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Letter to Our Readers

The state of New Jersey is noted for its wondrous diversity in ethnicity and culture. Ever since the Dutch and English settled here in the 1600s, other populations have followed, bringing with them their foods, customs and holiday traditions. In this month’s issue, we take a look at some of these intriguing winter holiday traditions.

Looking for something a bit different for next time you’re out to dine? How about a welcoming oasis to refresh and refuel? Go no further than Marlboro, where you’ll find Rosalita’s Roadside Cantina, an authentic Mexican restaurant that provides a cozy, warm atmosphere in which to indulge in hearty Mexican fare. Learn more about “Rosie’s” in this month’s Restaurant Profile.

With a future career goal as a paralegal, this young woman and mother of four has put her aspirations on hold for now as she bartends at Quaker Steak & Lube in Brick. Read more about Chrissie Fattaruso, our Mixologist-of-the-Month.

When you’re out visiting an entertainment venue and listening to a really great musician or band, do you ever wonder how and where they got their start? Well, we found out! Venues NJ’s music contributor visited a remarkable “music institution,” where many an artist or group gets their start -- Lakehouse Music Academy in Asbury Park. This combination school /studio / music shop is a one-stop for everything music.

Take a moment to learn more in this month’s Music Profile or go visit Lakehouse. It will blow you away!

With the holiday season approaching, our contributor, Steve O, set his “sites” on a remarkable institution that has had many names over the years: Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and now the Izod Center, located in East Rutherford. But, with these many name changes, most of us still refer to it as “the Meadowlands.” Enjoy Steve’s take on this famous venue in his Behind The Footlights article.

As another year ends, I, and our entire staff at Venues NJ want to thank each and every one of our readers for your loyal support of not just our publication, but your support of the many dining & entertainment venues that we bring to you each month.

On behalf of all of us, we wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a healthy, safe and most prosperous New Year.

Bob Byrne, Publisher LIKE US!

In This Issue:

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Sports Bars & Quiz ............................................................................ 6 Restaurant Profile.......................................................................... 10 Music Profile ................................................................................... 12 Mixologist-of-the-Month ............................................................ 14 Libations ........................................................................................... 16 Main Feature: Christmastime Traditions ............................... 18 Catering ........................................................................................... 22 BYO Restaurants ............................................................................. 24 Two on the Aisle ........................................................................... 26 Behind the Footlights ................................................................. 27 Dining Pleasures ........................................................................... 28 Happy Hours ................................................................................... 30 Where it’s happening! .................................................................. 31 Concerts & Theater ........................................................................ 32 Plugged into AC ............................................................................ 33 Venues NJ Cares ............................................................................. 34 The Last Word ................................................................................. 34 Publisher Bob Byrne rfbyrne@att.net

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Graphics & Design Daria Kenny

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Contributing Writers Clare Marie Celano Steve Ortlieb Tim Kolupanowich

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MARLBORO Fireside Grill 732-780-7900 Nonna’s 732-536-9050 MATAWAN Kat Shack 732-441-1030 MJ’s Buttonwood 732-566-6220 MIDDLETOWN MJ’s 732-918-9700 MONROE Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 732-251-1709 NEPTUNE Clancy’s Tavern 732-776-6999 East Coast Cookery 732-922-0003 Headliner 732-775-6200 Kelly’s 732-775-9517 MJ’s 732-918-9700 Sunsets 732-775-9911

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by CLARE MARIE CELANO

osalita’s Roadside Cantina in Marlboro House Margarita, made with Sauza Tequila. Triple Sec, was fashioned to resemble its namesak…a and House Margarita mix with or without salt, or the welcoming oasis in a desert to refresh and French Margarita, made with Patron Silver Tequila, refuel.

Saint Germain, Margarita mix and a dash of orange This new eatery located on Route 9 North in juice, or the Blue Demon Margarita, made with Partiga Marlboro, opened its doors a month ago and is already Silver Tequila, Triple Sec Margarita mix and Blue pleasing diners who have been searching for authentic Curacao.

Mexican-style cuisine in the area, according to co- Those who prefer an organic Margarita can owner of the cantina, Dennis Tafuri. choose from a “Fresh” Margarita menu that includes, Margaritas, at the bar only. Visit on “Cerveza Sunday” The restaurant is authentic in its design, as well as Watermelon Margarita made with Watermelon juice, and enjoy $2 Miller light drafts and $3 Mexican draft its fare, and provides a cozy, warm, atmosphere which lime, Corzo Silver Tequila and Agave nectar, or the beer from open to close, at the bar.

Start your meal at Rosie’s by choosing an appetizer welcomes guests to come in, relax and enjoy some Spicy Blood Orange Margarita, muddle oranges and from a selection that includes Popcorn great Mexican food, freshly prepared daily by Shrimp, Cajun dusted, crispy shrimp Chef Juan. with cool ranch dressing for dipping The design is rustic with its antique wood or the popular, “Hog” Wings, Chipotle planked walls and its neutral colored poured BBQ sauce or Nachos or Mexican Cheese cement floor, as well as its antique looking Crispers. dining room chairs and copper topped tables Favorite dishes at Rosie’s include graced with wood borders ….. all patterned Churrasco Steak with peppers, onions, to resemble furniture you would find in a “Mexican Street corn” and Chimichuri roadside cantina in Texas or Mexico. The sauce. whole persona was created by Tafuri and coBlackened Salmon is also quite popular, owners Rob Kash and Joe Mosco, to provide and is served with Spanish rice and an environment reminiscent of roadside pineapple salsa. cantinas that would welcome weary travelers Tacos, Enchilada and Fajitas are always on route through the desert. on tap with five different style of tacos to Rosie’s will provide travelers, (or locals) choose from including: American Tacos, with cool flavorful Margarita’s, freshly crispy shells with lettuce, tomato and prepared Mexican fare and great hospitality, three cheese blends; Mexican Street Tacos, all hallmarks of this new cantina. The roadside cantina’s design, as well as its menu, was crafted by limes, Solerno, Agave nectar and Jalapeno Milagra soft tortillas with onions, Cilantro and lime; Tacos al Pastor, soft tortillas with charred pineapple, onions Tafuri, Kash and Mosco. Kash and Mosco bring years Tequila. of experience in the restaurant industry to Rosalita’s A variety of other mixed drinks are also available and jalapenos; and Baja Fish Tacos, soft tortillas with Roadside Cantina, as owners of two successful area here for your enjoyment, along with Homemade Chipotle cabbage, tomato and slaw. restaurants, the Metropolitan Café in Freehold Sangria offered in red or white. Mexican and domestic Young diners are always welcome at Rosie’s and she provides a menu just for them that includes Chicken Borough, and Nonna’s Italian Restaurant in Marlboro. beers are also available on tap and bottles “The key to Rosie’s is that we have guys in here every And Rosie’s welcomes patrons to Happy Hour, held Quesadillas, Chicken Fingers, El Nino Burgers and of day at 7 a.m. turning on our ovens, and cooking the seven days a week at the bar only, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 course, Tacos. chicken, beef, and pork we use for our tacos,” Tafuri said. p.m. Happy Hour features $5 specialty mix drinks, $2 Save room for dessert, and savor delicious treats Another unique feature of Rosalita’s is that the Miller Lights and $3 Mexican draft beers, along with a like Flan with caramel, Churros with Aztec hot cocoa, and Fried Ice Cream.

Margarita’s are created using only freshly squeezed $5 appetizer menu. limes. “We also use real sugar or organic Agave nectar There are specials for patrons at Rosie’s all week. Rosie’s can also host your private parties in a choice for the Margaritas,” he added. This can be seen by the Drop by on Monday for “Margarita Monday” with $5 of three separate dining rooms that can accommodate extensive Margarita drink menu that offers Classic Margaritas specials at the bar day or night. Tuesday from 30-90 guests. Private party packages are available.

Margaritas made with real sugar, and the Fresh is “Taco Tuesday” at Rosie’s with $2 beef, chicken or So whether you are planning an evening of cocktails Margaritas made with the organic Agave nectar. pork tacos. “Wild Wednesday” features $5 appetizers with friends, a family meal out, or a special occasion Those who wish to partake in spirits may choose plus a $7 shrimp appetizer at the bar only, day or party event, Rosalita’s Roadside Cantina is ready to from an extensive selection of Margaritas, such as the night. “Thirsty Thursday” offer $5 specialty drinks and welcome you to her door!

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he Lakehouse Music Academy, located on Lake Avenue in Asbury Park, opened this past spring. It brings a much needed central hub to an area already well known for its ties in the music community. Owned

by Jon Leidersdorff and run by many industry-savvy teachers and guest instructors, Lakehouse creates an infrastructure to continue the growth of the music scene in Asbury Park and beyond, while bringing everything an aspiring musician needs under one roof.

Among the many instructors at Lakehouse is Music Director Albie Monterrosa, founder of the Latin rock and soul group deSol. He has traveled the world to bring his creation to as many as possible, appearing in famous festivals such as Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, as well as performing for the troops in the Middle East and touring with bands such as R.E.M., The Wailers, Widespread Panic, Los Lobos and many more.

Monterrosa has now come full circle and is back where he started his career to spread his love of music and inspire a new generation of artists. “I see that it’s a life building experience for them,” he said of his students who range in age from six months all the way to 70 years, proving it’s never too late to begin following a dream.“My job as music director is to welcome them and show them they can be all they want to be and push them to go even further than they think they can go.”

At Lakehouse Music Academy, it’s more than just learning an instrument and taking basic lessons, it’s learning what it takes to succeed at everything else in life and how to work together and practice and prepare to make sure others succeed as well.“Music has the power to change the outcome in all things,” Monterrosa asserts.

David Ades, marketing director for Lakehouse Music Academy, explains, “Music is a universal language; it’s the language of the soul.

Music has the power to change people’s experience, to change their outlook on life, to change the direction of their life.”

According to Monterrosa, the academy uses music as a tool to bring people of all different backgrounds together, to let them bond over the one thing everyone has in common. When they play, learn and grow as a group, it boosts the confidence and selfworth of everyone involved. He sees growth with all those in the program, his favorite part of bringing his craft to others. “I see these kids who struggle and we work together and their parents kept them in the program and now they’re playing chords. Now they’re writing a little bit, coming out of their shell and building confidence.”

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by Tim Kolupanowich

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akehouse Music Academy offers instruction for students of any age.

It starts with the Cadet program, an interactive program for children from six months to six years old. Described as a parentand-me program, it exposes children to rhythm and melody and allows for them to use shakers and drums and bells with class sing-alongs that not only help them feel and understand music, but helps cognitive functions and learning abilities for later in life. From ages six to 10, the kids begin learning an instrument with private half-hour lessons every week. Kids and teens ages 10 to 18 are in the core program which continues with personal lessons and creates groups and bands so they can get a sense of what it takes to work for one another.

The entire program culminates with The Big Gig, where participants put on a show at one of the many local venues.

They have played at Asbury Lanes, The Wonder Bar and will appear at Stone Pony at the end of January.The Big Gig is what really makes the students want to learn and gives them all a goal to work towards as a group. They all have to work hard in order for the rest of the band sound harmonic and tight and that makes every member held accountable. “It’s an incredible experience to get kids between six and 10 years old on the stage of venues like The Stone Pony and do something they never thought they could do,” says Ades. “A student who is just learning and going to your neighborhood lesson center where all they do is learn an

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instrument, there’s no attachment,” emphasizes Monterrosa. “When you’re a musician you know what a band is like. You’re a family, you do everything together, anything you can to make yourselves succeed.”

Lakehouse Music Academy is a one-stop shop for everything music. The building encompasses three floors containing a café, music store, the academy, recording and rehearsal spaces and

there’s an AM/FM radio station coming soon.

There’s a music manager and lawyer in house and workshops to learn every aspect of music, from songwriting to audio engineering and every instructor has a professional background in the industry. It even brings in guests who work in New York City and with famous musicians to give the students a glimpse of what it takes to have a career in music. It is a place to learn music, make new friends and gain confidence for later in life.

For more information, visit lakehousemusicacademy.com or call at 732-455-5462.

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Bartender Chrissie Fattaruso has her sights set

on a paralegal career to provide a bit more stability for her family’s future but for right now, this mother of four is perfectly suited and situated to helping others relax and have fun in her role as popular bartender.

Fattaruso works the day shift on weekdays at Quaker Steak and Lube in Brick, which she describes as “very cool,” with its classic and specialty car motif and “gas station” look.

She’s been with Doherty Enterprises for seven years. The franchise company owns Quaker Steak and Lube, Applebee’s, and other chains. Fattaruso began her career in the restaurant industry as a server at Applebee’s in Newton, NJ where she worked for two years. During that time, she earned

to the new Applebee’s in Lacey, a location she helped open. “Newton was too rural up there for me,” she relates, “And, I really wanted to come back home.”

During her time at Applebee’s, Fattaruso was

quickly promoted from server to “trainer” and then bartender. “Bartending allows me to spend time with customers and really get to know them,” she smiles. “When you are a server, you’re so busy getting orders out, you really don’t have much time to learn about the customers.”

She adds, “I’m an outgoing ‘people person’ and I feel better when I can be more personable and relate to my customers.”

She counts herself lucky to have made many friends and a host of regular customers at her job.

“I know their stories and they know mine,” she admits, adding that she truly enjoys being able to relate to her customers in a personal way.

Fattaruso will be signing up for the paralegal program at Ocean County College come spring, but says she is not likely to give up bartending.

“I love bartending,” she emphasizes, “but I want to look for a more stable future for my family, one that includes benefits and a 401k plan. I will probably always do bartending because once you have the experience of being a bartender, you always have it.”

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here really is no other state that can claim the wondrous diversity of cultures than New Jersey.

Original residents were the Native Americans, and certainly each group had different beliefs and ways of living. In the 1600s, the Dutch and English settled in what was then the Forest State. Other ethnic populations followed, bringing with them their foods, libations, mores, customs and holiday traditions This month, Venues NJ celebrates the winter holidays in an inclusive manner, discussing the unique rites of our most abundant ethnic friends, neighbors and coworkers.

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MEXICO: For Mexicans, the Christmas season starts on December 16th.

Mexican households (in Mexico and here) are festooned with evergreens and flowers, as well as c o l o r e d p a p e r lanterns.

The nativity s c e n e (Pesebre) is a very important element. In Mexico, during the season, folks form a procession each night that honors the journey of Mary and Joseph who sought for lodging for the night. In some villages, they carry candles, sing songs and knock on doors to seek housing, but are politely refused -- after the procession, the go back home and pray in front of the nativity scene.

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children are gently blindfolded, spun around and given three chances to strike through a piñata, which is filled with fruits, nuts and candy. Feliz navidad indeed!

UKRAINE: In this Eastern European country, it is customary to greet another with the festive holiday saying, Veselykh Svyat!

The Ukrainian culture is a mix of preChristian pagan religion so its Christmas customs sometimes blend both the old-agrarian and the Christian elements. The Christmas season starts with advent, four weeks of fasting.

They also clean their homes fastidiously and immaculately inside and out.

A ceremonial didush -- wheat sheaf -- is saved to represent the family (the living, dead and those unborn). The didukh is decorated with flowers, basil and ribbons prior to Christmas Eve, when it is placed under an icon in a corner.

The big day for Ukrainians is not called Christmas, but is the Day of St. Nicholas (patron saint of children) and is, like in the US, the day to give and receive gifts.

IRELAND: During Christmastime, exclaim Nodlaig Nait Cugat! St. Bridget’s cross, which proudly represents the female patron saint of Ireland, appears on top of Christmas trees. In Ireland, on Christmas Eve, windows shine with candles and the front door is unlocked to allow in those who seek shelter on the holy night. The candles are hopefully blown out by a woman named Mary.

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GREECE: Say Kala Christouyenna! when extending a holiday greeting to Greek folks. Now we all know about their delicious food, and food is central here, too. But first, for Greeks, the Christmas season begins with 40 days of fasting. The week before Christmas, Greek families begin baking. One of the prominent baked delicacies is called Christ’s bread, large loaves of sweet bread configured in various shapes.

An ornament representing the families’ profession is baked into the crust. It is served with honey, dried fruits and nuts.

On New Year’s Day (St. Basil’s Day for Greeks), a sponge cake is baked with a coin inside, then it’s broken into smaller pieces, the first being offered to St. Basil, the second for Jesus Christ, and the remaining pieces for family members to be blessed physically and spiritually for the new year. The family member who finds the coin in his or her slice of bread will enjoy good luck and prosperity for the coming year.

ITALY: Christmas, in Italy, like that in the Ukraine, has both Christian and preChristian elements, including the winter solstice celebration, Saturnalia. St. Francis of Assisi introduced the nativity or crèche in 1223 -- crèche displays can include just a few figures or can be quite

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Traditions elaborate and they are enjoyed on Christmas Eve. The holiday greeting here is Buon Natale!

Another blended tradition that holds fast is the burning of the Yule log, which must remain lit until New Year’s Day; the pagans believed the log purified and revitalized for the new year, while the Christian belief is that the Virgin Mary warmed her newborn by the blazing log in the hearths of homes where dwellers were away at midnight mass.

In Italy, gifts are given and opened on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6; the night before, children set out their shoes to be filled by La Befana, a crone who travels throughout Italy on a broom leaving gifts for good children -- and coal for bad ones.

GERMANY: We have the Germans to thank for the tradition of the Christmas tree. In the Middle Ages, miracle plays were performed to teach the peasants Bible stories, and the plays featured a decorated evergreen tree representing the tree of life. Lore has it that when St. Boniface was preaching to the Germanic tribes, he cut down an oak tree that the Germans held sacred.

The fallen oak crushed all the other trees around it except a fir, which was promptly declared by St. Boniface to be the Tree of Christ. Martin Luther was credited for adding “bling” to the tree by tying candles on it to mimic the twinkling starlights he saw through a copse of evergreens on a clear night.

In some parts of Germany, a glass pickle is the last ornament affixed to the Christmas tree, but is hidden. The first child who finds it in the morning receives an extra present. The traditional Christmas greeting in German is Froehiliche Weihnachten!

CHINA: China is not a Christian nation, but there are quite a few Chinese Christians who have developed many festive traditions of their own. The Christmas season here is known as Sheng Dan Jien, and features a visit from Dun Che Lao Ren, known in English as “Old Man Christmas,” and like Santa, he delivers gifts to the children. Homes and Trees of Light are festooned with colored lanterns provide the festive environment for relatives and friends to exchange gifts and flowers. Christmas in China coincides with the Spring Festival December 2013

that honors family ancestors. Meals, firecrackers and presents are all significant during this holiday.

INDIA -- DIWALI: The big celebration is Diwali -- known as the Festival of Lights -- celebrated on the last day of the last month of the lunar calendar, in late autumn typically coinciding around our Halloween. For Indians, Diwali celebrates the renewal of life; they believe that the souls of the ancestors come to visit their homes on Diwali and new lamps will help the souls find their way to heaven. So, it’s out with the old (lamps) and in with the new! Diwali is known for its colorful beauty in display, in traditional dance, and in food presentation. Prior to the holiday, the living room floors and front entrances of homes are decorated with traditional good luck signs; the typical decor are carpets made from rice powder that is sifted through fingers to create images of birds, insects, flowers and intricate patterns.

Celebrants put on new apparel and jewelry and participate in the various Diwali activities including lightings, firecrackers, cleanliness, colorful rangoli making, and social gatherings where greetings and sweets are shared with loved ones. Diwali is also festival filled with spiritualism and religious activities, such as worship of Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha, Maa Kali, Lord Chitragupta, and Govardhan Parvat.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN -- KWANZAA: The newest holiday, it was created in 1966 to celebrate the deeply rooted ancient customs of Africa and its traditional first harvest customs, as well as to honor the love, respect and tolerance between and among all peoples.

Dr. Maulana Korenga created Kwanzaa as a celebration that would reaffirm African heritage and culture, introduce and reinforce seven guiding principles (Nguzo Sara), and serve as an act of cultural self-determination as an African people.

The holiday commences December 26 and lasts through January 1. Each day of Kwanzaa celebrates one of the seven principles: Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujumaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).

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Serial killers may be all the rage on bookshelves and television screens, but they are comparatively rare in musical theater.

Now, after a long dry spell, Broadway has a deadly sociopath to call its own. Please give a hearty welcome to Monty Navarro, the conniving killer who helps turn murder most foul into entertainment most merry in the new musical “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”

Despite the high body count, this delightful show will lift the hearts of all those who’ve been pining for what sometimes seems a lost art form: musicals that match streams of memorable melody with fizzily witty turns of phrase. Bloodlust hasn’t sung so sweetly, or provided so much theatrical fun, since Sweeney Todd.

The seriously squeamish needn’t fear entering the Walter Kerr Theater, where this frolicsome operetta opened just this past November 17th. Although our anti-hero, played with brash innocence lightly sprinkled with arsenic by Bryce Pinkham, eventually piles up a stack of corpses to rival that of dear old Mr. Todd, he’s a much cuddlier fellow. A gentleman indeed, whose only wish is to secure his fortune by bumping off a few inconvenient relatives in Edwardian England.

Since these spoiled sprigs on the family tree are mostly stuffed shirts or stuffed skirts — and are all played by the dazzling Jefferson Mays — you’ll be laughing too hard to shed a tear for any of them.

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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Mr. Mays won a Tony Award for playing multiple roles in the Pulitzer Prize-winning solo show “I Am My Own Wife,” but the chameleonic performance he gives here makes even that feat seem simple. In a true tour de force that is hardly likely to be bettered on Broadway this season, Mr. Mays sings, dances, ice-skates, bicycles and generally romps through some eight roles — flipping among personas male, female and somewhere in between — at a pace that sets your head spinning.

The penniless Monty little knows of his relationship to the clan when we find him, in the opening scene, mourning his newly deceased mother. A visit from an old friend of hers, the nosy Miss Shingle brings startling news: The mother he knew only as a Dickensian sufferer — scrubbing floors to feed her beloved only son — was in fact a highborn D’Ysquith, banished forever when she ran off with a Castilian, defying her family’s wishes.

“And by my estimation,” Miss Shingle casually adds, “only eight other relations stand between you and the current Earl of Highhurst, Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith himself.”

This tempting tidbit lodges in Monty’s fertile mind and begins forthwith to sow dark intentions. Monty is on the verge of losing his love, the socially ambitious Sibella Hallward, to a more well-heeled man. Might she not reconsider if Monty were to establish himself as a bona fide D’Ysquith, or better yet, to hack his way through all that

underbrush on the family tree and arrive at the tippy top, becoming the ninth earl of Highhurst?

Fortune favors the brave, and soon Monty — through happenstance and the occasional bit of malicious handiwork — is rocketing up the social scale, as his relatives fall victim to unhappy, ahem, accidents. Under the nicely pitched direction of Darko Tresnjak — a Shakespeare specialist here making his own impressive Broadway debut — Monty’s journey unfolds as a series of brisk comic vignettes, set to songs that honorably re-create the boisterous heyday of the English music hall and the prime of 19thcentury operetta.

Mr. Mays is not a musical theater specialist, to be sure, which makes his accomplishment here all the more impressive. Most of his songs don’t make any great demands on the tonsils, but he manages to sing in a variety of voices, distinguishing each character with a distinctive sound.

As each precise caricature of British snootiness or silliness comes bounding onto the stage, Mr. Mays seems to be challenging himself to elicit bigger laughs, and he almost always succeeds. All but one of his characters ends up six feet under by the time this daffy, inspired musical concludes, but his brilliant performance deserves to be immortalized in Broadway lore for some time to come.

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Behind the Footlights Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ

by Steve Ortlieb

With this, our last issue before we usher in 2014, we’ve chosen to set our “sites” on a local arena that will be producing a number of winter and Christmas/Holiday shows. And to that end I’m happy to present-- the Brendan Byrne Arena! Remember that original moniker after the New Jersey governor? So, we present ... the Continental Airlines Arena! Oops, wrong again. In fact, that airline doesn’t even exist anymore.

Welcome to this month’s story on the Izod Center. Yes, that Izod, the one with the alligator icon on the golf and tennis shirts. But also the most recently named sponsor of our iconic arena in The Meadowlands.

The Izod Center, the erstwhile home of The New Jersey Nets (now the Brooklyn Nets) and the New Jersey Devils (who now play in The Prudential Center in Newark).

As you can begin to see, the Izod Center has survived numerous incarnations and weathered many changes. Today it is mainly a fixture for entertainers. Since it was built, it hosted such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Michael Jackson, and numerous other musical and comedy icons all here at “The Meadowlands”, as we locals still call it, regardless of the actual name. And that’s a unique Jersey thing: we all just say that we’re going to “The Meadowlands.”

This may take a minute, but here’s a truncated list of what you can expect to see at the Izod Center this upcoming year. Disney on Ice, Monster Jam, the Harlem Globetrotters, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and in concert, Demi Lovato, Cher, Miley Cyrus, and for the more mature among us, Richard Nader’s 25th Anniversary All Star Doo Wop Concert. While no sports events are currently scheduled it wouldn’t be a stretch to expect some college or professional events to spring up.

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The origins of the arena begin in 1977, about a year after the football stadium opened. Construction took four years and was opened on July 2, 1981 with, who else, Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen. Over the next 30-some years nearly every indoor sporting event and performer has appeared here. From NCAA basketball tournaments to the Rolling Stones, the Izod has seen it all.

And it’s a good thing too, because its time may have come and passed. With the recent opening of the Prudential Center in nearby Newark, it is now considered by many to have outlived its usefulness. As United States Senator-elect Corey Booker said recently, “It was a competing venue to the Prudential Center for events, and a drain on taxpayers.”

expected completion of the multiuse Xanadu “American Dream Meadowlands,” the Izod Center may fall victim to old age and/ or obsolescence. As it was never a favored venue anyway, no one much seems to care about its impending demise, least of all New Jersey’s politicians. A recent search on Wikipedia related to the new supermall project reveals it to be, if it is ever finished, a fullfledged wonderland. From an indoor ice rink, snow park and amusement park to a full concert hall, there will almost certainly be no need for the Izod Center to continue operating.

Time will tell, however. In the meanwhile, it is making valiant attempts to host entertainers of interest, so enjoy it while you can.

For additional information on a schedule of events, visit www.izodcenter.com.

Jerry Zaro, economic czar to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, commented, “You can’t have two venues that close together fighting each other and have that be productive for the state.” In public opinion polls it frequently ranks near or at the bottom of most arena polls.

It seems that with the advent of the

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Aberdeen

Dining Pleasure

Court Jester Aberdeen Town Sq. Rt. 34 732-566-6674

Atlantic Highlands

Copper Canyon 51 First Ave. 732-291-8444 Julia’s 91 First Street 732-872-1007

On the Deck 2 Simon Lake Dr. 732-872-1424 Wine Bar 40 First Ave 732-291-1377

Asbury Park

Posillipos 715 Second Ave. 732-774-5819

For Your

Stella Marina 800 Ocean Avenue 732-775-7776

Citricos 812 Main Street 732-988-6565

Brick

Brickhouse 979 Cedarbridge Ave. 732-279-3743 Buffalo Wild Wings 2770 Hooper Ave. 732-475-7645 Riverwatch 799 Rt. 70 732-920-8900

Woody’s Roadhouse Tavern 105 Academy Street 732-938-6404 Fords McLoone’s @ Favorites 3 Lafayette Rd. 732-512-5025

Freehold

A Little Bit of Cuba 2 E. Main Street 732-577-8506

Brielle

Simkos Grille 403 Higgins Ave. 732-528-9989

Colts Neck

Chilango 272 Bay Ave. 732-708-0505 The Chubby Pickle 23 Bay Ave. 732-872-7000 Claddagh Irish Pub 297 Bay Ave. 732-291-0099 Havana 300 Shore Drive 732-708-0000

Basile’s 536 Park Ave. 732-866-4085

River Rock 1600 Rt. 70 732-840-1110 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 515 Rt. 70 732-262-5180

Bay Ave. Trattoria 122 Bay Ave. 732-872-9800

Farmingdale

Lusty Lobster 88 Bay Ave. 732-291-1548

The Cabin 984 Rt. 33 732-462-3090 Café Calore 3333 US Hwy 9N 732-462-2233 Court Jester 16 E. Main Street 732-462-1040

Off the Hook 1 Navesink Ave. 732-872-2006 Twin Light Taphouse 128 Bay Ave. 732-872-1345 Windansea 56 Shrewsbury Ave. 732-872-2266

The Harrison 808 Fifth Ave. 732-774-2200

Colts Neck Inn 6 Rt. 537 732-462-0383

Market Yard Grille 18 E. Main Street 732-431-3220

Tim McLoone’s Supper Club 1200 Ocean Ave. 732-744-1400

East Brunswick

Metropolitan Café 8 E. Main Street 732-780-9400

Tavern on the Lake 101 Main Street 609-426-9345

Park 33 618 Park Ave. 732-761-1300

Holmdel

Avon

Gusto Grill 1050 Rt. 18 N 732-651-2737

Clementine’s Café 306 Main Street 732-988-7979

Brunswick Grove 327 Milltown Rd. 732-254-0495

Belmar

Tilted Kilt Rt. 18 South 732-992-8532

Brandl 703 Belmar Plaza 732-280-7501 Klein’s 708 River Road 732-681-1177

Matisse 1301 Ocean Ave. 732-681-7680

Vivas 801 Belmar Plaza 732-681-1213

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Bradley Beach

San Marzano 31 E. Main Street 732-845-5400

East Windsor

Solo Trattoria 7 South Street 732-780-2337

Eatontown

Lakeside Manor 410 Hwy 36 S 732-739-2700

Brewster’s Pub 529 Rt. 130 N 609-448-2258

Bogart’s 613 Hope Road 732-542-1836

Fair Haven

La Fandy 609 River Road 732-530-3338

Hightstown

Villa Soma 37 West Main Street 732-946-8857

Howell

Hazlet

Highlands

Bahr’s Landing 2 Bay Ave. 732-872-1245

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McDonagh’s 2 West Front Street 732-264-0999

Little Silver Sickles Harrison Ave. (off Rumson Rd) 732-741-9563

Village Bistro 151 Markham Place 732-450-0444

Long Branch

Draft House 100 Brighton Ave. 732-272-1598 Dino’s 444 Ocean Blvd. N 732-923-0033 Jack’s 149 Brighton Ave. 732-870-8800 Pearl of the Sea 46 S. Broadway 732-263-1050 McLoone’s Pier House 1 Ocean Ave. 732-923-1006 The Mix 71 Brighton Ave. 732-923-9100

Ivy League Rt. 9 N & E. 3rd Street 732-370-2206

Wine Loft 32 Laird Street 732-222-7770

Kyoto Sushi & Hibachi 21 S. Hope Chapel Road 732-367-3333 Solo Bella 426 Chandler Road 732-961-0951

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Keyport

Burlew’s Seafood & Steak 59 West Front Street 732-497-0500

Chapter House 1454 Rt. 9 S 732-462-0056

Jackson

Park East 3352 Hwy 35 S 732-739-2002

Surf Taco 21 S. Hope Chapel Road 732-364-8226

Manalapan Mezza Luna 357 Rt. 9 S 732-536-0207

Spargos Grille 130 Rt. 33 732-294-9992

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The Sycamore Grille @ Knob Hill 1 Shinnecock Drive 732-792-9909

Neelam 1178 Rt. 35 @ Village Mall 732-671-8900

Marlboro

Millstone

Brioso’s 184-Rt. 9 N 732-617-1700

Luchento’s 520 Rt. 33 W 732-446-8500

Nonna’s 190 Rt. 9 N 732-536-9050

Monroe

Rosalita’s 180 Rt. 9 North Marlboro, NJ 732-617-0099 Sam Vera 476 Rt. 520 732-834-9889 Fireside Bar & Grille 133 Rt. 79 732-780-7900

Matawan

Bart’s 74 Main St. 732-566-0267 MJ’s Buttonwood Manor 845 Hwy 34 732-566-6220 Café 34 Hwy 34 732-583-9700 La Riviera 113 Main Street 732-566-8400 Mediterranean Chateau 27 Freneau Ave (Rt. 79) 732-758-0800

Middletown Baja Fresh 500 Rt. 35 S 732-758-0058

Heavenly Ham Hwy 35 & S Union Sq. Mall 732-842-1115 MJ’s 1005 Rt. 35 N 732-796-1400

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Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 299 SpotswoodEnglishtown Rd (732) 251-1709

Neptune

Frankie’s 414Rt. 35 S 732-892-6000 Martell’s 308-310 Boardwalk 732-892-0131

Red Bank

Basil T’s 183 Riverside Ave. 732-842-5990 Buona Sera 50 Maple Street 732-530-5858

Molly Maguire’s Black Point Inn 132 East River Road 732-530-2882

St. Stephen’s Green 2031 Rt. 71 S 732-449-2636

Salt Creek Grille 4 Bingham Ave. 732-933-9272

Applebee’s 14 Park Road 732-935-1158

Sea Bright

McLoone’s Riverside 816 Ocean Ave. 732-842-2894

Sea Girt

Union Beach Cervino’s 300 Union Ave. 732-888-0737

Seaside Park

Piero’s 1411 Rt. 36 732-264-5222

Kelly’s Tavern 43 Rt. 35 S 732-775-9517

Dublin House 30 Monmouth Street 732-747-6699

MJ’s 3205 Rt. 66 732-918-9700

La Pastaria 6 Linden Place 732-224-8699

Pete & Elda’s 96 Woodland Ave. 732-774-6010

Melting Pot 2 Bridge Ave. 732-219-0090

CJ McLoone’s 560 Shrewsbury Ave. 732-758-0800

Old Bridge

New Corner 22 E. Front Street 732-530-1007

Fuji Rt. 35 & Treasure Is. Plaza 732-544-8828

Savanna 10 Bridge Ave. 732-741-6333

Shadowbrook 1 Obre Place 732-747-0200

Siam Garden In the Galleria 732-224-1233

South Amboy

Big Ed’s BBQ 305 Hwy 34 Na 732-583-2626 Café Luna 3679 Rt. 9 N 732-965-5490 Pine Tavern Rt. 34 & Cottrell Rd. 732-727-5060 Salsarita’s 3843 Rt. 9 N 732-591-0333

Pt. Pleasant 709 709 Arnold Ave. 732-295-0709

Sogno 69 Broad Street 732-747-6969 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 2 Bridge St. 732-212-1700 Zebu 20 Broad Street 732-936-9330

Rumson

Barnacle Bill’s 1 First Street 732-747-8396

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Mulligan’s 1850 Hooper Ave. 732-255-3900

The Downtown Street 10 W. Front 732-741-2882

Benvenuti 3857 Hwy 516 732-607-1115

MJ’s 1213 Sycamore Ave. 732-542-3131

Woody’s Grille 1 E. Church Street 732-976-1300

Don Chuchos 1647 Rt. 35 N 732-531-7555

A Tavola Rt. 9 S @ Deep Run Shopping Ctr. 732-607-1120

Tinton Falls

Rod’s 597 Washington Blvd.

732-449-2020 Bum Rogers 2207 SW Central Ave. 732-830-2770

Shrewsbury

Shogun Legacy 1536 North Bay Ave. 732-286-9888

Union Beach

JakeaBob’s 910 Union Ave. Union Beach, NJ 732-264-3730

Wall

Applebee’s 2007 Hwy 35 732-280-3676

Blue Moon 114 S. Broadway 732-525-0014

Four Winds 1310 Jefferson Ave. 732-223-9579

Landmark Tavern & Cafe 117 N. Broadway 732-721-6812

Big Shots Sport Bar 780 Rt. 1 North 732-750-5050

South River Ria Mar 25 Whitehead Ave. 732-257-1100

Chris Michaels 40 Oakwood Ave. 732-634-5355

Spring Lake

Black Trumpet 7 Atlantic Ave. 732-449-4700 The Mill 101 Old Mill Road 732-449-1800

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Woodbridge

Rugs & Riffy’s 493 Rahway Ave. Woodbridge, NJ 07095 732-636-3747 The Shannon Rose 855 St Georges Ave. 732-636-6100

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9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close — — 9pm - close Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 10pm — — (Brick) ALL DAY ALL DAY Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 10pm — — (Red Bank) ALL DAY ALL DAY The Sycamore Grille 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm — — Twin Light Taphouse 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm — — Windansea 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm — — Wine Loft 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm

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Monday, Dec. 02 Fireside Grill – Football Night Riverwatch – Trivia Night & Jarrett Dean Tuesday, Dec. 03 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune – Trivia Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, Dec. 04 Colts Neck Inn – Matt O’Ree Band MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – George Becker MJ’s / Neptune – 80s Night w/ DJ Jake MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Game On Riverwatch - Tomardo Thursday, Dec. 05 La Riviera – Ladies Night Metropolitan Café - DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Football Night MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Football Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Football Night Riverwatch – Gary Philips Friday, Dec. 06 Bum Rogers – Katfish Lucy The Cabin – Pat Roddy Band Colts Neck Inn – Two River Band Fireside Grill –Live Entertainment JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Latin Night Market Yard Grille – DJ Music & Dancing Metropolitan Café - DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Lisa & Wendy MJ’s / Middletown – Steve Reilly & Steve Devito MJ’s / Neptune – Lee & Sheri MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Tim & Andy Riverwatch – Pete Keglihan Rugs & Riffy’s – Seven Stone Ryan’s Pub – Mama’s Stew Saturday, Dec. 07 Big Ed’s BBQ – Karaoke Night Bum Rogers - TSO The Cabin – Undisputed Colts Neck Inn – Alter Ego JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Classic Disco Market Yard Grille – Ric Miele & Ron Igneri Metropolitan Café - DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Mark Burg Duo MJ’s / Middletown – Melissa Chill & Rob Dye MJ’s / Neptune – The Neighbors MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Swamp Eddy Riverwatch – The Amused Rugs & Riffy’s – 80’s Dance Party w/ DJ CaseAce Ryan’s Pub – DJ Sammy Monday, Dec. 09 December 2013

Applebee’s / Tinton Falls MJ’s Neptune 14 Park Rd., Tinton Falls 3205 Rt. 66, Neptune 732-935-1158 732-918-9700 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Riverwatch – Trivia Night Metropolitan Café - DJ Applebee’s / Wall MJ’s Tinton Falls 2007 Rt. 35, Wall 1213 Sycamore Ave, Tinton Falls MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night Tuesday, Dec. 10 MJ’s / Buttonwood – 732-280-3676 732-542-3131 MJ’s / Neptune – Trivia Night Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Dave McCarthy Big Ed’s B•B•Q Molly Maguire’s MJ’s / Tinton Falls MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Middletown – 305 Route 34, Old Bridge 132 East River Road, Rumson 732-583-2626 732-530-2882 Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Trivia Night Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Big Shots Sports Bar Nonna’s Wednesday, Dec. 18 MJ’s / Tinton Falls MJ’s / Neptune – George Becker 780 Rt. 1 North, Woodbridge 190 Rt. 9N, Marlboro 732-750-5050 Colts Neck Inn – Matt O’Ree Band Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Tinton Falls – 732-536-9050 Blue Moon MJ’s / Buttonwood – Off the Hook Wednesday, Dec. 11 The Back Beat Duo 114 S. Bway, S. Amboy 1 Navesink Ave., Highlands Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Buttonwood – Friday, Dec. 27 732-525-0014 732-872-2006 MJ’s / Middletown – Seth Tieger Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Bum Rogers – Brass Rail On the Deck 80 Rt. 79, Matawan 2 Simon Lake Dr., MJ’s / Neptune – MJ’s / Middletown – Brother Pete Band 732-290-8400 Atlantic Highlands 80s Night w/ DJ Jake Matt O’Ree Duo The Cabin – Moondoggie 732-872-1424 Brickhouse MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Game On MJ’s / Neptune – Colts Neck Inn – The Kootz 979 Cedarbridge, Brick Park 33 732-279-3743 618 Park Ave, Freehold Riverwatch - Tomardo 80s Night w/ DJ Jake Fireside Grill – 732-761-1300 Buffalo Wild Wings / Brick Thursday, Dec. 19 MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Game On Live Entertainment 2770 Hooper Ave., Brick Pine Tavern La Riviera – Ladies Night Riverwatch - Tomardo JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment 732-475-7645 154 Rt. 34N, Old Bridge 732-727-5060 Metropolitan Café - DJ Thursday, Dec. 12 La Riviera – Latin Night Bum Rogers 2207 SW Central Ave. PK’s Shamrock Rose MJ’s / Buttonwood – Seth Tieger Colts Neck Inn – Bob Bollack Market Yard Grille – Seaside Park, NJ 08752 415 18th Ave., Belmar MJ’s / Middletown – La Riviera – Ladies Night DJ Music & Dancing 732-830-2770 732-681-3111 Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Burlew’s Seafood & Steak Metropolitan Café - DJ Metropolitan Café - DJ Park East 59 West Front Street, Keyport 3352 Rt. 35S., Hazlet MJ’s / Neptune – Steve Reilly MJ’s / Buttonwood – MJ’s / Buttonwood – 732-497-0500 732-739-2002 MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Football Night Lake Side Lee The Cabin Prime 34 984 Rt. 33, Freehold Russell & Shawn MJ’s / Middletown – MJ’s / Middletown – Jeff Pilgrim 1212 Rt. 34S., Aberdeen 732-462-3090 732-441-9663 Rugs & Riffy’s – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – CJ McLoone’s Riverwatch Ugly Christmas Sweater Party MJ’s / Neptune – Football Night Thunder Mountain 560 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls 799 Rt. 70, Brick 732-758-0800 Friday, Dec. 20 732-920-8900 MJ’s / Tinton Falls – MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Martin Rivas Café Luna Rosalita’s Bum Rogers – Billy Hector Football Night Riverwatch – Phil Engel Band 3679 Rt. 9N, Old Bridge 180 Rt. 9 North, The Cabin – Friday, Dec. 13 Rugs & Riffy’s – Brandy Wine Rd. 732-965-5490 Marlboro, NJ 07726 732-617-0099 Chris Daniels & The Proof Bum Rogers – License To Chill Ryan’s Pub – Round Trip Claddagh Irish Pub 297 Bay Ave, Highlands Rugs & Riffy’s Colts Neck Inn – Jersey Sure Cats The Cabin – Craig Daniels Saturday, Dec. 28 732-291-0099 493 Rahway Ave. Fireside Grill – Colts Neck Inn – Shattered Glass Bum Rogers – Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Colts Neck Inn 732-636-3747 Live Entertainment Fireside Grill – Matt Noffsinger Band 6 Rt. 537 732-462-0383 Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment Live Entertainment The Cabin – Phil Engel Band 299 Spotswood-Englishtown Rd Court Jester / Freehold La Riviera – Latin Night JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment Colts Neck Inn – Bad Neighbors Monroe Township E. Main St., Freehold (732) 251-1709 Market Yard Grille – La Riviera – Latin Night JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment 732-462-1040 Salt Creek Grille DJ Music & Dancing The Downtown Market Yard Grille – La Riviera – Classic Disco 4 Bingham Ave, Rumson 10 W. Front St., Red Bank Metropolitan Café - DJ DJ Music & Dancing Market Yard Grille – 732-933-9272 732-741-2828 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Metropolitan Café - DJ Ric Miele & Ron Igneri Shogun Legacy Dublin House 1536 North Bay Ave., 30 Monmouth St., Red Bank Clifton Brothers MJ’s / Buttonwood – MJ’s / Buttonwood – Toms River, NJ 732-747-6699 MJ’s / Middletown – Rich Genoval 2 Guys Jamming 732-286-9888 Fireside Grill Ken & Marysue MJ’s / Middletown – Shore Thing MJ’s / Middletown – Tim & Andy St. Stephen’s Green 133 Rt. 79, Marlboro 2031 Rt. 71, Spring Lake 732-780-7900 MJ’s / Neptune – Lisa & Wendy MJ’s / Neptune – Tim & Andy MJ’s / Neptune – Shaun Marc 732-449-2636 Gusto’s Grill MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Karius Trapp MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Seth Tieger MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Sunsets 1050 Rt. 18N, East Brunswick Riverwatch – Nicole & Denise Riverwatch – Comedy Night 302 S. Concourse Ave., Different Strings 732-651-2737 Neptune Rugs & Riffy’s – Dueling Pianos Rugs & Riffy’s – Not For Nothing Riverwatch – Trax Ivy League 732-775-9911 Rt. 9N, Howell Ryan’s Pub – Night Shift Ryan’s Pub - Butchers Rugs & Riffy’s – Surf Taco / Jackson 732-370-2206 21 S. Hope Chapel, Jackson Saturday, Dec. 21 Saturday, Dec. 14 Marty & the Martians Jack’s Goal Line 732-364-8226 Big Ed’s BBQ – Karaoke Night Big Ed’s BBQ – Karaoke Night Ryan’s Pub – DJ Sammy 149 Brighton Ave., Long Branch Tavern on the Lake 732-870-8800 Bum Rogers - TBA Bum Rogers – Stormin’ Norman Monday, Dec. 30 101 Main St., Hightstown JakeaBob’s 609-426-9345 The Cabin – Upside Seldin & Dueling Pianos Riverwatch – Trivia Night 910 Union Ave. The Shannon Rose / Woodbridge Colts Neck Inn - Pinnacle The Cabin – Undercover Tuesday, Dec. 31 Union Beach, NJ 07735 855 St. George’s Ave. 732-264-3730 JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment Colts Neck Inn – Dr. Dave & Band New Years Eve Woodbridge Landmark Tavern 732-636-6100 La Riviera – Classic Disco JakeaBob’s – Live Entertainment Bum Rogers – New Years Eve 117 N. Broadway, South Amboy The Sycamore Grille Market Yard Grille – 732-721-6812 La Riviera – Classic Disco Party w/ Rock Bottom 1 Shinnecock, Manalapan La Riviera Ric Miele & Ron Igneri Market Yard Grille – & DJ Shoobs 732-792-7722 113 Main St, Matawan Metropolitan Café - DJ Ric Miele & Ron Igneri The Cabin – New Years Eve Party Tilted Kilt 732-566-8400 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick MJ’s / Buttonwood – Metropolitan Café - DJ w/ Eddie Testa Band Maloney’s Pub 732-992-8532 117 Main St., Matawan Different Strings MJ’s / Buttonwood – The Jam Martell’s – New Years Eve Party Tim McLoone’s Supper Club 732-583-4040 MJ’s / Middletown – MJ’s / Middletown – w/ Mike Dalton Band 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury Market Yard Grille 732-744-1400 Lisa & Wendy Me & Bobby D MJ’s / Buttonwood 18 E. Main St., Freehold Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza/Brick 732-431-3220 MJ’s / Neptune – Wing It MJ’s / Neptune – New Years Eve Party 515 Rt. 70, Brick Martell’s MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe 732-262-5180 MJ’s / Middletown – Boardwalk, Pt. Pleasant Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza/Red Bank Paul Baccash MJ’s / Tinton Falls – New Years Eve Party 732-892-0131 2 Bridge St., Red Bank Riverwatch – Brue Crew Matt O’Ree Duo MJ’s / Neptune – McLoones @ Favorites 732-212-1700 3 Lafayette Rd., Fords Rugs & Riffy’s – Sonny & Co. Riverwatch – New Years Eve Party 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury 732-512-5025 732-744-1400 Ryan’s Pub – DJ Ralph Tina D’Ambola-Siebecker MJ’s / Tinton Falls – McLoone’s Pier House Twin Light Taphouse Riverwatch – Trivia Night Benefit w/ Ballyhaunis New Years Eve Party 1 Ocean Pl., Long Branch 128 Bay Ave., Highlands 732-923-1006 Wednesday, Dec. 25 Rugs & Riffy’s – Shore Soundz Riverwatch – 732-872-1345 Metropolitan Café Ryan’s Pub – Phillips Head New Years Eve w/ Ballyhaunis Christmas Day Windansea 8 E. Main St., Freehold 56 Shrewsbury Ave., Highlands 732-780-9400 Monday, Dec. 16 Ryan’s Pub – New Years Eve Party Thursday, Dec. 26 732-872-2266 Mediterranean Chateau Riverwatch – Trivia Night w/ War Hammer The Cabin – Half Brothers Wine Loft 27 Freneau Ave. (Rt. 79), Tuesday, Dec. 17 La Riviera – Ladies Night 32 Laird St., Long Branch Matawan 732-222-7770 732-780-9400 MJ’s Middletown 31 To Advertise Call 732.995.1714 • www.venues-nj.com 1005 Hwy 35N, Middletown 732-796-1400

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CONCERTS &

THEATER Tuesday, Dec. 10 Celtic Woman Home for Christmas

Tuesday, Dec. 17 Beach Boys

Wednesday, Dec. 11 Holiday Express

Saturday, Dec. 21 Darlene Love

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

NJ Performing Arts Center Newark, NJ

Wednesday, Dec. 11 Pink Prudential Center Newark, NJ

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

Count Basie Theater Red Bank, NJ

Monday, Dec. 23 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Lost Christmas Eve Prudential Center Newark, NJ

Wednesday, Dec. 11 American Legends On Ice Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ

Sunday, Dec. 15 The Devil Wears Prada Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

Tuesday, Dec. 31 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Tuesday, Dec. 31 Winter Galactic

Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ

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Dec. 01 – 31

Friday, Dec. 20

Bally’s Legends In Concert

Harrah’s Kenny G. Holiday Show

Saturday, Dec. 07

Saturday, Dec. 21

Borgata Johnny Mathis

Resorts A Dickens of a Killing

Friday & Saturday, Dec. 27 & 28

Friday, Dec. 13

House of Blues Cheech & Chong

House of Blues Mac Miller

Saturday, Dec. 28 Saturday, Dec. 14

Borgata Tiesto

Saturday, Dec. 14

Sunday, Dec. 29

Harrah’s Chaka Khan

Caesar’s Jill Scott

Caesar’s Rita Rudner & Brad Garrett

December 2013

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28. New Diamond Limo & Taxi Car Service Flemington - Airport Shuttles, Taxis, Limos

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Personal responsibility is what built this country. It’s what made this country great. Our grandparents and great-grandparents didn’t sit back and wait for others to take care of them. They rolled up their sleeves and went to work to build a better life for themselves and their families. If we want this country and our society to remain great, we’d better not forgo our personal responsibilities and be accountable for our actions.

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5. Avery Limousine Service - Taxis, Limos

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6. Able Transportation Inc - Taxis, Limos Serving Manasquan & the Surrounding Area

(732) 542-4100

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30. Above All Car Service - Airport Shuttles, Taxis 174 Main St ., Eatontown, NJ 07724

Serving Denville & the Surrounding Area

(973) 920-2401

31. Pearl Transportation Limos, Taxis, Airport Shuttles

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32. New Manasquan Taxi - Airport Shuttles, Taxis

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11. Andy’s Taxi & Concierge Services - Taxis

Serving Manalapan Township & the Surrounding Area

(732) 547-8689

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15. Omni Taxi - Taxis 1 Main St Ste 210, Eatontown, NJ 07724

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(732) 894-3860

37. Airports Limo Taxi Califon NYC Car Service Taxis, Airports, Limos - $90 for $100 Deal Serving Califon and the Surrounding Area

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1 Main St., Eatontown, NJ 07724

(732) 544-8444

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Serving Monmouth Junction & the Surrounding Area

18. Branchburg Taxi - Limos, Taxis, Airport Shuttles

TAXI SERVICE IN OCEAN COUNTY

Airport Shuttles, Taxis, Limos

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Serving Somerville & the Surrounding Area

(908) 758-0751 20. Airport Taxi & Limo Car Service Airport Shuttles, Limos, Taxis

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The devastation brough ENU ENUES widespread and has had an in the region. Most individu In line with this thinking, as we enter the year- end holiday season, we all need to take responsibility for our actions. Specifically, if you’re going to “party to excess,” DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE. Arrange for a designated driver or take a taxi. For your convenience and safety (and the safety of others), adjacent to this column, we have provided a listing of taxi services available throughout the region. Plan ahead and save a life.

Serving Branchburg & the Surrounding Area

(973) 920-2500

19. Angel’s-White Angel’s Taxi limo Co - Taxis Serving Trenton & the Surrounding Area

(609) 989-0945

20. Airport Taxi Little Falls Limo Car Service Airport Shuttles, Taxis, Limos Serving Little Falls & the Surrounding Area

(973) 920-2595

21. Amia Jackson Limousine Service Taxis, Limos 22. BEER CAB TAXI LLC - Taxis

Serving Belmar & the Surrounding Area

(732) 757-7856

23. Jersey Shore Taxi Car Service Airport Shuttles, Taxis

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Serving Manasquan & the Surrounding Area

(732) 894-3860

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Serving Toms River & the Surrounding Area

(732) 818-0033

Serving Berkeley Heights & the Surrounding Area

(973) 788-1517 21. An Express Taxi & Airport Limo Service Taxis, Limos, Airport Shuttles Serving Morristown & the Surrounding Area

(973) 794-2372 22. ALL Airport Taxi & Limo Car Service Airport Shuttles, Taxis

Denville and the Surrounding Area Taxi. Limo, Airport Transportation For more information call:Serving (973) 920-2401

Serving Jackson & the Surrounding Area

(732) 523-1090

1. Mantoloking Taxi - Taxis, Limos 835 Mantoloking Rd., Brick, NJ 08723 (732) 477-8151 2. Ez Taxi Service - Taxis 400 Highland Pkwy S, Toms River, NJ 08753 (732) 618-9907 3. Access Shore Taxi & Limo Services Taxis, Limos

4. Anna Toms River Limousine Service Taxis, Limos Serving Toms River & the Surrounding Area

(732) 930-0607 5. Toms River Airport Car Service Taxis, Limos, Airport Shuttles Bay Ave., Toms River, NJ 08753 To (732) 703-6595

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23. Airports Flanders Taxi & Limo Car Service Airport Shuttles, Taxis, Limos Serving Flanders & the Surrounding Area

(973) 206-9167 24. New Diamond Limo - Limos

Serving Flanders & the Surrounding Area Advertise Call 732.995.1714 (973) 200-3752

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December Football Entertainment Sundays!!!

Trivia Night

Mon. 12/02 Trivia Night Mon. 12/16 Wed. 12/04 Tomardo Wed. 12/18 Thurs. 12/05 Gary Philips Fri. 12/20 Sat. 12/ 21 Fri. 12/06 Pete Keglihan w/ HotDean Buffet

& Jarrett Mon. 12/23 Sat. 12/ 07 & Specials The Amused on Select BeersFri. 12/27 Mon. 12/09 Trivia Sat. 12/ 28 GiantNight / Jet T-Shirt Wed. 12/11 Tomardo Mon. 12/30 Fri. 12/13 Comedy Night Tues. 12/31 Giveaways Tina D’Ambola-Siebecker Sat. 12/ 14

Benefit w/ Ballyhaunis

Join us for FOOTBALL SUNDAYS

Tomardo Nicole & Denise Brue Crew Trivia Night Phil Engel Band Trax Trivia Night Ballyhaunis

New Years Cruise up to the marina dock @ Riverwatch September Entertainment Riverwatch presents…Dec 13th Comedy Show Eve …Ballyhaunis Up to 10 booths featuring Jewelry, Perfume, Lotions, Clothing, Crafts and4:00pm other neat stuff!

Seatings: – 10:30pm Special Menu Psychic Readings Available - call 732.814.8576. w/ Champagne Toast @ Midnight

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Sun. 9/1 Rhyme & Reason Mon. 9/16 Trivia Night Mon. 9/2 Gary Philips Tues. 9/17 Gary Call Cook now to Tues. 9/3 Gary Cook Wed. 9/18 Tomardo purchase tickets Wed. 9/4 Tomardo Thurs. 9/19 Lefty $39.95 for reserved Thurs. 9/5 Lisa Bouchelle Fri. 9/20 Nicoleseating & Denise and enjoy a buffet of select Fri. 9/6 Undisputed Sat. 9/21 Ballyhaunis Sat. 9/7 Billy Lawlor Mon. 9/23 Triviadishes Nightbeing served Mon. 9/9 Trivia Night Tues. 9/24 Gary 8pm Cookdining. 10pm show followed by Tues. 9/10 Gary Cook Wed. 9/25 Tomardo DJ After Party!!

Wed. 9/11 Tomardo Thurs. 9/26 Lisa Bouchelle Thurs. Riverwatch 9/12 Floyd Murray Fri. 9/27 th High Tide presents…Dec 14 Special Fri. 9/13 License To Chill

& Vintage Johnny Sat. 9/14 Phil Engel Band Sat. 9/28 Brue Crew Mon. 9/30 Trivia Night

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Every Wednesday 6pm – 9pm

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Every Wednesday 6pm – 9pm

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