Dance Parties and Dreamcakes About Town

Rock the House at Munchie’s

To celebrate Jamaican Independence Day this Saturday, Aug. 6, will host a big blow-out dance party.  Owner Reid Taylor explained what to expect.

“Around 9:30 p.m., we will be pulling out the tables from the restaurant and rolling in the sound system so that we can play music and dance to celebrate 49 years of independence.  If the other times we have done this are any indication, we will be dancing up a storm ‘til – well, ‘til the wee hours.”  Sounds like a party.

Reid and wife Sophia, aka “Munchie” and chef extraordinaire, will also be offering free giveaways during the evening.  Munchie’s has now been open for nearly a year and a half, and Taylor said business is good.

“We were hosts to the Star-Ledger’s Munchmobile the day they went in search of Jerk and we got the Top Dog honors for that,” said Reid. 
“We also made our first appearance at to great success, selling out both days while serving about 300 people.”

Dreaming of Cake

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They were one of only two cake designers chosen in the NYC metro area, and one of the top in the nation.  The listing will appear in the magazine’s Fall/Winter 2012 issue.  The magazine noted this “…’hot new high end cake design business’…’known for creating meticulously hand-painted cakes’ that ‘taste as good as they look.’”

Congratulations, Heather.

Odds and Ends… , a much-loved Northern Italian restaurant on Village Plaza, has closed.  Owned and operated by husband and wife team Carlo and Antonella Canziani, Antonella’s will be missed.

Also shuttered is , a Mexican eatery that opened earlier this year in the former Niecy’s space.

was temporarily closed yesterday due to a burst pipe.  They should be re-opening very soon.