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The original Courier-News building on Park Avenue (shown in the 1990s) has been restored by investor Frank Cretella's Landmark Properties. |
Famed New Jersey chef David Felton is opening an upscale restaurant in the former Courier-News building on Park Avenue this spring.
The announcement comes via an item in New Jersey Monthly (see here). While usually not a source of breaking news, the item was published on the magazine's website January 8th.
In an exclusive interview with the magazine's Eric Levin, Felton painted a picture of what's coming for Plainfield. The new restaurant will be called DJBK (Felton explains in the story).
Felton earned his reputation with a ten-year run as the founding executive chef of Ninety Acres (see here), the exclusive restaurant in the former gatehouse of the Natirar estate in Peapack-Gladstone.
Felton is partnering with Frank and Jeanne Cretella of Landmark Hospitality. The Cretellas own the Stone House in Warren, the Liberty House at Liberty State Park, and the Ryland Inn in Whitehouse Station.
The new restaurant (which has a liquor license) will seat about 110, according to Felton, with an open kitchen and a wood-fired grill.
According to Felton, the menu will be "focused on the seasons, cooked with ancient techniques, blended with my travels, experiences and passions."
Together with the Cretellas, Felton has created a foundation (Art of Hospitality Path to Success) which will offer "6- to 8-week hands-on training in culinary arts for people who are underemployed."
The training program hopes to open in March, and will be run in Landmark's commissary, 537 North Avenue.
Tip o' the hat to Netherwood Neighbors Facebook page for first putting out the word.
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