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Ravenheart
Citizen
Username: Ravenheart
Post Number: 13
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 4:37 pm: |     |
Where are the adult (i.e. non-college kid) bars in M/SO and Millburn, preferably near a train station? |
Bill P
Citizen
Username: Mrincredible
Post Number: 711
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 5:08 pm: | |
St. James Gate in the heart of Maplewood. Irish pub. Good food, many good beers. Very popular, though, so you may have trouble getting in. A block and a half from the train.
C'ent Anni around the corner also has a small bar area, but they are really more a fine restaurant with a bar.
The train station in Millburn is a little further away from their center of life, but there's a Charlie Browns and also a place that is, I believe, called Martini's, which is a much more upscale joint. Both are right by the corner of Millburn and Main Streets, close to the movie theatre.
You can search MOL for a place called the Gaslight in South Orange for entertaining reading. It can go between being an adult hangout to a college bar very easily. Probably my mere mention of the name here will earn me some flame posts. I've never frequented the place but there are going to be horror stories. |
Diane Smith
Citizen
Username: Supportourtown
Post Number: 7
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 5:15 pm: | |
yes. St. James Gate is absolutely wonderful  |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1338
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 5:37 pm: | |
Martinis in Millburn on Main Street. Very noisy. Looks like a huge, affluent, singles crowd. |
bets
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Username: Bets
Post Number: 2387
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 5:52 pm: | |
Don't forget Papillion 25 (?) on Valley in South Orange, next to the Wine Emporium. And Voro on Vose Avenue. |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 926
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 6:32 pm: | |
Lot 15 in SO has a good bar, friendly, nice selection, ambiance is pretty good. |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 927
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 6:33 pm: | |
And by the way the bartender in Toro Loco in SO makes a nice martini too. |
msg
Citizen
Username: Msg
Post Number: 102
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 7:08 pm: | |
While my kids were home during the summer they hung out at St. James, Cryans, and Gaslight. I understand the O'Reilly's is popular with the college set too. I would avoid all of those when the kids are around. Martini's, so I've been told, is a hangout for divorced and wishing-they-were-divorced, adults. I wouldn't know, we drink at home. |
aquaman
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Username: Aquaman
Post Number: 459
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 7:53 pm: | |
Martini's = Eau de Divorcee |
Ravenheart
Citizen
Username: Ravenheart
Post Number: 14
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 8:35 pm: | |
See, that's just something that doesn't exist in the lesbian world. There are no bars (that I know of) where lesbian women who have ended long term relationships hang out. The problem is more the opposite - it is hard to find a gay/lesbian identified watering hole where one is not pestered by the 18-24 year old set looking either to get initiated or young supposedly straight women looking to cross over for a night. I think I've recognized half the au pairs in town from various NY bars - it is odd to see them with a kid in a stroller when I remember the last way I saw them. |
Chris Farrow
Citizen
Username: Evrtnjrsy
Post Number: 35
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:01 am: | |
Just FWIW the Cent'Anni bar has seating for 40 (tables and bar)and room for more standing - so not particularly small - and with the live music I have been introducing - live blues on Thursdays,superb live jazz on Fridays and Saturdays - I believe it fits the bill in catering for the 'older than college kid crowd'....And it's two minutes from the train station |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 1913
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:51 am: | |
Bar Rundown
Local *****
Bunnies:
Great place for a pizza and beer. Not really a singles / pickup bar but lots of fun.
Cryans:
More of a pick up bar and pretty popular with the collage kids, has it’s ups and downs
Gaslight:
50 / 50 on being a collage bar, lot’s of adults and kids
Lot 15:
Still evolving mostly adult not sure many singles go there
Papillion 25:
Adult with some singles, the bar is just a little small for a good crowd
St James Gate:
Not a lot of collage kids, but also not a ton of singles, more of a family place
O’ Riley’s
Collage bar
By Train *******
Martinis
Meat Market, make sure you have some condoms and a lot of cash.
Office (Summit)
Just like the offices every where, crowd depends on time of day.
Main streets (Madison)
Great happy hour and some pretty good bands at night. Over all, the best place to go while single or looking for a few new friends.
Drive *******
Cecil’s (West Orange)
Great date place, superior bands
Rock Bottom (West Orange)
Collage crowd
South City Grill (Montclair)
Much like Main Streets, Great happy hour and a good crowd
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I'm Only Sleeping
Citizen
Username: Imonlysleeping
Post Number: 72
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:53 am: | |
Wow, who knew collage was so popular around here? I haven't made one since, like, fifth grade. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 1914
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 11:01 am: | |
ha ha oops
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Wendyn
Supporter
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 2195
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 11:01 am: | |
Winburies (sp?) in Summit also has a bar and is more upscale than The Office. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 9623
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 9:49 pm: | |
Doesn't someone want to rate VORO here? I'm not qualified.
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Mummite
Citizen
Username: Mummite
Post Number: 144
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:34 pm: | |
Best bar for date night out: Cent Anni
Best bar for hip night out with the girls: Martini
Best Guinness and a bit of local spirit: St James Gate |
drewdix
Citizen
Username: Drewdix
Post Number: 979
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 9:58 am: | |
i'm rehearsing in Summit and have been driving by the Huntley Tavern. Looks like a good spot, but...anyone know? |
Flik Chik
Citizen
Username: Flikchik
Post Number: 149
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 10:23 am: | |
Voro's is for special ocassions...Not shorts and tshirt kinda place...
I prefer the Gaslight myself....Don't go there on a Friday. Saturday and Sunday are good. Best waffle fries and grilled cheese sandwich available until 2 am!!! |
drewdix
Citizen
Username: Drewdix
Post Number: 980
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 11:21 am: | |
I haven't been to the Gaslight in 3 years due to inexplicably rude and off the wall choices by staff.
When it opened I tried, brought people, tipped well, etc...
they don't get it. |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 7475
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 11:57 am: | |
Not sure abou the bar, but the Huntley Tavern's food is top-notch. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 920
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 1:33 pm: | |
Hey , Ravenheart try VORO , you can drool over the female owner . Maybe her & her husband can uphold the torch for the rest of us uncool heteros. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 921
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 4:20 pm: | |
Ravenheart , I apologize , really . Welcome to Mwood . Late nite VORO is pretty cool. |
Ravenheart
Citizen
Username: Ravenheart
Post Number: 20
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 4:25 pm: | |
Hey Jet, no apologies needed. I'm sure you do your best to keep hip and current. I have to confess that I have gone to bars solely because the barkeep was droolworthy. |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7478
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 5:02 pm: | |
Tell us more, Cato. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 9639
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 5:11 pm: | |
You mean you haven't been to VORO, Dave? You gotta go at least once, and I say that even though I hardly drink at all. I'm not a tea-totaller. My problem is that alcohol puts me to sleep quickly. Anyway, the rumors about the waitstaff at VORO are true. I wonder if they're ripe for a class action suit, because their hiring policy seems to require people with a certain look.
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Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7480
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 5:16 pm: | |
(My point was Cato's new nom-de-plume and tendency to set up and then launch homophobic jokes. He's now portraying a lesbian. I guess it's funny to some people, but I think it's pathetic.) |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 9640
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 5:23 pm: | |
You may be right, but if you're wrong, you're going to owe a very big apology.
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eliz
Supporter
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 1198
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 5:40 pm: | |
Ravenheart is Cato? |
Nick DiPasquale
Citizen
Username: Nickdinan3
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 4:42 pm: | |
Lot 15 is good in SO.
Huntley Tavern has a great bar crowd in Summit and the food is really top notch as well.
C'entanni's has a nice bar as well..... |
Bill P
Citizen
Username: Mrincredible
Post Number: 715
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 9:13 am: | |
I should have added Bunny's (Bunnies? Bun-ease?)... what was I thinking? Where else can you go for inexpensive pitchers of good beer and a pizza buffet? |
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