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Totally boring. But a welcome conclusion to decades of steel beams exposed.
Ooh! I love the animated signage and marquee. I hope that's not just part of the video or the first thing to get chopped once construction goes over budget. It's the only bit of flare that keeps the tower from looking like a boring box of a building.Originally Posted by tbal
Totally boring. But a welcome conclusion to decades of steel beams exposed.
I agree. Not very imaginative at all, but I guess its a sign of the economic times.
Now this is what I'm talking about.... the Dino BBQ building with some impressive night lighting. Can you imagine all of Market Street, renovated and lit like this?!! It's a crappy picture... the building is lit in a bold red... very eye catching and it brings out the architectural detail of the front facade so well...
Scroll that pic is super nice. Nothing that nice has ever been seen on Market, in modern times. Not even the Paramount.
That picture is really nice also I was down by there and there were many people like cars parked people walking and still in downtown till late seems like people are staying, getting comfortable.
Thats a very good sign, I hope it continues.
Well there was a huge game last night...
Starting to look like a city again.
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It's weird, now that I look at the pic it looks like a quiet day in Newark but that couldn't be further from the truth. Dino's was PACKED.
Already 15 reviews on yelp....all but 2 are positive.
I went to Dino in Rochester last week. Awesome place! I hope there are lots of Harleys parked in front of the one in Newark too!
What are some good $-$$ for lunch in Downtown and North ward?
May 29. 2012 1:31PM
Newark businesses expect bump from Cup will trump impact of Devils-Rangers
By Katie Eder
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Bars and restaurants near Prudential Center, like Brick City Bar and Grill, expect the momentum of increased business from Devils-Rangers to continue through Devils-Kings.
While the Eastern Conference Finals rival matchup between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers produced record profits for restaurants and bars surrounding the Prudential Center, in Newark, local owners expect business to build throughout the Stanley Cup Finals between the Devils and the Los Angeles Kings, which begins in New Jersey on Wednesday night.
"The Devils-Rangers series was just the beginning of the pendulum," said Carlos Franceschi, general manager ofUber Burger, on Lafayette Street, just outside the Prudential Center. "I think the people that have been holding off coming to the playoff games until the national championship are coming to see the final games. The (Devils-Rangers) rivalry had a very significant impact … but the national spotlight will be fantastic for business."
According to Franceschi, the playoffs as a whole have given Uber Burger "more exposure, and gotten more people to come to the arena who were not familiar with us before."
"We had a number of Rangers fans come in …and now we're looking to advertise in other areas, to entice those people to come back," Franceschi said.
But on a hyper-local level, Franceschi said he will "definitely miss the boost in business" from the watch parties at Prudential Center — which NBC pulled the plug on last week — since Uber Burger "had a few hundred people" during each away game in the series' previous rounds.
Rob Flohr, chief operating officer of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que— which officially opened its doors on May 8, the day of the Devils' first home game in the Philadelphia Flyers second round playoff series — said "the energy from the crowd in the (Prudential Center) plaza transfers right into our space" on Market Street in Newark.
"The crowds seem to be increasing through the series. As we go deeper and deeper into the playoffs, people are coming in earlier to eat earlier," Flohr said. "Maybe we would have approached things differently with our opening if this series happened a year from now, with having our patio open and being outside. But it's exciting, and you want to be a part of everything as quickly as you can be."
For the Devils-Kings matchup, Marc Brummer, co-owner of Hobby's Delicatessen & Restaurant, on Brandford Place in Newark, said he expects to be "as busy or more so" as he was for the Devils-Rangers series, noting the cup finals will bring in "people from L.A. and executives from the NHL."
"Any of these places (near Prudential Center) are at full capacity. This is my busiest season … and hopefully everyone gets a piece of it," Brummer said. "You want everyone to benefit because it's beneficial for Newark, and what's beneficial for Newark is beneficial for everybody."
taken from njbiz
Last edited by 66nexus; May 29th, 2012 at 02:14 PM.
Had a pulled pork bbq sandwich and it was delicious.
Seems like after the arena opened, the average downtown price went up.
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