Looking for a Romantic place to eat in Central NJ (Maplewood: restaurant, price)

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by davenj08

I think Ryland Inn in Whitehouse Station went out of business a few months ago.

NO WAY!

[kcsupartt]

Has anyone been to I think McCloone's? I heard this was a romantic place.

Thanks

[Lucario]

Delta's, New Brunswick.

Makeda, New Brunswick.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by kcsupartt

Thank you all for all the suggestion. I will look at all of these online. But just to play it safe I booked reservations at Restaurant Seranade in Chatham Anyone have any opionions here?

Thanks again
Kenny

Loved it, loved it! Great food - pricey though (4 of us = $500, this was about 2 yrs ago).....

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by EEEPNJ

NO WAY!

yes way. i've heard they went bankrupt, i've heard they're going to reopen, i'm not sure anyone knows the real scoop.

[davenj08]

Originally Posted by Calico696

Are they out of business or closed for renovations? Their website says "temporarily closed for renovations".

Ryland Inn went out of business and I believe the restaurant property were actioned off. If their website says they are temporarily closed, maybe it will start under a new management.

[Rob Allen]

I'm pretty sure that the Ryland Inn is where I got married the first time, in 1978. It was a really nice place.

[EANJ]

A series of situations caused the restaurant to close -- and I think it's been closed since around May/June 2007.

There's a history to the story, which is perhaps not important, however, prior to closing, Craig Shelton (the chef-owner; he bought in a few partners years ago), had been trying work through several situations which had caused a great deal of difficulty. Anyway, the restaurant closed and the bank (I think Valley National, at the time) was forclosing. Prior to the forclosure, there were several workouts being looked at and the property was being shopped. Several months ago, I got a call from an attorney regarding the property.

I think Shelton owed about $3.8m at the time. We looked at the property but weren't interested. After a period of time, the bank forclosed and the property went to a sheriff's auction. Only a couple of bidders showed. A local developer went to somewhere around $1.5m or so, dropped out and of course the bank went home with it. Since then, I was told the bank had dropped their price to somewhere in the "high 2's" or something like that.

Again, I don't know what's been going on recently. As a side note -- the place was beautiful, and Craig Shelton is a great chef.

[tandcookies]

Originally Posted by davenj08

Ryland Inn went out of business and I believe the restaurant property were actioned off. If their website says they are temporarily closed, maybe it will start under a new management.

I Miss You, Too... - Breaking Eggs by Chef Craig Shelton (njmonthly.com) (njmonthly.com)

[juliann1977]

Originally Posted by kcsupartt

Has anyone been to I think McCloone's? I heard this was a romantic place.

Thanks

The McLoone's in Sea Bright, right? I wouldn't say it is romantic per se--it does have a great view of the Shrewsbury River though. We go there regularly in the summer, and the food is good, but nothing spectacular. The McLoone's at Pier Village I also would not categorize as particularly romantic.

*Note: I do not categorize any restaurant I take my two-year-old to as romantic, and we take her to both of those places.

If you want to go all out in Central Jersey, then Nicholas is the place to go. https://www.restaurantnicholas.com/night1.html