Oh, I am loving restaurant.com. That's how I found the Essex Bar and Grill in Bloomfield, NJ. Using one of the coupons that I printed out from the restaurant.com site and plugging in the restaurant directions on my iPhone GPS, we were good to go. The restaurant with a banquet hall annex is beautiful on the outside and the bar inside looks like it came from the set of the "Cheers" TV show. The staff was friendly and Brittany, our server, could not have been nicer. We started out with broccoli rabe which was so good we had to order more to take home. Steve ordered a large salad along with a pepper and egg sandwich while I ordered the tuna salad platter. Everything was delicious and we plan on returning next weekend. As we were leaving they were setting up for karaoke. We were told they bring in bands too. So we are giving the Essex Bar and Grill thumbs up!
