Reenie buzzes around her Back In Time Café at the Bradley Beach Train Station serving wonderful breakfasts and lunches to her lucky customers. She cooks and serves with swiftness, and that accounts for her slight blur above, but the results are always perfect. Paul Goldfinger photo. 2017.
By Eileen and Paul Goldfinger, Editors @Blogfinger.
This past July, we wrote a piece about Reenie Van Buren’s delightful breakfast and lunch café at the Bradley Beach train station, behind the park. But we didn’t have a photo of her then because she had stepped out, no doubt to check on those special hens quickly laying the organic eggs that she serves.
You can click on this link to get the “emmis.” (A word from the Blogfinger “introduction to basic conversational Yiddish” —it means the bare truth and nothing but the truth) BF Back in Time Café link
The café is right next to the train tracks, and you can see the Jersey Coast line whizzing by. There is parking in the train station parking lot or on the street.
Reenie is a Grovarian who lives at the North End with her giant German Shepherd Zeus. Don’t cross Zeus because he can bring down Apollo himself onto your head.
This morning I tried the Special “layered” delicious sandwich—– a breakfast that is marvelous: On a croissant Reenie layers Applewood crisp bacon, an “over easy” egg, Swiss cheese, tomato and avocado. It is really good as is her fresh brewed coffee.
Eileen had bacon and eggs with home made raspberry preserves, which she loved. It is a basic dish, but way above average.
Bacon and eggs, just right and made by Reenie. Eileen Goldfinger photo. ©
Reenie’s Café is in the former ticket office at the Bradley Beach Train Station. There is plenty of parking. 732 776 9050
Now and throughout the season, she is open 7 days each week: 5 am to 2 pm Weekdays, and 7 am to 2 pm Sat and Sun.
Drop in and say hello. Reenie likes to chat, but when she is working, she is no nonsense, because she strives for perfection.