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All right. It is Friday and time for another edition this morning of Main Street, New Jersey. And we are in Englewood Cliffs today. Yeah. News 12. New Jersey's Kimberly Buck is there right now, paying a visit. Ok, Kim, where are you? Where, where are we starting off? Good Friday morning, Nick and Simon. Yes, we are kicking off Main Street New Jersey at the learning experience and we are standing in front of Make believe Boulevard Annette, tell us what this is. It's all about imagination for these kids. Yes. The Children get to come into this classroom throughout the day. Uh, they get to explore all the areas. So it's imaginary play, but it's really life, real life. So they get to go to the fire department and they understand what the fire department is going, grocery shopping, going to the diner. So things that they do with their parents they're doing here at the learning experience and it really just, it pops off the walls. And Lisa, I know you own the, the learning experience here, um, in Englewood Cliffs. And I know this is, that has been so close to you for many years. You were a nurse for many years. Tell us about your love of the trade. Well, from a child, I always wanted to open a preschool. And after 28 years in nursing, my dream came true. I chose the learning experience and um never looked back. Children bring joy to us every single day. You, you, you, it's just smiles and s great satisfaction. You walked in this morning as early as it was with two great big smiles. You could tell you absolutely love what you do. So tell us the schedule, you open up at six in the morning, you're here till six at night. Tell us about the kids the age range. So we're open from 630 in the morning to 630 at night. We do have extended c um, the normal schedule is 8 to 6, but most of our parents do work in the city or in high. Um, so we're here all day. So when the Children come through the door, um, they usually meet, meet me and, um, so now I don't have to be kids. I have 100 and 70 kids. They are my kids from 8 to 6. And, uh, it's a joy, you know, uh, to see the happy faces that and Miss Lisa could tell you, they come in saying good morning, Miss and that and things like that. They come give me hugs, they draw me truth and then they start their day. They come up into their classroom and their day begins, they have a breakfast snack. Then we'll start with their circle time, their free play time, so much to do. And the good thing is that we have a little bit more time with you. So we're gonna stick around at the learning experience and we'll get to delve into some of the real uh passion projects that you do here. We'll send it back to you in studio. Kimberly Buck News. 12 New Jersey.

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mainstreatkbbqNJ5WA_2024-02-23-06-55-11

All right, it is Friday. That means it is time for main street, New Jersey. And this week we're checking out Anglewood Cliffs News from New Jersey's Kimberly B is there right now and it looks like you might be at a restaurant. Are we ready to eat? Yes. N and si told you we had somewhere good to go and this is delivering on its promise. We are here at K the Korean Barbecue Daniel. Thank you for waking up with us. Tell us about this new family restaurant. It's absolutely stunning. Yeah. So right after the, that when you came in, you probably saw the wine rack, the interiors. Uh We are uh upscale uh Korean barbecue restaurant, not all you can eat uh where we provide a combo that consists of a variety of meat, a la carte and other specialty Korean cuisines. And I know you have a lot brewing and I could smell it already. It absolutely looks and smells delicious. I'd like to know a little bit about the space so you could seat up to 200 people. You could have practically large parties here. Yeah, absolutely. Um We accept walk ins reservations but of course, we have enough seatings where we can host any special occasions. Lot of times family members companies have come in and just have a good time to eat at a restaurant. Oh, yeah, this is a good time for sure. And every table has its own barbecue. Right. And we even see here, there's a lever here where there's, I guess temperature if you like it, medium rare, totally rare, whatever you like. This is all according to how you like your food taste. Yes, this is the engine that gets our Korean barbecue experience going. So do we actually cook it ourselves? No, we actually have amazing servers, you know, omit to come in and provide the experience of serving and explaining the whole, the main thing that separates this restaurant from others as we were talking about is that it's not an all you can eat. It used to be, this was another restaurant by another owner that was designed as an all you can eat buffet style, but not here. Right. Absolutely. So you used to be all you can eat. But um we, when we took over this previous fo uh we're actually from a different company we own, we're part of the 02 in a Gutenberg. So this became a sister company of upscale Korean Barbecue. Awesome. I'm really excited to try the next segment. Don't miss it. We are here at Kbe Korean Barbecue in Englewood Cliffs on main street. New Jersey Kimberly. Thank you. Pretty nice morning vibe. But I know for a little Korean barbecue. Not.

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MainSt630a0223NJLE_2024-02-27-13-20-56

It is time for main street, New Jersey here on another Friday. Yeah, we are taking a look at Anglewood Cliffs and what's there to offer? Kimberly B is checking out a restaurant this morning. I wish you could smell this through the TV screen and it smells absolutely absolutely delicious. We have Korean barbecue here in front of us. Seven in the morning. Tell us what we're looking at. There's steamed eggs here we have this pancake. Tell us, first of all, I know it looks very overwhelming. But this is how we present our Korean cuisine here with a side dish. Uh lettuce. I was tasting some of them. They're very spicy. Some has some spice, some sweet. You said that the steamed eggs? This is eggs and you said it's got a little bit of a spice also like a little bit of heat. Is it breakfast time? Is it appropriate? Mm It tastes almost like what you would put in um a fried rice like a mixture. And then this here is an amazing, it's a rib eye medium rare cooked right in front of us by tech. Tell us all about this meat and what Kbe actually means, so Kbe is uh in Korean means uh spare rib, but we change the letter G to a letter K to represent Korea. So instead of spelling KBKB, represent Korean and Korean cuisine. Let's talk about with Korean cuisine, how this is typically eaten. So we have these lettuce wraps here. Would it be done this way? Would it be with the rice? Is it in a bowl? Tell us how it's done? So, Korean barbecue is all about customizing, you know, your favorite uh favorite things to put in. So obviously you want to start with uh our prime cut. So if this is, let's say if we know this is medium rare cooked as, as the customer wants it, you can just grab it like this. If I could get it. I'm not a pro oh the tongues. That's what the tongues are there for. Perfect. So we put it in here and maybe drizzle it with a little sauce, sesame oil and then your your all purpose sauce and then a little rice. See maybe I have a another job here. Now I know what I'm doing and then so you would take it and kind of place it all together. I'm sure it's gonna be very hot. It's like a little a healthier taco and take a quick bite. Mm And we have the whole family here as a family event food is so fresh, so delicious. And again, pointing out there's a parking lot in the back in the front. A place that is a great place for family and all that great Korean barbecue, Daniel. Thank you so much for taking me through this journey of Korean cuisine. This is main street, New Jersey at its finest will be with, be with us all day as we enjoy and we're going to another restaurant right after this. That looks amazing. Our stomachs are growling. That sizzle too. That sound of that sizzle was great mesmerizing.

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main7njWA_2024-02-23-07-27-22

Yeah, let's check in with Kimberly Buck. She's in Englewood Cliffs, taking a little bit of a tour there, Kim. Where are you? Thank you for sticking with us on this week's main street, New Jersey. Now we take a visit to the bicycle club. This is a family run business and thank you for inviting us into your home. So tell us about the place for the B club here since 1969 for a long time. Has a lot of history. We're always getting customers coming in or they have great memories here, whether they got married here, whether they had their first birthday upstairs, whether they have their baby shower. So it has a lot of history and, uh, I took the place over in 2016. It was closed for, for one year, 2015. I have currently a restaurant in the Bronx running since 19. Well, I've been in the business in 1974. I have one that's running from 19 92. Giovanni is on 100 50 street in the Grand concourse. So it's always been a family business that we run together there. My family behind us. Hello, you get the family right behind us. You have a great piece of real estate here. It's on the corner of Sylvan, a staple in Englewood Cliffs. To me, when I hear the bicycle club, I'm thinking, do I want a Mon Mongoose or a beach cruiser? It's not that it is a restaurant. Can you explain the name? Well, the name according I spoke to himself, Kenny Byer that originally opened the, he told me he went on vacation somewhere, saw the word bicycle club on the casino something he came back. He wanted to put it together because of all the cyclists that ride over on nine W thought it would be a perfect fit, which it is. We get a lot of cyclists now coming in for the from nine W and one thing that I wanted to touch on before we end this segment is that you offer a special opportunity to some students here. Yes, we do. I have two boys with special needs van and Harris and they work, they go to Richfield High School and they have a program that comes here. They bring students in from like nine, from 10 to 11. They clean up, they clean the bar, they do the tables, they, and they love it. They're, they're, they're thrilled and they make all the pizza boxes. We're here in the bicycle club. We're gonna make some food in the back. Stay with us on main street, New Jersey. What's that buddy, the bar, you clean the program for Kimberly. Thanks.

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mainstcadillacNJ7WA_2024-02-23-08-25-24

All right, here we are on a Friday. It is time for Main Street, New Jersey. And this week we take you to Englewood Cliffs. Let's check in with News Twelve's Kimberly Buck. While on her tour, she's checking out one of the oldest car dealerships in town. Kim. Yes, this is the final spot of our tour of Main Street, New Jersey in Englewood Cliffs. And if you're in the market for a new car, we may have the answer for you here. So Joe, tell us about this. This is one of the oldest dealerships in this stretch here on Sylvan Avenue. Yes. One of the oldest dealerships in Englewood Cliffs and Burn County also one of the oldest Cadillac dealerships as well. It's been around for a very long time. We took ownership several years ago. Um, minority owned, which is great because we expanding into that community as well. And we're very proud of that uh in, in serving, you know, the entire community here in, in Bergen County. And I'd like to talk to you Richard about what you're doing beyond that. I mean, you're, you're selling cars, you're doing it well, everything looks great. In this showroom, but you're also doing so much for the community. Well, we're big fans of uh putting a positive spin on, on things because it's not just about making money if you can do things to help kids. Like, for example, we, we sponsor a lot of our local charities, Toys for tots. We donate uh meals to uh assisted living facility that's up the road. Uh anything that basically benefits the community we're on board with, tell us about what you do for the law enforcement officers here in Canada and then tell delving into what rich has said. We, uh we take care of the police uh vehicles, uh, right here in Inglewood Cliffs and we're expanding that into other uh uh townships as well because of the fact that we service them quickly because of the fact that we know that they need their cars. So that's just one way to also get back to the community and keep them safe on the road as quickly as possible. It definitely sets you all apart. And if you're here, if you're looking for an EV, you have those too. I'm sure this is very popular. Like right next to us. It's a gorgeous EV car. Yes. So, come on out Sylvan Avenue. We've seen a stretch of great restaurants and now car dealerships. Even a preschool. Thank you for having us. It's been a fun main street, New Jersey. Kimberly Book news. 12, New Jersey

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From Korean BBQ to child care, News 12’s Kimberly Buk spotlights local businesses in Englewood Cliffs.

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