In no particular order:
Cafe Matisse
Cafe Panache
Saddle River Inn
Peter Shields Inn
Cafe Giotto
Gioia Mia
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We live at the Shore in Southern Monmouth County…so mostly from that general area…
Anjelica’s (Sea Bright)
Marandola’s (Bradley Beach)
Cafe India (Morristown)…(bring your own wine glasses, but really good Indian food)
Brian’s at the grill (Lambertville)
We lived up North before we moved to the Shore, Cafe Matisse was always a special place
La Rocca Osteria
Mesob
(both in Montclair)
Been meaning to try Gioia Mia
Palato right down the street from Gioia Mia is fantastic, too. We’re there all too often
Park Place
Not sure I need to go on.
This is a great list! Saddle River Inn is our favorite.
A few more that are worth a vidit:
- Trattoria Mediterranea (Bedminster) casual, great food but it is a little noisy
- Bistro 73 (Bernardsville)
- Il Mondo Vecchio (Madison)
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I like Zuegma Grill in Montclair.
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Any tips for Union County or nearby? My parents still live there.
Not Union County, but close, is Corto in Jersey City. Bring your own stemware though!
I’ve enjoyed Latour in Ridgewood as well.
Jessica’s Cafe
Ambeli - Greek restaurant
Say something when you are in the area
Will do! My parents live in Westfield.
La focaccia - Italian - summit nj
Common lot - new American - millburn nj
Roots steakhouse - summit nj - has liquor license but corkage friendly, approx 30$ for 750ml. I prefer the Morristown location but that’s more of a drive.
Scalini Fideli - Italian - chatham nj - also corkage friendly but aren’t always that pleasant about it.
Il mondo vecchio - Italian - Madison (byob, sister restaurant to scalini).
Serenade in Chatham (French) is also fantastic and has a nice wine list. I haven’t tried to byo there so unsure of corkage, but have had one of the best meals in the area there recently.
I’m in Madison, so ~20 mins from Westfield and work in Union county, so usually dine somewhere between my house and work.
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Jay, that needs updating. Quite a few places are no more.
Chris, probably around the end of March, Jessica’s Cafe will have a new location on South Avenue. The current location will become a Mexican restaurant by the same owners.
What Chris said! I’m in Springfield, dangerously close.
Common Lot- Millburn
Basilico’s - Millburn (greatly improved for those that haven’t been)
EVOO & Lemon - Millburn
Jessica Cafe’s- Scotch Plains
Rooster Spin- Westfield
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I actually posted a bunch of notes recently.
Saw that, nicer location in Fanwood
then post the closed places to the thread and I’ll update it.