Hardyston restaurant burns in blaze; cause of fire unknown

A Saturday morning blaze gutted part of Tony's Family Restaurant Pizza and Pub on Route 23, to the dismay of onlookers who said the eatery is the "hub of the universe" in the Stockholm section of the township.

[John and Louise Gerosa]

Tony and his family are wonderful people and we feel so sad for them right now. We go to Tony's almost every week on a Friday night to relax after a hard week at work. We always looked forward to going there. I hope they will open another restaurant and make it bigger and better then the original.
Our prayers and thoughts are with them.

[mr bill]

What Happened?

[Terrible]

What a shame ... I feel terrible for the family. I am sure they will be back ... bigger and better!

[happygolucky]

they had the best food!!!

[karen]

It's the best italian food around. hope they get back on their feet fast and if they go somewhere else please post a big sign out front. Will miss our saturday night good food and service. But at least no one was hurt!

[SteveoChiTown]

Sorry to hear about this family's business. Hopefully they will come back strong with the support of the community.

Now...if any of you would like to know what real pizza tastes like while Tony's is being rebuilt. Please contact me and we can arrange for some awesome Chicago Style Deep Dish!

Glad no one was hurt!

[Trish]

Not only is Tony's a local hot spot and the hub of town...it's a landmark to those of us that grew up in town. Thankfully no one was hurt in the fire, but some very fond memories were definately lost! May you rebuild bigger and better than ever!

[paulas grandaughter]

we are all terribly sad about this fire but we see more upsides too. our family is doing fine and our employees i hope will return when it is back it was an electrical fire at 9:04 in the moring. never in a million years did we think this would happen. everyone will be fine. and thank you all who care it is a great thing to know you are there.
- the grandaugther..

[Cody]

What a shame. I hope they rebuild and reopen soon. That was a great place.

[Vernonite]

I saw the video on Youtube, such a shame, hope they are able to repair or rebuild, rough time for this to happen. Miss Sussex Cty my heart will always be there.

[Tony and Family]

We would just like to thank everyone for all of our kind words and support. It is wonderful see the support of our loyal customers. And we would like you all to know that we will be back, we are in the process of getting things started to rebuild. We promise the restaurant will be bigger and better! We hope to see all of you back as we can not wait till the doors open again. Thank you all so much, and we hope to see you all soon! Thank you all!- Tony and Family

[SDurante]

GREAT to know Tony and Family are working to come back.
Please update progress as possible.
Any chance you'll be up and running by Spring 2009?
We miss you very much!

[so sorry]

can't wait til you're back. i moved into the area about a year ago and have never really had a chance to stop in, but i've been hearing that you have the best pizza in the area, bar none! so, i'm looking forward to your return. good luck!

[Tony and Family]

Thank you all so much for all of your support once again.

Update- we hope to be back up and running early next year! same great food and same great staff.

thank you all so much we really appreciate all your kind words and we will keep you updated and when we reopen keep an eye out for our gand reopening!

[Bruce]

Thats it advertise, you jerk

SteveoChiTown wrote:

Sorry to hear about this family's business. Hopefully they will come back strong with the support of the community.
Now...if any of you would like to know what real pizza tastes like while Tony's is being rebuilt. Please contact me and we can arrange for some awesome Chicago Style Deep Dish!
Glad no one was hurt!

[Bruce]

Thats it advertise, you jerk

[SteveoChiTown]

Lighten up you freak.

Bruce wrote:

Thats it advertise, you jerk
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[SteveoChiTown]

or should I say Lighten up Skitzo! Posting twice. What an idiot LOL

Bruce wrote:

Thats it advertise, you jerk

[Horatio]

Gosh, chill everyone. Sometimes things get posted twice!!!!!!!!!!

[Agree]

I agree Horatio!