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Restaurant Revue WEST AMWELL TOWNSHIP

The Speckled Egg Café

Don’t expect a right-this-way sign or fancy furnishings at this quixotic café where a decidedly unshy chef answers to whim and whimsy when mining seasonal ingredients to put original spins on classics. The result? Flat-out delicious food.

Restaurant Revue WEST ORANGE

New Ginger Indian Grill

With takeout and delivery the M.O. for now at this newcomer, pick a perch in a nearby park or back yard to slurp lyrically spiced sauces – furtively or brazenly.

Steve & Cookie’s

There’s a reason why a restaurant in a small city on the South Jersey Shore is on the national map of must-visits: top-notch food, diligent service, mission-centric ownership. And justly famous Brussels sprouts.

Thomson’s Specialty Foods

A new combo eat-in/takeaway spot aims to provide its community with elevated home-cooking. Halibut taco in a fresh lettuce wrapper, anyone?

Restaurant Revue NEW BRUNSWICK

Veganized

Culinary cliches need not apply at this college town mecca: No, chef Ron Biton serves dishes that defy stereotype and define the possibilities of creating an exciting menu that puts into starring roles ingredients that elsewhere take a back seat.

Lobster Alley

The beloved borough that brought us nonna-made Italian eats, John Basilone and hot hairdos of the 1960s now serves us lobster in stellar bisque and roll form. But don’t pass by the butter “pie.”

Restaurant Revue METUCHEN

Menya

A blossoming borough in Middlesex County has met its match in a ramen house that mirrors its best qualities.

Restaurant Revue HAWTHORNE

The Front Porch

A pub is much more than just a pub when its chef crafts a menu that spotlights updated Asian-accented classics. Fair warning: Melissa Mak’s galbi burger and “bimbimmak” might distract you from the big play on TV.

Restaurant Revue Clinton Township

Juniper Hill

Chef Josh DeChellis stays true to his mission of bringing seasonally attuned fine-dining fare to an educated audience. His skill and wisdom show in every dish on his concise menu.

Restaurant Revue BARNEGAT LIGHT

Daymark

An LBI year-rounder is seafood-strong, as you might expect. But don’t think the kitchen goes shy on its meats, vegetables – or a pie-slice of a fruit tart.

Restaurant Revue Little Silver

Pancho Mexican Kitchen

What’s going on at a much-hyped Mexican newcomer that draws crowds even as its kitchen stumbles? Problems, in need of solutions.

Restaurant Revue Newfield

Sweet Amalia Market & Kitchen

At this instant classic, an oyster from the Cape Shore Flats is honored and classic dishes get revelatory tweaks. The result is a terroir-defining experience destined for a spot on the national map.


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