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Asbury Park

Hospitality Veteran Suzanne Hanna Joins Smith Group

Former TGI Fridays & Yum SVP Named Chief Operating Officer

By Michelle Gladden


Smith, the Asbury Park-based creative collective and hospitality group behind Porta, Brickwall Tavern, Pascal & Sabine, and Little Buddy, has hired a new Chief Operating Officer. Suzanne Hanna, a former TGI Fridays and Yum senior vice president will oversee business operations for all Smith restaurants, officials said in a written statement. “We couldn’t be happier […]

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Nov 17, 2017
Asbury Park

Annex to reopen Saturday

'It's more of a refined take on the first version of The Annex'

By Molly Mulshine


A well-known Asbury Park bar is reopening Saturday morning with a new look and feel. The Annex, sister bar to the Brickwall Tavern on Cookman Avenue, was closed Oct. 1 for remodeling. The Annex first opened in 2007. Previously, it was connected to The Brickwall through a sliding wooden door. The Annex was darkly lit […]

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Dec 14, 2012