{"id":201,"date":"2016-12-16T02:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T07:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=201"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:55:33","slug":"mellow-mushroom-restaurant-to-open-in-toms-river-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2016\/12\/mellow-mushroom-restaurant-to-open-in-toms-river-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mellow Mushroom Restaurant, Bar to Open in Toms River on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_202\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river.jpg\" alt=\"The bar at Mellow Mushroom, Toms River. (Photo: Mellow Mushroom)\" width=\"720\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river.jpg 720w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river-475x420.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river-640x566.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river-681x602.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bar at Mellow Mushroom, Toms River. (Photo: Mellow Mushroom)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fans awaiting the grand opening of the first Mellow Mushroom restaurant in New Jersey will only have to wait a few more days.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s first location in New Jersey,\u00a0located in the Harvard Square shopping center,\u00a01111\u00a0Route 37 west, will open Monday, Dec. 19, the restaurant chain said via social media\u00a0this week. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/MellowMushroomTomsRiver\/photos\/?ref=page_internal\">location<\/a> had opened its doors to employees and their friends and family members last week, sparking rumors that it was open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>At a township council meeting this week, the governing body approved the transfer of a liquor license to the establishment. The license was moved\u00a0from inactive status \u2013 it had previously been <a href=\"http:\/\/micromediapubs.com\/liquor-license-transfer-route-37\/\">used by a gentlemen\u2019s club<\/a> \u2013 to active status upon the transfer, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mellow Mushroom is known for its pizza, calzones and hoagies \u2013 but it goes beyond the average pizzeria. The chain\u00a0offers a full bar with ultra-modern-meets retro decor, craft beers aplenty, a vegetarian and gluten free menu, plus\u00a0frequent events and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2016\/12\/mellow-mushroom-restaurant-to-open-in-toms-river-on-monday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans awaiting the grand opening of the first Mellow Mushroom restaurant in New Jersey will only have to wait a few more days. The restaurant\u2019s first location in New Jersey,\u00a0located in the Harvard Square shopping center,\u00a01111\u00a0Route 37 west, will open Monday, Dec. 19, the restaurant chain said via social media\u00a0this week. The location had opened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[49,11],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-toms-river-life","tag-mellow-mushroom","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mellow_mushroom_bar_toms_river.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}