buzzworthy
Maplewood
GENERAL STORE COOPERATIVE:
MORE TO LOVE
Maplewood
ANI RAMEN
The Ani Ramen’s
Maplewood location has
finally opened its doors with
a grand opening ribbon-cut-
ting ceremony that was held
Nov. 2. The latest outpost of
the Ani Ramen empire,
which also has locations in
Montclair, Jersey City,
Summit and the food hall of
American Dream in
Rutherford, serves a large menu of ramen-based dishes as
well as kimchi, spicy miso, bao buns and seasonal slushes.
•149 Maplewood Ave., aniramen.com/maplewood
Summit
DINING ON TREND AT BAR BACOA
Barbacoa cooking is coming to New Jersey via chef Justin Antiorio, runner-up
on the 2012 season of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking show, Hell’s Kitchen.
Antiorio, executive chef of two-year-old Summit House, is set to helm the
kitchen at next-door Bar Bacoa, a Mexican restaurant named for the form of
cooking that originated in the Caribbean and is widely practiced in Mexico.
(Meat is cooked over an open fire in a hole dug into the ground.) “It’s trendy
now in Austin and Chicago,” says Antiorio, a New Jersey native and
resident. Antiorio offers a variety of home-made tacos stuffed with
in-house smoked brisket or chicken. • 10 Maple St., (908) 273-6006,
barbacoanj.com
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ENGEL;
COURTESY
The General Store Cooperative, which was established in
2017 to bring local business owners together to boost the
shop-local movement, has opened a 3,000-square-foot flag-
ship marketplace and café. The co-retail space on Springfield
Ave. includes the zero-waste Good Bottle Refill Shop, Three
Daughters Baking Co and Mrs. Meshugga, as well as out-
posts of two South Orange favorites, Kitchen a la Mode and
Sadie’s, among many other local businesses. GSC will show-
case a rotating selection of products available from its net-
work of local makers, artists and indie businesses, and will
run a full-service espresso bar featuring single-origin coffees
and kombucha on tap. The cooperative has also partnered
with Java’s Compost, who will provide composting services.
“[To understand] our flagship marketplace and café, think
‘mini-Chelsea Market,’” says Deborah Engel, who, with Amy
Howlett, co-founded the GSC. Seen here, back row: Lisa
Buber (Mrs. Meshugga), Deanna Taylor-Heacock (Good
Bottle Refill Shop), Erica Leahy (Three Daughters Baking
Co), Cat Fisher (Sadie’s & Kitchen a la Mode), Amy
Howlett (General Store Cooperative). Front Row: Deborah
Engel (General Store Cooperative). • 1875 Springfield Ave.,
generalstorecooperative.com