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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Restaurants Poll

Code Red

A distinguished food writer visits Jersey’s most famous (and hard to get into) red-sauce restaurant, Chef Vola’s in Atlantic City—recently declared one of America’s Classics—and finds it ideal for people with small bodies and big appetites. more

Top 25 Restaurants 2011

Long gone are the days when New Jersey, sandwiched between two imposing cities, could only look outward for its best food. Now the top restaurants in the state stand shoulder to shoulder with the finest in the region. more

The British Chip Shop

Reviewer Adam Erace finds the fish and chips at the British Chip Shop in Haddonfield to be "even better than those I've had in England." more

Plenty of New A.C. Dining Options

Checking the fresh fare, from comfort food to Brazilian carnivore. more

Elements Cafe

This American tapas restaurant in Haddon Heights offers a calm and simple ambience and friendly and accommodating service. more

Passionne

This Modern French restaurant occupies a spare, rustic space in Montclair. more

2010 Readers' and Critics' Restaurant Poll

The results of our 27th Annual Readers’ Choice Restaurant Poll were tabulated by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Florham Park. more

The Huggable Middleman

Mikey Azzara’s Zone 7 connects chefs hungry for fresh, local produce with small farmers who couldn’t otherwise get it to them. more

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. more

A Workshop for the 'Foodpreneur'

Online instruction helps wannabes get their fledgling food brands off the ground. more

Shelf Life

Food entrepreneurs travel a long, hard road from garnering compliments to having their products in stores. more

Gourmet A Go-Go

Upscale food trucks are beginning to branch out from Hoboken and Jersey City to the suburbs and even farm country. The food is delicious and the prices are a steal. more

Apart Together

Highly compatible in business (if no longer in marriage), Chris and Sharon Egan spread happiness to patrons of their popular Irish pubs. more

25 Best Restaurants 2010

For the best Jersey chefs, fresh, local, sustainable, and farm-to-table are not just buzzwords but delicious keys to creativity, style, and value. more

From Hell's Kitchen to His Own Kitchen

Tony Del Gatto’s life is as flavorful as the tomato sauce he still makes at age 72. more

Dennis Foy Restaurant

Dennis Foy—a New Jersey culinary legend—has opened up a New American-style restaurant in Lawrenceville. more

Uproot

The appellation Uproot may not be fully felicitous, but the food, atmosphere, and service are. more

Panico's

Can eating at a particular establishment in New Brunswick be considered a gamble? One of our dining critics certainly thinks so. more

Vine

Vine, a eclectic-menu establishment with a spacious and upscale ambience in Basking Ridge, offers a refreshing Southern Mediterranean option for jaded foodies. more

Eno Terra

After earning his stripes with restaurant royalty, chef Chris Albrecht triumphs at home. more

Bona Vita Osteria

This traditional Italian restaurant, which occupies a handsome storefront in downtown Summit, is run by culinary veterans. more

Oceanos

Oceanos, a Greek-accented seafood restaurant in Fair Lawn with a luxury yacht-esque ambience, aims for loftier standards. more

Fascino

Nearly seven years on, the DePersio family’s pride and joy continues to sparkle. more

Why Cupid Has Chopsticks in His Quiver

The Chinese Year of the Tiger (4707, not Woods) begins on Valentine’s Day. Here’s a guide to dumplings and other festive fare. (Photos by Brian Yarvin) more

Dough Boy

For our restaurant maven, making pizza is not easy as pie. more

25 Perfect Pizzas

We asked for your suggestions, then we started to eat—and eat. We logged more than a thousand miles, and concluded that these are the pies to pine for. more

Big Wing Wah

Can a Chinese and Japanese restaurant in Hillsborough, whose name translates to "big success," make a splash on the dining scene? more

Day Trip: Edgewater

A shopping and cultural center along the Hudson. more

Cookbook as Cliffhanger

Restaurant Nicholas’s handsome tome is for kitchens as well as coffee tables. more

Doc's

Builder Don Luisi bids to make his hometown of Sparta synonymous with superb steaks and seafood. more

Spicy Cantina

The Ship Inn

Charrito's Restaurant

Harvest Moon Brewery and Cafe

Turning Point

Treno

Tortuga's Mexican Village

Wasabi Asian Plates and Sushi Bar

Tortilla Press Cantina

Food

Olive and Fig

Bellisimo Ristorante

The Treehouse