Fri, June 12, 2015
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Super Cellars Fine Wines & marketplace, 32 S. Broad St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
The Perfect Father’s Day Gift
Say Thanks to Dad with a bottle of
Johnnie Walker Blue Scotch.
FREE BOTTLE ENGRAVING WITH PURCHASE ON
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 from 5-7pm
Ridgewood’s Super Cellars
Fine Wines & Marketplace
32 S. Broad St., Ridgewood, NJ
201-444-0012
free parking
www.supercellars.com
June 7,2015
From Scratch, a successful gourmet dinner delivery company now opens the first US Franchise of Italian Company, Italia di Gusto, in Ridgewood
Ridgewood NJ, From Scratch, a Ridgewood-based gourmet dinner delivery company, has announced the grand opening of the first Italia di Gusto, an Italian specialty foods retailer, franchise with a made-to-order casual and authentic Italian eat-in bistro.
This first US franchise retail store and bistro is located at 44 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood NJ and will hold its grand opening celebration on Saturday, June 6 at 5:00pm. The opening of this store completes Rome native, Chef Claudia Rovegno’s dream to open a storefront in the US.
Festivities will begin at 5:00pm and will include a ribbon cutting, words from Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn, raffle gifts (including a basket of gourmet Italian products and a board of specialty meats, cheeses and desserts), as well as plenty of food to try.
After moving to the US in 2013 and opening From Scratch in 2014, Chef Claudia embarked on a new project: to open Italia di Gusto. Passionate about sharing great food with others, Italia di Gusto and From Scratch bring a combination of a unique shopping with a warm, yet casual and inviting dining experience to downtown Ridgewood, creating a one-of-a-kind grocery bistro.
In the bistro, you will find “taglieri” which are tasting plates of fresh cheeses and meats shipped in from Italy as well as a selection of paninis, salads, and desserts, all made to order. You’ll also find jarred Italian specialty foods, such as sauces, tuna, and olive oil.
“We hope you to feel like you’ve stepped into Italy when you step into Italia di Gusto,” said owner and chef Claudia Rovegno. “Our goal is to educate you about the food you are eating and the products you see. We want you to experience the same culinary delight you would if you had traveled to Italy.”
For more information about the bistro store and the grand opening follow From Scratch and Italia di Gusto on Facebook.
From Scratch has been delivering fresh, homemade dinners to Ridgewood and the surrounding towns since 2014. Italia di Gusto Ridgewood is the first Italian specialty food retailing franchise to open in the United States. Together, From Scratch & Italia di Gusto provide fine Italian food products and gourmet Italian foods, helping transport visitors to Italy when they walk through the door.
By Charlie Minato @charlieminato · On May 22, 2015
Davidoff’s retailer anniversary series is back for 2015, but this time there is only a single edition.
The store is Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The Davidoff Tobacconist of Ridgewood 35th Anniversary is a 6 x 52 toro with a Dominican wrapper, Ecuadorian Connecticut binder and Dominican fillers including San Vicente visos and piloto seco from different regions.
The cigar is scheduled to be released on June 10. Pricing is set at $22 per cigar and the cigar will be limited to 300 boxes of 10.
Last year, Davidoff announced its Retailer Anniversary program, which saw the company offer its Davidoff appointed merchants a chance at having a special cigar made for major anniversaries. Each year, the company creates a variety of blends in a specific size and lets the interested retailers choose which blend they would like. Last year, four stores participated in the program.
The Ridgewood, N.J.-based store is also a Davidoff lounge. Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood is owned by Barbara and Gary Kolesaire. Last year, Gary received an industry service award at Davidoff’s Golden Band Awards.
https://halfwheel.com/davidoff-tobacconist-shop-ridgewood-35th-anniversary-coming-next-month
Saturday, May 23rd @ 2:00pm
Baseball Hall of Fame Manager, Tommy Lasorda, will sign his new book, My Way .Each Person attending must have at least one book.
TOMMY LASORDA
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1997
Primary team: Los Angeles Dodgers
Primary position: Manager
For more than three decades, he has been the face of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And after more than sixty years in the Dodgers’ organization, Tommy Lasorda remains the embodiment of Dodger Blue.
Lasorda, who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976-1996, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 by the Veterans Committee following a career where he won 1,599 games, two World Series and two more National League pennants – all with the Dodgers.
Thomas Charles Lasorda was born Sept. 22, 1927 in Norristown, Pa. He got his start in pro-baseball at the age of 18 as a southpaw pitcher when he signed with the Phillies in 1945, then served two years in the military.
In 1948, Lasorda made a record-making return to the baseball scene with the Schenectady Blue Jays as he authored a 25-strikeout performance. In 1949, the Dodgers drafted him from the Phillies, and he made a new home pitching for the Greenville Spinners and the Montreal Royals. During his time with the Royals, Lasorda led his team to four minor league championships.
Lasorda made his major league debut on Aug. 5, 1954 with the Dodgers. He played for the Dodgers for two seasons before being traded to the Kansas City Athletics, where he pitched for one season.
After the 1960 season, Lasorda ended his playing career in pro ball and became a scout for the Dodgers until 1965. He managed in the minor leagues from 1966-72, and in 1973 Tommy made his way back to the big leagues as a third base coach for the L.A. Dodgers under another future Hall of Fame manager – Walter Alston. Alston retired in 1976 after 23 years with the Dodgers, and Lasorda took the reins.
By 1978, he had led the Dodgers to two straight National League championships, and became the first NL manager to win pennants in their first two seasons. After losing to the Yankees in both the 1977 and 1978 World Series, the Dodgers went on to win the World Series over the Yankees in 1981. They defeated the A’s in 1988 to give Lasorda his second World Series title.
After retiring in 1996, Lasorda stayed busy working in baseball. In 2000, he managed the U.S. Olympic Baseball Team to a gold medal in the Sydney games.
“Guys ask me, don’t I get burned out?” Lasorda said. “How can you get burned out doing something you love?”
https://baseballhall.org/hof/lasorda-tommy
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
MAY 15, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015, 7:49 AM
BY ELISA UNG
THE RECORD
What a delightful way to end a meal: a poached pear, turned burgundy from red wine and resplendent with cinnamon and cloves; a banana bread pudding dripping with caramel sauce; a custardy chocolate cake; a creamy crème brûlée singing notes of citrus.
These sweets at Finca, the new global small-plates restaurant in downtown Ridgewood, were also a much-welcomed surprise, having followed two disappointing dinners chosen from a vast, perhaps too wide-ranging menu.
With 98 seats in its spacious dining room with bare wooden tables and another 30 seats at sidewalk tables, Finca is one of Ridgewood’s most prominently located restaurants, occupying the busy corner of Ridgewood Avenue and Broad Street across from the Ridgewood train station.
https://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/restaurant-reviews/how-sweet-it-is-1.1335327
20 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood
201-444-1199
Congratulations to Marco Mongillo for winning the Avo Limited Edition Record Player on April 4th. Thank you to all who came out and made the Avo Event a great success. “Savor Every Note”
Ridgewood NJ, The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood presents Marco Mongillo the Avo Limited Edition Record Player on April 4th at the Avo Event .
In other cigar news the new Nat Sherman TAA Panamericana now available.The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood one of two stores in the State of New Jersey carrying the line.
Stop by and experience this great cigar.
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood | 10 Chestnut Street | Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Phone: 201-447-2204 | Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00AM – 5:30PM and Thursday Night 6:30PM – 8:30PM
APRIL 29, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015, 1:21 AM
THE RECORD
Michael Pereira , Roots Steakhouse, Ridgewood NJ
Trinidad-born Michael Pereira settled in Hoboken with his family when he was 5 years old and, for the most part, hasn’t strayed too far since. While earning a science engineering degree at NJIT, Pereira worked as a line cook at the Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Weehawken. When he graduated and was offered a full-time job as a sous-chef, Pereira made the nerve-wracking decision to abandon a career in engineering before it could even begin and pursue what he was passionate about: cooking.
It’s something he grew up doing with his mother and grandmother, making traditional Trinidadian dishes, including stews, curry chicken and rice with peas.
For 21 years he worked for different Ruth’s Chris locations as a sous-chef, executive corporate chef for the northeast region and general manager. In 2011 he joined the Harvest Group (the company that owns Roots and a slew of other restaurants) as front-of-house manager, and soon after was offered the opportunity to return to the kitchen.
Today, Pereira, who lives in Cedar Knolls, is the 44-year-old married father of two. He is also the distinguished winner of a recent contest between the chefs at all three Roots locations (Summit, Morristown and Ridgewood); his recipe was selected to be Roots’ signature steak sauce.
Here, he shares his best tip for cooking steak at home, his proudest moment as a chef and whether or not a dry-aged steak is superior.
MAY 8, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY BETSY MURPHY
CORRESPONDENT |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Joan Ryan, who claims an ideal childhood in Ridgewood, will tell you she gives her father credit for her passion for baseball and sports. Her dad, Bob Ryan, coached Little League the years the family lived here.
Joan spent her impressionable years, from four to thirteen years old, with jaunts to the Duck Pond, summer and winter (“we would ice skate there”), or “going across the creek behind our house to skate in the parking lot.” She remembers having Mod parties with friends, Maureen Quinn and Diane Whitehead, wearing white mini-skirts and dancing; the basketball hoop on the garage; catching fireflies; the bus to Somerville. She remembers going to Lyon’s for candy, or milk for mom, and the trips to Tice’s Farm at Halloween. “It really was a perfect place to grow up!”
She adds, “There were no opportunities like that in Florida.”
Joan was the third of six children and her mother, tired of the cold, moved the family to Florida in 1972. “I didn’t like it at all,” says Joan.
Former MLB Catcher Bengie Molina will appear at Bookends Saturday, May 9th @1:00pm
Molina is a former MLB Catcher for Anaheim Angels, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the San Francisco Giants,
Bengie Molina, will sign his new book:
MOLINA: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty
Bengie will Sign ONE piece of Memorabilia with purchase of book!
Books available May 9th
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
The Ridgewood Guild “Music in the Night” evening performance series is now entering its 5th Season. Every Friday night from 7:00 – 9:00pm, Memorial Day to Labor Day, musicians will be performing in several locations throughout downtown Ridgewood. These talented performers have created quite a buzz, so come join the fun, and enjoy some great music!
If you can strum a guitar, blow a horn or croon a tune, we’d love to hear you. Please email:[email protected] and we’ll get back to you to schedule an audition.
Location: Central Business District, Ridgewood NJ
Mark your calendar!
Ridgewood Spring SIdewalk Sale Days: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. May 14,15, and 16th.
Best Shopping Days in Bergen County.
Participating Businesses:
alba
Alex and Ani
Anik of Ridgewood
Dr. Aretsky.s Ridgewood Hearing Center
Arthur Groom & Co., Inc.
Atelier of Ridgewood
B. Witching Bath Co.
Beauty Plus Salon
DoubleTake Consignment Boutique
Eat Your Spinach!
Exclusive Day Spa
Femmebotclothing
The Gap
Gardiner & Co
GiGi-s Boutique
Glaze Artisan Donuts
The Green Olive Branch
Huntington Learning Center
Just Our Shoes & Mephisto of Ridgewood
Kate Spade & Company
Leapin Lizards
Little Ivy Learning Center
Loft41 Jewelry Studio & More
Lucky Brand
Maui Medical Weight Loss Clinics
P. Smith & Co.
Pangea Coins & Jewelry
Panico Salon & Spa
Pink Bungalow
ProMartial Arts
Red Velvet Luxe
RHS Cake Sale
Ridgewood Bootery
Salon diLuna
Shoe-Inn
Studio Suite 201
Suite 201
Town & Country Apothecary & Fine Cosmetics
West Side Nursery School
YWCA Bergen County
For more details, please call us at 201-445-2600 or email [email protected] www.experienceridgewood.com
Sat, May 09, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Graydon Pool Parking Lot, Lindwood Ave and Northern Pky., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
CRPL Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015,10am-2pm
Graydon Pool Parking Lot, Ridgewood
Annuals and Perennials~~Perfect Gifts for Mother’s Day!
To order: www.cfrpl.org. P.O. Box 123, Ridgewood, NJ 07451
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MAY 6, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY HUGH R. MORLEY
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
* State looks to fine misleading labelers of out-of-state produce
New Jersey is cracking down on the practice of out-of-state farm and dairy produce being sold under the label of “local.”
The state Department of Agriculture has proposed rules that will define what can and can’t be labeled as grown in New Jersey. It is seeking public comment before making a final decision on whether to adopt them.
The proposed rules require any products labeled “locally grown” or “locally produced” — including fruits, vegetables, milk and cheese — to state also where they originated if they came from a state other than New Jersey.
The penalty for “false, misleading or improper labeling, marketing or identifying of farm products offered for sale in New Jersey as ‘local’ when they are not grown or produced in New Jersey” would be $100 for the first offense and $200 for subsequent offenses.
Marilyn Russo, a member of the state Board of Agriculture, said the board’s main concern is vendors buying produce out of state, perhaps from California or Pennsylvania, and saying it originated in New Jersey by using the word “local.” Some produce has misleadingly carried New Jersey’s “Jersey Fresh” label, the promotional campaign introduced 30 years ago, she said. The sale of such items has created confusion among customers as to exactly what they are buying, she said.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/jersey-fresh-impostors-1.1326240
MAY 4, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY VIRGINIA ROHAN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
BOOKS
WHO: Brad Garrett.
WHAT: Signing “When the Balls Drop: How I Learned to Get Real and Embrace Life’s Second Half.”
WHEN: 7 tonight.
WHERE: Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood. 201-445-0726 or book-ends.com.
HOW MUCH: Free with purchase of book ($25).
Brad Garrett once called John Gotti “Mr. Peanut” to his face and lived to tell the tale. He also survived doing a killer impression of Bill Cosby on “Tonight” when Cosby was guest-hosting that show and had specifically told Garrett to avoid that mimicry. And during his years on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Garrett endured frequent emissions of silent-but-deadly flatulence from a certain co-star — whose identity he now has no problem revealing.
Details about these incidents and many more can be found in Garrett’s new book, “When the Balls Drop: How I Learned to Get Real and Embrace Life’s Second Half,” which he’ll be signing tonight at Bookends in Ridgewood. But the 276-page book is less showbiz tell-all than memoir about what the 6-foot-8 actor and comic has learned along the way to middle age, including how he deals with the indignities of midlife anatomical changes (hence, the book’s title).
“It’s midlife and reflecting back on everything and reflecting forward,” Garrett, on the phone last week, said in that distinctive gravelly, deep-as-it-gets voice. “It’s like a coming-of-age book for the 50s.”
https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/comedy/actor-comedian-muses-on-midlife-1.1324871
Friday May 1 10:30 – 7:00 , Saturday May 2 10:30 – 6:00
Alba Boutique will be hosting a Erin Dana Trunk show this weekend.
Friday May 1 10:30 – 7:00
Saturday May 2 10:30 – 6:00
champagne + shopping Saturday
10 S Broad St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 857-3628
By Ron Charles April 30
A brutal recession can change the economic landscape, but not always in the way people assumed it would. Six years ago, independent bookstores seemed destined to follow travel agents into the remainder bin. In 2009, the American Booksellers Association dipped down to 1,401 members. Borders shuttered hundreds of stores across the country, and Barnes & Noble started to teeter. If those big guys couldn’t survive, the conventional wisdom went, what chance did Mom & Pop Bookseller have?
It turns out, better than most of us expected. Despite the nation’s lackluster recovery, the number of indie bookstores has increased by more than a 25 percent since those dark days of 2009.
What accounts for this burst of literary entrepreneurialism?
Instead of heralding the industry’s doom, the death of Borders may have helped clear away competition. Other observers point to new interest in farmers markets and all things local. And maybe, like the prospect of hanging, the possibility of bankruptcy concentrated the minds of bookstore owners and inspired them to smarter, more creative merchandising.
However we got to this happy state, it’s worth celebrating, which is exactly the point of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, May 2. This new nationwide holiday stems from a program started last year by California indie bookstores. Now, more than 400 stores from Alaska to Maine are preparing for a full day of programs, entertainment and food to highlight their value.
But couldn’t you get everything online? No.
BOOKENDS
East Ridgewood Avenue Center, 211 E Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 445-0726
