15 New Jersey Restaurants Where The Setting Is Half The Fun
A knight gallops past your table, someone at the next row is cheering for the red-and-yellow section like it’s the Super Bowl, and dinner somehow…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6, 2026
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A knight gallops past your table, someone at the next row is cheering for the red-and-yellow section like it’s the Super Bowl, and dinner somehow…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6, 2026
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is not the chicken. It is the confidence. Dave’s Hot Chicken in Wayne…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
The best lighthouse views in New Jersey usually arrive with a little drama: wind tugging at your jacket,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
You can learn a lot about a diner from the way it handles a cup of coffee at…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A folding table stacked with old Pyrex, a box of vinyl records marked “$2 each,” and someone three…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A coffin over dinner should feel like a warning. At The Old Canal Inn in Nutley, it somehow…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A lighthouse stairwell feels different when the ocean wind starts pressing against the windows. So does an old…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A staircase, a plain old “BAR” sign, and the feeling that you may have accidentally walked into somebody’s…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
The coffee cup lands with a soft clink, the griddle hisses somewhere behind the counter, and suddenly it…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
At the corner of Ocean Avenue and Beacon Boulevard in Sea Girt, there’s a red-brick Victorian house that…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A tiny fairy door wedged into a tree root. A boardwalk floating over a Vernon marsh. A lighthouse…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
Three masts rise above the play area like somebody accidentally docked a storybook ship in the middle of…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
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A tunnel wall suddenly glows electric green and fire-red under ultraviolet light, and for a second, New Jersey…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A plate lands on the table at Bahrs Landing, and suddenly everyone goes quiet for half a second.…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
Stand on the right ridge in New Jersey and the whole state suddenly rearranges itself. The highways shrink…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is not the ocean. It is the smell of hot batter hitting oil…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
There is a very specific kind of joy in ordering pizza, pasta, empanadas, tacos, or cake without turning…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A few steps from the Delaware River, where Frenchtown usually looks like it was built for porch-sitting, bridge-walking,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
There is a certain kind of New Jersey restaurant where the first sign of greatness is not a…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
The first clue that 13th Hour is not your average Halloween pop-up is the address. You are not…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
The Statue of Liberty is right there, close enough to feel almost borrowed, while kids chase each other…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
A server in pajama pants drops off a plate of stuffed French toast, somebody nearby is laughing over…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
A whole lobster dinner for under twenty bucks. A polished Italian happy hour with dollar oysters. A dinner-for-two…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
The first clue is the bread. Before you even get to the pork, the pickled vegetables, the jalapeños,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
The thing about an old churchyard at dusk is that it changes faster than you expect. One minute,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3
New Jersey
On Secaucus Road, the buildings do not exactly scream “future of civilization.” They look more like the kind…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 2
New Jersey
The best hiking buddy in New Jersey might be the one already waiting by the door, staring at…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 2
New Jersey
The first thing that gets you is the sound. Not the polite clink of wine glasses or the…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 2
New Jersey
The first sign of a real New Jersey summer is not the boardwalk opening or the first tomato…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 2
New Jersey
The first thing that gets you is not the size of the place. It is the smell. One…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 2