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Letter to Our Readers

It’s that time of year again! The 2016 – 2017 regular football season begins this month. After a full week of work, we all look forward to going to a favorite sports bar to cheer on our favorite teams. What we don’t need is some loud mouth jackass disturbing our leisure time. Our writers have compiled a list of “DON’T’s” that we hope will lead to a more enjoyable time. See our main editorial feature in this issue for more.

Looking for a band that can keep you entertained all night long? The Ruckus is a group that has made a name for itself with a playlist that includes virtually every genre. While only playing together for just a couple of years, this band has exploded in popularity within the Central Jersey area …. and beyond. Read more about The Ruckus in this month’s Band Profile.

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Do you remember “Chi Chi” in the movie Scarface? This Cuban actor (and comedian) has been performing for decades. His stand up acts are always receiving top notch reviews, “hilarious”, “makes my stomach hurt from laughing so much”, etc. Turn to this issue’s Comic Relief for a few laughs.

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Publisher’s Letter....................................................................................4 Sports Bars & Quiz..................................................................................6 Pro Sports Schedules............................................................................8 Band Profile .......................................................................................... 12 Mixologist............................................................................................... 13 All That’s Beer........................................................................................ 16 Libations................................................................................................. 16 Main Feature:........................................................................................ 18 Catering.................................................................................................. 20 BYO’s......................................................................................................... 22 Two on the Aisle.................................................................................. 24 Comic Relief........................................................................................... 26 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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room sings along with us that particular song seems to get it and I don’t know how many other bands play that song, but that seems to be the one where everyone is involved.” hey also know they have a responsibility to the venue that fits in between an entertained audience and their success. Keeping fans happy means good business for the bar, which means another trip back.

“You can be the best band in the world, but if people aren’t filling that register up the venue is not going to invite you back,” says Velez. “We try to make sure that everybody is involved, whether it’s the band, the establishment or the people that are coming to is work and the band’s see us,” he adds. “Everybody’s performances have paid involved and everybody’s having off, as they are booked a good time.” well into next year with one to two shows every week. isit TheRuckusNJ. com for music samples, heir playlist is so playlist and schedule, extensive; they can play and give the band a like at 50 songs four nights in a fa c e b o o k . c o m / t h e r u ck u s n j . row and never perform the same one twice. There is, however, one song in particular they noticed always get the whole crowd involved and singing.

“The most satisfying song we play especially when the room is full is ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ by Simple Minds,” said Mercuro. “The whole he Ruckus is always working on getting into more venues, though they have already become regulars at a few places. They can be seen at Woody’s Roadside Tavern in Farmingdale, but you can also catch them regularly at Jenk’s Club in Pt Pleasant, River Rock in Brick, Blue Rock Café in Keyport and Ryan’s Pub in Monroe Township. Mercuro has been the one hitting the pavement after work looking for bookings and when he finds an opening they do not disappoint. “Every place that we’ve been to by the end of the night they’re opening up the book and saying how about again next month,” says Mercuro.

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Everyone knows everyone and newcomers are quickly welcomed as friends.” The bar is celebrating its The 20-year veteran bartender fourth anniversary and Remeika says loves the field and hopes to someday the bar is a “new place with an old open her own bar. And, she has the neighborhood bar feel.” experience and background to pull it off, including a bachelor’s degree Moving to New Jersey from in finance from Metropolitan State Detroit in 2006, Remeika has tended bar in various locations, including College, Denver.

McDonagh’s Pub, Keyport and Park The Freehold Township resident, East, Hazlet. Previously, she tended raised in Detroit, Michigan, has bar at the Hard Rock Café in Denver, tended bar at Poole Avenue Bar Colorado. “I’ve done it all,” says Aimee Remeika knows her way around a bar having worked in just about every area of the restaurant industry, including hostess, waitressing, bartending, management, the kitchen, even accounting.

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by Bill “The Brewer”

“How Do You Make Beer?”

In the past few days, I’ve been asked more than a dozen times, “How do you make beer?”

Well, brewing is a lot like cooking.

I wouldn’t suggest trying to make a gourmet meal your first time ina kitchen, but making something delicious is as simple as following a basic recipe.

Brewing your first beer can be pretty easy and very rewarding. There is nothing like the feeling of catching a buzz while enjoying the first beer you’ve brewed (and not driving). On the other hand, crafting an award winning home brew takes planning, experience and hard work. It’s best to start simple and go from there. Here is how I suggest you get started.

To begin with you are going to need some basic home brewer equipment.

A basic home brew set up will consist of a large pot to boil in, a bucket or jug to ferment the beer, another bucket for sanitizing, a thermometer, a bottle capper and some bottles. In total this shouldn’t run you more than $75 and you can use the equipment over and over again. You can purchase each item separately or together as a kit.

I’d suggest buying this online to save some money. Try midwestsupplies. com or northernbrewer.com. They are both very reliable and have everything you need.

Next you need your ingredients.

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a popular beer you like and get brewing. When starting out, it’s best to brew extract beers. To keep with our cooking analogy, extract brewing is like making a chicken soup and starting with the stock already made.

All grain brewing is like making soup from scratch. It takes a lot more equipment and know how.

You could write a book (and many people have) on each step of the brewing process but to simplify, here are the basic steps you need to follow:

Cranberry Gin Fizz

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Ingredients • 1 oz G&J Greenalls Gin • 3 oz Cranberry Juice • 2 oz Fever Tree club soda Directions: Pour G&J Greenalls Gin over ice into glass. Add Cranberry Juice and Fever Tree Club Soda. Stir.

Garnish with fresh cranberries and a lemon wedge.

1. Steep the grains around 155 degrees.

2. Add malt extract and bring to a boil.

3. Add the hops and continue to boil.

4. Cool the beer and add the yeast.

5. Wait for the beer to ferment.

6. Bottle the beer and then enjoy!

First Down Rum & Coke

It’s really not that hard. Humans having been brewing beer for thousands of years!

Directions: Pour Largo Bay Rum over ice into a glass. Add Cola and stir. Garnish with a lime.

If you’d like to learn more about home brewing there is a book that myself and nearly every other brewer starts with. Charlie Papazian’s The Joy Of Homebrewing is the Bible for home brewers.

Touchdown Vodka Tonic

Reach out to me on Twitter @The BrewerBill and let me know how your beer turns out.

Ingredients: • 2 oz Starr Blu Vodka • 1 oz Mr. Stacks Peach Schnapps Directions: Pour Starr Blu Vodka into a glass over ice. Add Mr. Stacks Peach Schnapps.

Stir well

Halftime Sipper Ingredients: • 1 ½ oz Veil Citron • 1 oz Landucci Limoncello

Ingredients: • 2 oz Largo Bay Rum • 4 oz Cola

Directions: Pour Veil Citron and Landucci Limoncello

into a shaker with ice.

Shake well. Strain into a glass over ice.

Ingredients: • 2 oz Froggy B Vodka • 4 oz Fever Tree Tonic

Directions: Pour Froggy B Vodka over ice in glass.

Add Fever Tree Tonic. Stir. Garnish with Lime wedge.

Timeout Orange Screwdriver

Ingredients: • 1 oz Poppin Orange Dream Vodka • 5 oz Sensational Orange Juice Directions: Pour Poppin’ Orange Dream Vodka over ice into glass. Add Sensational Orange Juice. Stir. Garnish with orange slice.

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Beginning this fall, we will start a renovation and redesign of our venue.

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Stunning Waterfront Weddings Dream weddings come true at the new Martell’s Waters Edge.

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Sports Bar Etiquette 101 Editorial Note: We’ve all been you like the Eagles, and that your there and seen it: the loud favorite number is 69. mouth or drunk slumping over at the bar or running around making a jackass of himself and 6. Thou Shalt Not Cheer ruining the game for the rest of Alone. Who doesn’t love the fans. a good chant?

After a full week of work, we all look forward to Sunday when we can go to one of our favorite sports bars to relax and enjoy the 1 o’clock game, the 4 o’clock game …or both. A couple of beverages, maybe a meal or apps and some good friends… the perfect day. What we don’t need is some obnoxious fool who thinks he know everything about every game.

In an effort to prevent or lessen this type behavior, our writers are once again providing a brief tutorial on Sports Bar Etiquette 101 or the Seven Commandments for watching football in public.

7. Thou Shalt Not Wear the Jersey of a Player Who Now Plays for a Division Rival.

lame nicknames (i.e. Chris Berman’s David “Green” Akers), quotes from Boogie Nights (Bill Simmons does this quite nicely already), and cogent analysis like “Eli Manning has been given the rite of passage.”

It’s one of the best reasons to go to You wouldn’t want Emmitt Smith to a live sporting event -- a well-timed starve.

“De-FENSE” or “Let’s Go Steelers” can even help turn the tide in a game. 3. Thou Shalt Not Protest But when you’re in a sports bar and the Refs Too Much. no one else is joining in? Have some Challenge rules should apply to pride. There’s nothing fun -- for you, fandom, as well. There’s nothing or anyone else in the bar -- about worse than a friend bitching and being the only person slamming moaning about the calls all afternoon your fists against a table, chanting -- it’s not like your complaints are going to overturn a call from three “J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS!” time zones away. How’s this for a new 5. Thou Shalt Not Discuss rule? You are only allowed to yell Fantasy (or Gambling). about the refs three times during the Nobody on Earth other than game, with an unlimited amount of you, your bookie and the guy you’re complaints in the final two minutes. playing against in your fantasy If you’re wrong when you challenge league cares what bets and players the refs, though, you need to take a you’ve got going on Sunday. No time out from drinking. one cares! Leveraged the family mortgage on the Lions covering a 2. Thou Shalt Not Screw double-digit point spread? Well, Up the Celebration. that was foolish. You shouldn’t have Nothing ruins a game-winning done that. But don’t moan and groan touchdown quite like about it to everyone else -- everyone getting a fist pump else is trying to watch the game.

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A grown man wearing a sports jersey in public is questionable enough, but to have a guy who is now playing for a hated rival immortalized across your back is absolutely impermissible. This goes for all of you Dolphins fans with Wes Welker jerseys, Redskins fans with Antonio Pierce jerseys, and Bears fans with Bernard Berrian jerseys. See also: Ty Law (Patriots), Nick Harper (Colts), Joe Horn (Saints), and Isaac Bruce (Rams). And don’t even think of getting a personalized jersey unless you’re under the age of twelve. No one cares that your name is Vinny,

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As the Worldwide Leader slowly takes over the world, its various house organs (ESPN, ESPN.com, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU...) spend hours brainwashing sports fans on Sunday with endless pregame shows, web columns, and gales of forced laughter. This means a ban on

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in the stomach when you’re going for a high five. Instead of cleanly celebrating, you’re forced to slap and hug your way towards some kind of impromptu cheer, all the while feeling embarrassed. Forget the chest bumps, the handshakes, and the “raise the roof” garbage -- figure out a plan before the game and stick with it until the end. If you win on the last play, there’s always room for an impromptu “Taco Bowl High Five.”

1. Thou Shalt Not Be a Jackass.

For those of you who lack any social skills this means: Don’t curse in front of children. Don’t send your food back to the kitchen three times.

Don’t leave the bar before your table gets the bill. Don’t shave your team’s logo into in your head. Don’t bring your grad school books and study.

Don’t bring a home-made sign.

Don’t paint your face. And most importantly, don’t bring a loaded gun and shoot yourself in the leg.

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MONROE Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 732-251-1709

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MANCHESTER Donovan’s Bar & Grill 732-657-0006

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The tug of war for the soul of a young man on the mean streets of the Bronx may not sound like a subject that sings. But Chazz Palminteri’s “A Bronx Tale,” originally a solo show and later a movie, has proved to be comfortably malleable material. Now it has been given a hefty infusion of music and dance and — presto!, with most of its rough edges intact, can be found finger-snapping and doo-wopping its way across the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse, with plans, no doubt, for a quick trip through the Lincoln Tunnel to the big time.

The creative team is packed with veteran talent, resulting in an exceptionally slick

and skillfully assembled musical. Alan Menken, composer has provided the music, and Glenn Slater, supplied the lyrics.

The book is by Mr. Palminteri, and Wdirecting A duo Y is perhaps most striking the — none other than Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks.

T he show’s action takes place in the 1960s, allowing the composer to channel the pop styles of the era, from doo-wop harmonies to proto-rock to late-period Frank Sinatra-style balladeering.

It’s a winning musical mix with proven appeal for Broadway. And while the ballads are sometimes stocked with clichés, the atmosphere of the bustling Italian-American neighborhood where the protagonist, Calogero, grows up is captured by Mr. Slater with lively humor As you’d expect, given Mr. Palminteri’s long involvement with the loosely autobiographical material, the tale itself remains essentially the same. As a young boy, Calogero, played with dynamic force and beaming spirit by Mr. Colley, gets on the good side of Sonny, the mob figure

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Although his father, Lorenzo grudgingly approves of his son’s refusal to identify Sonny as the shooter in a neighborhood killing — for reasons of pragmatism — he and his wife, Rosina look on with dismay as Sonny takes their boy under his wing, drawing him in to his exotic but violent world, where Sonny’s gang proudly flouts the law.

The moral arc of the plot may be familiar, even predictable, but it’s in the gritty details, often drawn with humor, that “A Bronx Tale” wins you over. Mr. Palminteri’s writing brims with sharply funny characterizations, as when the young Calogero describes a member of Sonny’s gang thus: “He was such a loser he would go to the racetrack and the teller would give him his tickets already ripped up.”

Sonny’s worldview, succinctly expressed in the phrase “the workingman’s a sucker,” initially causes some concern for Calogero, who looks up to his hard-working, bus-driving dad. But the allure of the mob life proves irresistible to the boy, especially after Sonny casually hands him a hundred-dollar bill after Calogero rolls some winning dice for him.

Slickness and skill certainly aren’t all we want in a new musical. In this post-“Hamilton era now upon us, “A Bronx Tale” feels conventional: a sentimental tale of a man’s moral awakening combined with ear-friendly music. This is the kind of show that makes you laugh and cry.”

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by Steve Ortlieb television shows.

As for his stand-up act, his reviews musical, with costumes and all. I thank my acting training for that. are always top notch, “Great show”, “this guy is hilarious”, “my stomach V-NJ: Where did you grow up and how hurt from laughing so much”. did you get into this crazy business?

Salazar’s performance is a mixture of street-smart ethnic wisecracks, risqué humor, physical comedy and audience involvement. And this is a guy who studied with the best of the best. Unlike many of today’s actors who got their start as comics, Angel brought his acting skills to the stage after starting his career in theater and movies.

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V-NJ: A quick glance of your IMDB page shows you to be quite the busy guy over the next year or so. Anything in particular

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know that the real money is in movies but the energy and intimacy of a live audience has to be intoxicating. Tell us a little about each and if either one translates to the other; you know, does the acting help with the stand-up or is the stand-up better for the acting?

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AS: Over the next few months all I’m doing is traveling and doing shows for very little money...doing independent movies also called “MOVIES THAT DON’T PAY”... and sleeping with those wild women from the 80’s n 90’s who unfortunately got a little old!

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91 First Street…732-872-1007

For Your

21 S. Hope Chapel Road 732-367-3333

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426 Chandler Road 732-961-0951

Solo Trattoria

21 S. Hope Chapel Rd. 732-364-8226

31 E. Main Street 732-845-5400

622 Green Ave. 732-528-6665

Simkos Grille

7 South Street…732-780-2337

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611 Park Ave, …732-751-4422

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522 Amboy Rd 732-583-7699

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403 Higgins Ave 732-528-9989

On the Deck

2 Simon Lake Dr.…732-872-1424 40 First Ave…732-291-1377

Asbury Ale House

521 Cookman Avenue 732-445-3808

Langosta Lounge

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327 Milltown Rd…732-254-0495

306 Main Street…732-988-7979

Rt. 18 South…732-992-8532

125 Bayview Avenue 732-269-3000

703 Belmar Plaza 732-280-7501

Klein’s

708 River Road…732-681-1177

Matisse

1301 Ocean Ave.…732-681-7680

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Citricos

2 E. Main Street732-577-8506

BRICK

536 Park Ave.…732-866-4085

812 Main Street…732-988-6565

979 Cedarbridge Ave.…732-279-3743

Buffalo Wild Wings

2770 Hooper Ave…732-475-7645

P. J. Sweeney’s Restaurant & Irish Pub

447 Brick Blvd.

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Quaker Steak & Lube

1036 Cedar Bridge Rd. 732-255-5823

Havana

1 Navesink Ave…732-872-2006

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Off the Hook Windansea

56 Shrewsbury Ave. 732-872-2266

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32 Laird Street…732-222-7770

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Chapter House

18 E. Main Street…732-431-3220

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Pearl of the Sea

46 S. Broadway…732-263-1050

71 Brighton Ave…732-923-9100

Court Jester

110 Schanck Rd 732-577-5548

Jack’s

149 Brighton Ave. 732-870-8800

Tavern on the Lake

37 West Main Street 732-946-8857

16 E. Main Street…732-462-1040

Dino’s

444 Ocean Blvd. N 732-923-0033

1 Ocean Ave…732-923-1006

101 Main Street…609-426-9345

984 Rt. 33…732-462-3090

Draft House

Ground Round

529 Rt. 130N…609-448-0049

The Cabin

Village Bistro

100 Brighton Ave. 732-272-1598

105 Academy Street 732-938-6404

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LONG BRANCH

88 Bay Ave…732-291-1548

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2 West Front Street 732-264-0999

Claddagh Irish Pub

Lusty Lobster

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59 West Front Street 732-497-0500

151 Markham Place 732-450-0444

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Woody’s Roadhouse Tavern

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Burlew’s Seafood & Steak

23 Bay Ave., 732-872-7000

300 Shore Drive…732-708-0000

609 River Road…732-530-3338

64 Church Street 732-471-6351

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

297 Bay Ave., 732-291-0099

561 Rt. 1…732-777-9464

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Jackie Keelen’s Bar & Grill

Chilango

The Chubby Pickle

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Surf Taco

LITTLE SILVER

272 Bay Ave.…732-708-0505

Quaker Steak & Lube

Solo Bella

Bay Ave. Trattoria

122 Bay Ave., 732-872-9800

Tilted Kilt

3 Lafayette Rd.…732-512-5025

Brickhouse

2 Bay Ave.…732-872-1245

Brunswick Grove

Vivas

801 Belmar Plaza…732-681-1213

Bahr’s Landing

Gusto Grill

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Martell’s Water’s Edge

Lakeside Manor

Colts Neck Inn

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Clementine’s Café

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6 Rt. 537…732-462-0383

Stella Marina

1200 Ocean Ave.…732-744-1400

TRE Restaurant

Blue Rock Cafe

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618 Park Ave.…732-761-1300

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51 First Ave.…732-291-8444

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515 Rt. 70…732-262-5180

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357 Rt. 9 S…732-536-0207

1454 Rt. 9 S…732-462-0056

130 Rt. 33…732-294-9992

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448 Rt. 9 N 732-617-1300

Nonna’s

190 Rt. 9 N 732-536-9050

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

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1647 Rt. 35 N…732-531-7555

22 E. Front Street 732-530-1007

Kelly’s Tavern

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Don Chuchos

43 Rt. 35 S…732-775-9517

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3857 Hwy 516…732-607-1115

Big Ed’s BBQ

305 Hwy 34 Na…732-583-2626

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3679 Rt. 9 N…732-965-5490

74 Main St 732-566-0267

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Hwy 34…732-583-9700

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25 Whitehead Ave. 732-257-1100

SPRING LAKE

69 Broad Street 732-747-6969

Black Trumpet

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 2 Bridge St. 732-212-1700

The Mill

101 Old Mill Road 732-449-1800

Zebu

20 Broad Street 732-936-9330

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

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3843 Rt. 9 N…732-591-0333

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1 First Street 732-747-8396

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Shogun Legacy

14 Park Road, 732-935-1158 1213 Sycamore Ave. 732-542-3131

132 East River Road 732-530-2882

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709 Arnold Ave 732-295-0709

7 Atlantic Ave. 732-449-4700

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113 Main Street 732-566-8400

Frankie’s

4 Bingham Ave. 732-933-9272

1536North Bay Ave. 732-286-9888

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Jenks Pavilion

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Piero’s

27 Freneau Ave (Rt. 79) 732-758-0800

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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

Neelam

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

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Russo’s on 33 520 Rt. 33 W 732-446-4800

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

414Rt. 35 S…732-892-6000 300 Ocean Ave, 732-899-0569

Woody’s Grille

Martell’s Lobster House

1 E. Church Street 732-976-1300

RED BANK

Rod’s

308-310 Boardwalk 732-892-0131

Basil T’s

183 Riverside Ave 732-842-5990

Buona Sera

50 Maple Street 732-530-5858

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

Dublin House

30 Monmouth Street 732-747-6699

La Pastaria

6 Linden Place 732-224-8699

Melting Pot

2 Bridge Ave 732-219-0090

UNION BEACH

1411 Rt. 36, 732-264-5222

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SEA GIRT

2007 Hwy 35. 732-280-3676

Four Winds

597 Washington Blvd.

732-449-2020

1310 Jefferson Ave. 732-223-9579

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Bum Rogers Tavern & Crab House

1969 Rt. 34 South 732-449-6696

2207 SW Central Ave. 732-830-2770

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Venue Listings APPLEBEE’S / TINTON FALLS 14 Park Rd., Tinton Falls 732-935-1158 APPLEBEE’S / WALL 2007 Rt. 35, Wall, 732-280-3676 ASBURY ALE HOUSE 531 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park 732-455-3808 BIG ED’S B•B•Q 305 Route 34, Old Bridge 732-583-2626 BIG SHOTS SPORTS BAR 780 Rt. 1 North, Woodbridge 732-750-5050 BLUE MOON 114 S. Bway, S. Amboy 732-525-0014 BLUE ROCK CAFE 522 Amboy, Rd., Cliffwood Beach 732-583-7699 BRASS RAIL 80 Rt. 79, Matawan 732-290-8400 BRICKHOUSE 979 Cedarbridge, Brick 732-279-3743 BUFFALO WILD WINGS / BRICK 2770 Hooper Ave., Brick 732-475-7645 BUM ROGERS 2207 SW Central Ave., Seaside Park 732-830-2770 BURLEW’S SEAFOOD & STEAK 59 West Front Street, Keyport 732-497-0500 THE CABIN 984 Rt. 33, Freehold 732-462-3090 CJ MCLOONE’S 560 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls 732-758-0800 CAFÉ LUNA 3679 Rt. 9N, Old Bridge 732-965-5490 CLADDAGH IRISH PUB 297 Bay Ave, Highlands 732-291-0099 COLTS NECK INN 6 Rt. 537 - 732-462-0383 COURT JESTER / FREEHOLD E. Main St., Freehold 732-462-1040 DONOVAN’S BAR & GRILL 1900 Rt. 70, Manchester 732-657-0006 THE DOWNTOWN 10 W. Front St., Red Bank 732-741-2828 DUBLIN HOUSE 30 Monmouth St., Red Bank 732-747-6699 FIRESIDE GRILL 133 Rt. 79, Marlboro 732-780-7900 GAME TIME 110 Schanck Rd., Freehold 732-577-5548 GENERAL SALOON 1194 Englishtown Rd.Old Bridge 732-416-8628 GUSTO’S GRILL 1050 Rt. 18N, East Brunswick 732-651-2737 IVY LEAGUE Rt. 9N, Howell - 732-370-2206 JACKIE KEELEN’S BAR & GRILL 64 Church Ave., Keansburg 732-471-6351 JACK’S GOAL LINE 149 Brighton Ave., Long Branch 732-870-8800 JAKEABOB’S 910 Union Ave., Union Beach 732-264-3730 LANDMARK TAVERN 117 N. Broadway, South Amboy 732-721-6812 LA RIVIERA 113 Main St, Matawan 732-566-8400 MALONEY’S PUB 117 Main St., Matawan 732-583-4040 MARKET YARD GRILLE 18 E. Main St., Freehold 732-431-3220 MARTELL’S Boardwalk, Pt. Pleasant 732-892-0131 MARTELL’S WATER’S EDGE 125 Bayview Ave., Bayville 732-269-3000 MCLOONES @ FAVORITES 3 Lafayette Rd., Fords 732-512-5025 MCLOONE’S PIER HOUSE 1 Ocean Pl., Long Branch 732-923-1006 METROPOLITAN CAFÉ 8 E. Main St., Freehold 732-780-9400

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The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information; the ways of sending information to people by using technology.

ESTORE… HELP WA It all started with a big bang! No, not the TV show -- the creation of our universe. Then came four-legged creatures, then two-legged creatures, and then Homo sapiens (man). And, as night follows day, next came ways to communicate: signing, grunts and language.

As things evolved, new ways of communication took form. Stone carvings, print, sound transmission, etc., etc., etc. It seems each day new technologies are developed to “help” us to communicate information to each other.

While new and constant developments in communication offer many positives in our daily lives, they also have negative aspects. We, and certainly the next generation are losing our skills when it comes to the art of “personal” communication.

At home, the family sits around the house watching videos, playing with tablets and messaging friends on their iPhones. The “family chat” or one-on-one interaction with each other has vanished. When you go out to a restaurant and see a couple sitting at a table, chances are that each has his/her head downward “thumbs at the ready” texting others.

We’re losing touch with each other.

In conducting business in today’s world, we communicate by email or text messaging rather than picking up the phone and have a personal conversation. By doing so, we don’t know if the recipient actually received our message and if so, we hope for a reply or response. Even if you do get a response, it’s missing the underlying personal verbal expressions of the other party.

I’m not suggesting we go back to the “stone ages” of communications.

What I am suggesting is that we put technology in its place when it comes to communicating. Let’s use our verbal skills to let people know how we really feel and what we think. Try it. Use your phone to actually communicate by speaking to the person on the other end. You’ll be surprised at the results.

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You can also contact this Central Call Center to volunteer

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