In October of last year, Azalia Loza accompanied her daughter who was getting her hair done at a local beauty salon in town. After the appointment, Azalia looked around and saw potential. The quiet, calm streets of Roselle Park looked like the perfect location to move her store, which she named after her daughter, Sheila [...]
McDonald’s, located on the corner of West Westfield Avenue and Locust Street, appeared before the Municipal Land Use Board (MLUB) during their last meeting in December of 2012 to take the first step in expanding their location to encompass two lots on Route 28. The purpose for appearing before the MLUB was the application of [...]
Vintage Italian restaurant owner Clelia Morabito, or ‘Claire’ as she is known to some by way of the American version of her first name, has always had the food business as part of her life, “We had the deli bakery here for years. Before then I worked with my dad and my grandparents. I used [...]
Alberto Plaza and his wife, both originally from Chile, had been looking for a location to open up their specialty bakery, which is simply named ‘Chilean Bakery’. “I was looking for a place,” Alberto stated as we sat in his bakery enjoying a freshly made empanada, “And through a friend in the area, I heard [...]
As the first week in the life of Michael’s Pizzeria comes to an end, Michael Masi, the man behind the business’ namesake, every once in a while interrupts our conversation to still inspect every delivery that comes through the door. To Michael, quality is important, be it with his five dealerships, his wholesale produce business, [...]
Cousins Kenny & Omar have opened up a Bagel & Deli across the street from Borough Hall which will bring bagels of all varieties, muffins, sandwiches, coffee, and fruit smoothies to Roselle Park. Open seven days a week, Hot Bagels & Deli from from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and have hours [...]
Vinhus Restaurant & Lounge, located at 157 East Westfield Avenue, has designed a romantic pre-fixe, four-course menu with an extended wine and champagne selection for Valentine’s Day. Starting tonight, Friday, February 10th and continuing through February 14th, the Portuguese restaurant – in addition to their regular entrees – will be offering a choice of an [...]
Starting in 1977, Giuseppe and Brigida Padovano, or Joe & Bridget as they are better known, would greet customers at J&P Deli located at the corner of West Webster Avenue and Williow Avenue with coffee, bread, pizza, deli sandwiches, chips, and a warm smile. A little over 25 years later, they sold the business – [...]
As far as art is concerned, many would agree there is nothing more American than a Norman Rockwell painting. Sanjay Shah, or ‘Jay’ as he is more commonly known, thinks so. According to the municipality’s initial Work Stop Order and subsequent Notice of Denial, the Borough of Roselle Park seems to disagree. Jay is the [...]
In 1978, Americo Caracitas started in the restaurant business as a bartender in Switzerland. A little over a decade later he and his wife, Priscilla, owned Sagres Restaurant in the Ironbound Section of Newark for 20 years before selling it two (2) years ago. This year, the Kenilworth resident is opening Vinhus Restaurant & Lounge [...]