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Restaurant Revue

Twin Goats Cafe

Congeniality fosters community at a day café that’s all about inclusivity, plant-based fare and sincerity that doesn’t quit.

Restaurant Revue Jersey City

Swadist

Uttam Rawat is a chef’s chef and, at his very personal storefront on the edge of India Square, he puts the dishes that elucidate and educate on full display. Kiera Mitru analyzes his lessons.

Restaurant Revue Statewide

Pals’ Night Out

Gather your besties at least once during this stretch of holidays that leads up to the annual turn of the calendar and dine out on dishes that match the spirit of the occasion you are heralding. 

Restaurant Revue OCEAN GROVE

Dale & Dollops

A salute to a retro era takes a different tack when it comes to its menu, which is proudly plant-based and all about 21st-century classics.

Restaurant Revue BRIDGEWATER

Krishna’s Kitchen

The foods of Gujarat are the soul of the menu at a warm, yet modest storefront that stands as the home kitchen of a daughter-father duo. They’ll be your guides to a lesser-known Indian cuisine built on grace and ineluctable balance.

Restaurant Revue HADDON TOWNSHIP

Que Ricas

Come for the Venezuelan arepas, don’t miss the cachapa and ease on to the finish with a guava-jammed empanada. How delicious, indeed.

Restaurant Revue METUCHEN

Mangia Toscano

Cosmopolitan-chic and sporting a well-edited menu that covers divergent needs, this downtown draw exudes sincerity and sophistication.

Restaurant Revue HOWELL TOWNSHIP

Ichi Sushi

Purist sushi-eaters: This one’s not for you. But if you like fishing for your fishes under robes of avocado and buckets of eel sauce, all lit like a Christmas tree and garnished like a showhouse garden, read on.

Restaurant Revue HIGHTSTOWN

Morgan’s Island Grill

The best ever, anywhere jerk wings top the lineup at a Jamaican storefront that brings heart and soul to a prized historic district. It’s all happening thanks to chef-owner Kenroy Morgan.

Restaurant Revue MOUNT HOLLY

Robin’s Nest

A landmark in the downtown of a county seat spreads its wings to offer almost everything under one roof – and expansive outdoor areas. But is its kitchen being spread too thinly?

Restaurant Revue CRANFORD, MANASQUAN, MATAWAN

Papa Ganache

Bakeshops increasingly are expanding their scope, deepening menus with savories that serve greater purposes than breakfast or snacks. This one, without outlets in three downtowns with train stations, is also V/GF.

Dduk Dabang

Kimchi fried rice for all! And a bowl of butter garlic ddukboki for the especially-hungry among us! It’s all happening at this Korean street food specialist in an H Mart food court.


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