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What’s up at The Tortilla Press 2009-08-28 11:12:00

by Mark Smith on August 28th, 2009 | Comment

The Tortilla Press Weekend Brunch Menu
Brunch served until 2:30pm Saturdays and Sundays

BEVERAGES

Start Brunch off right!
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice or
our very own Virgin Margaritas!
By the glass 3 Half Carafe 7 Pitcher 12

Fair Trade Organic Mexican Coffee 2.5

Juice! Cranberry or Apple 2

STARTERS

The Tortilla Press favorite! Our made to order guacamole 8

Mixed berry and banana quesadilla 5

Brie pecan flautas with a chipotle peach glaze 7

Nachos Lydia…with pintos, cheese, pickled jalapeño, pico, guacamole, crème 7

Fried sweet plantains..with mexican crème &
queso fresco 4

Mini chorizo tacos…with soft corn tortillas, onions, cilantro, lime 5

Mexican Cobb Salad…with lettuces, corn, bacon, black beans, queso fresco, grape tomato, cucumber, carrots, olives, tomato vinaigrette 6

BRUNCH

Pancakes and French Toast

Classic hotcakes
Light & fluffy with syrup, honey butter& fruit cup 7

Caramel apple pancakes
Cinnamon apples, cajeta & whipped crème 8

Pan Perdida French Toast, Mexican style! Cinnamon egg battered, cajeta, honey butter 7

Banana Foster’s Pan Perdida
Mexican French toast with bananas, brown sugar & butter 8

Eggs and Omelets

Guadalajara Omelet
Eggs, ham, cheddar~jack cheese, rajas poblano, guacamole, pico de gallo, mexican crème, black beans, warm corn tortillas 8
Spinach, mushroom & goat cheese omelet
Served with breakfast potatoes, honey buttered toast 8.5

Los Americanos!
Two eggs, breakfast potatoes & honey buttered toast. Choose 1: bacon, chorizo, ham, fruit cup 7

Mexican Brunch Favorites

Our Tortilla Press House Classic…Huevos Rancheros!
It doesn’t get better! Three sunny side up eggs, corn tortillas, ranchero sauce,
rajas poblano, queso fresco, black beans 9

Frittata …black beans, corn, salsa roja, cheddar~jack cheese, breakfast potatoes 8

Breakfast Enchiladas ..Corn tortillas, scrambled eggs, cheese,guajillo chile sauce, black beans, chorizo hash 9

Chiliqules…a new Mexican favorite! Layers of tortilla chips and scrambled eggs, topped with tomatillo sauce, sliced avocado, mexican crème, pico de gallo 8

Breakfast burrito
Scrambled eggs, pinto beans, guacamole, salsa roja & cheddar jack, flour tortilla, breakfast potatoes , pico de gallo, mexican crème 7
Add bacon, ham or chorizo 1.5

Chorizo Hash & Eggs
With creamy chipotle orange hollandaise sauce, pico de gallo, crispy tortilla strips 10

Weekend Lunch Menu

Fajitas and Enchiladas
Chicken Fajitas
Tender grilled chicken with black beans, red rice, warm flour tortillas 10

Fish Tacos
Sauteed tilapia, achiote, black beans, warm corn tortillas 10

Chicken Enchiladas
Seasoned shredded chicken in a corn tortilla with guajillo chile sauce cheese, red rice black beans 9

Cheese Enchiladas
A blend of queso and cheddar jack in a corn tortilla with tomatillo salsa, red rice, black beans 9

Burritos
All burritos served with cilantro slaw
Substitute sweet potato fries, spicy fries, cup of soup or house salad for additional 1.5

Chicken Burrito
Grilled chicken with cheese, red rice, beans, guajillo chile sauce 8

The Brandito
Pulled pork, bbq sauce, red rice, black beans, red chile wrap 9

Mushroom Sweet Potato Burrito
With lettuce, tomato, avocado, rice, beans, cheese 12

Sandwiches & Burgers
All sandwiches and burgers served wih a side of jalapeño potato salad.
Substitute sweet potato fries, spicy fries, cup of soup or house salad for additional 1.5

Our National Award Winner!
Tender Pulled Pork Sandwich with our famous chipotle peanut bbq sauce.
Served on a roll. 7.5

Shrimp, Scallop & Guacamole wrap, lettuce, tomato, spinach wrap 10.5
Bacon Guacamole Cheeseburger, lettuce, tomato 7.5
Cheeseburger, lettuce, tomato 6.5
Hamburger, lettuce, tomato 6
Grilled Chicken & Avocado On a red chile wrap with avocado ranch dressing, lettuce & tomato 8.5

Quesadillas
Served with your choice of sweet potato or spicy fries, soup, salad or fruit cup

Chicken, mango & brie 10
Bacon, Tomato & Avocado 9
Crab & Avocado 10.5
Chicken & Avocado 9

Brunch Sides Lunch Sides
Bacon, chorizo coins, chorizo hash, fruit cup, breakfast potatoes 3
Spicy or sweet potato fries 2.5

Restaurant news: New hot dog eatery coming to Collingswood

by Julia Hays on August 27th, 2009 | Comment

Restaurant news in South Jersey:

Philly's Texas Wieners brings its brand of hot dog to the LumberYard development in Collingswood next month. The Snyder Avenue chain, around since 1923, will occupy the former Sportz Dogz, which lasted less than a year.

Yamato Japanese Restaurant, a longstanding fixture at Voorhees' Eagle Plaza, also has closed, a [...]

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Collingswood channels creativity into TV shows | CourierPostOnline.com

by Julia Hays on August 25th, 2009 | Comment

via Collingswood channels creativity into TV shows | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post.

Collingswood channels creativity into TV shows

By LAVINIA DECASTRO Courier-Post Staff

Step aside, Hollywood. Collingswood TV is moving beyond the usual public access programming of Little League games, government meetings and municipal events and producing regularly scheduled shows with a local flavor.

A [...]

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- Sean McGann 10:12 pm on October 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Awesome. Bringin Hollywood to Collingswood. haha
- Sean McGann 10:14 pm on October 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Are properties expensive in good ol’ Colls?
Police as pedestrian decoys

by Julia Hays on August 13th, 2009 | Comment

Collingswood is among several South Jersey communities that now have police officers acting as pedestrian decoys to enforce traffic laws.

For more information on the program, read the Courier-Post article or click here to view a photo gallery of the undercover cops in action.

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Serena, collsgirl0510, I Smell Bacon and 6 others are discussing. View Comments
- dtcman 10:29 am on August 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Years ago we encouraged pedestrians to use their heads with slogans like, “Cross at the green, but not in between.” Now pedestrians, brazenly walk out in front of moving cars with the attitude, “If you hit me, I’ll sue you and own your home.” Sure, pedestrians have the “right of way”, but lets have a little common sense in applying the law!
- ffemt 11:51 am on August 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  What about the cops that fly through the 25MPH street just because they can.
- MrsRef 2:29 pm on August 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I think Collingswood needs to reconsider where they have their cross-walks Half of them are located between parked cars and poorly or not lit at night. They also need to ticket those who jay-walk without the benefit of the crosswalks. Sometimes I cannot stop because when I drive the 25 mph speed limit, some idiot is tailgating me so close that if I stop, I will surely be rear-ended. I agree with the poster above, people just walk right out in front of you without looking to see if you can safely stop, especially in front of the Station House office complex.
  - x 1:15 pm on September 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Then perhaps you should slow down when approaching a crosswalk so that when you reach it you have the ability to stop in time.
    
    “I need to break the law because the person behind me is an idiot” is poor excuse.
    - I Smell Bacon 11:35 pm on December 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
      
      Sounds like a cop responding to that one above!!!
      
      Why cant people just use their brains and look both ways before crossing? Oh wait because then that would put some of the responsibility on them.
      
      And while we are at it lets try and have the local police Haddon Twp, and Collingswood stop using their cell phones while on duty. I agree 100% with the no phone laws but why is it cops can still do it, or anyone in a township vehicle for that matter.
      
      And while I’m on the subject of the local police, why is it that they are all so young? Last year they were running the Keg parties in the woods and now this year they are chasing the same kids they hung with, because Mommy and Daddy know so and so and now they are a Big Bad Police Man. Give me a freaking break, half these cops haven’t earned the respect the expect!
      
      Dont get me wrong I support all police and fireman who put their life on the line to protect us. But some of these guys are a joke!
      
      Ok, End of Rant!
      - collsgirl0510 2:19 am on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
        
        You are Colls spoiled. Dont know how good you have it. Where I work you call the police and maybe you see them 20 minutes later. Maybe you want us to hire senior citizens for the force.
- akes7 7:51 pm on August 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I agree with the person who remarked about the cops flying down the streets at night – not only is it the police but it’s a bunch of kids who are joyriding and no one’s checking it out. They fly thru stop signs and sometimes there are young children out taking walks with their parents in the evening. Instead of the police wasting taxpayers money pretending to be pedestrians and busting people on the avenue for jaywalking or other ridiculous charges, they should be monitoring other areas of this town. I know, my family’s cars have been the target of vandalism 3 times this year and it’s caused major damage that we’ve had to pay for. We reported it and nothing was ever done; no extra patrols were put on…i just don’t get it! And we just got our tax bill and it went up 11% for this year. Unbelieveable! I know we’ll be selling our property and moving on very shortly! I used to love this town!
- MrsRef 7:54 am on September 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks for the suggestion but I do drive slowly thru town. Explain the logic of putting a place for pedestrians to cross located between two parked cars. Sometimes all you see is a baby carriage coming at you. They should also cracked down on jaywalkers.
  - x 4:03 pm on September 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    I agree that there should be no parking zones on both sides of the crosswalk. This is a good point, but does not dismiss your claim that you “cannot stop” at the crosswalk. You need to drive at a speed that will allow you to do so or consider giving up your license as to no longer endanger Collingswood’s pedestrians.
- MrsRef 4:21 pm on September 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I DO STOP at the crosswalks – in fact, I drive so slowly down Haddon Avenue that people ride the bumper of my car all the way from Haddon Twp. to Browning Road. I never claimed that I couldn’t and don’t stop at the crosswalks. Maybe the police resources would have been better used down near the WaWa where people jay-walk constantly or maybe at night when people are breaking into cars and houses!!!!!!!!!!!
  - I Smell Bacon 11:43 pm on December 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    
    Hold on now lets be fair about this, the police are always at the Wawa, on Haddon and Cuthbert and in Collingswood. They are always there getting their FREE coffee.
    
    I love how they get to park in the Handicapped parking spots and in the Fire lanes And how the signs clearly state no idling, yet the police can do what ever they feel like doing. At any given time there are 3-4 cops supposedly on duty in either of the Wawa’s.
    
    I guess Wawa is one of the safest local places a person could be, If I’m ever going to have a heart attack I’ll make sure it’s in a Wawa.
    
    Give me a Freaking Break, I know that crap don’t happen in our 2 towns here, but damn at least act like your working or something!
- 1/2FULL 10:42 am on November 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  We all need to slow down, the police need to put as much effort into jay walkers as they do to drivers. Jay walking kids need to be doing community service for the town as a payback not their parents. Adult jay walkers need to be fined or do community service, no excuses for friends,family or politicians. Police need to slow down & obay the same laws as everyone else they don’t have special priviledges or excuses. The cross walks need to have at least one parking spot on each side cleared even if it means less parking for buisness. In saying all that these are just common sence solutions to a problem. The town of Collingswood is a town to be proud of & enjoy & these can all be accomblished without a large cost to the towns people.
- Serena 6:52 pm on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  I love our town, and I love that we have so many marked crosswalks (some with crossing guards!), so it upsets me very much when people ignore them – whether they be on foot or in their car. There are what, EIGHT crosswalks btw Holy Trinity and the Wawa? And yet people will not walk the extra 10 feet to use them. They insist on walking out in front of cars on one of the busiest strips in the area. It’s irresponsible and stupid.
Farmers market is a winner!

by Julia Hays on August 10th, 2009 | Comment

Congratulations to Collingswood's Farmers Market, which was just voted among America's Favorite Farmers Markets!

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Collingswood Crafts & Fine Art Festival 2009 – Day 1

by Julia Hays on August 8th, 2009 | Comment

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Downtown festival to attract arts, crafts lovers

by Julia Hays on August 6th, 2009 | Comment

The town is set to host its annual Collingswood Crafts & Fine Art Festival this weekend.

For more information, click here to read an article about it in today's Courier-Post.

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Rough Draft Kids REstaurant week menu

by Mark Smith on August 5th, 2009 | Comment

This is a really rough draft, please feel free to leave comments or suggestions in the comment section. Thanks Chef Mark

Kids Restaurant Week
Starters Choose 1

Mexican Taco Salad with ground beef, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo sour cream & guacamole

Kiddie queso plate, melted cheese dip with red, white & blue corn chips

Mini chicken & cheese flautas with our special jersey fresh tomato salsa for dipping

Entrees

Grilled shrimp with peach salsa, coconut rice & green beans

Chili mac & cheese with corn muffin & green beans

Twin mini tacos, beef or chicken with red rice & pinto beans

Brandon's pizza quesadilla with grilled chicken & cheese with sauteed green beans

Dessert
Strawberry & Banana Quesadilla with whipped cream

Churro Sundae with chocolate ice cream & chocolate sauce

Mini berry tangle with vanilla ice cream

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Fashionable canines

by Julia Hays on August 4th, 2009 | Comment

Dogs in heat are fashionable once again in Collingswood. At least they are Saturday (Aug. 16) as Powell Lane (off Haddon Ave. by the LumberYard) hosts the Second Annual Dog Days of Summer from noon to 3 p.m. There will be a Pooch Parade for your favorite costumed canines, vendors selling the latest doggie [...]

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- Ted 2:45 pm on August 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  
  While we’re on the topic of fashionable pets, don’t forget to submit your most cuddly, adorable dog and cat photos to the Courier-Post’s “Cutest Pets” contest:
  http://www.onlineeasyads.com/Contests/CherryHillPetIdol/Gallery.php
New restaurant on Haddon Avenue

by Julia Hays on August 4th, 2009 | Comment

Collingswood’s restaurant row – Haddon Avenue – adds to its menu Wednesday with the opening of Café AmericanA, a new bistro at the corner of Haddon and Collings, home to the former Treehouse coffeehouse. The Treehouse moved Audubon last year, although a portable version is on hand serving coffee and baked goods every Saturday the [...]

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Looking for some recession-friendly fun?

by Julia Hays on August 4th, 2009 | Comment

Collingswood’s Knight Park offers free movies under the stars on Thursdays through August 27. Screenings at dusk include: “High School Musical 3’’ on Aug. 6; “Shrek’’ on Aug. 13; “Hotel for Dogs’’ on Aug. 20, and “Madagascar 2’’ on Aug. 27.

Knights Park is located on West Collings Avenue.

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