Food & Drink
By TAPINTO WESTFIELD STAFF
October 19, 2018
WESTFIELD, NJ – Getting into the beer garden at AddamsFest has become akin to securing a ticket to the Broadway show “Hamilton.” At least that’s the drama that played out on the festival organizers’ Facebook page Thursday night as a limited batch of tickets to the festival’s beer garden were ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Emma’s Brick Oven in the heart of downtown Cranford is celebrating its one year anniversary under the management and ownership of Victor Biancamano and Andrew Galli. “It’s been a great year; we have introduced new items to the menus, renovated the space and worked to create an ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Disappointed that you couldn’t get tickets for Charlie’s Ale Garden during AddamsFest? Despite a “sold out” image on the Beer Garden page on AddamsFest.com, organizers said that more tickets will become available for purchase later this week. “As we said, we can only pre-sell as ...
WHAT: Fresh mozzarella cheese making classes (pre-registration required) WHEN: Mondays at 7 p.m. WHERE: Vine Ripe Markets, 430 North Avenue E., Westfield, N.J. WEBSITE: www.vineripemarkets.com/classes BOOKING: Call 908-233-2424 to reserve a space SEASON SPECIAL: Running until Dec. 29, Vine ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – One might think that Westfield Station Café, at the Corner of South Avenue West and Summit Avenue, has a prime spot, just across the street from the NJ Transit train stop on the town’s south end. But turnover there has been quick. In the past five years, the spot has been home to ...
State suspends new laws governing microbreweries WESTFIELD, NJ – The suspension of more stringent state regulations for microbreweries received praise from state and local officials in a town where some say opportunities for imbibing have become scarce. The state Division of Alcoholic ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – More beer here. Such was the message from the Town Council on Tuesday as it approved regulations intended to draw microbreweries and craft distilleries into its downtown. The new local law allows for microbreweries and craft distilleries within Westfield’s central business ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – Apples will be far from forbidden as the historical society celebrates its 10th annual AppleFest this weekend. The Westfield Historical Society’s AppleFest will be held noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, on the lawn of the Reeve House, 314 Mountain Ave. The festival will ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The full schedule for AddamsFest has been announced on AddamsFest.com, and it’s jam-packed with events for people of all ages. The town-wide celebration will honor Westfield native Charles Addams and his most famous creation, "The Addams Family," throughout October all around ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – Enclosed in a clear plastic booth, two teens moved frantically to untangle a blue wire and plug the ends into sockets on opposite-sided walls. Avery Avella, 10, and Alice Manzo, 11, secured one side, but it popped out of the socket at the opposite end as they attempted to fit the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – Dough, cheese, sauce, mushrooms, olives and pepperoni are among the ingredients that 10 children, half of them with special needs, used to make individual pies at a local pizza shop earlier this week. The gathering of elementary school-aged youths at Outta Hand Pizza, 311 South ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Shovlin Mattress Factory, a Westfeld family-owned business located in Fanwood, is buying coffee for everyone who visits Manhattan Bagel in Westfield Saturday, Sept. 8. “The community has been supporting us forever, so we wanted to give back to them,” said Ron Shovlin, who owns ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Quimby and Elm Streets in Downtown Westfield will become “Charlie’s Ale Garden” on Saturday, Oct. 27, as part of the town’s first AddamsFest, a three-day town-wide festival celebrating Westfield native Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family,” that will include family-friendly ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Outta Hand Pizza in Downtown Westfield is offering to feed veterans for free, and they’ve set up a way for others to help. The restaurant is teaming up with the Martin Wallberg American Legion Post 3 to hold a get-together for veterans, according to Burim Regjaj, one of the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield's town council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance that would allow microbreweries and craft distilleries in Westfield’s central business district during Tuesday night’s town council meeting. The ordinance, no. 2111, requires that the microbrewery or distillery ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Mexican restaurant QDOBA at 70 Elm St. in Downtown Westfield re-opened for lunch Tuesday after it was closed two weeks for renovations. It celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Shelley Brindle, the Downtown Westfield Corporation and the Greater Westfield Area Chamber ...
WESTFIELD NJ — Farinolio, a Tuscan bakery-café in Downtown Westfield, opened for the first time Tuesday for lunch. Located at 121 East Broad St. where Let’s YO! once was, the shop offers breakfast items (such as croissants in flavors including chocolate and ham-and-cheese), lunch (including flat ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Boxwood Coffee is officially open in Downtown Westfield. The coffee shop and café, at 143 East Broad St. where Panera was, hosted a friends and family event on Wednesday evening to celebrate what owner Stephen Bellamy is calling a “slow open.” “We are planning to phase in ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Outta Hand Pizza threw a lunch party Friday afternoon for the Westfield Department of Public Works at the DPW building on North Avenue. Guests of honor numbered close to 40 DPW employees. And while Friday afternoon was a pleasant, balmy sunny day in town, Outta Hand Pizza ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Addams Tavern, which is undergoing court-ordered renovations, may re-open in September, according to Chip Grabowski, CEO of Harvest Restaurant Group. The restaurant at 115 Elm St. has been closed since December. Recently, firefighters extinguished a minor fire on one of the ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Following the success of the first ever "Kids Night Out" on June 5 that featured Vampirina, owner Victor Biancamano decided to make the event a regular occurrence. Biancamano made a call to Peppa Pig, and despite her busy schedule, she was able to free up some time to enjoy some ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Vine Ripe Markets at 430 North Ave. East hosted about 50 members of the Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce for a happy hour networking event Wednesday evening. Attendees sampled items from the independent grocery store’s catering department, freshly made mozzarella and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Zeni Nimani has made over an estimated 250,000 pies, according to Outta Hand Pizza owner, Burim Regjaj. “He’s in the best shape of his life. It must be the pizza making,” Regjaj said. The easy-going yet animated Zeni joined Regjaj and his family-owned restaurants back in 1992 ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – Ambeli Greek Taverna opened the doors to its new location in downtown Westfield last month. The restaurant expanded from its original spot in Cranford, which has been open for nearly three years. According to owner Christos Zavolas, it was not his idea to open a second ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Locals flooded Emma’s Brick Oven on Tuesday evening for its first ever “Kids Night Out.” The event went from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and allowed kids to meet their favorite vampire, Vampirina, and get their face painted. The show “Vampirina” debuted on Disney Jr. in late 2017 and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – The Westfield Farmer’s Market kicked off its 2018 season in a new location on Saturday morning. The market moved from the South Avenue side of the Westfield train station to the North Avenue side to create more access to central downtown, according to market manager Chris ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Vine Ripe Markets, an independent grocery store on North Avenue in Westfield, is not your typical supermarket. For owner Frank Bruno, the son of a cop and a teacher, it’s a dream come true. “It was a life-long dream,” Bruno said. “I envisioned the American dream as being a small ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – Rock ‘n’ Joe on Prospect Street will reopen on Friday, less than two weeks after a small electrical fire damaged the interior of the business. In celebration, the store will receive a plaque from the Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce, according to owner Lincoln Chaudry.
WESTFIELD, NJ — 16 Prospect Wine Bar & Bistro in Downtown Westfield will host a fundraiser this weekend benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of New Jersey. The event is organized by Ivy Charmatz, a Westfield native. “As a candidate for LLS’s Woman of the Year campaign, I am ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Northside Kitchen’s fried chicken sandwich beat sandwiches from nine other local restaurants to win “Best Bite” by popular vote at Sandwichfest Sunday. Northside Kitchen is located at 760 Prospect St. in Westfield. More than 400 ticket holders each had a chance to taste 10 ...