“DARYL (New Brunswick) This sexy boite is the hip new hang-out of the year. David Drake’s small plate delectables, when paired with wine and passed among friends, make the socializing even more fun.”

“THE FROG & THE PEACH (New Brunswick) Few restaurants last a quarter century. Fewer still navigate the shifting winds of public taste and the unforgiving shoals of the business to emerge—as the Frog and the Peach has—still on top and on course.” More about F&P review

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Movie: Some Like It Hot
Date Night: First 25 women will receive a rose compliments of Redwood Florists

5:30 PM Happy Hour with appetizers provided
Music provided by Sir Dam Street Band

Some Like it Hot; staring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon — where two struggling musicians witness the St, Valentine’s Day Massacre and try to find a way out of the city before they are found and killed by the mob. The only job that will pay their way is an all girl band so the two dress as women.

If you bring a non-perishable food item to the event you can take $1.00 of your ticket order.
To order tickets email citymarket@newbrunswick.com or call 732.545.4849.
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85 Steakhouse
(formerly Gaebel’s)
85 Church Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
www.steakhouse85.com

The paper reported earlier that Rutgers had guaranteed Schiano $250,000 on top of the $2 million annual contract he signed in February 2007. The extra money was channeled through the Nelligan Sports Marketing firm and does not show up on the school’s books.

Rutgers is being criticized over the lack of disclosure of the various incentives. State Sen. Loretta Weinberg asked the state inspector general and state comptroller to open investigations. “The taxpayers deserve to know the total price tag that comes with the hiring of a prominent and sought-after football coach,” said Weinberg, referring to the side letters as a “covert operation.”

Schiano earned bonuses last year of $50,000 for the Scarlet Knights’ bowl appearance, $100,000 for reaching a ticket sales benchmark and $25,000 for the team’s academic progress rating. The university also sold land to the coach and gave him an $800,000 interest-free loan that is being forgiven at a rate of $100,000 a year while he remains at Rutgers.

McCormick said the school included a stadium clause as an incentive to retain Schiano, who has been courted in recent seasons by college powers Miami and Michigan. The $102 million renovation, which will add 14,000 new seats, is over budget.

University officials say the first phase, adding approximately 1,000 “premium” seats, will be ready by the end of August, but bids for the addition of 13,000 more seats came in $18 million higher than anticipated.

The Open House will feature lively and informative tours of the Rutgers Gardens and The Donald B. Lacey Display Garden and the opportunity to sample the wines of five New Jersey wineries.

The wineries, Auburn Road Vineyards and Chestnut Run Farms, both of Pilesgrove, Bellview Winery of Landisville, Heritage Winery of Richwood and Plagidos Winery of Hammonton, will host the wine tasting and sales from 11 am until 3 pm. in the Sun and Shade Garden. Admission for the tasting is $5 at the gate and includes the opportunity to try more than 50 wines grown in vineyards in New Jersey.

Persons attending the festival will have the opportunity to visit The Donald B. Lacey Garden and its wide array of spectacular plantings of annuals, tropicals and perennial flowers as well as herbs and vegetables, grown and tended by volunteer gardeners. The theme for this year’s open house is “Color My World”. The Gardens features “All American,” award-winning plant selections and many new and unusual varieties of annuals, tropicals, vegetables and herbs.

This year’s festival will also include a Garden Market featuring local produce vendors and artisans as well as garden seminars including “Ponds 101” presented by Grounds Keeper, Inc., “Root Invigoration” by Bartlet Tree Experts, “Composting” by the Monmouth County Master Gardeners and the popular “Ask the Expert” Clinic.

More info: http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/openhouse.html

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RU Crazy wants to thank it’s customers for the great year that they have had selling Rutgers merchaindise by offering hambugers, hotdogs and appetizers

The show, open to artists who are at least 18 years of age, will offer competitions and the opportunity to showcase paintings, sculptures, photographs, fine crafts, illustrations and graphics, including those generated by computer.

A special “Green Art” category was created last year for artists who work exclusively with environmentally-friendly materials. Exhibiting artists must display original works, framed or otherwise prepared, for suitable exhibit under a canopy.

Interested artists should print an application form. Applications, slides and fees must be submitted by Friday, Aug. 8.

The cost of attending Rutgers University this fall will rise to $21,482 for New Jersey residents, making it one of the costliest public colleges in the nation. Undergraduate tuition for New Jersey residents will increase by $727, to $9,268 a year. Out-of-state students will pay $19,216. Fuel costs and state budget cuts are the reason… the board of governors approved a $1.8 billion budget yesterday that includes a 6.5 percent overall increase in tuition, fees, room and board.

Nova Terra
78 Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-296-9696
http://www.terramomo.com/restaurant/novaterra/index.html

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Hours:
Lunch: Mon-Fri: 11:30am-5pm
Dinner: Mon-Thur: 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat: 5pm-12am; Sun: 4pm-10pm
Bar open: Thur-Sat until 2am

COMING SOON: Park Deli
in the Rutgers Police Building
on Commercial Ave (corner George St)
New Brunswick, NJ 08901