ON VETERANS DAY NJ APPLEBEE’S SERVE FREE MEALS TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED

New Jersey (October 26, 2009) – Did you know that there are 23.6 million U.S. veterans in the United States, including 9.3 million over the age of 65 and 7.9 million Vietnam-era veterans? This Veterans Day, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar ^® restaurants throughout New Jersey are serving free entrees to our veterans and active duty military for proudly serving our country. All past and present members of the U.S. military are invited to come in and pull up a chair this Veterans Day at their favorite neighborhood restaurant for a delicious free entree and heartfelt thanks. With gratitude for their service and sacrifices, this November 11, hot food will flow freely for these local heroes from lunchtime through the dinner hours for dine-in guests at all New Jersey Applebee’s restaurants.   

Veterans as well as active duty military with proof of United States military service—such as a military ID or photo in uniform–can choose one complimentary entrée from a wide selection of favorites. A 7-ounce House Sirloin, Three-Cheese Chicken Penne, Fiesta Lime Chicken^®, Fire Pit Bacon Burger, Chicken Tenders Platter or Oriental Chicken Salad, including traditional sides, will be served to them “on the house.”

“It’s an honor to host an event that helps the neighborhood come together and say ‘thanks’ to our veterans and active servicemen and women,” said Kevin Coughlin, Director of Operations for Applebee’s New Jersey. “We feel a special connection to everyone who wears or has worn our nation’s uniform to protect our freedoms. We’re proud of their courage and happy to have this opportunity to offer a great meal with our compliments.”

Applebee’s in Flemington is located at 244 Highway 202.  To find other Applebee’s restaurants nearest you or for more information, visit www.applebees.com.

Lift Your Wine Glass to Land Preservation

(L to R) A wine distributor, Tom and Laura McMillan of West Amwell, Cleo Sharplin, owner of Alchemy in Frenchtown and a guest enjoy a prior year's wine tasting.

The Wine Hut of Milford and Frenchtown will hold a wine tasting fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m.on Friday, Sept. 4 as the opening event under the main tent at the annual RiverFest on Bridge Street in Frenchtown, to benefit the Hunterdon Land Trust and land preservation in the Delaware River Valley.

“We are grateful for the support of The Wine Hut, the Frenchtown RiverFest organizers and everyone who comes out to sip wine and make new friends,” said Margaret Waldock, executive director of the Hunterdon Land Trust.
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National Hotel sees the light

New owners Marie and Pete D'Costa, left, address the crowd at a symbolic reopening of the National Hotel. Keith Muccilli/ Staff.

FRENCHTOWN … A landmark inn at the gateway to this river town is seeing the light at the end of Route 12.

The National Hotel on Saturday moved a step closer to welcoming customers again as new owners Pete and Marie D’Costa removed the wooden boards from the windows of the historic inn, restaurant and tavern at the intersection of Route 12 and Race Street with a little help from friends, family and Mayor Ron Sworen.
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National Hotel to be liberated Saturday

The National Hotel the day before the boards come down. (Photo by Marie D'Costa)

Join the new owners of the National Hotel at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 8th as they tear down the wooden boards off the front of the landmark inn, restaurant and tavern at the gateway to this friendly river town.

The similarities in the significance of the storming of the Bastille (a/k/a Bastille Day) as the flashpoint of the French Revolution, and the “storming of The National Hotel’s shuttered premises” is an exaggeration, but nonetheless the removal of the wooden boards that have shuttered The National Hotel for over a year will truly mean a resuscitation of a historic town’s anchor business and the rejuvenation of the town itself.
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Lambertville Restaurant Week

Check out Lambertville Restaurant Week on Lois Heyman’s “The Food Chain” blog on MyCentralJersey.com:

SEE, a Lambertville organization founded upon “the three pillars of sustainability: Society, Environment, Economy, has organized Lambertville Restaurant Week with cooperation from local restaurants, farms, food producers and Zone 7, a local foods distributor. Diners at participating restaurants now through Sunday July 26 will be offered dishes specially prepared for this event using the finest local ingredients. Pick up a BYO bottle at Wonderful World of Wines or Walker’s Wine & Spirits for discounts on local and organic wine and beer to accompany dinners at more than a dozen Lambertville eateries. Find dessert at The Chocolate Box, where specials are available on chocolates made in Yardley with lavender honey. Walker’s will host an organic wine tasting 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 24. For more information, visit seelambertville.org.

Read the full article at: http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/foodchain/2009/07/22/think-global-eat-and-drink-local