{"id":4697,"date":"2014-04-23T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2017-03-23T02:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T02:41:28","slug":"fire-oak-newport-jersey-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/23\/fire-oak-newport-jersey-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire &#038; Oak, Jersey City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Fire &amp; Oak, Jersey City\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-121-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fire &amp; Oak\" href=\"http:\/\/fireandoakjerseycity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fire &amp; Oak<\/a> has become our go to weekend brunch spot. That\u2019s unlikely to change anytime soon since <a title=\"Michael Anthony\u2019s\" href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/22\/michael-anthonys\/\">Michael Anthony\u2019s<\/a> renovated and turned into Battello, and it\u2019s unclear if they still offer the brunch special. (If they were smart, they would!)<\/p>\n<p>For $10, you get unlimited beverages while you dine. When we placed our order, the waiter goes, \u201cOur policy has changed. The unlimited drinks is only for an hour and a half. There was uhh\u2026 an incident last weekend.\u201d Still sounds like plenty of drinks to me, and I immediately pictured someone so drunk that were dancing on the tables. Unfortunately, we learned it the incident was far more serious and involved an ambulance. Oh dear.<\/p>\n<p>John ordered the Bananas Foster French Toast ($11.95), which obviously included French toast, along with caramelized bananas, sweet brown sugar rum sauce, toasted walnuts, and an obscene amount of whipped cream. What a beauty! So. Much. Food. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/photo-131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131.jpg?w=584&amp;h=584\" alt=\"Bananas Foster French Toast - Fire &amp; Oak\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-131-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>I ordered the Mushroom Florentine Omelet ($12.95). The omelet was filled with wild mushrooms, fresh herbs, and Monterey Jack cheese. It was topped with a creamy spinach with a hint of garlic. Home fries on the side, which are by the way, perfectly prepared. As if all that isn\u2019t enough, there\u2019s toast with gigantic slabs of butter. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/photo-141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141.jpg?w=584&amp;h=584\" alt=\"Mushroom Florentine Omelet - Fire &amp; Oak\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>The portions are huge and the food is along the lines of upscale diner food. The quality seems to have stepped up <a title=\"Fire &amp; Oak\" href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/25\/fire-oak\/\">since our last visit<\/a>. Service is great, and they do a good job at refilling your glass with Freixenet cava. (I recognized the label, and it was the Freixenet Blanc de Blancs.) Brunch + unlimited bubbly = the ultimate weekend indulgence!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire &amp; Oak has become our go to weekend brunch spot. That\u2019s unlikely to change anytime soon since Michael Anthony\u2019s renovated and turned into Battello, and it\u2019s unclear if they still offer the brunch special. (If they were smart, they would!) For $10, you get unlimited beverages while you dine. When we placed our order, the waiter goes, \u201cOur policy has changed. The unlimited drinks is only for an hour and a half. There was uhh\u2026 an incident last weekend.\u201d Still sounds like plenty of drinks to me, and I immediately pictured someone so drunk that were dancing on the tables. Unfortunately, we learned it the incident was far more serious and involved an ambulance. Oh dear. John ordered the Bananas Foster French Toast ($11.95), which obviously included French toast, along with caramelized bananas, sweet brown sugar rum sauce, toasted walnuts, and an obscene amount of whipped cream. What a beauty! So. Much. Food. I ordered the Mushroom Florentine Omelet ($12.95). The omelet was filled with wild mushrooms, fresh herbs, and Monterey Jack cheese. It was topped with a creamy spinach with a hint of garlic. Home fries on the side, which are by the way, perfectly prepared. As if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355],"tags":[332,385,473,1058,1126,1134,1397,1505,1922,1974,2674,2951,3230],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-141.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}