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Restaurant Revue STATEWIDE

Fork Is Over

We may not be seeing the death of the fork in our dining-out lives, but we certainly are witnessing a dearth of its use as hand-held foods surge on menus.

Restaurant Revue WEST WILDWOOD

The Dock

South American influences, Cape May County ingredients and an owner who’s a natural at the hospitality game combine for a triple-decker sandwich made expressly for summer at the Shore.

Restaurant Revue LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP

Lomito

Geographical tweaks to familiar foods help fulfill the promise of something refreshingly different at a just-opened taqueria on Long Beach Island that focuses on Latin American street fare.

Restaurant Revue WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

LB’s Lunch Box

All is groovy – tasty, too – at a seasonal getaway for lunch, brunch and early dinner on Belhaven Lake deep in the heart of the Pine Barrens. A young chef with a knack for updating casual classics is the maestro of the good times.

Restaurant Revue MONMOUTH BEACH

Chofi Beach

Kim and Patrick Flammia let seafood dominate at the new beach town spinoff of their birria-centric cubby in Union City. The upshot: The summertime traffic along Ocean Avenue in Monmouth County is only going to get worse.

Water Dog Smoke House

Say a stream of hosannas daily to Betty, the inspiration for this utopia where smoked fishes rule and additives of any sort have been chased out of town by champions of purity and craft.

Restaurant Revue BLOOMFIELD

7 Doors Down Ramen Co.

High-style, carefully composed ramen, meticulous ceviche and a bunch of well-crafted Nikkei-or-not dishes come out of a bullish kitchen that’s the spawn of a Detroit pizza spot. Only in New Jersey.

Restaurant Revue CAPE MAY

Grana

Do formality and a culinary style steeped in tradition have a place at the Shore? Yes, if convened by a chef with the experience and focus on mission to see it all through.

Basilico

Joey Trani is a chef who knows how to cook, and cook he does at this Ischia-inspired storefront that marries elegance and hominess and often hits one out of the ballpark. Joltin’ Joe may not have left and gone away after all.

Restaurant Revue PATERSON

Al-Basha

The “dish of magic” that dates back centuries is one reason to come to the newer dine-in version of a beacon for Middle Eastern fare in this city of diverse eats. But stay, and return, for much else on its faithfully conceived, carefully executed menu.

Hey Burger

Working inside a neighborhood tavern along a main artery to Sandy Hook is a practitioner of the craft of the Smashburger. When these burgers hit their mark, they’re all the trend is cracked up to be: juicy, crusty, beefy and rife with energizing accents.

Restaurant Revue WEST CAPE MAY

Beach Plum Farm

A would-be jewel that had lost its way finds the road to its own regeneration runs through its Elysian fields of produce and pastures where livestock graze.


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