It’s that time again for foodies to come out and eat! Downtown Westfield Restaurant Week Winter 2012 will take place Sunday, February 19 – Thursday, March 1. It will run for two weeks excluding Friday and Saturday. Enjoy a two-course Lunch for $10, a two-course Dinner for $20, or a three-course Dinner for $30. For the first time, restaurants have the option to offer either a $20 or $30 dinner, but not both. So make sure to check which dinner option your favorite restaurant has selected. Tax, gratuity and beverages are not included. Reservations are recommended. Please call the restaurant directly to reserve. For more information, contact the Downtown Westfield Corporation 908.789.9444.

Click here for a list of participating restaurants.

Celebrate Love ALL Weekend

Join us Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for a Special 4-Course Prix-Fixe menu with a wide selection of some of your favorites for $82 per person (plus tax & gratuity)

Visit our website to view our menu

SUNDAY’S LOVERS BRUNCH
12pm – 3pm
Three-Course Prix-Fixe
$42 Per Person (plus tax & gratuity)
With A Complimentary Glass of Champagne

Call NOW for reservations
201.556.1530

Valentine’s Dining at Chakra called über romantic by artful diner on January 24, 2012 From Saturday.

What are you waiting for?

Chakra
West 144 State Rt 4 Eastbound
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 556-1530

Our next wine dinner is Tuesday
January 31 6:30PM

RECEPTION
ROSE Jansz NV

FIRST COURSE
Olive Oil Poached Lobster
smoked potatoes, pancetta, green apple
VIOGNIER Yalumba 2009, Barossa

SECOND COURSE
Crispy Chicken Confit
slow roasted tomatoes, white bean puree
GRENACHE Yalumba Bushvine 2008, Barossa

THIRD COURSE
Beef & Barley
entrecote double, mustard and herb crusted, root vegetables, barley, red beet
CABERNET SAUVIGNON Yalumba The Cigar 2009, Coonawarra

DESSERT
Carrot Cake
mascarpone parfait glace, spiced raisin, pineapple, walnuts
MUSCAT Yalumba Museum

$59 per person (plus tax & gratuity)

All wines are served as 2oz. tasting portions

Call for Reservations
201.556.1530
Seats are Limited

Chakra
West 144 State Rt 4 Eastbound
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 556-1530

Sorry Cheeseheads, No Wisconsin Cheese on this Burger

Clifton, NJ – January 16 – Following the New York G-Men’s upset victory last night in Green Bay, Zinburger is offering the Big Blue Burger to celebrate the big win and support the team in it’s quest for a fourth professional football championship.

The Big Blue Burger is made with certified Angus beef, Maytag Blue Cheese, two slices of Applewood smoked bacon with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. The burger is cooked to order on a griddle in its own juices and served on lightly buttered, brioche-style bun.

“With all due respect to last year’s champions, you won’t find any Wisconsin cheese on the Big Blue Burger,” said Rick Barbrick, President and COO of The Briad Group, licensee for the Clifton Zinburger. “We’d rather serve great burgers and wine than make predictions, but we are planning to have the Big Blue Burger on the menu through Sunday, February 5.“

Zinburger offers weekly burger specials each week. However, The Big Blue Burger will remain on the menu as long as the G-Men stay alive in the quest for a championship.

About Zinburger:

Zinburger, a unique concept centered on gourmet burgers combined with perfectly paired wine selections, is located just a few milesfrom the Meadowlands Sports Complex at The Promenade Shops at Clifton, 850 Route 3, Clifton, New Jersey, 07012. Hours are: Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

For more information, call 973-272-1492 or visit http://www.zinburgernj.com/.

New Flavors Creations with 295 or Fewer Calories Only Taste Indulgent

Clifton, NJ – January 10 – CUPS Frozen Yogurt, the beach-themed self-serve fro-yo concept with locations in Clifton and East Hanover, New Jersey, is making it a little easier on those who have made food-related resolutions this year. Sacrifices and restrictions are out. New treats, with 295 calories or less, that only taste indulgent, are in.

Each week in January, CUPS is featuring a Guiltless Indulgence Creation made with limited-time fro-yo flavors combined with special toppings and sauces. Each lower- calorie creation is loaded with flavor and fun, but have little to no fat and are low calorie.

Schedule:

Week of January 9 – Strawberry Slim Cake

• 6 ounces non-fat Angel Food Cake and non-fat Very Strawberry Swirl fro-yo, 1Ž4 cup sliced strawberries, 1Ž2 tablespoon crushed graham crackers and one tablespoon of Ghirardelli White Chocolate Sauce.

Total calories: 237

Week of January 16 – Maple Bacon Donut De-Light

• 6 ounces of non-fat Maple Bacon Donut fro-yo, 2 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles, and one tablespoon of Ghirardelli Caramel Sauce

Total calories: 260

Week of January 23 – Skinny Toffee Mocha

• 6 ounces of Toffee Mocha fro-yo, one tablespoon sliced almonds and one tablespoon of caramel.

Total calories: 295

The Guiltless Indulgence creations are available each week in January while supplies last. For more information, call 973-386-0702 or visit www.cupsfrozenyogurt.com.

About CUPS Frozen Yogurt:

Since opening in November last year, CUPS has taken the Tri-State area by storm becoming the local hot spot for teenagers and adults alike who make their own fro-yo concoctions choosing from 24 yogurt flavors and over 50 different toppings and three sauces.

CUPS, however, is much more than great frozen yogurt. CUPS was designed around the experience. According to President and COO of The Briad Group, and CUPS co-founder, Rick Barbrick,“CUPs is more of a nightclub kind of experience. We have loud dance music with lighting and murals that give us a little bit of an edgy vibe versus a normal yogurt bar or ice cream shop.”

New CUPS New Jersey locations will be opening soon in East Brunswick, Morristown and Bayonne.

Celebrate The New Year
Saturday Night, 12/31
Seating from 5:00 to 11:00

Early Seating Menu 5:00 – 6:00.
A la Carte selections
See the menu

A fabulous option for those with somewhere else to go this festive evening….Even if that is home by the fire.

Later Seating 7:00 to 11:00
Gala Prix Fixe Menu

Special Celebration Holiday menu with choice of appetizer, salad, choice of main course and choice of dessert (plus a chef’s amuse to start).

Want to make it a night, consider a show at The Stress Factory, The State Theater or George Street Playhouse before or after dinner!

Staying late? How about ringing in the New Year watching fireworks from off the roof of the Heldrich! You can see them from our garden room or step out onto the sidewalk in front of the building. No need to leave!

Too tired or too tipsy to drive home, The Heldrich and The Hyatt have a special rate for F&P/New Brunswick Rocks

Holiday Giving
Gift Certificates from the Frog

It’s fast, it’s easy, it will make them happy

• On line at Frogandpeach.com
• By phone 732 846 3216 ext 0
• Drop by 29 Dennis St New Brunswick

Annual Holiday Gift Certificate Deal! Get TWO $50 Gift Certificates for $85
Not available on line, valid after 12/26

The Holiday Season at a Glance:
Our Schedule

The week before Christmas (12/18-12/23): 5-Course Game Tasting Menu with Wine, $164 for TWO. A $60 Savings!

Christmas Eve, Saturday
4:30 to 9:00
Regular Dinner Menu with Holiday Specials

Christmas Day and Monday, 12/26: Closed

Home for the Holiday
Tuesday December 27 – Friday December 30
Dinner: 5-Course Game Tasting Menu with Wine, $164 for TWO.
Lunch: 1/2 price Burger and $25 Prix Fixe
Works really well for those going to the theater or just being with friends and family.

New Year’s Eve (see details above)
Saturday December 31
Seating from 5:00 – 11:00

New Year’s Day and Monday 1/2: Closed

Holiday Parties, Still Time

We still have some availabilities during the week before Christmas. Call Jack and let us arrange your holiday entertaining. Friends, Family or Colleagues, they will be toasting you for having done the right thing.

Like us, too busy to celebrate? Make plans for early January and start the New Year right.
Private spaces for groups ranging from 8 up.

See the Party section of our website

Reach Jack at 732 846 3216 ext. 16 or partyplanner@frogandpeach.com

Mark Altom “Beer vs. Wine Show Down Dinner”
Friday February 3, 2012. $115 all inclusive.

Whoever would have guessed that wine maven Mark Altom also drinks beer! This dinner is going to take a larger than usual team of F&P professionals to pull off! Each course of the dinner will be matched with one beer and one wine: attendees will vote for the best pairing. Our beloved regular Mark Altom will be choosing the wines and his colleague Steve Ashton, the opposing beers. Chef Bruce Lefebvre has devised the menu (even-handedly of course). GM/Wine Guy Jim Mullen has enlisted the talents of Head Bar Tender Phil Fazio for his expertise on beer. Let the game begin!

On the Burner for early 2012

• Draft Beer returns to The F&P. We’re not a ‘shot and beer’ joint but we do have some really great beers. Starting in early January, we wil be offering Hand crafted, small batch beer on tap. Just a couple at a time, in addition to our bottled beers; optimally fresh, something you can’t find everywhere, something special.
• Local Seafood Tasting Menu. Replacing the Game Tasting on or around January 11, Chef Bruce will be introducing a 5 Course Winter Seafood Tasting Menu. Yes, out of Point Pleasant and Cape May, while the summer crowds are long gone, the fishing boats are still going out into the cold Atlantic to bring in an abundance of cold water seafood. Among possible selections are monkfish, scallops, squid, fluke, golden tile, lobster, clams, black sea bass, mackerel, whiting, and porgy. Available with or without wine paired to each course.
• Valentine’s Day: Tuesday February 14. A Special Prix Fixe Menu. 3-Course plus Chef Amuse. Or make it a weekend celebration and dine a la carte Friday – Monday.
• Mullen on Wine: The Great Wine Regions of Italy in Three Classes. Fridays in March: 16, 23 & 30
  The sequel to the 2010 French wines class, General Manager and Wine guy Jim Mullen shares his passion and knowledge about wine, this year landing in Italy. The course can be taken as a series of 3 or just a class or two. Also included in the grand-package is the Italian Wine Dinner in April. Choose how much or how little you want to participate in.
  $130 for all three classes
  For all 3 classes and dinner on April 14, $235
  $55 for individaul class
  Dinner seperately $125
• Italian Wine Dinner: Saturday April 14, 2012. The culmination of our Italian wine class (see above) top wines introduced in the weeks before matched with Bruces best efforts
  $125 including tax and tip

Frog and the Peach
29 Dennis St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 846-3216

Our next wine dinner is Tuesday December 20th 6:30PM with Lou Insel, Regional Manager of Kobrand

RECEPTION
Oysters on the Half Shell
DOMAINE CARNEROS Brut 2007
60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

FIRST COURSE
Foie Gras Galette
grape gelee, marcona almonds
TAITTINGER Brut La Francaise

SECOND COURSE
Lacquered Duck Breast
sweet potato cake, savoy cabbage
DOAMINE CARNEROS Pinot Noir 2008

DESSERT
“Passion 4 Champagne”
four tastings of passion fruit and champagne
DOMAINE CARNEROS Brut Rose Damask

$59 per person (plus tax & gratuity)

Call for Reservations
201.556.1530
Seats are Limited

Chakra
West 144 State Rt 4 Eastbound
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 556-1530
www.chakrarestaurant.com

It’s not too late to make your reservations…

Join us on New Year’s Eve as we ring in the new year.

Dine early from 5pm to 8pm for a three-course dinner prepared by Chef Thomas Ciszak. Or Party late from 9pm on with a Four-Course Dinner which will include a midnight champagne toast, party favors, and DJ.

Call us at 201.556.1530 for reservations

Click here for Menu

Chakra
West 144 State Rt 4 Eastbound
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 556-1530
www.chakrarestaurant.com

Now Serving Lunch…

Finally, due to popular demand, we will be offering Lunch Monday to Friday from 12pm to 3pm starting December 1st.

Chef Thomas Ciszak has added some of his favorite items like the Lobster Roll with a whole pound of lobster on a Brioche bun, a Foie Gras Burger that melts in your mouth and signature dishes like the Chili-Cinnamon Glazed Chilean Sea Bass and the TC Steak will be available. Chef Thomas’ Burger has been voted Best Burger by NJ Monthly 3 Years in a row.

Join us Grand Opening Week and mention this email to receive a complimentary gift. *One Gift per entree. Offer expires 12/9.

Click here for menu

Call now for Reservations 201.556.1530.

Chakra
West 144 State Rt 4 Eastbound
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 556-1530