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Subject: Salty update.....

First thing.......

• If you are coming in this weekend, don't forget your camera! Contest is...take a picture of yourself or someone in your group somewhere in or around Salt (though it has to be obvious it is Salt) and post it to our facebook wall and the most creative or outlandish or just all and all weird and get a chance to win one "free" entree of your choice! Winner will be picked on Monday..and not by me, so no favorites being played here! New contest starts next Tuesday, keep an eye out for details.....
• All this weekend you will have a chance to win a pair of tix to either Graham Parker(march 02) or Larry Kirwan and Friends(march 14). All you have to do is fill out the entry and give it to your server or a bartender. Winners will be notified on Tuesday by phone! 4 pairs will be given to each show!
• DON"T FORGET to make your Valentine's reservation! Next Monday Guy's & Girl's! As a special treat we are going to have the live music of Mr. Steve Chapin with special guest Jennah Barry. They will be playing all of the timeless classics from the 1930's & 40's. Reservations are being taken for all night and things are starting to fill up.....so before you miss out, give us a call..973-347-7258.

Our special beers this week...

• Lake Placid Winter Lager - Medium bodied Bock Beer
• Broolyn Black Chocolate Stout-rendition of an Imperial Stout

Both perfect brews for this looonngg, cold winter!

Added to our Draft on Deck this week.....

• Blue Point Oatmeal Stout
• Victory St. Boisterous

Wines...

• Coppola Bianco, Pinot Grigio.....you all liked it so much we decided to run it again and considering it for an addition to our regular wine menu.
• Monkey Business, Merlot....a bold full bodied red. The perfect complement to our Hanger Steak!

From the kitchen this week..

• Risotto: creamy arborio rice with granny smith apples and brussel sprouts topped with fresh parmesan cheese and chive
• Pork Chop: Garlic and rosemary rubbed "bone-in" pork chop grilled and served atop a creamy smashed potato with roasted sweet carrots and a sundried tomato pesto, topped with crumbled gorgonzola cheese.
• Mako: Pan seared panko and dill crusted Mako shark atop jasmine rice pilaf with sauteed baby spinach and a sweet orange rduction.
• Tofu: Pan seared citrus marinated tufu atop jasmine rice and sauteed greens with a spicy honey/wasabi sauce.

So get on out of the house tonite....get some fresh air....come on in for some great food, tatsy beverages and friendly smiles!

hope to see you all soon!

b.

Subject: This just in.....Special Valentines Day!!

We are excited to announce, as our gift to all of you this Valentines Day, we will be having the music of two very special guests...local legend "Steve Chapin and his special guest, Nova Scotia's Jennah Barry" They will be playing the songs of Gershwin, H. Carmichael, Cole Porter....all of the cherished songs of the 30's and 40's. They will be playing 2 sets, 6:30 - 7:30 & 8:00 - 9:00. This will promise to be a very special evening, so bring your sweetheart and enjoy Valentines Day with us here @ Salt....

Make your reservations early, this will fill up quickly....

973-347-SALT (7258)

Subject: New Beers and Music.......

Hey all you Salties.....

Some new beers we just added to our ever growing, ever changing list of bottled beer...16 new beers to be exact....

• Palm Belgian Pale Ale
• Blue Point Hoptical Illusion IPA
• Blue Point Toasted Lager
• Brooklyn Brown Ale
• Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
• Brooklyn Lager
• Harpoon Belgian Ale
• Harpoon IPA
• Harpoon Leviathon Inperial IPA
• Magic Hat Circus Boy
• Magic Hat IPA Encore "On Tour"
• Ommegang Abbey Ale
• Ommegang Three Philosphers
• Ommegang Rare Vos
• Full Sail Session Premium Lager
• Rheingold The One and Only!

Come on in and find your favorite!

Music......

Graham Parker is coming to Byram! Wed March 2nd.....some tix still available here!

Kicking off "St. Patrick's Week" at Salt we have "Black 44".....Thats "Black 47" - "3" Larry Kirwan, Frontman of Black 47 will be with us with a scaled down version of the band playing all their "Irish Hits" "Funky Ceili", "James Connelly", "Marias Wedding", and who knows, maybe even a "Danny Boy" or so......
Monday March 14th 8pm
Tix will are available here!

more Beer and more Music coming soon!

cheers,
b.

Subject: a new year upon us....

Well, 2010 is officially in the books and we are on our way through 0'11....Thank you to all of you who joined us through the past year whether it was for the music, in the dining room or at the bar we hope everyone enjoyed themselves. 2011 is going to prove to be another exciting year hear in sleepy little Byram. The music line-up should be great. This past year we saw the likes of Dan Bern, Steve Forbert, David Johansen, Chris Smither, Larry Kirwan of Black 47, Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors, Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens and others, and of course our House Musicians Jon Wozniak and Briz. Coming up we have Tao Seeger with George Kilby jr and members of Railroad Earth this Sunday, we have Graham Parker in early March. This year kicking off our "St. Patricks Week" on March 14 we have the return of Larry Kirwan, this time with 3 members of Black 47, which we are loosely dubbing as "Black 44"...they will be rockin' Salt with all the Black 47 hits and should be just a helluva time! We have LOTS of other big names lined up and hoping to confirm soon so stay tuned!

There are lots of new beers lined up this year as well that you will see coming in the next weeks....Magic Hat, Ommegang, Harpoon, Blue point, some new Dogfish Head beers and lots more. Tony and Mike are constantly tinkering in the kitchen to bring new menu items to you foodies and there will be some special dinner nights planned throughout the year as well....

This past year we saw Nick Valente walk away with the Championship Trophy in the 3rd Annual Salty Dawg Hot Dog Eating Contest at Byram Day. You saw the Salt name or logo plastered across the fields and the backs of Byram kids throughout town, be it soccer, softball, baseball, football,swimming, or lacrosse. We saw our very own "Ms. Byram" Kelly Baron win the "Queen of the Fair" and do Byram Proud! We ran a lot of miles with our "Salt Shakers" running club on the trails through Allamuchy State Park behind Salt. We got up and running Byram's first Community Garden with the help and generosity of Mr. Peter Kellogg and Hudson Farm. We ran a team in the very fist ever "Tough Mudder" race held in PA. We had a very nice article about us in "The Wall Street Journal". You got to watch me screw up fresh pasta, make an appetizer of chicken livers, and a dessert of pop-corn, yogurt, cactus fruit and sugar cane on the Food Networks show "Chopped". We were able, with the help of so many of you, to feed a lot of people that needed a little help this year, as well as collecting toys for soo many kids this Christmas, and we applaud all of you for that! We've seen some of our own deployed and come back home safely. It was a busy year...and we like it that way...we like to be involved and to engage the community...So you can count on us being there this year and then some!

This weeks specials.....

Beers....

• Magic Hat IPA On Tour
• Ommegang Hennepin
• and something different
• Abita Root Beer

Draft Beers

• PBR
• Red Hook ESB
• St. Bernardus Pater 6
• Victory Yakima
• Flying Fish Abbey Ale
• Dogfishead Chicory Stout

Drafts on deck.....

• Anderson Valley Boont Amber
• St. Bernardus ABT 12
• Weyerbacher Winter
• North Coast Blue Star
• Dogfishead Indian Brown Ale
• Ommegang Abbey

From the kitchen:

• Risotto. Creamy Arborio rice with sauteed fennel, tomato and baby spinach with fresh hand grated parmesan cheese and chives.
• New York Strip. Spicy sriracha marinated strip steak atop creamy smashed potato, sweet roasted carrots and a rosemary chimichurri sauce.
• Wahoo. Pan Seared Hawaiian Wahoo steak atop jasmine rice with sauteed spinach, a grilled pineapple salsa and a sweet & spicy honey wasabi sauce

Again, thanks to all of you, and hope to see you all soon!

cheers,
b.

Hey all our Salty friends.....

Here we go again, and some news to send your way....

Musically coming up we have as always our tremendous House Musicians..... Jon Wozniak every Friday starting at 6:30pm, and Briz every Sat at 6:30 and Sundays at 5:30....Both bring us all our favorites done with their own twist to them, consistently keeping the Salt House entertained and loose!

• This Friday night we will have a special guest, Internationally acclaimed, and local star, BD Lenz and His All Star Band will be performing after Jon at 10pm. There will be a $5 charge at the door.
• Tues Dec. 7 Salt presents Pat DiNizio, frontman of "The Smithereens" will be playing on the Salt Stage at 8:30. Pat will be playing all of his hits from The Smithereens, from his Solo Career, as well as a bunch of Holiday Tunes to get everyone in the mood & spirit. Tix are $10 and can be found at our website.
  Kitchen will be open until 8pm....
• Thurs Dec. 30 Brings the return of the one and only Mr. Dan Bern. This is Dan's third show here @ Salt with both prior shows selling out very fast...I am convinced that this could be a Bruce @ the Meadowlands thing.....no doubt would sell out as many times as we could get him here......and if you have been to any Dan shows you would understand why...and if not, get tix quick and find out what it's all about! tix are $22 at saltgastropub.com.
• March 2 is the legendary Graham Parker, playing his "Over 12 Chart Topping Hits World-wide" throughout his broad career....we will be honored to have such a time-tested talent on our Salt Stage. Tix will be going on sale soon for Graham at our web-site, be sure to grab these quickly, as they are expected to move fast.
• There are lots more acts in the works for the new year and as soon as they are confirmed I'll get the news out to you, some that we are really excited about to bring here to Salt...just waiting to sign the dotted lines.....

OK......a big change that we are excited about here at Salt.....Our House Beer has changed, we will be featuring $2 pints of the "Classic" ROLLING ROCK!! I know, I know..."I really loved my PBR, why did you have to go and change it?" Because it was time, and it got to where you could get a PBR anywhere....Salt is special, and so should our beers be!! Rolling Rock and its "33" will be served proudly here!

Since we're on the beer thing lets get right into our Special Beers for this week...
Bottled we have

• Brother Thelonious from North Coast Brewing, which is a Belgian Style Abbey Ale...but watch it or you will end up on your "Theloni-ass", with a %9.4 ABV this ones packs a wollup. With a "96" rating from Rate Beer, you can't go wrong with this one!
• Flying Fish Belgian Abbey Dubbel.....keeping in that Belgian Style ales we wanted to also bring a local brewer into the mix.....a comparison kind of thing....and with a "98" from Rate Beer we think NJ may stand up well to others throughout the country, try em', let us know what you think!!

On Draft this week we have;
Rolling Rock
Stone Brewings "Smokey Porter"
Oskar Brewing "Dale's Pale Ale"
Ayinger "Oktoberfest"
St Bernardus "ABT 12"
Flying Fish "Hopfish"

in the rotation.....
NJ Beer Co. "Weehawken Wee-Heavy"
Red Hook "ESB"
Victory "Yakima Twilight"
Radeberger "Pilsner"...made famous by "Bad-Boy" Charlie Sheen on 2-1/2 Men!

Now with "Local" being brought up...there was just a study released from Cornell University about how dining habits have been swayed by the economy and that people are supporting local restaurants and businesses in general as opposed to chains and box stores. People are realizing the importance of local businesses and the role they play in their communities. We have realized this change all along, and we thank all of you for your support. We think "Localism" is more than a word, it is a way of living, a way of doing business. We also realize our role in the community that supports us, and the role we play as a local business. We keep this in mind with all of our hiring decisions, purchasing decisions and the support we constantly give to any and all local causes. Salt, not just a place, but a culture!

That being said........
We also want to throw some support to fellow Restaurateur Andre' DeWaal of Andre's in Newton...Andre' is in the running to win a trip to Vegas from Zagat's. All you have to do to help is vote for his picture of the Zagat Guide taken by local Photographer Robert Yascovic....you can help them out by going to the link http://www.zagatphotos.com/ and click on their photo...which honestly is the best one there..

Coming out of the kitchen this weekend..

• Creamy risotto with curried chicken, granny smith apples and baby spinach, topped with hand grated permesan cheese and fresh herbs
• Honey and Soy marinated Flank Steak atop creamy smashed potato and topped with a spicy Asian Slaw
• Pan seared Hawiian Tuna loin atop jasmine rice pilaf with sauteed baby spinach and a cracked mustard cream
• Seared Spicy Tofu tossed in a spicy soy glaze atop jasmine rice with a sauteed melange of fresh vegetables

****One last thing***** Salt's anuual Gift Certificate Sale starts this Friday.....all gift certificates are 10% off...These make great gifts for the
Teacher, Bus Driver, Son, Daughter, Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, Godfather, Godmother, Best Friend, Secretary, Husband, Wife, Cousin, Nephew, Niece, Neighbor, Mailman, Coach, Co-worker, grab-bag, Boss, Employees, Hair Dresser, Poker buddy, Mechanic, Landscaper, Brother-in law, or just about anyone else you may want a gift for.....and they never expire!

Thats it for today! As always, Thanks for the support! and look forward to seeing you all here @ Salt!

cheers,
b.

Hi All......sorry on the missed weeks and what not. Trying to figure out the best way to do specials, as well as news, as well as just funny goings on here at Salt.....so the specials and things going on will be coming to you regularly in this forum and the other stuff will be posted in the Salt Blog at www.saltgastropub.blogspot.com.

From the Salt Kitchen we have:

• Risotto- creamy arborio rice with grilled chicken, fresh rosemary, baby spinach and portabello mushrooms topped with Gorgonzola cheese.
• Arctic Char-pan seared Arctic Char atop jasmine rice with sauteed baby spinach and a spicy tomato compote.
• Pork chop-cinnamon rubbed bone-in Iowa pork loin chop atop creamy potato puree with roasted sweet carrots and house-made apple sauce.
• Vegetarian-spicy soy tofu, diced and flash fried atop aromatic jasmine rice and sauteed spinach.

From the Salt Bar we have:

• Founders Breakfast Stout......The coffee lover's consummate beer. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.
• Hof-Brau Oktoberfest......is an absolutely natural product; brewed from pure water, the best quality malt and exquisite hops. Offering 6.3% alcohol by volume and a clean, crisp edge, it is a vital part of the Oktoberfest experience. As unique as the Oktoberfest itself! Hofbräu imports the same beer, from the same batches that are made for its own tent at the Oktoberfest.

Don't forget to vote for Salt at www.ediblecommunities.com/jersey/ click on the box on the left and vote for us in the restaurant category.....thanks so much!

Music...

Mark your calendars...

• Wed. Nov 10 "Shakey, the musical" come check out Briz and company as they walk you through the life and music of Neil Young!

tix are available here and keep checking the music schedule, lots of stuff lined up for the winter/spring...

hope to see you all soon.

cheers,
b.

Great weather for the Fall Harvest Festival this Saturday, come out and enjoy award winning wines from Cava Winery, Salt Gastropub celebrity chef Bradley Boyle on the carving board with steaks and chicken and pastas served Italian style. Come hear the funk, blues and R&B of the Alex Jornov Band, an incredible goot time in the vineyard overlooking our beautiful fall foliage. Bring your friends, blankets, chairs, and stay for the day. Noon until 6:00... come early, stay late.. $25.00 for all food and complimentary glass of wine or beer. $5.00 additional glasses of wine or beer. Hope to see everyone there....

we are working with Starland Ballroom on some promo stuff.....
and this week we are giving away tix to "Voyage" a Journey Tribute Band....show is Sat Oct 23 @ Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, 7pm.....tix are 15.00...we're giving them away all week.....stop in, by any beer and win a chance for tix.....or ask nice enough and you never know!! "Don't Stop Believin'"...

Hey all you Salties....

Some quick news to send your way....

Well, fall IS here, though who would know with the temps soaring around 80. That just means

• Ranger Season is starting
• The Other hockey team plays
• Mets season is ending
• Yankee season continues
• Jets & Giants are giving it their best shot early on.

some new menu items that will be featured on our menu starting tonite..

• Harvest Salad
• "Fall" rolls.....a salty take on "Spring" rolls..
• Chicken Paprikash...a salty favorite is back!
• Braised Short Ribs
• Chicken Orecchiette
• and some new presentations on some of our regular items....

some new items at the bar...

• Original Sin Hard Apple Cider
• Cava Winery Sangiovese Blend....our House Red
• La Fiera Pinot Grigio
• Man Chenin Blanc
• Canella Prosecco
• Rex Goliath Pinot Grigio
• Wyndham bin 555 Shiraz
• Cupcake Malbec
• Rosenblum Zinfandel
• Tiziano Chianti
• "Sunny Bomb"..raspberry vodka, lemonade, blue curacao
• New Single Malt and Blended Scotch and Whiskies

Tonights Specials..

• Creamy risotto with cherry tomato, portabella mushrooms and baby spinach topped with hand grated parmesan cheese and fresh herbs
• Cornmeal crusted Carolina Catfish atop our creamy smashed potato with sauteed' spinach and a spicy blackbean and corn salsa
• Grilled Bourban marinated Flank Steak with roasted cherry tomato and a bourban cream sauce
• Portabella "Burger", topped with baby spinach, roasted red peppers and creamy goat cheese with hand-cut Salt fries

Beer....

• Otter Creek Oktoberfest
• Leinenkugels Oktoberfest

Drafts on deck...

*Kira Belgian Ale *Ayinger Oktoberfest *Defiant Medusa IPA *Flying Fish Oktoberfish *Warsteiner Oktoberfest *Wolavers Oktoberfest ........so you can count on some awesome seasonals throughout the fall!! In addition to our normal rotations and changes!

Music...right now these acts are confirmed with lots more brewing out there, so keep watching..

• Oct 21 Chris Smither
• Nov 11 Briz's "Shakey"... a tribute to the life and career of Neil Young
• Nov 26 BD Lenz and his All-Star Band
• Dec 07 Smithereens Frontman- Pat DiNizio's Holiday Show
• March 2 Graham Parker

Chris Smither Tix are available right now at our website.....all others will be available very soon..

**Special Event**
Salt is teaming up with Cava Winery in Hardyston NJ for a Fall Festival with lots of fun, food, and wine and music.....come check it out...Sat Oct 9th @ The Cava Winery on rt. 94. Info. will be sent to all early this week.....mark your calendar!

cheers to you all, and hope to see you @ Salt!

cheers,
b.

SomeBig HELLO to all....

Ahhh, Fall is upon us, my favorite season of all...beautiful days, crisp nights....fall harvest veg are in, seasonal beers are at their peak, wines always taste just a little bit better, the trees are all showing their colors.... playoff baseball, football starts, hockey season starts, kids are back in school (don't get me wrong, I love every second they are off, but its always nice to put them on the bus in the morning and get on with the day).

So now get out and celebrate the season here @ Salt!! Because we cater to each and every one of those things that make Fall so damn nice!

at the bar we have

• Abita Pecan Harvest Ale
• Terrapin Pumpkinfest
• Wyndham Estate Shiraz
• La Fiera Pinot Grigio
• Canella Prosecco

the kitchen is putting out

• grilled chicken risotto with fresh asparagus, red onion and baby spinach topped with creamy goat cheese and toasted pignoli nuts
• lemon and fresh herb marinated NY strip steak with a chimi-churri sauce
• pan seared South American Corvina with a tropical fruit salsa and a tangy orange gastrique
• portabello burger with roasted red pepper, baby spinach and goat cheese on a fresh kaiser with hand cut "salt-fries"

We want to thank all of you who joined us at Byram Day last weekend and especially yhose of you who took place in the 3rd annual "Salty Dawg Hot Dog Eating Contest" and big congrats to Byrams own Nick Valenti, who was crowned the 2010 champion this year.......you're a sick boy Nick!

Salt's fall/winter/sping musical calendar is shaping up and will be announced as soon as we have everyone confirmed..should be out by next week.....in the meantime we still have tix for Chris Smither available at the web-site for his Oct 21 show.

enjoy the beautiful weekend, and hope to see you all at Salt!!

cheers,
b.

Some Salt news to spread your way......

Sorry that the newsletter is back to this standard e-mail format, it's the only way I can get it out to our Facebook Friends without having to make two separate newsletters.

Well, looks like the long Summer is behind us now....Kids are back in school, days are getting shorter, nights are getting chillier, football has kicked in and hockey right around the corner, and the of course the Mets are 11.5 games out of first place.....all the things we come to expect in early Sept. And all of this can only mean one thing....Time to go to Salt! I know, "Where is the connection there Brad?" there really isn't one, but its always a good time to go to Salt. Good Food, Good Drink, Good Friends.

This week coming out of the kitchen....

• Risotto; creamy arborio rice with crisp Caribbean Rock Shrimp, grilled local corn and baby spinach with fresh chives and hand grated parmesan cheese.
• Skirt Steak; grilled garlic and herb marinated skirt steak atop a lemon scented cous-cous salad with sauteed local vegetables and a sweet balsamic reduction.
• Ahi Tuna; pan seared sesame crusted Pacific Ahi Tuna loin atop aromatic jasmine rice with a spicy Asian slaw and a sweet soy reduction
• Vegetarian; grilled portabella mushroom with fire roasted red pepper and baby spinach on a fresh kaiser with balsamic glaze

From the bar we have......

Beer

• only one of the best IPA's out there right now! This gets A+ and 100's from everyone out there...
  Bear Republic Brewing Co.'s from Sonoma CA. "Racer 5 IPA" .....took GOLD at the American Beer Festival in 2009 for American Style Strong Pale Ale! ABV 7%
• High & Mighty Beer Co. from Holyoke Mass "Saint Hubbins Dubbel". A heavenly brown ale, St Hubbins is lovingly brewed in the Monastic tradition, by heathens. Layers of chocolate, vanilla, licorice and just the right amount of warming alcohol. ABV 6.5% 22oz bottle!

Wine

• Wyndham Estate "Bin 555" Shiraz 2008 from South eastern Australia...a distinctive, full-bodied shiraz packed with rich plum and ripe berry fruit flavors along with a hint of spice.
• La Fiera "Veneto" Pinot Grigio 2009 from Northern Italy...a delightfully fresh and crisp wine. It is both floral and fruity, expressing ripe peach and and apple flavors.
• Canella "Prosecco" Prosecco is unusual in the world as it is almost always used to produce the sparking wine of the same name from Italy's Veneto region. The wines tend to feature a light orchard fruit tone, recalling white peaches and pears, with bright acidity and light body. Italy's answer to France's Champagne!

Salt's music schedule is shaping up for the Fall/Winter and will be posted shortly as soon as all dates and acts are confirmed....but keep an eye out for special events from both BD Lenz, doing an "all-star" event as well as Salt's own Briz doing "Shakey" a historical walk with Neil Young, from CSN&Y, to Crazy Horse, to his amazing solo career. All the info for these events as well as others will be posted shortly!

This Saturday is the 3rd Annual Salty Dawg Hot Dog eating contest being held at 1pm at the Byram Day celebration...hope to see you there.

And this Saturday is also 9.11, lets all take a moment to just remember those that were senselessly killed that day........

Thats about it for this week....hope to see you all @ Salt

cheers, b.

Hey salt friends

Its way to damn hot to be sitting here for both of us...me to be writing this you to be reading this, so to give us all a break I will speed write this, you speed read it and we'll call it a day and have a cold drink.

• charity run tonite @ 630 at Kitatinny State Park to support local charity getting women mammograms that cant't afford them, come on out and run..5 mile trail run.
• Dan Bern was absolutely awesome on Monday with Common Rotation, just to let those of you who missed it know.
• David Johansen this Thursday July 1st....tix at www.saltgastropub.com
• Tony Madeville behind the stoves every Tue - Sat only here at salt!
• And Jen, how can we forget Jen, also here, on the floor every tue - Sat, exclusively at Salt!

Beers

• New Holland "Golden Cap" Golden cap is a modern interpretation of a classic farmhouse ale. A soft pale beer which embodies the flavors and aromas of summer fields. Brewed with an ancestor of wheat called "spelt" it's straw-colored body, lively carbonation and a unique fermentation profile evoke fresh cut hay and cracked peppercorn. A strong B+ rating from Beer Advocate.
• Long Trail "Blackberry Wheat" light and refreshing with a hint of blackberry at the finish makes this beer a real thirst quencher! A summer favorite!

Wines

• HobNob Chardonnay ; A light, crisp summer wine with a hint of Granny Smith Apples....a perfect match with the salmon special this week.
• Wyndham Estate Pinot Noir Bin #333 ; An elegant medium bodied red wine with a bouquet of strawberries and cherries, complexed by subtle oak. The palate is full of delicate fruit flavours balanced with soft tannins and a long refined finish.

Kitchen

• Risotto; creamy arborio rice with juicy cherry tomato, fresh late season asparagus, red onion and baby spinach topped with hand-grated parmesan and fresh herbs.
• NY Strip Steak; rosemary marinated and grilled to perfection with roasted cherry tomato, hand-cut steak fries and topped with a bleu-cheese butter.
• Mussels; Prince edward island Mussels, steamed in a lite beer broth with carrots and baby spinach atop aromatic Jasmine rice.
• Vegetarian; grilled portabella mushroom caps stuffed with a barley risotto and sauteed baby spinach topped with a sweet balsamic vinegar reduction.

Thats it for this week, enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!

And as always Thank You for all of the support and for understanding that salt is more than just a restaurant or bar, it is a community driven and involved movement! To be a part of a community one must be involved in the community!

b.

Hey Salties.....

We'll start off with some goings on here at Salt...

• This weekend is a Dad's & Grad's weekend......so we solute all of you who are/have graduated from where and what ever you graduated from, be it 8th grade, high school, college, or even just your PTI class.....CONGRATULATIONS!!! And to all of you Dad's, this is our special weekend, where our wives/children put us up on that pedestal for a day, take us to Salt for an awesome dinner and cold beverages and let us order whatever we want off of the menu without saying "oh good, why don't you order ____ so I can try it".
• This Monday night is Dan Bern w/Common Rotation backing him...we also have special guest Mingo and Sam of Big Boss Sausage opening for Dan. Limited amount of tix are still available at the website www.saltgastropub.com Doors will open @ 5pm and dinner will be served from 5 - 8, seating is on a first come first served basis.
• Salt is now a proud retail sponser of the "Surfrider Foundation" The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters worldwide. With everything that is going on right now it is at the forefront of our minds and thought it would be another good way to get involved. If you're interested you can check them out at www.surfrider.org
• Running/Biking Groups....running is every Tuesday evening at 6:15 right here @ Salt. About a 5-7 mile trail run through Allamuchy State Park and the Highlands Trail, all abilities are welcome! Biking is every Sunday at 9:30 am, Wed at 6:30 pm, and Fri at 8:30 am. Rides start at the Tranquility Post Office parking lot and range anywhere from 18 - 25 miles.....info for both of these can be had by calling Salt anytime and asking for me, Brad.
• Roseville Community Garden is now up and running and we are starting to see our vegetables sprouting......can't wait to "reap what we have sown" and to share all of our local "home grown" produce with everyone!
• There is still time to sign up for the benefit run "Summer Solstice 5mi Trail Run" in Kittatinny State Park next Friday June 25 at 6:30pm register online at www.raceforum.com/summersolstice this race benefits the Sussex County's Women's Forum and their FREE Digital Mammography Program.....so come on out for some fun, and help raise money for a good cause. Salt will be running with our friends over at Sack's Paint in Dover in a joint effort to try and raise funds for this cause!!

Beers

• New Holland "Golden Cap" Golden cap is a modern interpretation of a classic farmhouse ale. A soft pale beer which embodies the flavors and aromas of summer fields. Brewed with an ancestor of wheat called "spelt" it's straw-colored body, lively carbonation and a unique fermentation profile evoke fresh cut hay and cracked peppercorn. A strong B+ rating from Beer Advocate.
• Cucapa "Obscura" from Mexico (can) This Mexican Brown Ale has been awarded 90 points from The Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago, an excellent rating, and is the highest rated Mexican beer to date. Some come and try one, see if you can actually be more interesting then the Dos Equis man!

Wines

• HobNob Chardonnay ; A light, crisp summer wine with a hint of Granny Smith Apples....a perfect match with the salmon special this week.
• Wyndham Estate Pinot Noir Bin #333 ; An elegant medium bodied red wine with a bouquet of strawberries and cherries, complexed by subtle oak. The palate is full of delicate fruit flavours balanced with soft tannins and a long refined finish.

Kitchen

• Risotto; creamy arborio rice with grilled chicken, granny smith apples and baby spinach topped with hand grated Italian Parmesan cheese and local fresh herbs.
• NY Strip Steak; rosemary marinated and grilled to perfection with roasted cherry tomato, hand-cut steak fries and topped with a bleu-cheese butter.
• Salmon; pan seared, goat cheese and panko crusted Atlantic salmon filet atop jasmine rice with roasted local spring asparagus and a roasted tomato vinaigrette.
• Vegetarian; grilled portabella mushroom caps stuffed with a barley risotto and sauteed baby spinach topped with a sweet balsamic vinegar reduction.

Thats it for this week, enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!

And as always Thank You for all of the support and for understanding that salt is more than just a restaurant or bar, it is a community driven and involved movement! To be a part of a community one must be involved in the community!

b.

Hello Salties.....

Lots of news to be sending your way this week.....but I will try to keep it brief..

• Salt's Roseville Community Garden is now up and running with over 60 plots planted and ready to go. As I have said before, we can't thank Peter Kellogg and everyone over at Hudson Farm enough for all of their help and generosity in helping us to get this community garden off the ground. It is just an incredible thing on so many levels...from bringing an entire community together through the garden, to Salt being able to be self sufficient with most of it's produce throughout the summer, to alot of the gardens donating produce to local pantries and soup kitchens through "Plant A Row".
• Our running club "Salt Shakers" is going strong but we encourage more of you to come out and join us...there's nothing like a trail run on the Highlands Trail through Allamuchy State Park in the early evening....every Tuesday @ 6:15 right from the Salt parking lot, so break out those running shoes and come join us! Also...
• RUN FOR A REASON! Salt and Sacks Paints has joined forces to help raise money for The Sussex County Womens Forum. We will be running The Summer Solstice 5 Mile Trail Run in Kittatiny State Park on June 25th at 6:30 pm. Go to www.friend2friendscwf.org and get the information. We hope to have a large group of runners and will be spending the next few weeks raising as much money as we can. The Sussex County Womens Forum is a great nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families cope with cancer. For more info, check out their web-site, stop by on a Tuesday evening at Salt or call Sacks Paint(973) 366. 0119.
• Salt's biking group (bicycle) is also in full swing...We meet on Sunday's at 9:30 am, Wed at 6:30 pm and Friday at 8:30 am.....trying to mix up the times to make it convenient for everyone to at least make one or two rides. The meet up spot is in the Tranquility Post Office Parking Lot which is just off of rt 517 in Tranquility, across the street from Pub 517 and 1/4 mile in on the right! Come join us for some awesome rides through beautiful back roads of Sussex and Warren Counties.

Music

• Dan Bern, David Johansen, George Kilby Jr. with members of Railroad Earth, Chris Barron of Spin Doctors, and Chris Smither......all gonna be on the Salt Stage this summer.....tix available here.

Kitchen:

• Risotto: creamy aborio rice with crisp rock shrimp, local spring asparagus and red onion, topped with handgrated parmesan cheese and fresh herbs
• Skirt Steak: garlic and rosemary rubbed skirt steak grilled atop a creamy smashed potato with roasted sweet spring carrots and a lite cracked mustard cream sauce
• Shrimp & Grits: Pan seared sweet Wild American White Shrimp atop creamy sharp cheddar grits topped with sauteed baby spinach
• Special Dessert is an Apple/Strawberry Cobbler made with fresh Sussex County Strawberries!!!

Bar

• Special beers: Lake Placid IPA Misery Bay IPA
• Drafts PBR Colonel Blide's Cask Ale South Hampton Double White Belfast Bay Lobster Ale Terrapin Hopsecutioner St. Bernardus Abt 12
• on deck.... Riverhorse Summer Blonde St. Bernardus Tripel Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale Victory Prima Pils

Tried to keep it brief.....

Thanks as always for your support and for understanding the Salt Culture! We truely believe its not enough to just support your community, it is just as important to be a part of it!!

b.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!........

I'll start this by letting you all know, we will be closed on Monday May 31 for Memorial Day, and I will be enjoying the day down in Baltimore with my son at the NCAA Lacrosse Div. I finals....so let's hope for all of us that it's a beautiful day!

Things going on here @ Salt...

• First, last night at the Annual LVR Lacrosse Banquet Laurie and I were surprised with a gift from the team of a signed Jersey from all of the boy's and coaches. I have to say we were honestly surprised and thrilled with the totally unexpected gift, It has found a home in salt and will be proudly displayed. This was the first LVR Lacrosse team to make it to the State Tournament and both the players as well as the coaches should be really proud of their accomplishments and the strides that the program has taken in such a short period of time...so Thank You, and Congrats to all of them!
• So many of you have been asking and wondering if there is gonna be a round two on the "Chopped" front, and I have to say, I haven't heard from them on anything yet as far as "Chopped", But.....I have been contacted by a Casting Co. about a possible show to be filmed soon.....so i will let you all know as I know more, and in the meantime, if you would like to see me on "Chopped" again bug the hell out of Food Network!
• As many of our local fans here have seen, we were talked about in the local paper for our part in running a local Community Garden. We're thrilled that this is actully coming to life as we speak...Salt will be hopefully fully sustainable on it's own produce from our Garden right here in Byram. Not only are we running this garden, but we are farming/working it....This is just one step in many that we are taking to be a "Green" restaurant...we feel strongly in our part to take the lead and do what we can to be sustainable, green and good neighbors in the community.
• Running group "Salty Swines" is hitting the trails every Tuesday at 6:15pm from the Salt parking lot We do about a 5.5 mile trail through the woods of Allamuchy State Park. We are also putting together a group to do a 5 mile run to benefit "Friend 2 Friend" and the "Sussex County Women's Forum". The race is called The "Summer Solstice 5mi. Trail Run" and is in Kittatinny Valley State Park. We will be raising funds in a duel sponsership with Rob Davidson and his Sacks Paints & Wallpaper in Dover. We are hoping by combining forces we will be able to raise a nice amount to present to Mare Galeos, the Director and Founder of SCWF. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting women and their families whose lives are impacted by a cancer diagnosis. So if you would like to run with us, or just make a donation let us know....every penny helps. You can sign up for this race at http://www.facebook.com/l/cb1bc;www.raceforum.com/summersolstice , or contact us here at Salt.
• Biking Group..We are small, but we are mighty! If you'd like to ride with us we get together ever Wed and Fri morning at 8:30 and Sunday's at 9:30. Meeting spot is at the Tranquility Post Office, right across from Pub 517, 1/4 mile on right hand side (Rt 611/Kennedy Road). We do a 20 mile loop through Tranquility, Allamuchy and Andover, everyone is welcome.

Music @ Salt...

• Dan Bern & Common Rotation tix are close to selling out, if you are planning on coming and don't have tix yet....hurry.
• David Johansen (Buster Poindexter) tix are still available at the website for the July 1st show, though tix are moving quickly.
• George Kilby Jr with Tim Carbone and Andy Goessling from Railroad Earth on July 15
• Chris Barron, frontman of Spindoctors brings his storytelling and catalog of songs are making a return to the Salt Stage on July 22
• Chris Smither is stopping by in the middle of a World Tour to entertain us here at Salt on Oct 21
• and as I have mentioned before their are other acts lined up and in the works, as they become confirmed i will let you know! All tix are available here.

At the bar...

• Beer...on Draft right now (and subject to change at anytime)
  • PBR...our House Draft
  • Cricket Hill Col. Blides Cask Ale
  • Point Nude Beach Summer Wheat
  • Terrapin Hopsecutioner
  • Long Trail Double IPA
  • St. Bernardus ABT 12
• and in the on deck walk-in...
  • Riverhorse Summer Blond
  • Southampton Double White
  • St. Bernardus Tripel
  • Dogfish Head Indian Brown
  • Belfast Bay Lobster Ale
• Bottle Specials...
  • Erie Brewing "Misery Bay IPA"
    The view from Oliver Perry Monument across Lake Erie’s historic Misery Bay provides a constant reminder of the hardships endured during the Battle of Lake Erie. Misery Bay IPA is brewed as a tribute to Misery Bay and Graveyard Pond, final resting place for many brave sailors and soldiers. Misery Bay IPA offers a complex malt profile loaded with American hops at 75 IBU’s, and finishes at 6.5 % alcohol by volume.
  • Lake Place Brewing "UBU" The mountain village of Lake Placid was once home to a legendary chocolate lab named Ubu – the biggest dog you’ve ever seen with an uncanny nose for great beer. Deep garnet red in color this English-style Ale is a tribute to the legend of Ubu. It features a smooth, rich maltiness complimented by the right amount of hops. Here’s to the legend!
• Wine..
  • Bluefeld Riesling..from the blue slate banks high above Germany's Mosel River comes this refreshing Riesling, with its fresh fruit flavors and cool finish on the palate...this is the perfect way to sit back and take in the warmer weather that is upon us!

From the kitchen...

• Risotto: creamy aborio rice with crisp rock-shrimp, cherry tomato and fresh chives, finished with fresh grated parmesan.
• Chicken: "Labampa" crisp cornmeal crusted chicken breast atop aromatic jasmine rice with a spicy sriracha cream sauce and topped with a fresh tomato salsa
• Shrimp: grilled, garlic and herb marinated Gulf Shrimp atop a chilled cous cous salad with roasted cherry tomato and an orange/coconut sauce
• Vegetarian: chick pea vindaloo, chick peas in a curried stew with baby spinach and jasmine rice

A couple of closing notes....

• A good friend of Salt, Mr. Rich Zeoli, from right here in Sussex County, will be debuting his talk show on 77 WABC this Sunday between 4-6pm. He will be discussing National topics as well as more local topics that are in today's news. Try and tune in and support one of our local guys, maybe even call in to the show and pick his brain.
• June 10 starts WORLD CUP SOCCER 2010 in South Africa.....you can catch all of the games right here @ Salt! As well as the Flyers/Blackhawk NHL Stanley Cup Finals!

Thats it for this week...have a safe Holiday Weekend! And as I always say, Thank You for supporting us, and understanding what we are doing here...we really do feel that it's not enough just to support your community, it is just as important to be a part of it!

b.