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I saw the Safety Stick parking tool in front of the Wells Fargo on North Ave. & Union. Has the Town put any at any other locations? I was driving and didn't notice any new signage there.

https://www.parking-mobility.org/news/cranford-police-department-deploys-safetystick-technology/

Thanks to all who have participated in both the final round of voting, as well as in previous rounds over the past couple months!

We have officially determined a winner of the Chomp-ionship Matchup between our top two establishments as voted on by the good people of r/Cranford - our final showdown pitted two longtime local legends in the Cranford culinary scene against each other, both equally worthy and deserving of victory and praise in their own right, but as the famous documentary The Highlander goes: "There can be only one!"

Without further ado, and by a margin of just ONE vote out of dozens cast, The Riverside Inn (aka "The Dive") has just barely edged out The Cranford Hotel to be crowned r/Cranford's inaugural March Madness of Bars/Restaurants for 2026.

To many, its probably not a shock that Riverside Inn won - its one of only a few actual bars in Cranford proper itself, a fun historic origin story as a speakeasy in a flower shop basement during prohibition, and regularly receives good press for both its food and quintessential "dive bar" atmosphere. You can even buy wooden collectables of the place on Etsy (and apparently the Cranford Hotel too). To me, it is a shame to have to pick only one of the two places as I love both - but if Cranford Hotel had to lose to someone, it at least lost to a worthy opponent IMO.

I'll be adding a fun sidebar image soon highlighting our new Champion.

Thanks to everyone for participating - this was fun to do and a great way to engage more people on here. Feel free to suggest other fun activities and improvements we can do on here as well!