While Bloomfield wants to be the next Sundance, Montclair currently has bragging rights as the suburb of choice for Madison Avenue. All those lighting trucks, dressing rooms and film crews several readers spotted yesterday at Grove and Watchung were busy filming a commercial for Pizza Hut. A bit ironic that the massed produced pizza corp would choose a location in Baristaville, where we’ve got plenty of yummy mom and pop places to choose from. Other filming yesterday: a commercial for Cingular, produced by Park Pictures, was shot at Haddon Place and South Mountain. Over on Alexander as well as Norman Road, stills were being shot for a non-smoking campaign.
Lights, Camera, Pizza?
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“A bit ironic that the massed produced pizza corp would choose a location in Baristaville, where we√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve got plenty of yummy mom and pop places to choose from.”
Yes, most ironic. Why anyone would choose Pizza Hut over Villa Victoria or the Star Tavern is beyond me.
I like the burrito pizza!
Star Tavern is the best.
Try the Park Tavern in East Rutherford, right by the railroad tracks. (As I recall, I once gave Liz George directions there but never heard if she’d really gone.) And Barcelona’s in Garfield (which also always has both tripe and scungili on its menu).
I looooooooooooove STAR TAVERN!
Our new favorite — Enzo’s — opposite Nauna’s — great white pizza.
cathar, following your enthusiastic endorsements of Rutt’s (as well as the driving directions) has done the applefamily well (if adding .25″ to the fat layer that protects my heart is “doing well”). Now I guess we’ll have to truck on over to a railroad siding in East Rutherford!
appletony, there is reputedly both “good” and “bad” cholesterol. Let us hope it’s the same with cooking grease, and my wishes to thee and thine (and those associated with Miss Martta and Iceman and “divers others,” you all probably know who you are) for a truly grand, glorious and FLAG-FLYING Fourth!
And it’s not a “siding,” appletony, but a main commuter line. Literally the wrong side of the tracks, too (which is probably why God made me grow up there), across from dead, DRY Rutherford.
curried lamb burgers w/ Saveur Creole chutney, sesame seed buns, grilled tomatoes w/feta
Cathar and Ice: Will we see you at the parade in Montclair?
OK..where is Star Tavern?
Miss M…The Iceman will be at the parade cheering on the baristanet float.
cathar…a happy flag waving 4th to you and the family. In honor of the red white and blue, I will break out and enjoy a can of my favorite patriotic beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Where is Star Tavern? I need a night off!
Miss Martta, I attended last year’s parade and once was enough. What a wretchedly non-patriotic vibe the whole affair gave off (even if I did buy a support shirt for Mounties Football, no matter that it’s, horrors, organized athletics). And is there a rule somewhere that the more liberal the marching group, the more pallid the complexions and the more feebly coordinated the attempts to march perkily? (They were in lockstep, alright, dreary, Birkenstock-shuffling, out-of-step-with-the-rest-of-America unison.)
another enthusiastic thumbs up for Star Tavern. It’s in Orange at the corner of Washington and High St. Not far from S.end of Montclair or Glen Ridge. Town Pub in Bloomfield has similiar pizza with out the same crowds. (but admittedly not quite as good)
But Cathar, that’s the beauty of it. It’s like, “what will they think of next?”
To counteract them, my boyfriend and I alwyas make a point of dressing as patriotically as possible, carrying tiny flags, etc., and booing at the ACLU.
Gad, even the pizza thread has to get political!
“No Parking-Parade Route” signs went up earlier this afternoon.
CLC== hadn’t been in the Towbn Pub for about 10 years, went about 6 wks ago. Still depressing, lousy food, altho we did have a lovely waitress.
Cathar is correct — Park Tavern pizza is awesome. I actually went a while back and enjoyed it — and a beer. Like the whole dark vibe too, especially on a sunny day, which is when dropped in for lunch.
I hate the 4th of July parade and all those liberal left wing loonies and their “free speech!” Imagine, on Independence Day! The nerve!
I say shut the hell up! Let’s get some badass tanks up in this house! Some freakin’ guns and stuff.
Yeah! USA rox!
“Let’s get some badass tanks up in this house! Some freakin’ guns and stuff.”
I agree.
Yes, and the CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION! Horrors! How un-American!
In Montclair the 4th of July is the day to celebrate everything that is wrong with America. Because, as every liberal (inaccurately) quotes Jefferson “dissent is the highest from of Patriotism”.
(accuracy – shmaccuracy!)
Way to stay on the story B-net! You guys rock!
Now, as for the Park Tavern, I’ve tried them several times, because many people rate them highly, but I have to say I’ve been underwhelmed everytime. Soggy crust, standard pizza cheese, dull sauce: I don’t see what the attraction is.
For my taste, you’re better off staying on this side of the tracks & stopping at New York Pizza in Rutherford proper. (You’ll have to BYO of course.) Particularly if you like mushrooms.
If anyone is ever in Northern Bergen County, it is your moral obligation as pizza aficionados to find Kinchley’s. It’s on the Franklin Turnpike about a mile from Rt. 17. (heading toward Mahwah.) I was reared on that stuff, and although I love Star, Kinchley’s is my fave. Any excuse for my husband and I to be close to that place is good enough to down a couple of pies.
Star Tavern all the way!
Has anyone who trumpets Star Tavern actually spent any time in NYC trying ANY pizza at ANY local joint? Jersey pizza is not the same as NY pizza, and I think Star is lame.
I think SoHo in upper Montclair (on Valley) is awesome pizza … I’m just mad that they overcharged me on a delivery by $5 and when I called to say “how can one pizza cost $30?” they said “oh, we’ll give it back to you next time.” Well, there hasn’t been a next time. Which won’t stop me from getting a slice when passing by, but I certainly won’t order for delivery. It’s a shame, because it’s the best pizza around.
crank, you’re all wrong. New York Pizza is Rutherford is but a pallid version of the “real thing,” which, naturally, is on the wrong side of the tracks. There is nothing remotely funky in Rutherford in any sense, never has been, never will be. And in ER, at the Park Tavern, you can get a beer.
Mmm, beer.
Booing the ACLU, aaah that’s patriotism!
The ACLU defends the Bill of Rights. Half the time, I am repulsed by their actions, the other half, I am pleased.
Free Society isn’t easy, sweet, clean and/or neat.
For many years Ed Ferdon was the chief volunteer organizer for the parade. Ed was many things, one thing was not was Liberal.
Each year, the night before the parade there would be a barbecue for the volunteers. Ed would read the order of march for the crowd.
When he came to a group that made some in the crowd uneasy (probably Ed included) he added:
They live in our town
They pay taxes in our town
They march in OUR Parade.
KLA, it is sometimes not so much the ACLU itself that merits decrying as it is the scumbgags it so earnestly defends. Such effort to keep the true dregs of society unconfined and unmuzzled, it raises the issue of how much the ACLU is ever on the side of the angels. And a review of the curious career and speeches of Roger Baldwin shows that he desired an America very different in fact from the one both me and thee reside in. His adherents remain much with us, alas, and they really aren’t truly ever as interested in defending everyone’s freedoms as they are in coddling the worst among us. To the end of furthering Baldwin’s vision of America, perhaps.
Ok, this year I won’t boo the ACLU, I’ll just turn my back on them. Does that make its defenders happy?
After all, I have just as much right to do so just as much as someone has the right not to say the Pledge of Allegiance or even to burn the flag.
Miss Martta, before you cease booing the ACLU, take a good look at its ranks as they pass by tomorrow. Imagine the other causes these marchers likely espouse, along with the slime their organization has consistently defended, their probable lack of sympathyand disdain for anything remotely conservative, evangelical (any denomination) or, gasp!!, Republican.
See? It’s really okay to keep on with the Bronx cheers. (Just try to save some lungpower for the grievace zombies of BlueWnew Prius decorated like the Toonerville Trolley that will probably be lasermikey’s very own float.)
The phrase above should read “BlueWaveNJ and for the….”
when the aclu floats passes I will recite the pledge of allegiance and hold up a copy of the ten commandments.
Anyone caring to take the trouble to visit the ACLU’s website will learn that–as one page reports–“ACLU of New Jersey Defends Second-Grader’s Right to Sing Religious Song (6/5/2006).” The same story concludes with a statement that the NJ ACLU “has participated in other cases involving the right of individual religious expression, including recently helping to ensure that jurors are not removed from jury pools for wearing religious clothing and that prisoners are able to obtain religious literature.”
Commitment to the principle of freedom of speech does not permit selective defense of that right, which in turn means that hateful and/or objectionable speech of any of a variety of flavors must also be protected and defended. That’s core American patriotism, to my mind, and well worth celebrating in a parade.
why does the ACLU fight so hard to allow someone to burn the flag as an example of our freedom of expression but they then will work equally hard not allow me the right to say a prayer with my football team? Isn’t that being selective? and don’t throw the feeble excuse of separation of church and state.
Iceman,
Do you believe that the ACLU is wrong when they work to remove the ten commandments from courthouses?
“Don’t throw in the feeble excuse of church and state”?
Yeah, that ol’ Constitution is about as feeble as they come, isn’t it? I can hardly believe that out founding fathers wrote it. Those weak-minded fools.
Swamp,
“Commitment to the principle of freedom of speech does not permit selective defense of that right, which in turn means that hateful and/or objectionable speech of any of a variety of flavors must also be protected and defended. That’s core American patriotism, to my mind, and well worth celebrating in a parade.”
Thanks, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Ice,
“why does the ACLU fight so hard to allow someone to burn the flag as an example of our freedom of expression but they then will work equally hard not allow me the right to say a prayer with my football team? Isn’t that being selective? and don’t throw the feeble excuse of separation of church and state.”
It is all a matter of timing and appropriateness. I think the little girl ought to be able to sing whatever she likes. I do not think it is appropriate for a Coach to lead his or her team in prayer (unless the team is from a parochial school).
Miss Martta,
You may do as you like and think appropriate. I would just remind you that the marchers are our neighbors and and marching in the parade is an act of patriotism. You may disagree with their definition of patriotism, but that does not necessarily mean they love their country any less than you.
I would make the same comments to those who might boo the Young Republicans or the Montclair Republican Club, should they be marching.
Neither side should be the first to throw a stone here.
Tomorrow is about what makes us great, together.
The Top 5 Patriotic Pickup Lines
5> “Hey, wanna be bipartisan and help my blue state?”
4> “You must be an enemy combatant, ’cause I want to hold you
indefinitely.”
3> “Of thee I SCHWING!”
2> “Why don’t we invade Mybedistan and uncover oh-Godda
insurgents until emission is accomplished?”
and Topfive.com’s Number 1 Patriotic Pickup Line…
1> “Baby, I’d like to load you up on Sam Adams and ride you
like Paul Revere.”
For every aspiring chanteuse who wants to sing Christian rock at a school assembly, the ACLU rushes to the defense of far more terrorists, pornographers, drug dealers, murderers and assorted other pond scum. The balance sheet is way out of wack. How much of it is truly worth great expenditures of time, money and legal effort, one might also ask.
Who cares, too, if the ACLU defends, say, Klansmen’s right to assemble or Nazis’ right to march in Skokie? The Republic will not crumble if the bedsheets gather, freedom is hardly advanced by a swastika-laden parade. This is the sort of reality that indicates how out of touch with most of America the ACLU may really be.
Perhaps, Kevin Lee, were local Republicans numerous enough to march on the 4th (or, as is maybe the case, not afraid of jeering from NJ’s most liberal town), you might have occasion to literally defend their right to parade and your commitment might thus be tested. Instead, we will get the pallid, shuffling ranks of BlueWaveNJ, which at the very least are no match for a smartly stepping military color guard, let alone Toby Keith songs.
You seem to assume that the ACLU is fiercely committed to the defense of everyone’s rights. An examination of its procedures and its history over the last 50 years does not exactly support that assumption. Nor, I suspect, is the ACLU on any level much interested in a consideration of what makes us great TOGETHER as a nation. More so in the identification and nurturing of a culture of grievance and moral lassitude that fractures our hard-won unity, which certainly would not be recognized as somehow desirable by the Founding Fathers. The time for such an organization is rapidly passing for so many reasons, and comparative few would mourn such an end.
Certainly, too, that the ACLU would of late be so interested in stifling dissent within its own boardmember ranks indicates the cracking of its facade of “mere” overarching concern for civil rights.
You can get a beer & crappy pizza in ER. And low low property taxes thanx to the Meadowlands. It’s still crappy pizza.
NY Pizza is simply the best within a limited radius, I made no other claims. Star Tavern & Kinchley’s may well be better. I’ve had better at several places in NYC, not to mention in Italy itself.
I’ve also tried Park Tavern at least 3 times over the past 15 years & was disappointed every time. Lousy sausage, raw onions, & soggy pizza. People keep talking about their thin crisp crusts but they’ve always been soggy for me. If that’s “funk,” I’m staying on this side of the tracks with whatever it is we’ve got here.
Fine work reporting on the Pizza Hut film shoot, Barista net…but you missed one little interesting detail on the story. The director happened to be a guy named Jesse Dylan, son of a fairly well-known musician named Bob…
Really? Bob who?
Bob. you know …he’s the guy who wrote “ballad of a thin crust” or something like that ..
Oh yeah, Bob! The same guy who wrote Subterranean Home Delivery Blues. I can’t stand him. Too cheesy.