey
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| Summit Diner, Summit, New Jersey |
New Jersey is known as “the diner capital of the world.” A truly classic American "diner" is a prefabricated restaurant, with the exterior partly or wholly stainless steel, and brought to the site to be assembled.
April 04, 2015
Hot Dog Johnny's . . . in Buttzville
In our meanderings around Warren County last October, especially after our visits to Belvidere last fall, we somehow always ended up in Buttzville on our way home.
Buttzville?
March 26, 2015
You Deserve A Break Today!
McDonald’s is struggling nowadays in the market. Perhaps they should drop that idiotic campaign and extremely stale “I’m lovin’ it” and go back to this classic from the 1970s, with a new cast, of course.
Oh, right they can’t, because for some stupid reason they lost the rights to the song.
Anyway, in this advertisement filled with very talented performers, I spy John Amos (appearing at the time in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and future father in Good Times), Anson Williams (future Potsie in Happy Days), John Wheeler (the manager with the operatic voice, I remember him singing operatically as part of Felix's opera club in The Odd Couple), Johnny Haymer, future actor in M*A*S*H ("Put a shine on the floor!”) and the wonderful character actor Robert Ridgely (with the clean burger machine!)
I’m trying to figure out the others, especially the actor who opens the commercial. He looks familiar.
This commercial was immensely successful and influential, and the best campaign McDonald’s ever had.
November 16, 2014
WindMill and Max's -- A Hot Dog Rivalry in Long Branch
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| WindMill Hot Dogs, Long Branch, New Jersey |
In the fierce hot dog wars of the Jersey Shore, there are two famous rivals, both of them in Long Branch.
July 08, 2014
Bahrs Landing Is Still Standing!
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| Bahrs Landing restaurant, Highlands, New Jersey |
Bahrs Landing is a legendary place in Highlands, New Jersey.
It is 97 years old this year, and it amazing because it sustained considerable damage in October 2012 from Hurricane “Superstorm” Sandy, which destroyed many other businesses (including many restaurants) in the area.
May 13, 2014
Making Honey At Delicious Orchards | Colts Neck, New Jersey
Remember Delicious Orchards?
I wrote about them in 2012. It is a wonderful gourmet country food market where you can get delicious produce, doughnuts, etc.
They also make their own honey right inside the store.
The bees come through a tube in the wall and go into a “beehive” and produce fresh honey.
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February 10, 2014
Shop-Rite Supermarket | West Caldwell, New Jersey
The ShopRite supermarket in West Caldwell, New Jersey is unique.
First of all, it must be an old ShopRite, because it still has the hyphen in the name.
That is why I included the hyphen in the title of this post, even though the hyphen is not used anymore.
According to a January 31st article in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
I am always interested in design and architecture. Whoever built or designed this ShopRite made it with a Japanese design.
According to a January 31st article in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
In American advertising lingo, rite makes mite. Or maybe might. The ShopRite grocery chain is the first rite I can remember. ShopRite is a postwar neologism; for a while in the fifties and sixties, the name was spelled with a hyphen (Shop-Rite), after which the logo lost its hyphen but kept the internal cap.
I am always interested in design and architecture. Whoever built or designed this ShopRite made it with a Japanese design.
I've been told that the owner at the time really liked this decor style.
Not only does the front of the store have an Japanese theme, but it even has endearing matching phone booths! One of the phone booths still has a working phone.
Even on the inside, the Japanese design theme continues.
Even on the inside, the Japanese design theme continues.
I blatantly took pictures with my camera on the outside, but I don’t think I’m supposed to take photos inside the store, so I sneaked around the store taking took the last two photos with my crappy old cell phone.
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October 23, 2012
Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck, New Jersey
Delicious Orchards in lovely Colts Neck, New Jersey is in a rural area surrounding by produce and horse farms.
Delicious Orchards is an extremely popular place to buy incredible baked goods and gorgeous produce, including lots of pumpkins:
You can enjoy their famous apple cider doughnuts, scrumptious muffins, tantalizing cakes and pies, and luscious chocolates:
New Jersey tomatoes are famous for quality and you can find wonderful Jersey Fresh tomatoes:
You can find incredible peppers:
Delicious Orchards makes fresh-pressed cider, and has one of the best selections of apples anywhere:
I write about the honey making process at Delicious Orchards here.
To read more about Delicious Orchards, read here.
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June 25, 2010
10 Things I Love About Summer
I love making lists. I love summer. Here are 10 things I love about the summer:
April 16, 2010
New Jersey Woman Wins Pillsbury Bake-Off and $1,000,000!
Sue Compton of Delanco, New Jersey has won the Pillsbury Bake-Off!
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