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Artisan Cheese Shop is Coming to Bergen County Downtown

Cheese Nomads, a new specialty cheese shop, is preparing to open in Rutherford next month. The shop will be located at 104 Park Avenue and will focus on artisan cheeses, operating as a counter-service retail concept that will also offer catering. According ownership, Cheese Nomads aims to provide a selection...

Rutherford, NJ · 10h
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The Small-Town New Jersey Diner Where Locals Catch Up Over Delicious Homestyle Breakfasts

Some restaurants feed you, and some restaurants actually make you feel something, and the Oakland Diner in Oakland, New Jersey does both before your coffee even gets cold. If you haven’t made the trip to this Bergen County gem yet, your weekends have been missing something important. New Jersey...

Oakland, NJ · 5d
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This New Jersey Grocery Store Is Worth Visiting For Its Holiday Selection

A grocery store with hundreds of ready-to-eat options sounds like a dare. One New Jersey market takes that dare seriously, especially when the holidays roll around. I’m all for trips that make you giggle before you even park. Grown-ups need that more than they admit. To me, that grin...

Bergen County, NJ · 2d
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For Real Taylor Ham, Egg And Cheese, These 8 North Jersey Delis Are Where Locals Go

Ask anyone in North Jersey what to call that salty, griddled breakfast meat, and you will get a firm answer: Taylor ham. Pile it with a fried egg and melted American cheese on a hard roll or bagel, and you have the unofficial state breakfast. Plenty of places sell one,...

Bergen County, NJ · 2d
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Everyone In New Jersey Should Try The Legendary Italian Hot Dog At This Humble Hole-In-The-Wall

Not every legendary restaurant announces itself with fanfare, and Dickie Dee’s in Newark, New Jersey, is proof that the best ones usually don’t. What it does have is a street corner named after it, a menu that covers serious ground, and an Italian hot dog that has people talking in the best possible way.

Newark, NJ · 5d

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The New York Waterfront Seafood Restaurant Where Huge Portions Come With Hudson River Views

I appreciate a restaurant that gives you the view and the seafood without making you choose. Boats pull up to the dock while plates of mussels Fra Diavolo land on the tables nearby. That’s a normal afternoon at this New York seafood spot, where a working marina sits right beside the dining room.

Rockland County, NY · 2d

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Opening Alert: Rojo, Cliffside Park, NJ

A new Mexican restaurant and bar has opened in Cliffside Park. ROJO Mexican Restaurant & Bar is now open at 790 Anderson Avenue, offering a contemporary take on traditional Mexican dining. Inspired by the Mexican cantina, the restaurant combines classic Mexican flavors and culinary traditions with a modern approach to...

Cliffside Park, NJ · 1d

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How Chefs Really Feel About In-N-Out's Double-Double

In-N-Out serves some of America's most iconic burgers, but ask a professional chef how they feel about the brand, and you'll get different answers.

New York, NY · 20h

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Better Meat for Less: 5 New Jersey Butcher Shops That Beat Grocery Prices

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...

New Jersey · 1d

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You’ll Happily Drive Hours Just For The Fried Chicken At This Modest New Jersey Restaurant

Somewhere in Paterson, New Jersey, there’s a restaurant with an orange roof and a cartoon chicken on the sign that has been quietly serving some of the best fried chicken in the state, and most people outside of Passaic County have no idea it exists. That’s a situation worth...

Paterson, NJ · 1d

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12 Restaurant Where Ordering the Famous Dish Is Actually Worth It

Discover 12 restaurants across the United States known for their signature dishes and distinctive cooking techniques. From Louisville's Hot Brown to Chicago's Italian beef sandwich, these iconic meals reflect local culinary traditions and decades of history.

New Orleans, LA · 6d

New Jersey Monthly

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This NJ Pasta Restaurant Is No. 1 in the Country on Yelp. Does It Live Up to the Hype?

The Pasta Shop in Denville was named the No. 1 pasta spot in the country on Yelp’s Top 100 Pasta Places of 2026 list. My colleague and I at New Jersey Monthly decided to see for ourselves if it lived up to the hype. Located in downtown Denville, the...

Denville, NJ · 1d

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You Can Actually Have Dinner Inside An Old Railroad Car At This NJ Restaurant

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.

Morristown, NJ · 1d

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5 Best Restaurants in Paterson, New Jersey You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Paterson, New Jersey — a city where the Passaic River tumbles over Great Falls and the streets pulse with the music of many tongues, where old textile mills stand beside vibrant bodegas, and the air is alive with the scent of shawarma, empanadas, and fried chicken. Here, the city’s heart beats in the laughter of Dominican families on stoops, the quiet pride of Turkish grocers, the dreams of Palestinian bakers, and the hustle of newcomers drawn by the promise of something better. Paterson is a patchwork — of old-timers and new arrivals, of poets and shopkeepers, of students and dreamers, all weaving their stories into the city’s living fabric.

Paterson, NJ · 6d

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12 New Jersey Restaurants That Go All Out With Christmas Decorations

One restaurant closes its doors for two full days every year just to hang its Christmas decorations. Two days!. I love that kind of commitment, and I can’t stop wondering how many boxes of ornaments that takes. It turns out that spot has company. Some dining rooms here hang...

Point Pleasant Beach, NJ · 1d

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Machine Gun Kelly Opened His First Coffee Shop in Cleveland 6 Years Ago. It’s Named After a Notorious Club

Last month, the musician opened locations in Brooklyn and Miami

Cleveland, OH · 3d

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Chrome Everywhere, Bright Neon, Red Vinyl Booths: New Jersey Diner Fans Say Lyndhurst’s Colonial Diner Still Hits Different

Some diners try to look old. A few never stopped being old-school in the first place. In Lyndhurst, New Jersey, there is a chrome-covered spot where the menu is thick enough to need a spiral binding and the regulars have been showing up for more than two decades. Truckers passing through end up coming back day after day.

Lyndhurst, NJ · 18h

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Get To These 4 New Jersey Barbecue Joints Early, Because The Pulled Pork Sells Out Before Dinner

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...

New Jersey · 1d

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Three new restaurants to try on Long Island

Koyu brings an intimate Japanese restaurant beneath another modern Japanese establishment, Okaru, in Roslyn, offering a chef-led sushi tasting experience in a 12-seat dining room. The restaurant’s menu features a number of rotating courses that change nightly, beginning with small plates and seasonal seafood before progressing to Edomae-style nigiri, hand...

Roslyn, NY · 5d

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A Little New Jersey Restaurant Brings Classic French Fine Dining To A Cozy, Intimate Setting

Dover sole gets finished right beside your table here, and crepes suzette can get the same treatment. Yeah, I’m definitely looking twice at that. Tableside cooking is rare these days. The main dining room seats only about 30 people. Downstairs, a private room was designed to feel like a...

Westfield, NJ · 2d