Parish, Stan
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The DePersio family of Fascino fame (Montclair) team up again with Bar Cara in Bloomfield. The results, writes Stan Parish, are mixed.
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Cheap Eats Update: Nomad Pizza
Where can you find mobile, wood oven-cooked pizza? Anywhere the Nomad Pizza Truck can be found.
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Dennis Foy Restaurant
Dennis Foy—a New Jersey culinary legend—has opened up a New American-style restaurant in Lawrenceville.
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Witherspoon Grill
When Princeton restaurateur Jack Morrison snapped up a piece of prime real estate on Princeton Library Plaza in 2004 and dropped a substantial sum for the last available liquor license in town, it seemed he had a plan. Turns out, he didn’t. “It took months just to come up with a concept,” he says, laughing. “I like to pick a goal, then figure out the hardest route to get there.”
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Cucharamama
Maricel Presilla’s Cucharamama (“Mother Spoon”) celebrates traditional South American cooking as lovingly passed down by women at the family hearth.
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Blu
Zod Arifai serves great food at prices that are simply unfair (to other restaurants that charge more for less).
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Wave Master
His knowledge of Jersey waters and his unsurpassed craftsmanship make Brian Wynn the go-to guy for custom surfboards on the Shore.
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JL Ivy
Few mourned the 2004 closing of the Rusty Scupper, a seafood spot that offered Red Lobster-like fare at higher prices. But last May, when the vaulted post-and-beam space reopened as JL Ivy—“Serving French bistro fare and Princeton’s freshest sushi,” according to the website—many wondered if things had gone from bad to worse.
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Elements
Three Ryland Inn alumni and their deep-pocketed backer make their case for inclusion in the ranks of the state's finest restaurants.
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Chelsea Prime
Stephen Starr strolls down the Boardwalk from Buddakan to imbue Curtis Bashaw's new Chelsea Hotel with retro Atlantic City glamour—and mighty fine steaks.
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The Montville Inn
A $3-million renovation rejuvenates an inn with Revolutionary roots. Chef John Livera’s food—from serious steak to fanciful donuts—might even make Montville a dining destination.
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Well, it worked for Beyoncé
After consuming countless restaurant meals in the line of duty, one of our intrepid reviewers submits to the famous, fearsome Master Cleanse.
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The Frog and the Peach
Few restaurants last a quarter century. Fewer still navigate the shifting winds of public taste and the unforgiving shoals of the business to emerge—as the Frog and the Peach has—still on top and on course.
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Well, it worked for Beyoncé
Countless meals in the line of duty led one of our intrepid restaurant critics to resort to the famous, fearsome Master Cleanse.
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Still Peachy on its Silver Jubilee
The Frog and the Peach has been among the state’s best restaurants for 25 years. Meet the visionary couple behind this long-running hit.
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In Daryl Veritas
Daryl Restaurant and Wine Bar
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Oh, Babe
You expect to eat heartily at a place called Ox (as in Paul Bunyan’s four-legged friend). But at Jersey City’s new downtown hot spot, you’ll dine more deliciously than ever a lumberjack dreamed.
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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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