Aunt Chubby’s Luncheonette and Bakery
At one of the most sincere restaurants in the Garden State, you can eat two breakfasts in one sitting, your heart’s desire in pastries and stick around to order a take-home lunch. But the best take-away? That loving feeling.
No. 79 Restaurant Bar
Pierogis as a bar food? Yes. Its time – long overdue – has come. Now if only this newcomer in Atlantic County would do seasonal ricotta-stuffed pierogis with local blueberry sauce …
Nauti Cajun Crab
A Dungeness stir-fry bests the rest at a specialist that too often drifts when focus on details is crucial.
Gourmet Gallery
The heart and hub of this intimate downtown is a café that defies the image of a place where a famous horror flick once was filmed. Easy, homespun fare and a loyal clientele today unite to banish baddies.
Publick House
There’s good reason why Nick DeRosa’s gastropub is beloved by both citizens of the dine-out world and pro chefs taking a break from their own stoves. A menu that looks simple and possibly de rigueur translates to plates elevated by accents and powered by technique.
Yard Tacos
There’s a new taco game in town, and it's playing footsie with a ball-shaped corn fritter that’s about to become the darling of appetizers, snacks and side dishes. Meet its patron, the soberano of sorullos Andrew Mercado.
Deauville Inn
A South Shore behemoth shows its respect for local pedigrees through a remake of its menu that casts the region’s waters as the source for prime ingredients, not mere window dressing.
Always Summer
No need to crowd into the old saws to eat during the season that’s on deck. Our Lucky-13 list of restaurants with that certain special something will make memories with foods you can reprise year-round.
Mambo Nando’s
Find baseball, a boardwalk, amusements, redevelopment and, now, a Puerto Rican eatery with classics spiced to outshine the sun this summer in a Bayshore borough that’s on the rise.
Folklore Artisanal Taco
The costra de queso at this Mexican specialist with siblings in West Orange and Chatham needs to be inked on your dine card. But don’t ignore the more familiar foods: Freshness and mindful cooking elevate everything at these BYOBs.
Origin
On the pedestrian-only blocks of Division Street in the downtown district of this restaurant-friendly county seat is a BYOB that started out decades ago as French-Thai and now tilts Pan Asian – particularly at lunchtime, when big salads reign.
Christine’s House of Kingfish Barbecue
Smoke and sauce. The smoke you expect and a sauce like no other. And those ribs. They’re the hallmarks of a 45-year-old pitstop on South Jersey’s circuit.