"When people come in, they just don't dine. "It's a mix, it's not your ordinary dinner experience," Mulligan said. Business has only gotten better since then, he said. The community, Mulligan said, has responded in-kind, filling Rails with foot traffic from its first day. "Almost like a time capsule, they wrote their names and little stories underneath. Go: 350 Main St., Bound Brook 73, mamarosinas."We actually invited local families to come and help us," Mulligan said. "Our regulars would be upset if we changed up the menu too much," laughed Todaro. Union Ave. in Bound Brook featuring the family matriarch, Rosina’s, recipes, they made the move but kept much else the same. After 20 years inside their former location at 440 W. The old station was converted into George’s Train Station Diner in the 1980s before being turned into a sports bar and then going vacant for about five years. Many commuters also place orders for pickup while they’re still on the train, going for items such as the Rigatoni Joseph with sausage, escarole, tomato, olive oil, garlic and marinara and their version of Veal Saltimbocca Alla Romano with breaded veal layered and topped with mozzarella cheese, spinach, prosciutto and tomato sauce. Todaro said that people often love to hang out and watch the trains go by from the outdoor patio, especially kids. “Everything is about the old architecture in here,” said Todaro of the eatery, which even utilizes the former ticket counter as a bar. Go: 11 Bridge St, Lambertville 60, Mama Rosina’s, Bound Brook “I fell in love with the building, and eight years later, we opened Lambertville Station.” “I thought maybe I would buy it one day and laughed it off since I was just a waiter at the time,” he said. They said that the demographics were wrong and it would never make it, said Whitaker. When working for chain eatery Victoria Station, which would refurbish old box cars as restaurant locations, Whitaker stumbled upon the Lambertville Station property and asked his company if they would be interested in buying it. READ: 11 places where your meal comes with a great view on the side “We have a platform dining area which is all glass-enclosed and has a beautiful view of the canal.” “I let the architecture speak for itself,” Whitaker said of the 250-seat restaurant. Lambertville Station Restaurant and Inn, Lambertvilleĭiners can enjoy dishes such as Chesapeake-style colossal lump crab cakes, French onion soup and lamb porterhouse inside the circa-1867 building, which once served as the headquarters of the Belvidere division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. We top the whole thing with a second layer of crushed graham crackers and, finally, drizzle chocolate syrup everywhere, just for fun." We take one of our homemade, fresh Ghiradelli Triple Chocolate brownies and place it on a bed of crushed graham crackers, cover it with marshmallows, then slowly roast it to achieve that perfect fireside golden brown. "The dessert is inspired by your typical s’more –graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows," said Mark Collins, an owner and general manager. More: NJ restaurants: 13 new restaurants at the Jersey Shoreįinally, there's The Jersey S'more. The whole thing then goes into the oven until the cheese is nice and melted. Another favorite is the reuben, a nod to the 12-year-old restaurant's roots as an Irish pub (it now serves a mix of Irish and American dishes). The sandwich starts with toasted rye bread and a touch of Thousand Island dressing, then thinly sliced, slow-cooked corned beef, grilled sauerkraut and Swiss cheese are piled on.
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