Making Their Bar R Bar


Greetings my bargain seeking gastronomes and welcome to my favorite time of the year. Now, I might have said this before but that was just another one of my favorite times of the year. Anyhoo, are y'all ready for a party ? Well, welcome my friends to R Bar (114 Main St, Asbury Park)  , a Multi- “Fun” tual venue with live music, fabulous Greenhouse themed Roof Top bar and a very funky outdoor patio. This joint is friendly, fun and fabulous,  thanks to the deft hand of ringleader and managing partner Casey Ritchings who keeps the party going  and the inspired cookery of  Executive Chef Mike (yes he is fine ) Feinberg ( late of Marc Forgione's American Cut in Manhattan). In fact, in my not so humble opinion, “R”,  features some of the very best and most inventive Nawlins Cuisine you will ever have outside of The  Big Easy. Their  menu is replete  ( Good SAT Word) with Delta inspired delicacies galore like light and delicious , Crabmeat Beignets , Caviar Shooters , Onion Soup to die for and the very best  $36 Steak Frites ( steak with fries) in the state of NJ. Now you would think the latter would  be a very simple dish to execute  but as experienced chefs will tell you , it is the simple dishes like this that are very hard to do well. Surprisingly, Steak Frites, the quintessential dish found in every French Bistro worth its salt , may not have  originated from France at all but rather  from nearby Belgium. The term “French Fries” BTW refers more to the method of cooking, “Frenched Fries” than the origin. In fact in Bruge, there  is a “Frietmuseum “ which follows the history of the lowly  potato all the way  from  Ancient Inca Gravesites right into the Belgian fryer, wow , talk about unbridled excitement. Where was I, Oh yes. With its stealth location ( tucked away on Main St) R Bar has become a haven for locals seeking an alternative to the crazy Cookman and Ocean Ave Bar Scenes.  So to sum it all up, Live music, Check, Relaxed and Chill, Check, Super Cool Place , Check, Fantastic Food, Double Check. So it  might well be time , my friends, to make Their Bar R Bar or R Bar Your Bar or Whatever,  just go there. So enjoy the tunes  and have a Bourbon Slushie in my honor and as always, Live A Life That Makes Your Nosy Neighbor Jealous, Harry Out.

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