The Frog and The Peach was founded in downtown New Brunswick, NJ in 1983 by husband and wife team Jim Black and Betsy Alger, both Rutgers University graduates who prior to entering the restaurant business had careers in the plant world – Jim was a landscape architect and Betsy taught horticulture. Following their respective passions for developing new spaces and for cooking, the couple became one of the leading proponents of Modern American Cuisine in New Jersey.
Alger and Black’s food concept – providing an innovative, modern American menu with clean flavors and global accents – has remained the guiding principle in the kitchen, first under the direction of Betsy, who was the executive chef for the first three years the restaurant was open, and then under several talented chefs. In fact, The Frog and The Peach has functioned as a veritable training ground for many of New Jersey’s finest chefs today. Alger’s active participation in all areas of the business over the past two and a half decades – she recently (2008) served as the first woman to chair the New Jersey Restaurant Association – along with their influence on so many chefs has resulted in their tangible influence on the contemporary fine dining scene that has evolved in the state.
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