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I am sad. I’m sobbing. I am sorry for my loss.
My favorite is gone – and I don’t know what to do about it.
As you’ve probably heard before, Hackensack’s beloved Crow’s Nest restaurant was so overrun in the days leading up to its announced closure on October 24 that it had to close its doors 3 days early.
There’s no food left.
And it turns out that his unwavering legion of fans, myself included, had something to do with it.
At TTBTE (The Thursday Before the End), I walked through the front door, gorging on one last roast beef sandwich, with its soothing juice accompaniment, and humming softly to myself.
Me and juice. And the juice and me. Very satisfied together. . .
Like almost everyone else there that day, I moved.
The mythical Crow’s Nest, the site of countless birthday parties, retirement parties, and post-funeral meals, hosted a week-long meal.
It wasn’t “See you later. “
In fact, it was “Goodbye. “
I waited patiently for the owners Andy and Angela Hajiyerou to stop by my table and say hello. That’s all they’ve done, but this time we sniffed around a bit and took some pictures of the end of the era. Then, like many other diners, I went home and posted one of the photographs on my social media page, emphasizing that time was running out.
“Go now! Before it’s too late!”
Our suggestion fell on deaf ears. Longtime consumers came here in droves.
The Crow’s Nest disappears. But all is not well.
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For me, me, and I don’t know how many other regulars, The Crow’s Nest was the best restaurant ever: there was plenty of parking space, friendly waiters, and consistently smart food. It was comfortable. And the owner was almost ready to accommodate it.
Did it go home?
The sprawling woody, friendly and affectionate bar.
And the bands that played there on the weekends kept the dance floor full. It is first and foremost a familiar place. But it’s also a wonderful position for a date.
Anita and Bob Waleck, citizens of Rochelle Park, visited 54 years ago. “Bob proposed to me there,” Anita recalls. I was living in Union City at the time, and for me, going to Bergen County was like going to the country.
“The Crow’s Nest is nothing out of the ordinary,” he added, “but it’s still special. “Bob said, “Let’s get married,” and I said, “Okay. ” After that, each and every time we passed by the restaurant, it would say, “The crime scene!”
Jeanette Reilly de Paramus worked there as a part-time waitress in the mid-’90s. “I was running on Wall Street in 1995 and had two children in a row. He had taken a leave of absence but worked in a coffee shop. Place a few nights a week. I do it to supplement my income, but it’s so much fun that each and every shift is like a night out. And Andy is a sweetheart.
Over the years, Sussex-based musician Troy Rusnack has fronted at Crow’s Nest with two other bands, Luke and the Troublemakers and Simon Sez. “It’s the only position I ever worked in where the manager wanted the band to do announcements before every single one. “It’s a club without pyrotechnics. ” They were also looking for us to tell other people where the exits were. We felt like stewardesses.
The weekend’s customers, Rusnack added, “were a smart dance troupe throughout. In fact, they gave themselves over to it. This guy, who I’ll never wear, was wearing this baggy zoot-like suit with a very sensible big white hat. I don’t forget, not playing there for six or seven years, and then I came back and this guy was still dancing, in the same suit and the same hat!
Carrie Weber Hook of Saddle Brook said: “I went there to see friends from the best school and they were smart if you showed up at the last minute with 15 to 50 people. There weren’t many places where you could do that and be housed.
Mary Ann Brizzolara, who grew up in Wood-Ridge and now lives in Hoboken, ate there after her mother’s funeral and then returned a few years later when her father died. “And,” he added, “they did a glorious job of making us feel special and cared for in those very difficult days. “
Niki Somers of Lincoln Park grew up craving roast beef sandwiches, but recently had to give up meat and bread for fitness reasons. “Believe me,” he said, “these sandwiches are hard to refuse. But we’re getting through anyway. I’ve taken my kids there over the years, and today, every time I stop in Colorado to visit the oldest, the first words that come out of his mouth are “Maybe. “Shall we go to the Crow’s Nest?
In the words of Evan Hajiyerou, Andy and Angela’s son, who said he almost grew up in the restaurant: “We did the usual thing in an unusually clever way. “
Few Crow’s Nest regulars were there like Gary Hipp, president of the Hackensack Rotary, whose organization has met there weekly for about a year and a half and has eaten there at least a hundred times.
“We moved to Crow’s Nest after Cheers closed on Main Street in Hackensack and are now back on a new base. Right now, we’re homeless and. . . “
Looking for a new nest?
“Yes,” Hipp said. “Exactly!”
This article originally made the impression at NorthJersey. com: Crow’s Nest in Hackensack, one of Bill Ervolino’s favorite spots.
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