Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The results of recent inspections at various food establishments in Red Bank.
Health departments in Monmouth County inspected numerous food establishments in late February and early March. A satisfactory rating indicates the business is in compliance state food safety and sanitation requirements. A conditional satisfactory rating indicates the establishment was in violation of one or more requirements and will be subject to an unannounced reinspection. An unsatisfactory rating indicates unsafe or unsanitary conditions requiring the owner to cease operation until the conditions are resolved and a reinspection takes place. There are seven regional health departments responsible for the 53 municipalities in Monmouth County. Red Bank and Shrewsbury are covered by the Monmouth Regional Health Commission, which can be …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A quick peak inside the Broad Street building that will house Char restaurant.
In just a few months, the image you see above of a gutted-out building, torn down to the studs and brick, with debris littering the concrete floor, will be home to Red Bank's hottest and hippest new restaurant, Char Steakhouse. Just last February, the owners behind the plan to bring Char to Red Bank won site plan approval from the borough's Planning Board. The approval came with a couple of variances, most of them having to do with the modern style and design - both inside and outside of the building - developed by Cahill Studio. While work is underway, it's clear they've got a ways to go if they want to meet their scheduled September opening. The first step, however, is tearing it back down so it can be built back up. On a beautiful day …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The steakhouse, expected to open this year, will occupy a central location abandoned by Ashes Cigar Club.
Since it closed its doors for the last time, broken, finally, by the most severe penalty it had faced after years of threats and warnings, losing its liquor license, the site of an Ashes Cigar Club on Broad Street has been a black mark on Red Bank’s carefully manicured downtown. The opening of Char Steakhouse in as little as a few months could turn the embattled location into one of the borough’s brightest spots. An established brand with a track record of success at its Raritan location, Char is promising to bring with it not only the food its known for, but a unique and modern style designed to compliment, not clash, with the historic brick aesthetic of the downtown. For Red Bank RiverCenter, the organization whose purpose it is to …
Monday, February 6, 2012
The owners of Char are looking for variances from the Planning Board to open their new restaurant on Broad Street.
The group looking to bring Char steakhouse to Red Bank is hoping the borough’s Planning Board sees fit to approve its site plan and issue a number of variances for necessary changes currently standing in its way. Good Forks Properties will appear before the Planning Board tonight with its plan to open a Char steakhouse at 33 Broad Street, the former Broad Street site of Ashes Cigar Club. The combo bar, restaurant and smoking lounge was shut down in 2010 after a tumultuous several years that ultimately ended with the business closing after being stripped of its liquor license. The site lay dormant for some time with only a sign with the image of a bulldog smoking a cigar serving as a reminder of its past. One weekend this past August, …
Laura Justice
3:36 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
I will always think of that place as "Ashes". There will never be another...Went there since it opened and it will be greatly missed...Good luck to the new owners...but it will never be the same... more ›