Nothing gets a true Jerseyan’s tears flowing quicker than reminiscing about a beloved long-gone restaurant. It may have been the place their parents took them every week as a kid. The place that made the best chicken parm or crab cakes or egg sandwiches or whatever. Where the waitresses greeted you by name. You still have a menu or matchbook or postcard from the place, and you’re not giving it up for anything.

More tears flowed recently with the news that the Fireplace in Paramus was closing for good after 65 years in business. “Over the past months, we have had an increasingly difficult time covering the costs of running our restaurant,” read a message on the restaurant’s Instagram account.

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