Restaurant Reviews
Ahoy, Pirates!: Bonney Read in Asbury Park
January 19, 2017
Named for early-1700s pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the Bonney Read, the Asbury Park seafood house that opened in 2015, is pretty shipshape.
Viaggio
January 12, 2017
At age 26, chef Robbie Felice is on what promises to be a journey worth following. His restaurant's name, Viaggio, means “journey” in Italian.
Hamilton Pork
January 5, 2017
Two Greek-Italian brothers and a Mexican chef bring a smokin' taste of Texas to Jersey City's Hamilton Pork.
Sax
December 22, 2016
Visiting the Sax restaurant at The Reeds at Shelter Haven hotel in Stone Harbor, there is promise but also some problems, which seem quite solvable.
Latham House
December 15, 2016
Taking over and barely changing a handsome Jersey City restaurant space that did not make it, chef Daniel Latham and his baker wife Kris Yettra reinvented it as Latham House.
Fromagerie
December 8, 2016
Famous but ill fated, the former hot spot in one of Jersey's toniest towns is revived in a style both neo and retro.
The big portions and wide variety of American favorites at the venerable Ocean City eatery provide solid value.
For about three decades, the people who love chef Julio Rodriguez’s cooking have been following him from one West Orange location of his restaurant, Julio’s, to the next.
Brothers Pepe and Luis Rodriguez grew up on Northwest Spain’s Atlantic coast. Their food at Spain 2 brings to life that area’s cuisine.
Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room
November 16, 2016
The company that helped spur Asbury Park’s restaurant revival sees Burlington, on the Delaware, as ripe for a revival of its own.
Blu Grotto
November 10, 2016
In color scheme, Blu Grotto in Oceanport lives up to its name. Delving into the food and drink, there are things to praise and others to feel blue about.
American Cut Bar & Grill
November 3, 2016
After a midcourse correction, Marc Forgione's post-Revel return to Jersey fine-tunes steak-house sizzle for the suburbs.
The Kettle & Grill in Marlton looks and feels like a sparkling new diner but bills itself as a “casual American kitchen.”
Fresh Kitchen is built on two principles: 1) fresh, healthy meat, veggies and grains and 2) the option to combine ingredients in a bowl of your own design.
Bonds Tavern in West Orange has won fans for its variety of satisfying burgers and its eclectic, even over-the-top toppings for fries.
Yard House
October 13, 2016
Yard House, a national chain with a long menu and an even longer list of craft beers on tap, has opened its first Jersey branch, in Moorestown.
After the Garcia family left Mexico in the ‘90s, they settled in South Jersey, worked in restaurants, and opened Oasis Mexican Grill in Collingswood.
B2 Bistro & Bar
October 6, 2016
An adept, adaptable pub enlivens a quiet section of a high-profile town.
Two Belmar surfers opened the first Playa Bowls in Belmar after one of them fell in love with acai fruit in her travels. Now Playa Bowls has four locations.
Mogo Korean Fusion Tacos in Asbury Park won Best Asian Fusion (Central region) in this year’s NJM Jersey Choice Restaurant poll.