Above: Last month, Two Stones Pub employees visited Faithful Friends Animal Society, one of beneficiaries of the area restaurant chain’s fundraising efforts. Top row (l-f): Shannon O’Neill of Faithful Friends holding shelter dog Snowflake; Isabella Gregg, Emily Bonavita, and Ben Muse of Two Stones Pub; Sabrina Bruckner of Faithful Friends; bottom row (l-r): Payton Smith, Kayla Powell, and Grace Gizzio of Two Stones Pub; Kanga, a shelter dog at Faithful Friends. Photo by Jim Miller.
You can learn a lot from a winning recipe.
Fifteen years ago, in a modest, unassuming spot in the Brookside community just outside of Newark, the first Two Stones Pub opened. The pub’s three owners knew success wasn’t guaranteed, but they had a recipe they believed in…