Cafe Artiste, Dinner with Cosimo, Spring Lake, NJ – CLOSED
We had no clue that the town of Spring Lake (NJ) would have little to no food offerings Sunday evening at a reasonable Manhattan dining time. So when we heard some noise on a side street off Third Avenue, we followed that and tripped over Cafe Artiste, which we'd later find out was a "Dinner with Cosimo." "Could we just order salad?" "Chicken scarpariello? You'll love it." We said, just the salads would be fine, as it was late and we had lost our hunger. That salad — topped with sauteed peppers and fresh Parmigiano Reggiano cheese — was quite good in a light flavorful vinaigrette. It felt like we [...]