Main Street Bistro, a Princeton fixture for affordable drinks and casual fare for more than a quarter century, is closing for good tomorrow, Aug. 26. The eatery was bought by the Fenwick Hospitality Group last year. The company also owns Agricola...
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Krystal KnappNew Hopewell group to host summer restaurant week in August
A new restaurant association in Hopewell Borough will host a summer restaurant week Aug. 7 to Aug. 13. As part of the event, the association will host a farmers’ market Aug. 9 to showcase the local farms the Hopewell restaurants use...
Main Street Bistro in Princeton to close this fall
Main Street Bistro, a Princeton fixture for drinks and casual fare at the Princeton Shopping Center for more than 25 years, is being closed down for good by its new owner, Fenwick Hospitality Group. Fenwick, the farm-focused company that owns...
Terhune Orchards wins Governor’s Cup and nine medals in NJ wine competition
Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery took home nine medals in the annual New Jersey Wine Competition. The competition is organized by the Garden State Wine Growers Association, a coalition of nearly 50 wineries and vineyards across New Jersey that...
Amazon to buy Whole Foods chain for $13.7 billion
Amazon.com Inc. will buy Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, bringing the e-commerce behemoth into hundreds of physical stores and achieving a long-held goal of selling more groceries. The sale was announced today. Amazon agreed to pay $42 a...
infini-T cafe in Princeton closed for good
infini-T Cafe and Spice Souk in downtown Princeton, a cafe that was known for its wide variety of teas, its vegan food, and its laid-back atmosphere, is closed for good. The Hulfish Street store was damaged last year after a rain storm caused flash...
Taco Truck closes all locations
The Taco Truck has closed all of its locations, including its eatery at the Princeton Shopping Center, and has shut down its food truck business as well. A message posted on the website this month informed Taco Truck fans of the closures. “It...
Mistral KOP opens in Pennsylvania
If you decide to shop at the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania, you will find a taste of Princeton among the many restaurants there. The long-awaited Mistral KOP has opened, the latest creation of prominent Princeton chef Scott Anderson and his...
EditorLast-Minute Valentine’s Day ideas in downtown Princeton
Restaurant reservations are quickly filling up for Valentine’s Day tomorrow, but it’s not too late to take advantage of specials in downtown Princeton. For those looking for a traditional Valentine’s Day dinner date, Witherspoon Grill will...
Ellie SchwartzDiners, Drive-Ins, and Dives Features Jammin’ Crepes Tonight
The hit Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives will feature Princeton eatery Jammin’ Crepes at 9 p.m. tonight, Nov. 18. Hosted by Guy Fieri, the road trip show highlights small, independent eateries. Tonight’s episode is called...
Rocky Hill Inn Chef to Be Featured on Guy Fieri’s ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’ Tonight, Oct. 14
Rocky Hill Inn Chef Evan Blomgren will be featured on Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” on the Food Network tonight, October 14, at 9 p.m. In the episode, entitled “Big Food, Small Towns” Fieri samples...
Halloween Cocktail Recipes for Every Haunted House Gathering
Chefs and bartenders in the region often send us seasonal and holiday recipes. Following are four of our favorite Halloween-inspired drinks from our archives, created by top New Jersey mixologists. Email your recipes to editor@planetprinceton.com...
Kung Fu Tea and Noodle House Opens on Nassau Street
Downtown Princeton finally has a restaurant that offers a variety of pho and other Vietnamese specialties, including rice bowls and Banh Mi. Not in the mood for a meal? You can choose from more than 50 tea offerings including milk green tea, taro...
Jules Thin Crust Pizza Now Open in Princeton
Just a week after Nomad Pizza opened at the Princeton Shopping Center, Jules Thin Crust Pizza is now open for business on Witherspoon Street in downtown Princeton, just in time for reunions and graduation. Jules serves organic thin crust pizzas and...
Princeton Farmers’ Market Kicks Off 2016 Outdoor Season Thursday
The Princeton Farmers’ Market will kick off its outdoor season tomorrow, May 19. The market will be held on Hinds Plaza on Witherspoon Street every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, through Nov. 17. This year the market features 25...
Nomad Pizza Opens in Princeton
Princeton area lovers of Nomad Pizza no longer need to make the trip to Hopewell Borough when they are craving some wood-fired Neapolitan pizza. The Princeton pizzeria opened Tuesday at the former site of the Amoco gas station at the Princeton...
Another Indian Restaurant to Replace Masala Grill
Masala Grill had its farewell party on Saturday, and two days later a sign is already up announcing that the oldest Indian restaurant in Princeton will be replaced with another Indian restaurant. Chennai Chimney is replacing Masala Grill. An opening...
Photo: Jules Pizza Replaces Subway
Workers removed the Subway sign from 18 Witherspoon Street in downtown Princeton last week and replaced it with a Jules pizza sign. There were conflicting reports in the press about whether Jules would replace Subway. The new pizzeria is slated to...
