Best food in nj thread!! (Hackensack, Garfield: buffet, area, location)

[itznin]

1.Bagels - To me most are all the same... no particular favorite. Bagel Buffet in Secaucus is OVERRATED, HUGE and beautiful inside but 1 slice of taylor ham on my sandwich? come on now...
2.Mexican: Blue Moon in Englewood or Panchos in New Milford also Haciendas in Paterson is very good
3.Pizza: for regular everyday pizza Rose's Pizza in Garfield and for Thin Crust Kinchleys in Ramsey
4.Steakhouse: Steves Sizzling Steaks in Carlstadt on 17 - get the house steak sauce
5.Ice Cream: - Eh... ice cream whatever... Applegate Farms I guess no big deal
6.Chinese: No clue...
7.Seafood: I don't eat seafood
8.Deli/Sub Shop - A place in Englewood but I forget the name... not Jerry's (which is also very good) it's on a corner...
9.Bakery: For bread Fragles in Garfield and B&W in Hackensack for pastery (crumb cake of course)
10.Burgers: White Manna in Hackensack without question

[NJ07035]

1.Bagels - the bagel shop on 202 in Towaco (forget the name, Eli's?) has a great selections, as does Sam I Am in Totowa
2.Mexican - nothing comes to mind
3.Pizza - the best sicilian pizza I've had is at V&J in Pompton Plains
4.Steakhouse - Ruth's Chris in Parsippany was all I heard it was when I went there
5.Ice Cream - Applegate Farms
6.Chinese - depends on how they make their General Tso's chicken
7.Seafood - a few pretty good; none knock me over
8.Deli/Sub Shop - A&A in Lincoln Park; great selection, and they are huge...
9.Bakery - our Shop Rite in LP is a very good bakery; otherwise, Packanack Bakery in Wayne is excellent
10.Burgers - best burger I had was at Bogey's in Whippany

random food items:
Buffalo Calamari - at Maggie Moore's in Lincoln Park; amazingly good, especially for a late snack
BLT soup / Lobster Mac & Cheese - Sunset Pub & Grill at Lincoln Park Airport; the soup is a must have, and the mac & cheese is a great meal
Hot dogs - Falls View Grill; but they seem to be adding too many varieties, and losing site of their original classics
Rigatoni in vodka sauce - Cosmo Bella's in Pequannock; my mom raves about it to anyone who asks

[LittleMissSunshine]

Originally Posted by LCMT

What about Sushi...that should be # 11.
I love Nori in Montclair...any other suggestions.

When I was living in the Montclair area...I would go to Sushi Lounge in Morristown all the time. OMG...I LOVE this place...the food is awesome.

[Raven1976]

If you like Indian food the best I've had is

Kinara in Edgewater
India on the Hudson in Hoboken
Satish Palace in Montclair

[Sassygirl18]

1.Bagels - Bagel Spot, Cherry Hill
2.Mexican - La Esperanza, Lindenwold
3.Pizza - all my favorite places are in Phila
4.Steakhouse - don't eat meat
5.Ice Cream - Seashell Ice Cream, Wildwood
6.Chinese - Not a big fan, but I love Thai. Taan Kitchen in Cherry Hill is great!
7.Seafood - Not sure
8.Deli/Sub Shop - Divello's - Cherry Hill
9.Bakery - McMillan's - Westmont
10.Burgers - don't eat meat

[tonybalonee]

1.Bagels - n/a
2.Mexican - n/a
3.Pizza - Chimney Rock Inn in Bridgewater. Thin crust bar pies. The best.
4.Steakhouse - the Steakhouse in Harrahs Atlantic City
5.Ice Cream - Scoops on rt. 22 east in Scotch Plains
6.Chinese - Jade Isle in Scotch Plains
7.Seafood - n/a
8.Deli/Sub Shop - Nanny's Kitchen on rt. 22 east in North Plainfieldl
9.Bakery - are there any left?
10.Burgers - Nanny's Kitchen on rt. 22 in North Plainfield

[twista6002]

For everyone, where is the best fried rice?

[stevemorse]

Originally Posted by twista6002

For everyone, where is the best fried rice?

cathay 22, route 22, Springfield. Light and fluffy, not greasy, nice egg , no soy sauce, excellent!!

[twista6002]

Anyone have a recomendation for hot wings?

I would recomend the Chicken and Rib Crib in Hawthorne, only wings I've ever driven out of my way 30 minutes for

[zhelder]

Originally Posted by twista6002

Anyone have a recomendation for hot wings?

I would recomend the Chicken and Rib Crib in Hawthorne, only wings I've ever driven out of my way 30 minutes for

Nothing in the area comes close to my favorite style, hot, lots of sauce, and breaded bone-in wings like Bennigan's used to make before they destroyed them (and everything else apparently).

Wings Over Carlstadt is the best I've had in Northern NJ in recent memory. Wing Zone in Saddle Brook and Planet Wings in Garfield aren't bad. I haven't been to the Chicken & Rib Crib in Hawthorne, but I have gone to the one in Mahwah a few times. Their wings aren't bad, but not great. Are the ones in Hawthorne different or the same?