'Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen' to Become Vail Mansion Cornerstone in September

It’s ambitious, different, and most important, fun.

According to the New York Times, a brand new restaurant by the name of Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen is coming to Vail Mansion, and the project is being led by Chris Cannon, a tremendously successful New York City restaurateur.

Cannon chose Vail Mansion after seeing it for the first time more than four years ago, the report said, and felt the area’s affluence would match his new establishment perfectly.

“Eating should be fun,” Cannon said in the report. The businessman said he doesn’t want customers to feel like they’re going to church when having a meal at his new restaurant.

The report named Kevin Sippel as the restaurant’s executive chef, and will be using local foods, including produce from Ralston Farm in Mendham; Ramstein beers from the High Point Brewery in Butler; and oysters from shore point Mantoloking.

The restaurant is expected to open before the end of September, the report said.