Would you dare eat here? NJ restaurant proposed for old funeral home

If I told you a new restaurant was opening up where a former funeral home stands, the dad jokes would write themselves.

Try the veal, it’s to die for.

The only thing stiff here is the drinks. Don’t worry, these spirits are friendly. The only thing getting buried here is your appetite.

But seriously, folks, this might really be happening. There’s a longtime funeral home on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick that closed earlier this year. Now the Boylan Funeral Home, there since 1958, might become a high-end restaurant. The Planning Board is set to hear an application on May 11 by Sam Algar, owner of Sahara Mediterranean Restaurant, to redevelop.

MyCentralJersey reports he’s eyeing an Italian fusion eatery.

For the paranormal-averse, the good news is that, despite all that history, it won’t be the actual original funeral home building. If approved, the plan would be to tear that completely down and build something brand new.

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It would be a two-story, 10,000-square-foot restaurant with a grand staircase that would be a magnificent and romantic visual. This would actually be very near Algar’s Sarah New Brunswick location on the very same road. He says he likes the area and wants to give people a wider variety of choices.

And clearly, he ain’t afraid of no ghosts. How about you?

Opinions expressed in the post above are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski only.

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