Harrison, Karen Tina
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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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Daryl
Zod Arifai, wizard of Montclair’s Blu and Next Door, revives and reinvents a proud New Brunswick marquee.
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Blue Morel
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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Esty Street
In a setting that evokes a swank supper club from decades past, patrons enjoy food deliciously of the moment.
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La Focaccia
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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Rare
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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Maritime Parc
By the banks of the Hudson, Maritime Parc now makes Liberty State Park a
compelling culinary destination.
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Light Horse Tavern
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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Chakra
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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Boulevard Five72
At Boulevard Five72 in Kenilworth, chef/owner Scott Snyder’s simple approach yields complex results.
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Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and Tavern
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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Grissini
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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Topaz Thai
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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Janice, A Bistro
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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Jersey Lightning
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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Savor City
Paterson, the one-time Silk City, is a Great Falls of ethnic eating.
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South City Prime
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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Prime Mover
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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Seoul Mates
Thriving Korean communities make Fort Lee and Palisades Park a boon to epicures.
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Hot Restaurants
Attention, foodies! Add these gustatory bastions and new sensations to your to-do list. Gentlemen, and ladies, start your forks.
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Grilling the Greats
Anthony Bourdain, David Burke, Tom Colicchio, David Drake, and Alice Waters tell why they relish their Jersey roots.
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