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Muscle Maker Grill Opens In Westwood Muscle Maker Grill Opens In Westwood Muscle Maker Grill Opens In Westwood
Muscle Maker Grill Opens In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. — A rapidly-growing, restaurant promoting a healthy lifestyle is making its way to Westwood. Muscle Maker Grill has opened on Broadway Avenue, and is serving up health-conscious dishes including fit salads, wraps, sandwiches, power pastas, guiltless entrees, fruit smoothies, protein shakes and more. Founded in 1995, Muscle Maker Grill provides its guests healthier versions of mainstream-favorite dishes, making it convenient and enjoyable to eat healthy.  Muscle Maker Grill of Westwood is located across from the Westwood Train Station at 417 Broadway A…
Closter Pastry Chef's Cookbook Caters To Kids With Special Needs Closter Pastry Chef's Cookbook Caters To Kids With Special Needs Closter Pastry Chef's Cookbook Caters To Kids With Special Needs
Closter Pastry Chef's Cookbook Caters To Kids With Special Needs CLOSTER, N.J. — The kitchen truly is the center of home for Closter’s Ally Nathaniel. The pastry chef-turned-author’s latest book, “My Playful Kitchen,” is a cookbook for kids and their parents or caregivers. “The purpose is to help parents and their kids bond and create better relationships,” said Nathaniel, a mom of three. She has been teaching cooking classes for several years in Englewood, Tenafly, Closter and Cresskill schools. Nathaniel compiled the recipes and researched food-related facts to make “My Playful Kitchen," intended for 2- to 9-year-old children. It also helps kids…
60 Years Later: Potato Salad Still A Favorite At Oradell's Schreiber's Deli 60 Years Later: Potato Salad Still A Favorite At Oradell's Schreiber's Deli 60 Years Later: Potato Salad Still A Favorite At Oradell's Schreiber's Deli
60 Years Later: Potato Salad Still A Favorite At Oradell's Schreiber's Deli ORADELL, N.J. — Craig Brenkert gets up at 3:30 every morning and makes his way from Midland Park to Oradell.  He doesn't return home until well after sunset, but doesn't seem to mind the long hours at Kinderkamack Road's Schreiber's Deli. After all, Brenkert's got a more than 60-year legacy to maintain. "The customers are awesome and the people here are friendly," said Brenkert, who purchased the deli, along with co-owner Ryan Charalmbous, eight years ago. RELATED: Garfield Nurse Doubles As Instagram Foodie  One of Brenkert's high school buddies had been working at a deli. Af…
New Jersey Whole Foods Chicken Soup Recalled For Misbranding New Jersey Whole Foods Chicken Soup Recalled For Misbranding New Jersey Whole Foods Chicken Soup Recalled For Misbranding
New Jersey Whole Foods Chicken Soup Recalled For Misbranding Thousands of pounds of chicken soup sold to Whole Foods Markets in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts has been recalled due to misbranding, the USDA announced. The label said "Mom's Chicken Soup," but it was actually Italian Wedding Soup, which contains eggs, milk, and wheat, known allergens which are not declared on the product label, the USDA said. Approximately 3,096 pounds of the mislabeled product packaged on Jan. 3 is being recalled by Kettle Cuisine, LLC. Bergen County has four Whole Foods Markets locations in Closter, Ridgewood, Paramus and Edgewater. Fairfield Co…
Former Glen Rock Police Detective Lawrence Hotchkiss, 80, Dies Former Glen Rock Police Detective Lawrence Hotchkiss, 80, Dies Former Glen Rock Police Detective Lawrence Hotchkiss, 80, Dies
Former Glen Rock Police Detective Lawrence Hotchkiss, 80, Dies GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Retired Glen Rock Police Detective Lawrence Hotchkiss died on Dec. 31 at his home in Idaho. He was 80 years old.  Hotchkiss, a Waterbury, Conn. native, served in Glen Rock from May 1965 to June 1987. He was also a member of the New Jersey Legion having served in the U.S. Navy. Hotchkiss married his wife, Caroline Peterman, who died in 1998. He is survived by his son, Wayne (Jackie) Martin Hotchkiss; daughter, Sallie (Mark) Anne Carson; sisters, Marueen McNulty and Kate Nelson (Dot Johnston); and four grandchildren, Seth, Hayley, Sarah and Hunter. Condolences may be sent …
Fort Lee's GYMGUYZ Trainers Flex On Whole Foods Supermarkets Fort Lee's GYMGUYZ Trainers Flex On Whole Foods Supermarkets Fort Lee's GYMGUYZ Trainers Flex On Whole Foods Supermarkets
Fort Lee's Gymguyz Trainers Flex On Whole Foods Supermarkets FORT LEE, N.J. — A Fort Lee-based fitness franchise is partnering with four Whole Foods supermarkets to help health-conscious Bergen County residents stay on track. GYMGUYZ, an in-home personal training company, is holding a weight loss challenge at Ridgewood, Paramus, Closter and Edgewater Whole Foods locations.  The company is bringing on nutritionist Allison Thibault to help "change lives the 'right way,'" Bergen County GYMGUYZ owner Josh Grinstead said. "Not with diets or crash workout fads and gym memberships, but by integrating functional fitness into their lives — alo…
Sweet Digs! Englewood's Pâtisserie Florentine Expands To East Village Sweet Digs! Englewood's Pâtisserie Florentine Expands To East Village Sweet Digs! Englewood's Pâtisserie Florentine Expands To East Village
Sweet Digs! Englewood's Pâtisserie Florentine Expands To East Village ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Pâtisserie Florentine in Englewood has opened a storefront in the East Village. Brothers Tomer and Itay Zilkha opened the South Dean Street shop more than three years ago. "It never gets old," said Tomer on the eatery's Facebook page. "Not even at 1 a.m." Itay is a London-based accountant who takes care of the business aspects while Tomer, a hospitality and pastry professor at Bergen Community College, handles the kitchen. Pâtisserie Florentine aims to bring the feeling and flavors of France to the area, all while striving to minimize its environmenta…
East Rutherford Standout Athlete Chicky Devens, 75, Dies East Rutherford Standout Athlete Chicky Devens, 75, Dies East Rutherford Standout Athlete Chicky Devens, 75, Dies
East Rutherford Standout Athlete Chicky Devens, 75, Dies EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Former standout Becton High School athlete and longtime East Rutherford resident Chicky Devens died Friday, Jan. 13, at his Florida home. He was 75 years old. Childhood friend and former teammate Lou Brizzi remembers Devens as a South Bergen icon. “He loved East Rutherford and representing it wherever he went,” Brizzi told Daily Voice.  He just loved the town, its roots and what he got out of it. At just 12 years old, Devens led his little league baseball team to the Eastern Regional Finals — the same year he hit 18 home runs. The switch-hitter went on to play for …
Cuban Joint Featured On Food Network 'Throwdown' Opens In Closter Cuban Joint Featured On Food Network 'Throwdown' Opens In Closter Cuban Joint Featured On Food Network 'Throwdown' Opens In Closter
Cuban Joint Featured On Food Network 'Throwdown' Opens In Closter CLOSTER, N.J. — Empanadas. Platanos. Pork masitas. They're all coming to Closter this month. Azucar Cuban Cuisine is holding a soft opening Jan. 17 through Jan. 25 at its new Schraalenburgh Road location. The Bacardi-sponsored grand opening is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. Owner Nick Vazquez also has locations in Edgewater and Jersey City, which was featured on "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" for the Battle of the Cuban Sandwich. 
Clicks To Bricks: Amazon To Open Paramus Store Clicks To Bricks: Amazon To Open Paramus Store Clicks To Bricks: Amazon To Open Paramus Store
Clicks To Bricks: Amazon To Open Paramus Store PARAMUS, N.J. — Shoppers will soon have a new Amazon Books store to check out at Paramus' Garden State Plaza. The New Jersey store is one of five set to open in 2017, with others coming to Massachusetts, Illinois and New York City. Amazon hopes to create 100,000 more jobs by mid-2018, with 2,500 based in New Jersey, the company said in a press release.
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