Food and Drink
BEST DINER
MATTHEWS DINER
& RESTAURANT
4 FRANKLIN TURNPIKE,
WALDWICK, (201) 447-1411
RUNNERS-UP:
CHIT CHAT DINER, HACKENSACK
THE RIDGE DINER, PARK RIDGE
STATE LINE DINER, MAHWAH
BEST FAST CASUAL
ALLENDALE
BAR & GRILL
67 W. ALLENDALE AVE.,
ALLENDALE, (201) 327-3197
(201) Staff Pick
FAVORITE BURGER
RUNNERS-UP:
BIGGIE’S CLAM BAR, RAMSEY
BIDDY O’MALLEY’S IRISH BISTRO
AND BAR, NORTHVALE
BAUMGART’S CAFÉ, RIDGEWOOD
BEST FINE DINING
SADDLE RIVER INN
CAP’N CRUNCH FRIED CHICKEN BURGER
CALLAHAN’S 2 BARNSTABLE COURT,
SADDLE RIVER, (201) 825-4016
I was reluctant to try the Cap’n Crunch Fried Chicken
Burger from Callahan’s Hot Dogs. I shouldn’t have been.
The crispy fried chicken is dipped in a Sriracha-honey glaze
and served with lettuce, tomato, pickled onions and a Five
Spice bacon, and topped with a gooey blanket of melted
Muenster. It comes between two slices of thick
white bread from Rockland Bakery, which are
sprinkled with Cap’n Crunch cereal. This burger
is as crazy good as it is crazy. GLAZE DONUTS
10 BROAD ST., NORWOOD, (844) 468-3641
CHOSEN BY LIZ JOHNSON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
RUNNERS-UP:
SAVINI RESTAURANT, ALLENDALE
STONY HILL INN, HACKENSACK
CAFÉ MATISSE, RUTHERFORD
BEST DOUGHNUTS
358 RIVER ROAD, NEW MILFORD
(201) 483-8634
RUNNERS-UP:
D’ERCOLE DONUTS, NORTHVALE
DEMAREST FARMS, HILLSDALE
ABMA’S FARM, MARKET AND
GREENHOUSE, WYCKOFF
BEST DIVE BAR
LOU’S TAVERN
74 BROADWAY, HILLSDALE
(201) 666-2103
RUNNERS-UP:
THE DOG HOUSE,
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
REBAR, LODI
THE ORANGE LANTERN, PARAMUS
BEST DESSERT
THE VILLAGE GRILLE
71 CRESCENT AVE., WALDWICK
(201) 670-8200
RUNNERS-UP:
MIMI’S COOKIES, WALDWICK
SOOK PASTRY, RIDGEWOOD
AZUCAR CUBAN CUISINE, CLOSTER
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