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If you’ve ever driven down a road that gets progressively quieter and more beautiful until you start to wonder if you’ve accidentally left civilization behind, then you already understand the approach to Oyster Creek Restaurant and Boat Bar in Leeds Point, New Jersey. The destination at the end...
Some New Jersey families still treat prime rib night like a small holiday, with a reserved table and a salad bar plate piled higher than it should be. The best places for it are not shiny new spots but old dining rooms with fireplaces, bookshelves, timber beams, and menus that have not chased every trend.
A small butcher counter in South Jersey sells cheesesteak meat that costs less than the packaged stuff at big grocery chains. I had to read that twice. Cheaper and better almost never show up in the same sentence. Then I kept finding more shops like it across New Jersey. One...
Two grocery stores can look alike from the parking lot and work very differently inside. New Jerseyans who shop at both Wegmans and ShopRite run into rules that don’t match from one store to the next. Here’s how the two compare on the details that affect your cart.
Three clusters of snow crab land on your table, and more keep coming until you finally wave them away. That’s the deal, and I think it’s one of the best deals on the coast. This seafood house started back in 1956 as a paper-plate fish stand run by...
Many New Jersey residents shared their favorite hidden gem restaurants and here they are.
Want to discover the no-frills restaurants in New Jersey that Anthony Bourdain loved enough to feature on national TV?. These 8 legendary spots serve up unforgettable food and true Garden State pride!. 1. Tony’s Baltimore Grill (Atlantic City) Walk past the glitzy casinos on the Atlantic City strip and...
One New Jersey Puerto Rican spot hands out free chicken noodle soup… no wait, scratch that, one serves mofongo right by a boardwalk. That’s one thing I’ll happily give credit for, because plantains and sea air are a fine team. And there’s another reason to appreciate this...
Six open charcoal hearths glow in the middle of one giant dining room, and the cooks work right out in plain view. Suits of armor, shields, and swords watch over the whole scene. On Thanksgiving, that castle-style hall serves roasted turkey to anyone who shows up hungry. I love that...
Burlington County has a pizza story that runs deeper than most people realize. Some of its best pies come from places that have been serving the same towns for 30, 50, even 70 years. This list covers five pizzerias spread from Columbus to Marlton, including a flea market stall, a...
South Jersey has a diner on almost every major road, but only some of them become part of people’s weekly routine. These are the places where the server knows your order, the coffee cup rarely sits empty, and the same booths fill up every Sunday morning. This list covers...
One steakhouse in New Jersey still builds your Caesar salad right beside the table. Then it does the same thing with Steak Diane and Bananas Foster, like dinner and a show rolled into one. That retro move is only one flavor of what I found while digging into this list....
There is a particular kind of burger place where the grill is practically part of the dining room, the menu has barely changed in decades, and nobody seems terribly concerned with whether the plate will look good in a photograph. New Jersey has more than its share of them. Some...
Talk about a dinner experience you'll never forget! This New Jersey restaurant lets you enjoy a meal inside actual historic railroad cars dating back to the 1800s.
Somewhere in Monroe Township, New Jersey, there’s a gray food truck sitting in a gravel lot, and it’s quietly making people question every other meal they’ve ever eaten. Bearded One BBQ isn’t asking for your attention, but once you find it, you’re going to have a very hard time thinking about anything else.
There are places you eat at because they’re convenient, and then there are places you drive to on purpose, and Hot Dog Johnny’s in Belvidere, New Jersey, is firmly and enthusiastically in the second category. People come from all over the state for these hot dogs, and after...
Cold nights in New Jersey call for a table near a real fire and a plate of hearty food. Some of the best spots in the state are old taverns, stone inns, and lodge-style dining rooms that keep the hearth going all season. This list covers six of them, from...
Good barbecue runs on a clock, and in New Jersey that clock often stops well before dinnertime. Pulled pork takes hours of slow smoking, so once the day’s batch is gone, the kitchen can’t just whip up more. That’s why some of the best smokehouses in the Garden...
10 Best Bakeries in Ocean County, NJ to Order Your Thanksgiving Pies This Year. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and if there’s one thing that deserves a spot on every holiday table, it’s a delicious homemade-style pie! Whether you’re a fan of traditional pumpkin pie, apple crumb, pecan, blueberry, or something a little different, Ocean County has plenty of bakeries and local favorites worth checking out.
Atlantic City is famous for its boardwalk, but some of its best stories sit a few blocks inland. In the old Italian neighborhood called Ducktown, one family bakery has been turning out loaves since the city’s glory days. Locals still line up for the same bread they bought as...
