Due Mari Vinoteca
Back To Restaurants >Due Mari, meaning “two seas” in Italian, opened its doors in September 2008 to join Chef Michael White and the Altamarea Group family of restaurants. Located in New Brunswick, Due Mari is the counterpart to the Bernardsville's Due Terre (“two lands”). Keeping true to its name and Chef White’s authentic Italian cuisine, Due Mari’s menu is focused on seafood but also specializes in Chef White’s famous handmade pastas and choice grilled meats. A specialty of the house is the seafood towers with a raw bar and oysters. Due Mari also offers award winning pizza.
A large circular bar and intimate lighting greets guests upon entering Due Mari's giant wood double doors. Located in the center of the restaurant, the main bar guides guests either towards the tavern area or main dining room. The tavern offers guests a perfect spot to meet friends, watch sports, and enjoy a cocktail or bite to eat. Here you can select from the tavern menu, which offers selections ranging from sandwiches, salads and salumi-platters to Due Mari’s homemade pizza. The main dining room has a more elegant setting in earth tones and wood with semi-private dining sections tucked around corners and behind barriers and frosted glass. Due Mari’s ambiance is both causal enough for a fun evening and fancy enough for special occasions.
Under the tutelage of Manging Partner Francois Rousseau, Due Mari’s staff is knowledgeable, warm, friendly, and enthusiastic about food and wine. Each member of the team strives to make your evening a memorable one.
Chef Bio: Alex Stotler, chef de cuisine
Chef Alex Stotler was born and raised in New Jersey, where at a young age he established a tremendous respect and affinity for the bounties of nature, having spent much of his youth camping, fishing and cooking. At 16, Alex entered the restaurant business and quickly decided that learning advanced technique and creating outstanding food was what he aspired to achieve.
Alex’s career began at The Stage House Inn, cooking under the eye of James Beard Award winner David Drake. After spending time there honing his culinary skills, Alex traveled to California and France in search of great food and wine. That experience broadened Alex’s capabilities and strengthened his desire to expand his skills into different types of cuisine.
After returning to the states and working for several chefs in the Tri-State area, Alex found the opportunity to join Chef Michael White’s team as chef de cuisine at Due Mari with the goal of utilizing local-organic produce and fish of the region. Alex studied and learned from both Chef Bill Dorrler, now Osteria Morini chef de cuisine, and Michael White.
Alex is at the helm of Due Mari’s busy kitchen, running a full staff and immersing himself in the broad world of Italian cooking in New Brunswick. Due Mari has received much acclaim since its opening. This is where Alex fits right in and feels that he is exactly where he wants to be.
78 Albany Street
New Brunswick NJ 08901
(732) 296-1600
www.duemarinj.com
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 4-10 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 4-11 p.m., Sat. 4-11 p.m., Sun. 4-9 p.m.
