Learn About Tenafly, New Jersey - and a GREAT Bakery

Earlier this month I told you about the PetResQ fundraiser in Tenafly, New Jersey where I was the featured speaker.
I was so impressed and happy to see Tenfly hosting it's own gay pride day, too. 
Before the event, I had a couple of hours to walk around this quaint little town and explore it, so I wanted to share some insights, fact, famous people and pictures with you in Today's Blog>>

TENAFLY FACTS: Tenafly is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. There are only about 15,000 people living there.  It seems to have two main streets that intersect and both have storefronts. On one street is an old railroad station, complete with old tracks that run alongside it. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tenafly as the 7th best place to live in New Jersey in its 2013 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

Mauro's Restaurant in old Train Station

BEST DESSERT! - MAURO'S RESTAURANT- The old railroad station is now a restaurant called Mauro's. I stopped there and had one of the BEST DESSERTS I've ever had. It was a rounded chocolate tort. 

THE OLD RAILROAD AND BUILDING- From the mid 1850s until September 1966, Tenafly was served by rail along the Northern Branch, originally to Pavonia Terminal, and later to Hoboken Terminal. CSX now provides freight service along the line. The former Tenafly Station, currently a restaurant, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979; it is one of four surviving stations on the Northern Branch

HOW DID THE TOWN GET IT'S NAME? - The first European settlers in Tenafly were Dutch immigrants, who began to populate the area during the late 17th century. The name "Tenafly" is derived from the early-modern Dutch phrase "Tiene Vly" or "Ten Swamps" which was given by Dutch settlers in 1688.

Mauro's Restaurant in old Train Station

FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM TENAFLY: 
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tenafly include: 

1) Hiroaki Aoki (1938–2008), founder of Benihana Japanese restaurant chain
2) Peter Balakian (born 1951), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author
3) Yogi Berra (1925–2015), player and manager for the New York Yankees.
4) Jimmy Dean (1928–2010), singer turned breakfast meat entrepreneur

Tenafly was having a PRIDE DAY! - how cool!

5) Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer (she attended Tenafly High School) 
6) Jon-Erik Hexum (1957–1984), actor. (He was a HOT, Handsome actor who since passed)
7) Glenn Miller (1904–1944), bandleader. (lived in Tenafly!) 

Mauro's Dessert case