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Award-winning celebrity chef David Burke is opening a new restaurant in downtown South Orange. — Award-winning celebrity chef David Burke’s new South Orange restaurant will feature the stocked Essex Bar. – CULINARY COMMUNICATIONS LLC

Award-winning celebrity chef David Burke is putting the finishing touches on his eighth full-service restaurant and bar in New Jersey.

Located in downtown South Orange at 19 Valley St., the grand opening of The Fox & Falcon by David Burke is set for Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.

The menu features Modern American cuisine. That includes appetizers, such as chickpea and herb hummus, meat and cheese boards, and wings and rings, and entrees like short ribs, falafel burgers, tuna steak teriyaki, sushi, dumplings and butternut squash ravioli. Desserts include apple crostata, sticky toffee pudding and spiced chocolate pot de crème.

The Fox & Falcon by David Burke will also offer some of Burke’s signature dishes: popovers served steaming hot, lobster dumplings, clothesline bacon and various cuts of his famous U.S.-patented pink-Himalayan-salt-aged beef.

The Fox & Falcon will be open noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; noon to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Brunch will be served noon to 3 p.m. on weekends.

In a statement, Burke said he is excited to return to the area. After opening David Burke at Orange Lawn in early 2019, located at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, it was ranked as one of the best new establishments in the state. However, the restaurant closed in fall 2020, citing the impact of the pandemic.

The Hazlet native said, “The Fox has been around for a few years and has a super tavern vibe, similar to our flagship David Burke Tavern in New York City or The Goat by David Burke in Union Beach.”

After coming on board as an operating management partner, Burke said, “We’ve already revamped the menu and have some fun plans ahead that I know will be a hit in this lively community.”

According to Burke, guests can expect plenty of activities, such as trivia nights, comedy shows and live music. The Fox & Falcon also has multiple spaces for private dining to accommodate social or business events, he said.

“I’m very excited to bring Chef Burke to The Fox & Falcon,” said Matt McCusker, the original investor and sole owner. “The David Burke Hospitality Management team has an excellent record in New Jersey and beyond of owning and operating top-notch, full-service restaurants. I am confident their expertise, inner knowledge and purchasing power will bring a world-class dining experience to The Fox & Falcon that the whole community will take pride in.”

Within New Jersey, Burke’s portfolio includes Orchard Park by David Burke in East Brunswick, Ventanas at the Modern in Fort Lee, David Burke’s Dixie Lee Bakery in Keansburg, 1776 by David Burke in Morristown, Red Horse by David Burke in Rumson, Drifthouse by David Burke in Sea Bright, The Goat by David Burke in Union Beach and Son Cubano in West New York.

The group also owns and operates restaurants in New York, North Carolina and Saudi Arabia.

Gebroe-Hammer Associates arranged the sale of Ridgewood Commons in South Orange: a 66-unit five-story multifamily asset located at 10 N. Ridgewood Road. – GEBROE-HAMMER ASSOCIATES

Built in 1940, Ridgewood Commons in South Orange has now been sold four times since 1999. That’s according to Gebroe-Hammer Associates, which announced the latest acquisition of the 66-unit multifamily property located at 10 N. Ridgewood Road July 12.

Executive Vice President David Jarvis exclusively represented 10 North Ridgewood Road LLC, the seller, and procured the unnamed buyer, a private investor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Ridgewood Commons is a highly regarded icon known for its classic architecture and unique interior design touches that make it distinctive for its era and, of course, today,” Jarvis, who first sold the property for the original developer back 1999 and the three subsequent times, said in a statement.

In addition to a prime location – in the village center business district, within walking distance of one of the town’s two train stations – all apartments at the property have newly renovated kitchens and bathrooms; common areas also saw updates. Outside, the building has a new roof, windows, façade and pointing.

“South Orange’s Village Center is one of the most high-demand, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods in the state,” Jarvis added. “Thanks to a highly strategic location at the intersection of two major county thoroughfares of Scotland Road and South Orange Avenue – as well as the Valley Street extension – this business district and its eclectic collection of shops and iconic storefronts is the hub for happenings in the entire region.”

And that demand is coming from “an extremely diverse tenant cohort,” according to Jarvis, who also noted the affluence of the area. The building’s residents are “a melting pot of artists, designers and people working in the media; professionals, managers, sales and office workers; and business and finance professionals. Rounding out this mix are undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at Seton Hall University.”

Ridgewood Commons offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom, two-bathroom layouts. Among the building’s distinguishing features, Gebroe-Hammer noted its “tiered steps between rooms in select units, arched entryways, an art-deco lobby and a high-identity canopied lobby entry.”

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