The town of East Brunswick is already home to a landmark wedding venue, the Park Chateau Estate & Gardens. Now, the Park Chateau’s owners are teaming with Celebrity Chef David Burke to create a new restaurant experience next door. On the ground floor of the brand new, luxurious Chateau Grande Hotel, you’ll find Orchard Park by David Burke.
Orchard Park – now open for indoor dining with social distancing – features a carefully curated, modern American menu. The concise selection of gourmet dishes is thoughtfully crafted by Chef Burke, a New Jersey native with international acclaim. Chef Burke’s award-winning accolades include opening two dozen restaurants stateside, all while traveling the globe to work with other legendary chefs.
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Orchard Park brings together one of New Jersey’s best chefs with the state’s best wedding and event venue owners; Brothers Joseph and Barry Maurillo, along with business partner Vito Cucci, wanted to elevate the Chateau Grande Hotel experience. By working with Chef Burke, the team has combined elegance with modern cuisine in a one-of-a-kind setting.
The menu offers sizable portions of signature dishes, which include appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Starters include Lobster Dumplings, Clothesline Bacon (thick-cut maple glazed bacon hanging from clothespins), and Pretzel Crab Cake. They also serve a handful of pizza (Margherita, Spicy Lobster) and pasta (Cavatelli, Spaghetti NERO) options. Signature entrees feature Scallops and Octopus, Lamb Chops, Eggplant Francese, Surf & Turf, Honey Roasted Duck, and more. Finally, you can finish out the lavish meal with an indulgent dessert; with options such as Tin Can Cake, Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sliders, or the “Tiny Dancer” chocolate cake. Click here to see the full menu.
Key Features
The restaurant is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Despite being inside the Chateau Grande Hotel, dining is open to all patrons. (In other words, you don’t have to be a guest of the hotel to eat here.) However, the hotel and restaurant work together in harmony to provide guests with the best possible experience. For instance, Chef Burke will also oversee on-site event catering. In addition, you can order full dinner service by Orchard Park from the hotel’s large bar in the lobby. The grounds also offer outdoor dining, as well as a seasonal outdoor bar. The outdoor bar will be open six months a year, from May through October.
Orchard Park features a number of design highlights. First is the open kitchen, which allows guests to watch from their seats as the chefs prepare each meal. Next to the kitchen is the Signature Salt Brick Room. This seating area is separated by glass walls from the rest of the dining room. One glass wall is filled with bottles of lavish wine, while the main wall is constructed using pink salt bricks; with a large flat-screen television in the center. The Salt Brick Room sits up to around 20 people and is perfect for small parties or office gatherings.
About Chef David Burke
Chef Burke is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, and has appeared in programs such as Top Chef Masters; in addition to Iron Chef America, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and NBC’s TODAY Show. He has written and published two cookbooks, Cooking with David Burke and David Burke’s New American Classics.You’ll find his upscale eateries and taverns in areas like New York City, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, and Chicago. Of course, he saves some of his best work for his home state, and Orchard Park is no exception.
Orchard Park is a key piece in the culmination of Chef Burke, Cucci, and the Maurillo brothers’ newest mission; to cultivate the perfect trifecta of fine dining, luxury lodging, and event production with the Chateau Grande Hotel. (Click here for location details via Google Maps.) The gorgeous design, delicious food, and welcoming atmosphere will no doubt cement Orchard Park as a premier Garden State eatery. To learn more, click here to visit the website.
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