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An Italian-inspired night at Tre Pizza Looking to mix up your weeknight routine? ead to Tre Pizza, Pasta and Beer Garden in Freeh old tomorrow for a beer dinner with Italian craft brewery Mastri Birrai Umrbi. The evening will include a four-course beer and food pairing dinner, which will be served at 7 p.m. he menu includes a assortment of cheeses, eats and vegetables; fried calamari with zucchini, ennel and caperberries; arugula salad with pears and gorgonzola; penne vodka; orecchietti with Italian sausage and broccoli rabe; Margerita pizza; chicken Par- migiana, and porchetta. he brewer will discuss the beers and answer questions. he cost is $50 per person, plus tax and and gratuity.

Tre Pizza, Pasta, Beer Garden is at 611Park Ave. in Freehold. For more information or to make a reservation, call 732-751-4422 or visit www.trepizzanj.com. FILE PHOTO Margherita pizza will be served during a four-course beer inner tomorrow at Tre Pizza Pasta and Beer Garden in Freehold. SARAH GRIESEMER 2D ASBURY PARK PRESS APP.COM ANSWERS WORD SLEUTH JUMBLE CRYPTOQUOTE SUDOKU San Francisco is one of the count favorite destinations and one of he few where some of our favorite a ccommodations are just outside the city limits.

We have long been fans of Sausalito, just across the Bay from the city. Cavallo Point was one of our early discoveries and this week we found another Casa Madrona, www. casamadrona.com. Built as residence in 1885, it first became a hotel in 1906. Through World War II, ownership changes, mudslide damage and more, the hotel has persevered a nd today it is owned by MetWest Terra.

In 1967, while Pink Floyd was on their very first visit to the they were photographed in the Mansion by aron Wolman. The famous image was used to prom ote their debut album Piper at the Gates of The property has undergone a top-to-bottom renovation that has successfully blended the rich history of the property with contemporary design and modern luxury. Renovation upgrades included a square foot-spa, an amazing signature suite, and meeting space, including a boardroom, a private dining room and three new function rooms. The property offers 64 guest accommodations, including 31bayside guest rooms, many boasting harbor and bayside views, 15 lower hillside cottages, any with private decks, fireplaces and San Francisco Bay views, seven upper hillside cottages, 11hill- side mansion guest rooms, including the square-foot Alexandrite Suite atop the property. Rooms offer spectacular views of the bay, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco and are beautifully decorated in a clean, contempo- ary design.

Features include flat-screen TVs, a pillow-top mattress, luxury linens, locally-sourced organ ic coffee and in-room coffee maker, a pillow menu a nd EO Bath amenities. he on-property spa offers a full range of body, skin and massage therapies. Spa guests are welcome to unlimited use of the fitness center featuring treadmills, elliptical trainer, upright bikes, a stretching area, fitness balls and free weights. Restaurateur Larry Mindel opened Poggio Tratto- ria adjacent to the hotel after more than 30 years of operating area restaurants. delightful menu changes daily and includes pizzas and meats cooked over an open flame, along with artful pastas and salads.

It is a wonderful neighborhood restaurant where it was evident that it was a favorite. I enjoyed a fantastic puree of butternut squash soup with creme fraiche, chives and hazelnuts as an appetizer and then pappardelle, roast chicken and chanterelles as an entree. The meal was enhanced by a pecial $16 Amarone, one of my favorite wines and a bargain at this price. The restaurant provides all meal service to the hotel. The property is pet friendly, and there is a ferry just across the street that will whisk you to downtown San Francisco.

Travel time from the Jersey Shore: About 5 1 2 hours by plane to San Francisco. or more information on weekend travel visit: ww.bestweekends.com. A CEO of BestWeekends.com and Jersey Shore Restaurant Week chairman, Jim Flynn travels the country looking for great places to stay and eat. Ileft my heart in Sausalito COURTESY OF CASA MADRONA The rooms at Casa Madrona in Sausalito offer spectacular iews of the bay. JIM FLYNN CULINARY TRAVELS table FOOD BASKET It is that time of year again free pancakes at IHOP! On March 8, the restaurant chain will celebrate its 11th National Pancake Day by giving away millions of pancakes as a fundraiser for childrens charities.

Each diner will be treated to a short stack of buttermilk pancakes and asked to make a voluntary donation to local Miracle Network Hospitals, The Leukemia Society, Shriners Hospital for Children a nd other local charities. The promotion will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Last year, IHOP restaurants served 6.6 million free pancakes and raised more than $3 million for charity, according to a news release. For more information, call 866-444-5144 or visit ww.ihop.com.

GETTY IMAGES IHOP will celebrate National Pancake Day with free short stacks on March 8. IHOP serves up free short stacks SARAH GRIESEMER Shamrocks, leprechauns and all things Irish: The ountdown to St. Patrick's Day has begun. he holiday falls on March 17, a Thursday this year. or a March 9 story in our Table section, we want to know where you will be eating (and drinking) that day.

Tell us where to find the best corned beef and cabbage, Shepherd's pie and beer green or otherwise. Tell us in the comments section, or email your fa- orites, along with your name and hometown, to Tell us where you eat and rink on St. Day SARAH GRIESEMER It has been a long time coming, but the doors have officially opened on the new Inn in Colts eck. The restaurant, at Routes 34 and 537, is a brand new and much larger version of its predecessor, hich for more than 25 years was located just down the road. Owners Sal Asaro of Middletown and Raym ond Longobardi of Colts Neck decided to expand ore than four years ago, and their new restaurant opened Feb.

11. The response has been Asaro said. The restaurant can seat 175 iners, has a large bar with an open grill, two dining rooms, a separate room for parties, and a covered outdoor patio for dining and entertainment. But ouches of the old Inn remain its built-in booths were replicated in the dining room and the original stained glass panels were rought over, as was the Colts Neck memorabilia that lined the walls. is not a little restaurant; this is an Asaro said in December, Neck have a town center.

We really are focused on having a spot for the town people, a place where people from 9 to 90 can Inn is at 20 Route 537 East. For more in- ormation, call 732-431-0194 or visit ww.huddysinn.com. Colts new Inn is open SARAH GRIESEMER This tained glass panel from the old Huddy's Inn graces a hallway in the new restaurant. FILE PHOTO Restaurant owners are invited to submit inform ation for our annual Dining Guide, a free listing i the 2016 Summer Guide, which will be published ay 27 in the Asbury Park Press. be in the guide, send the name, address and elephone number of the restaurant, along with the type of cuisine; website address (if applicable); xactly which credit cards are accepted (V, MC, AE, D) and whether the restaurant is handicapped accessible.

lease fill out the form at ww.app.com/dininglistor email your information by March 18. or those submitting by email, please write ining Guide 2016 in the subject line. Be a part of this Dining Guide STAFF REPORT.