The Restaurant Guys

NJ Monthly Restaurant Poll: Please Vote!

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Stage Left is on The Drop Down List for

• Best of the Best
• Best American
• Best Burger
• Best Steak
• Best Wine List
• Best Beer Selection (our vintage beer cellar is a treasure)
• Most Romantic

Catherine Lombardi is on The Drop Down List for

• Best Italian
• Most Romantic

If you think we deserve any or all of these, we would really appreciate your time casting your ballot!

Thank you!

NJ Monthly Magazine Readers' Choice Poll

The results are in:

• Catherine Lombardi was named Best Italian Restaurant and
• Stage Left was named for Best Burger.

While you knew that all along, we're grateful you helped us spread the word.

Thank you!

New Jersey Monthly Readers' Choice Poll

Please Vote (Really...Please!)

Stage Left is Nominated
Best of The Best
Best American
Best Beer Selection
Best Burger
Best Romantic
Best Steak

Catherine Lombardi is Nominated
Best Italian
Best Romantic

Neither Restaurant is Nominated Best Wine List
But If You Feel We Should
At Bottom of Drop-down Menu Click "Other"

We Need You Thursday Eve at The Bar - The Peat Genovese Cocktail

We would love to see you Thursday evening. We're welcoming Pete Genovese, of The Star Ledger, in The Cocktail Bar at Catherine Lombardi. He's stopping by on his tour of the Best NJ Bars. Pete's doing a month-long tour of every one of the 60 best bars in the state, and writing about them. It's a great series. I've been following along at NJ.Com. It will be a great guide to NJ's best drinking establishments in NJ when done.

We've invented a new cocktail just for the evening. It's called a Peat Genovese. Of course it's made up of a peaty Scotch Whisky and Genever Gin, not too far around the corner from a penicillin, but a righteous cocktail in it's own right.

Let us know if you're on the mailing list and the first one's on the house. Are we sucking up a little bit? Yes.

To you or to Pete? Yes.

Will it be a fun night at your favorite watering hole? Oh yes.

At The Cocktail Bar with The Star Ledger - February 19

I hope you're all keeping well with the less than pleasant weather. We've had a busy little beginning of the year here with a Paul Hobbs dinner and a Jazz concert. We're finalizing details to bring George Hendry into town for a wine dinner in March (looking like March 9). We'll formally announce it as soon as we get the details worked out.

Thanks to your emails and suggestions, Pete Genovese of The Star Ledger and NJ.com has included The Cocktail Bar at Catherine Lombardi in the semi-finals of his round of NJ's Best Bars. Check it out here. It's a really fun series. He is on a mission to visit all 60 bars over the next few weeks. He'll be at Catherine Lombardi on Thursday on February 19th. We would love to have as many of you, our loyal bar patrons, as possible in attendance. We'll have some drink and food specials that we'll announce next week. We want Pete to come and meet the people of the bar and restaurant. The number one thing that our bar has going for it is the people in it...and that's YOU. Save the date - February 19. More details next week.

Vote for the Best Bars in Jersey!

The Star Ledger is looking for your nominations for Best Bars in NJ.

I have a couple of ideas for Best Cocktail Bar and Best Restaurant Bar.

Do you? If you do, please email Pete Genovese [email protected].

Has to be this week!

Thanks!

Open Table Users Ranked NJ's Top 10 Restaurants by Category!

We thought you might find it interesting to see how your favorite restaurants fared.

THE TOP TEN NJ RESTAURANTS by Category

As voted by more than 1,745,900 diners

Stage Left Restaurant

• Notable Wine List       
• Best Décor                   
• Best Overall                 
• Fit For Foodies            
• Romantic                      
• Best Service                 
• Best Food                     
• Special Occasion        

Catherine Lombardi

• Romantic                      
• Best Décor                   
• Notable Wine List       
• Best Food (Italian)      

But then again, you knew that all along.  Thanks for your continued support.

Why not make a reservation to come see us tonight!  

Stage Left Reservations Online or 732-828-4444

Catherine Lombardi Reservations Online or 732-296-9463

Mark and Francis: Restaurateurs of The Year!

While we don’t like to toot our own horns (too much), the New Jersey Restaurant Association has named Mark and me, Restaurateurs of The Year! While the annual NJRA Gala is largely attended by restaurant folk (and who is more fun than restaurant people), this year’s event looks so really cool, that we thought some of you might like to attend.

It’s a black-tie, Black and White Ball at the Pleasantdale Chateau, the former mansion of Charles Walter Nichols, a renowned industrial leader of the early 1900s. It's a spectacular display of craftsmanship and luxury. It was acquired by the Knowles Family (of The Manor and The Highlawn Pavilion) in 1994 and turned into a restaurant event space. It's a spectacular historic old mansion.

The date is Monday, November 28. For more information and pricing, see the brochure at the NJRA website.