Yonkers, NY
Business
Wegmans Sets Official Opening Day For Westchester Location Wegmans Sets Official Opening Day For Westchester Location
Wegmans Sets Official Opening Day For Westchester Location With nearly 300 jobs ready to be filled, officials have announced an opening date for the long-awaited Wegmans location in Westchester. As the company continues filling 280 positions, it announced that the latest Wegmans Food Market in Harrison will be opening on Sunday, June 7 on Corporate Drive near I-287 and the Hutchinson River Parkway. “We bring new employees on board to begin training quickly after they’re hired,” said Store Manager Matthew Dailor, who began working at Wegmans 25 years ago as a part-time parking lot attendant. “Our commitment to in-depth training is the main reason w…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
Lifestyle
Melt Shop Opens At Smith Haven Mall Melt Shop Opens At Smith Haven Mall
Melt Shop Opens At Smith Haven Mall America's top sandwich is grilled cheese according to a YouGov survey which is good news for Melt Shop, which opened a location in Smith Haven Mall in September. The franchise opened in 2011 in New York City. It is a casual restaurant with a robust menu that includes plenty of food melts, house-made chicken tenders, tots, salads, and shakes.  One popular item is Fried Chicken Melt topped with pepper jack cheese, red cabbage slaw and Melt Sauce on country white bread. There's, of course, plenty of grilled cheese options. The Sweetness has muenster cheese, caramelized oni…

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by Donna Christopher
Jersey City, NJ
Lifestyle
Curry Restaurant Chain Coming To Hoboken, Newark Curry Restaurant Chain Coming To Hoboken, Newark
Curry Restaurant Chain Coming To Hoboken, Newark Curry Up Now, a fast-casual restaurant serving up the spicy south Indian staple with unique fusion-cuisine twists, is opening its newest New Jersey location in Hoboken before the end of the year, and there’s plans for a Newark location to open not long after that, spokespeople for the chain said in a statement. The Hoboken store will be located at 91 Washington St. and the Newark shop will be located at 58 Halsey St.  Curry Up Now began life as a food truck in 2009 operated by husband-and-wife team Akash and Rana Kapoor and has since expanded to three food trucks and seven fixed resta…

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by Paul Milo
Hackensack, NJ
Business
White Manna Is Serving Meatless Burgers White Manna Is Serving Meatless Burgers
White Manna Is Serving Meatless Burgers If it looks like meat, tastes like meat and even bleeds like meat, then it must be meat. Right? Not necessarily. Hackensack's iconic White Manna slider joint established in 1946 is embracing the meatless burger -- the "Beyond Burger." The pea protein patty, not to be confused with the Impossible Burger, is taking the burger industry by storm. White Manna's classic sliders.@ inkaholic__ Instagram These patties are full-sized burgers -- unlike the sliders that have customers lining up on River Street every day. A Beyond Burger at White Manna is $7.99 with crinkle cut fries. Stop into …

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by Cecilia Levine
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Caribbean Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens In Area Caribbean Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens In Area
Caribbean Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens In Area Caribbean Fried Chicken, a new restaurant in Middletown offering Caribbean fare, opened its doors at 198 Monhagen Avenue on Monday, July 29. The opening was celebrated by Middletown Mayor Joseph M. DeStefano, who held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the new addition to the town’s wide range of small businesses. The concept of Caribbean Fried Chicken’s cuisine was first established by two longtime friends of more than 25 years who have been members of the local community since their teenage years. The two partners have a combined 35 years of both private and professional culinary e…

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by Valerie Musson
Paterson, NJ
News
3 'Gelotti' Stores To Rebrand, Break Off From Flagship Paterson Location 3 'Gelotti' Stores To Rebrand, Break Off From Flagship Paterson Location
3 'Gelotti' Stores To Rebrand, Break Off From Flagship Paterson Location Longtime "Gelotti" employee, owner and award-winning gelato master Mike Guerriero is headed in his own direction. Guerriero and his wife will be rebranding Gelotti Montclair, Caldwell and Randolph, and calling them "Gelati by Mike." The trio will be breaking off from the flagship store in Paterson. The rebranding will kick off with the launch of Gelati by Mike in Randolph on July 21. The other two will be ready by August. The Guerrieros -- along with Mike's aunt and uncle -- are also taking over the Hillery Street Restaurant and Grill in Totowa and reopening as the Hillery Luncheonette th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Lifestyle
Here's What's On Menu At Newly Opened Hot Dog Express In Pearl River Here's What's On Menu At Newly Opened Hot Dog Express In Pearl River
Here's What's On Menu At Newly Opened Hot Dog Express In Pearl River Have a hankering for a simple, no-nonsense and all-American meal? Stop by Pearl River’s newly opened Hot Dog Express, located at 184 Brightwood Avenue. The food-truck-turned-restaurant was opened by Bill Einhorn, who trained with the Culinary Institute of America, and his wife, Wendy. The eatery, which specializes in hot dogs and customized salads, had its official opening on Wednesday, May 15. The cozy space is about 400 square feet in size and is equipped with just four stools and a no-frills menu. Einhorn, a Nanuet resident and 30-year veteran of the food biz, knew that he wanted his ea…

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by Valerie Musson
Jersey City, NJ
Business
Jersey City's Milk Sugar Love Makes Ice Cream Dreams Come True Jersey City's Milk Sugar Love Makes Ice Cream Dreams Come True
Jersey City's Milk Sugar Love Makes Ice Cream Dreams Come True Milk Sugar Love's long-awaited second location has opened in Jersey City. Owner Emma Taylor is a lifelong ice cream lover who began her career as art director at Condé Nast. Her true calling, though, was in the food industry. Taylor began her career as a pastry chef in 2009 at Gramercy Travern, but ultimately opened Milk Sugar Love in 2013. Her vision was an ice cream parlor like the ones she grew up with down at the Jersey Shore. The storefront opened on McWilliams place in 2013, and then came the ice cream truck in 2016. Located at 394 Palisade Avenue, the ice creamery's …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Business
NYC Cab Driver Turned 'Falafel King' Expands To Bergen County NYC Cab Driver Turned 'Falafel King' Expands To Bergen County
NYC Cab Driver Turned 'Falafel King' Expands To Bergen County Finding good falafel and shawarma was easy for Freddy Zeideia growing up in the West Bank. That proved far more difficult in the 1980s while working as a New York City cab driver. Zeideia took matters into his own hands in April 2002 and opened Best Falafel & Shawarma. It wasn't long before Zeideia became the go-to guy for thousands in search of quality Middle Eastern street food. Zeideia -- who has a truck and restaurant in Queens and cart in Midtown -- will be opening Best Falafel & Shawarma at the Mill Shoppes in Garfield on March 9. Freddy ZeideiaContributed FalafelCont…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Business
'Mob Wives' Daughters Open North Jersey Pizzeria 'Mob Wives' Daughters Open North Jersey Pizzeria
'Mob Wives' Daughters Open North Jersey Pizzeria Two women whose mothers starred on VH1's "Mob Wives" and fathers were sent to jail for organized crime are opening a new pizzeria in North Jersey. RaMona Rizzo and Karen Gravano announced on social media "Pizza Nostra" will open Friday on Union Boulevard in Totowa. Last year, "Real Housewives" star Kathy Wakile opened Pizza Love in Franklin Lakes. RaMona Rizzo is happy to be in the food industry, carrying on family traditions.RaMona Rizzo The executive chef is Ryan Vargo of Edgewater, who told NorthJersey.com the pizzeria will be a "family place" serving old-school Italian food with a …

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by Cecilia Levine
Stony Point, NY
Business
Remodeled ShopRite Reopens In Garnerville Remodeled ShopRite Reopens In Garnerville
Remodeled ShopRite Reopens In Garnerville Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of its family-owned and operated ShopRite of Garnerville with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly renovated store features a contemporary open floor plan; expanded produce department with fresh local farm-to-table fruits and vegetables; a wide selection of groceries, specialty kosher and international products; and an expanded ShopRite Kitchen with a large variety of delicious prepared foods and soups. The renovated store also features Inserra-signature departments such as Patsy’s butcher department, staffed by master butchers who…

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by Jon Craig
Bergenfield, NJ
Business
POLL: IHOP Is Changing Its Name To IHOb -- But What's The 'B' Stand For? POLL: IHOP Is Changing Its Name To IHOb -- But What's The 'B' Stand For?
Poll: IHOP Is Changing Its Name To IHOb -- But What's The 'B' Stand For? Is the International House Of Pancakes having an identity crisis? America's beloved breakfast joint is changing its name to IHOb -- but it's keeping the meaning of the "B" a mystery until June 11. What do you think the new letter could stand for? VOTE BELOW:

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by Cecilia Levine