This contemporary restaurant fills what seems to be another revolving storefront on Bloomfield Ave. But there isn't anything blue about BLU. With soft tones of brown, yellow and brick red, the dim lighting fires off the scent of a New England ski lodge dining hall. Created, owned and manned by landmark Chef Zod Arifai (former owner of Jasmine's in Lyndhurst) the goal is to create a chic cosmopolitan bistro without the chilling affects of one. Efforts are admirable, but difficult to accept with those back-stiffening, rear-flattening chairs. The menu focuses a modern American approach with Chef Arifai's meticulous style of French techniques in the kitchen, which coddles its creations through slow-cooking and searing. BLU adapts its menu to the season, but banks itself around the cod dishes and butter-like beef ribs which slide off the bone after five hours of cooking.

Categories: Restaurants-American, Restaurants

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