This new Jersey City restaurant has stunning views and 'coastal' menu from celeb chef
Award-winning chef Anthony Bucco has his fingerprints all over the rebranding of Landmark Hospitality's Liberty House Restaurant — rechristened Maddy Rose — a seafood restaurant by the banks of the Hudson River with jaw-dropping views of the New York City skyline.
Need an introduction? Bucco, a four-star chef who launched acclaimed Felina Restaurant in Ridgewood and received rave reviews as head chef of Uproot in Warren and storied Ryland Inn in Whitehouse Station, is today senior vice president of culinary operations at Landmark Hospitality, the events management company that owns Village Hall in South Orange, Stone House in Warren, the Ryland Inn and newly rebranded Felina Steak, ex Terra e Mare, in Hudson House in Jersey City, among others.
Bucco is taking a close look at Landmark's properties and tweaking and rebranding as needed.
Liberty House got a total redo.
"We did a complete refresh," he said. "All new restaurant furniture, new bar top, new color palette, new menu."
The executive chef is Nicholas Paller, formerly with The Manor, a 66-year-old wedding venue in West Orange. Paller was also banquet chef at Stone House, then executive chef at Logan Inn, Hotel Du Village and Liberty House. Bucco curated the new menu, which he described as "coastal."
"It is heavy on seafood," he said, noting that the restaurant is technically located in a marina. A raw bar offers East and West coast oysters as well as a seafood tower for $150. Appetizers include a summer heirloom tomato salad, the tomatoes plucked from the gardens of the Ryland Inn and the Stone House; an angus beef tartare with olive tapenade served on a fried brioche, and a pan-seared tuna served with a yellow tomato coulis, a dish that Bucco said he has taken with him from restaurant to restaurant.
The menu also features roasted salmon with heirloom squash, cavatelli in a Bolognese sauce, a seafood risotto and a burger with caramelized onion and cheddar.
Tom Muscolino, who worked at the Ryland Inn, is the mixologist. Among the cocktails he has created is the Meltemi, a stunning blue-colored vodka drink topped with dehydrated rose petals.
Why Maddy Rose? It is named after Landmark Hospitality co-founders Frank and Jeanne Cretella’s daughter, Maddy.
The restaurant is open Wednesday through Sunday.
Go: 76 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City; 201-395-0300, libertyhousejc.com/eat.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Maddy Rose in Jersey City: Waterfront restaurant with NYC views
