Harrison, Karen Tina
By Karen Tina Harrison -
April 30, 2012
The Liberty House in Jersey City's Liberty State Park is situated right on the Hudson River, facing Lower Manhattan. Does the food and service live up to the view? Read Karen Tina Harrison's review for the answer.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
March 13, 2012
Zod Arifai, wizard of Montclair’s Blu and Next Door, revives and reinvents a proud New Brunswick marquee.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
February 24, 2012
The former Copeland in the Westin Governor Morris Hotel is now Blue Morel. New executive chef Kevin Takafuji has introduced an eclectic menu including New American cuisine as well as sushi. Karen Tina Harrison reviews.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
January 17, 2012
In a setting that evokes a swank supper club from decades past, patrons enjoy food deliciously of the moment.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
November 28, 2011
The puffy, rosemary-flecked focaccia bread at La Focaccia in Summit is wonderful, Karen Tina Harrison writes. But that isn't all that's worth eating at the restaurant.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
October 18, 2011
Rare steakhouse in Little Falls may look a bit like a sports bar, but wander back into the dining room and you are in the realm of terrific aged prime beef.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
September 13, 2011
From Vietnam to Bloomfield, a dream of fine French food becomes reality.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
June 14, 2011
By the banks of the Hudson, Maritime Parc now makes Liberty State Park a
compelling culinary destination.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
April 11, 2011
Revolutionary War hero Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee won big in Jersey City. Now the hip watering hole named for him does the same.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
January 19, 2011
The arrival of acclaimed chef Thomas Ciszak revives the vibe and stokes the sizzle at an atmospheric boîte on busy Route 4 in Paramus.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
October 13, 2010
At Boulevard Five72 in Kenilworth, chef/owner Scott Snyder’s simple approach yields complex results.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
September 30, 2010
The Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and Tavern has gone through many iterations. The latest—featuring a New American-oriented cuisine served in an elegantly restored mansion—beckons diners from all over.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
July 22, 2010
This Modern French restaurant occupies a spare, rustic space in Montclair.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
July 12, 2010
Don’t let the luxury cars out front intimidate you. Think of Tony Del Gatto’s Grissini as a little bit of the Italian Riviera perched in Englewood Cliffs.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
August 20, 2009
Nearly every Thursday since it opened three years ago, about six interns and residents from the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark have driven north to Belleville for lunch or dinner at Topaz Thai.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
August 10, 2009
The Sheridan Café, a circa-1949 Ho-Ho-Kus luncheonette, was bought in 2001 and restored, bistro-style, by locals Janice and John Tinari.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
July 13, 2009
The Laird family of Scobeyville has been distilling applejack a long time. How long? They once gave George Washington the recipe.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
July 13, 2009
Paterson, the one-time Silk City, is a Great Falls of ethnic eating.
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By Karen Tina Harrison -
June 18, 2008
Should you trust guys who run seafood joints to open a serious (and seriously playful) steakhouse? At South City Prime, you can go all in.
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April 10, 2008
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April 10, 2008
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March 11, 2008
An 1870s townhouse with a speakeasy in its past sizzles anew, thanks to juicy prime Angus steaks that put no prohibition on pleasure.
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February 27, 2008
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January 28, 2008
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December 28, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
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December 20, 2007
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December 20, 2007
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December 20, 2007
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December 20, 2007
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December 19, 2007
Thriving Korean communities make Fort Lee and Palisades Park a boon to epicures.
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By Karen Tina Harrison, Mark Konig, Stan Parish, Mindie Barnett Lichterman, and Rosie Saferstein -
December 19, 2007
Attention, foodies! Add these gustatory bastions and new sensations to your to-do list. Gentlemen, and ladies, start your forks.
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December 19, 2007
By Karen Tina Harrison and Stan Parish -
August 1, 2007
Anthony Bourdain, David Burke, Tom Colicchio, David Drake, and Alice Waters tell why they relish their Jersey roots.
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