Man, I feel like writing a capsule review of this place. First day back from vacation, and hitting it hard with a plunge into the basement of the Otemachi Building and yet another new restaurant. Not intentional, I swear it. Shouya is part of the big, bad New Tokyo group, which includes about 15 brands […]
Month: May 2009
Nucci’s Italian Ice, Sewell
We wanted to track down the store associated with the tiny ‘Italian Ice’ sign we had seen on the road to Terra Nova. Rolling across the street we saw another, and followed this and some others, like a trail of breadcrumbs to the witch’s house, to a small strip mall around the corner. Not an […]
Terra Nova, Sewell
Well, we knocked off all the basics in order to bring you a comprehensive dining guide to South Jersey cuisine, such as it is. With that done, there was nothing for the last night but a leisurely dinner out, and Terra Nova is a competent location for that. Pictures may follow if I can find […]
Ciconte’s, Glassboro
Ahhh, the Final Countdown. Not only some cheezy 80’s hair metal, but the enumeration of South Jersey meibutsu that we ticked off over the course of recent days. This is the biggest of them, and we’ve saved the best until somewhere around last…Cheesesteaks. If you’ve ever had a Philly Steak…then forget whatever you ate, because […]
Water Ice Station, Pitman
No doubt you’ll remember the Water Ice Station from the 15 or so years they spent in their Pitman Ave location, just across the little alley from the Itaska Building and across the street from Rosebud Florists. There was a lot of sadness in some minds, at least mine, when they closed that store – […]
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Mary’s Panhead Pub, Gibbstown
Mary, why ya buggin? With this post, we finally make good on the first element of our nj promise – rockin’. Unfortunately, a wardrobe malfunction means there are no audio recordings of the event, but there are certainly pictures aplenty…you’ll have to be in the Inner Circle to see those, unfortunately. As you can probably […]
La China Poblano, Glassboro
Surprisingly, mes amis, there’s a real dearth of Mexican opportunities around Pitman (and it’s not just because of the racial bias, because the surrounding towns are weak also). Last week EOIPwJ visited a chain establishment called Moe’s that was so dull we couldn’t even get up the gumption to write about it (which you know […]
The Landmark, Glassboro
The Landmark – seemingly striving to be the hub of the massive and truly strange development activity afoot on the outskirts of downtown Glassboro. But quite accidentally – when this place fully remodeled and moved in to the old Franklin House site, I think most people were as surprised as me. It seemed like a […]
Pal Joey’s, Sewell
Most places claim to have some meibutsu, ne? And they’re usually pretty boring. How many times have you eaten famous local soba? Nihonshu? Akafuku? Need I continue? Philadelphia is a lucky, lucky city for the simple reason that it has too famous foods and both of them kick ass. While we have still not made […]
Rita’s Italian Ice, Glassboro
Despite the friendly and familial name, this is a franchise water ice place. I’ll probably manage to get to the Water Ice Station before leaving Pitman, so there was limited need to get into ice from Rita’s (or explain it to you now), and as a result we just had soft ice cream. Nothing to […]