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Holiday Gift Guide
from 08071 Pitman | Holiday 2022
by nmg
If you are looking for a delicious or unique gift idea be sure to stop by Chloe’s Creme Puffs, Maggie Paige Boutique and Pitman Jewelry Shop.
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PHOTOS BY JAMIE GIAMBRONE 1-2: Chloe’s Creme Puffs, 3-5: Maggie Paige Boutique, 6-7: Pitman Jewelry Shop
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Stumped on buying the perfect gift? Crossroad Comics and Collectibles, The Corner Press and Lori’s Loft offer plenty of ideas to help you check your loved ones off the list.
PHOTOS BY JAMIE GIAMBRONE 1-2: Lori’s Loft, 3-4: Crossroad Comics and Collectibles, 5-6: The Corner Press
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With parking spots now hard to find, Sweet Lula’s has helped with Pitman’s resurgence. A favorite stop for show-goers, the Broadway Theatre reflects in their windows. Evenings at Lula’s are full of color and whimsy, with splashes of cobalt blue and pink neon lights. Warner Brothers cartoons showing silently on the back wall create a flirty and fun ambience, inviting chatter and relaxation. All the while, Chef is preparing dishes that arrive drizzled with flavor or tumbling with delectable accompaniments.
“Everything is made to order and prepared in an open kitchen,” Chef explains. “I come in and bake the bread at two o’clock in the afternoon.”
He prepares popular vegetarian dishes like Butternut Squash Ravioli, and being a scratch kitchen, they’ll accommodate gluten free and allergen concerns.
“We’re all about the food,” Lula says.
Anchored by gourmet dishes of pork chop with apple, raisin and sherry, and lobster ravioli with pesto cream bacon sauce, the menu also includes comfort foods like chicken and waffles and bread pudding. To keep things interesting, they’ll add seasonal dishes and specials every week, such as NY Strip Steak with cilantro and jalapeno butter, Chicken Oscar with crab and asparagus, or Alaskan Salmon with brown butter and capers. A BYOB establishment, they serve alcohol-free IPAs, Pina Coladas and Margaritas.
When asked about their Sexy Summer Salads, Chef’s face lit up, and he smiled devilishly.
“In the summertime, we take a disc of watermelon, and top that with some avocado guacamole and then we’ll put crab meat, and on the side some pickled jicama, which is just insane. Once it’s pickled, it tastes like a…” he thinks for a moment, “…a granny smith apple. Insanely sexy.”
Before they were Chef and Lula, they had successful careers in theatre and music. Anthony, an accomplished actor and puppeteer, has
BITES continued from page 8 credits that include Labyrinth with David Bowie, Little Shop of Horrors and Between the Lions, for which he won an Emmy. Peruse Sweet Lula’s walls and you will see it nestled there. Louise was signed to CBS at twenty-one and became a pop star. Like a British Madonna, her records were distributed throughout
peteer, has please see BITES, page 17
BITES continued from page 16 the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Sometimes, on a lucky night, Lu the pop star will make an appearance and entertain. How did he learn to cook? “My grandmother,” Chef says. “She never measured anything. I’d be standing next to her in the kitchen and I’d say, ‘wait, how much did you put in there?’ and she’d say, ‘a pinch,’ and I’d nod. Then, ‘wait, how much was that?’ she’d say ‘a hank.’” He laughed. “If I ever write a cookbook, I’m going to call it ‘How Much is A Hank?’”
Lula added, “He doesn’t measure anything out, and it’s fabulous, every time. And he’s very good with sauces. He makes them up, and He makes them up, and they’re incredible.” they’re incredible.” Chef gained experience on the sets of shows. ence on the sets of shows. “I’d get bored,” he says. “I’d get bored,” he says. “Finding the kitchen, I “Finding the kitchen, I began to cook. The crew began to cook. The crew would smell it and form would smell it and form a line.” Now, he applies a line.” Now, he applies this experience to his this experience to his duck breast with dark duck breast with dark cherries, shallots and cherries, shallots and tawny port. “People come from New York for his duck,” Lula says. “He also won an award for his soup, the sweet potato sausage corn chowder.” Meet them, and you’ll like them. Lu’s positive energy and Chef’s award-winning food make Sweet Lula’s arguably the best in town.
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