Chofi Taco Y Birria
Marry the juiciest barbecue-style meat and all the drippings you can capture in a cup with mostly traditional taco fixings, and you’ve got Kim and Patrick Flammia’s beyond-buzzing storefront in Union City.
Chowpatty and Egg Mania
Prime for right-now eating times, a pair of casual restaurants in the Edison/Iselin South Asian community expand the scope of standard menus with foods that engage and even entertain.
Fruta Mex
Take fresh fruits and vegetables, accent them with tangy sauces, vibrant seasonings and the occasional unexpected ingredient, and you have a menu of Mexican street foods served forth by a young couple at their storefront snack bars in Hammonton and Vineland.
Heirloom Kitchen
Rather than retract, Neilly Robinson and David Viana pool their considerable talents to power ahead their salon of a restaurant in Old Bridge.
Angie’s Café & Custard and Oyster Creek Restaurant & Boat Bar
Roads less traveled in South Jersey lead to a surf-’n’-turf eating spree offering dining rooms with a view and a picnic-ready back yard.