restaurant reviews
MEATS AND VEGGIES – We cooked meat, fish, and vegetables in a boiling coq au vin broth. Dip it in chocolate, cheese, marinades
Fine entrees, scrumptious desserts, new specials at Melting Pot

How do you describe a restaurant that on one hand offers high-quality seafood, meat, and vegetarian entrees, but also serves up a scrumptious array of cheese, chocolate, and other warm fondues to...
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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INSIDE – Inside Grande Pizza/Wings To Go. Wings, pizza, sandwiches, and Italian entrees
You can’t go wrong with finger food from Grande Pizza

With more than 60 sandwiches, subs, wraps, wings, salads, Italian dinners, and types of pizza on his menu, Mike Halawa knows his audience. The owner of Grande Pizza in Hoboken’s southwest quadran...
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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DELICIOUS WRAPS – The Greek wrap, served with steamed vegetables, was made with grilled chicken or London broil, fresh spinach, sliced olives, hummus, roasted peppers and a side of Tzadziki dipping sauce. Forget fast food
New healthy restaurant open in Hoboken

We’ve all heard the story of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle who lost hundreds of pounds eating only Subway sandwiches. Now, meet Rick Cunha. The owner of the health-food restaurant Healthy For Life...
6 months ago | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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AUTHENTIC CUISINE – Honshu, 31 Montgomery St. in Jersey City, serves specialty sushi rolls and authentic Japanese noodles. For more information, visit www.honshulounge.com. Redefining sushi
Specialty sushi, noodles at Jersey City eatery

Don’t let the relatively modest stature of one of Jersey City’s premiere sushi establishments, Honshu, fool you. Nestled next to Jersey City’s sky-scraping downtown office buildings in a petite f...
6 months ago | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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REACHING NIRVANA – Karma Kafe, 505 Washington St. in Hoboken, has imported tables straight from India, and comfortable cushioned chairs and large windows that open right onto Washington Street. For more information, please visit www.karmakafe.com. Reincarnating the café
Trendy atmosphere, menu at Karma Kafe

If owning two established restaurants on Washington Street in Hoboken is any measure of success, then Mehernosh Daroowalla is a man on a culinary mission. Karma Kafe, 505 Washington St. in Hoboke...
7 months ago | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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CELEBRATION – The restaurant is decorated with colorful murals and balloons, giving it a South Beach flair. Extensive menu of fun food
Hard Grove Café serves unique combos of tropical eats

A roomy, colorful space, a lively atmosphere, and a huge (and we mean huge) menu of unique combinations of ethnic and American food have been luring scores of people to the Hard Grove Café near t...
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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ITALIAN CUISINE – Lounge 11, 505 Madison St. in Hoboken, has paired old-world, Italian cuisine with sophisticated atmosphere, since it opened in 2004. Pictured is the appetizer sampler. For more information, please visit www.lounge11bar.com; or call (201) 792-2244. Something old, something new
Old World cuisine in modern ambience

On a recent Thursday evening, manager of Lounge 11, Nico Percontino, served hungry guests in the elegant surroundings of his recently renovated restaurant, marked with a fireplace, leather seatin...
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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