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3 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ  08901
Tel: 732-296-9463
Fax: 732-828-6228
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Primary Cuisine: Brooklyn Italian
Restaurant Description
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Stage Left


About Catherine Lombardi

Catherine Lombardi Restaurant is located at 3 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, on the second floor of the building occupied by Stage Left Restaurant.

The space, formerly occupied by Szechwan Gourmet, has been entirely renovated with two large fireplaces, an elegant bar and bar room and 21 new windows overlooking downtown. We will have an elevator installed by January. The windows along George Street and Livingston Avenue offer a dramatic bird’s-eye-view of The New Brunswick Theater District. It is a crown jewel in New Brunswick’s thriving downtown.

Catherine Lombardi’s family came to Brooklyn from Naples. Her cooking brought her whole extended family together every Sunday and every holiday from VJ day through the early 1980’s. It’s Neapolitan-based and heavily Brooklyn-influenced. Generations of Italian-Americans grew up on this food. You see the names of these dishes on restaurant menus today, but they are often pale imitations of the food that inspired them. It takes days to make the gravy just right, to make the eggplant just so, to make the bracciola sing and the mozzarella spring and spit.

Catherine Lombardi always cooked with the best ingredients. Did she ever say the words "organic, free-range chicken?" No. But back then of course, it was all organic and free-ranging.
To get ingredients up to Catherine’s standards, we have to work a little harder today. Our chickens are organic and free ranging and from local farms. Our NJ tomatoes are from Indyke Farms in Monroe. We put them up last summer. Our heritage pork is from small farms across America.
We start with the best and we take no shortcuts. That’s what sets us apart.
We hope that Catherine would be proud.

Mark Pascal is Catherine Lombardi’s grandson. Her traditions have been passed on to him. Mark, with his partners, has owned and operated Stage Left Restaurant, one of the most highly-rated Contemporary American Restaurants in the state, for over 12 years. He is also co-host of The Restaurant Guys radio show. Now the partners are turning their attention in a slightly more casual direction. Catherine Lombardi Restaurant will be their homage to Mark’s grandma. The food will meet her exacting standards. We hope it helps to bring you and yours closer like it did for the Lombardi and their kin for generations. And don’t forget the artichokes.

Both Catherine Lombardi Restaurant and Stage Left Restaurant offer the same wine list. The Italian section of the list by itself is one of the finest Italian wine lists anywhere.

The bar is open late.

Open for early dinner on Sundays.

No smoking until 11 PM.

Cuisines available:

  • Italian
  • Pasta
  • Seafood
  • Shellfish
  • Steaks and Chops
  • TakeOut

Serving:

  • Dinner
  • Late Nite
  • Desserts

Reservations: Recommended

Liquor Lic: Yes

Atmosphere: Upscale

Take Out: Yes

Smoking: No Smoking

Parking: Valet

Average Entree Price: $$$$

Handicap Accessible
 


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