Sal Basile, the co-founder of multi-state Artichoke Basile’s Pizza, opened an Italian restaurant in Red Bank this month. The place is named for Basile’s son and is also an homage to his own childhood nickname. Sally Boy’s offers Italian dishes Basile grew up eating, including pizza, calzones, fresh pastries and other breakfast, lunch and dinner options. A special menu includes the Salzone: a monster-size calzone filled with eggplant and cheese, topped with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of imported olive oil.
1 Broad Street, Red Bank; 732-301-5222
Inspired by Miami nightlife, this bar-slash-bistro offers guests bottle service and a cocktail menu, which includes the Getting Figgy With It (fig vodka, white cranberry, fresh lime, flamed rosemary), the Miami Nights (RumHaven, guava, fresh lime, mint), the Mocha Miami (vodka, coffee liqueur, mocha rum cream, cinnamon) and more. The food menu offers tapas, entrées and sides.
39 Harding Avenue, Clifton; 973-272-3316
One of NJM’s favorite 30 restaurants of 2022, Hearthside is switching gears in March. The restaurant announced in an Instagram post that it will move to a pre-fixe menu, due to rising food costs and also in an effort to continue evolving. The new menu will change bi-weekly and be released ahead of time.
801 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood; 856-240-1164
Owner Mike Guerriero is bringing his gelato to Morristown. The creative flavors on the menu include cannoli cream, tiramisu and blueberry basil—the flavor that won Guerriero an award at Gelato Festival America 2018. The menu also offers hard ice cream and Italian ice.
64 South Street, Morristown; 201-345-1806
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His organization’s JBJ Soul Kitchen has provided hundreds of thousands of pay-what-you-can meals at its community restaurants throughout the state.
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