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Restaurant Village

Monday, February 25, 2013

'Dining Room' Looks to Make a Splash in Long Valley

Restaurant Village owners bringing latest iteration to 1 West Mill Road.

It just needed “something,” Andrea Maletta-Bussel said. That’s what she and her husband, Steve Bussel, said whenever they sat inside Splash Seafood and Pasta in Restaurant Village. The Bussels own Restaurant Village and have been overseeing Splash for the last three and-a-half years. But Maletta-Bussel, the Village’s marketing director, said it was time for change. On Feb. 4, the day after the Super Bowl crowd dissipated from the restaurant’s bar, Maletta-Bussel shut the doors and took on the project herself. “I wanted it to feel like someone was dining at my house,” Maletta-Bussel said. “You can see the attention in the details; it has a totally different mood.” The entire interior of the restaurant is being redesigned by Maletta-Bussel …

Karen

11:16 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I think gluten-free is a great idea. Also, salads with different healthy ingredients like apricots and such mixed in. No one will have what you will have. Saw someone with trout. I'm trying that next time. Looked great. Karen   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Taste of Europe Lands in Downtown Long Valley

Cafe & Wine Bar offers light fare, creative alcoholic beverages.

An ongoing, seemingly hypothetical conversation turned into a 30-second phone call, and in an instant a business was born. That’s how Maria Baniel, owner of the new Café & Wine Bar at Restaurant Village, recalls her month-old business taking off. A Long Valley resident for 20 years and unabashed wine lover, Baniel came from a life of electrical engineering, which went on hold when she became a full time stay-at-home mom for 10 years. The first-generation Italian has traveled extensively through Europe with her family, always enjoying the cafes and foreign wines offered. “I always felt Long Valley needed a place like this,” Baniel said. The conversation began years ago, when Baniel and her neighbor, Arkady Belkin, jokingly discussed opening…

BirthdayGifts

9:25 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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