Chatni Indian Restaurant January 26, 2020The history of Indian restaurants in Montclair is a bumpy one. They’ve come and gone. And then opened...
Samba January 16, 2020Samba may not be the biggest restaurant on Earth. In fact, it may be one of the smallest....
Just Jake’s December 30, 2019There is a college in Montclair. Not surprisingly, it’s called Montclair State. And like any college, it’s filled...
Ooka Sushi & Hibachi Lounge December 14, 2019There is no way this place wasn’t once a strip club. From its oddball parking lot placement to...
Kai Yang December 3, 2019I grew up eating a lot of Thai food. There was this place in Sherman Oaks, CA called...
Bareburger – Montclair November 21, 2019I first had Bareburger at their Chelsea location back in the day. Ms. Hipster and I were in...
Bloom November 10, 2019Bloom is a restaurant on Bloomfield Ave. Just in case you were wondering where they got the insanely...
Zeugma October 11, 2019Greece is the time, is the place, is the motion. Now, Greek is the way we are feeling....
Fresco Da Franco September 26, 2019Church Street in Montclair is a lovely street. About as lovely as they come. But you always take...
Leone’s September 10, 2019Leone’s has been on Gordon Ramsay’s show, Kitchen Nightmares not once, but twice. If you haven’t seen that...
Faubourg August 30, 2019The hope is that Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair will eventually be filled with restaurants opened by former Manhattan...
Chit Chat Diner West Orange August 25, 2019Once upon a time there was a shitty, little diner on a hill. It was called the Eagle...
Sharky’s Wings & Raw Bar – East August 19, 2019I mean, who isn’t up for some fish in the middle of an industrial-looking wasteland in Clifton, NJ?...
Dingbatz July 22, 2019What’s a little white supremacy music between friends? Well, if you listen to most people, a little nazi...
Lotus Oriental Cuisine July 21, 2019First there was Chinatown East. And then there was some place called Seasons. That was followed by two...
Rutt’s Hut July 18, 2019This place is not only an institution, it kinda looks like one. If that institution was a bizarro...