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A Taste of Bergen County Whether you call Bergen County home or are merely visiting, you’ll discover that the area boasts an outstanding selection of restaurants and dining options for all tastes and budgets. Next time you’re looking for a new spot to take family, friends, or coworkers, check out one of these tasty options. Your dinner guests will thank you.
BAUMGART’S CAFÉ
45 E. Palisade Ave.
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 569-6267
www.baumgartscafe.com
PRICE: $4–$10 app, $5–$18 entrées
From grilled cheese sandwiches to langkawi ayam and homemade Chinese pasta, Baumgart’s Café offers an eclectic mix of Pan- Asian and American dishes such as sesame chicken and pastrami. This popular restaurant also serves more than a dozen flavors of homemade ice cream (at its ’50s-style soda fountain) and six types of sundaes as well as a variety of pies and cakes.
LA VECCHIA NAPOLI
2 Hilliard Ave.
Edgewater, NJ 07020
(201) 941-6799
www.lavecchianapoli.com
PRICE: $7–$10 app, $16–$31 entrées
The chefs at La Vecchia Napoli use local ingredients for authentic Southern Italian dishes served in a charming setting. Start with roasted artichokes in garlic and oil, then try the lobster sautéed in garlic, oil, and lemon over linguine or the veal scaloppine with asparagus and shrimp. The restaurant also offers a nice selection of mostly California and Italian wines to complement your meal.
MARCELLO’S RISTORANTE
8 Wilsey Square
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 652-2120
www.marcellosristorante.net
PRICE: $6–$9 app, $14–$26 entrées
For Northern Italian cuisine, head to Marcello’s, which is perhaps best known for its menus. The one-of-a-kind creations (each handcrafted by Argentine owner Marcello Czernizer) are described as art collages, as they are mounted on painter’s boxes and decorated with seashells, garlic bulbs, olive oil bottles, and a variety of other materials. Menu items include filet mignon carpaccio, eggplant with fresh and smoked mozzarella in house-made marinara sauce, and jumbo shrimp wrapped in prosciutto di Parma with a white wine, garlic, and herbs sauce.
PARK AND ORCHARD
240 Hackensack St.
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
(201) 939-9292
www.parkandorchard.com
PRICE: $5–$14 app, $11–$29 entrées
Critically acclaimed Park and Orchard is modest in appearance but offers an ambitious menu. From six unique salad dressings, including the house basil dressing, to mixed vegetable stir-fries with a choice of nine dressings, the restaurant’s menu offers a variety of dishes to accommodate different tastes and dietary restrictions. Choose from more than a dozen pasta selections or order shrimp or scallops prepared six different ways. From the grill, order a Black Angus natural beef filet mignon, organic pork chops, or ostrich medallions. Park and Orchard also serves up an impressive array of desserts and an even more impressive 123- page wine list.
SILVER OAK BISTRO
26 Wilsey Square
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 444-4744
www.silveroakbistro.com
PRICE: $8–$13 app, $17–$32 entrées
Described as Southern creative cuisine, the food at Silver Oak Bistro is full of flavor. The restaurant’s signature dish is the Kentucky shrimp and grits appetizer. Recommended entrées include “rags and fungus,” which is a freshly made crude-cut pasta with assorted wild mushrooms, toasted shallots, and melted white truffle sauce, as well as the “spicy craw-cat-fish,” a fresh catfi sh fillet stuffed with lump crabmeat in a straw potato crust and crawfish étouffée served over sautéed greens and margarita marmalade dip.
THE PARK STEAKHOUSE
151 Kinderkamack Rd.
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
(201) 930-1300
www.theparksteakhouse.com
PRICE: $7–$18 app, $24–$48 entrées
The Park Steakhouse specializes in 21-day dry-aged New York sirloins as well as seasonal fish with an emphasis on quality ingredients. Appetizers include sizzling foie gras–crusted jumbo sea scallops in a white truffle vinaigrette and backyard basil risotto with jumbo lump crabmeat. Entrées consist of seafood options, such as smoked lobster chili, and grill options, such as Kobe beef sirloin and grilled lamb T-bone steaks. Additionally, the restaurant’s extensive wine list boasts approximately 200 selections from primarily Long Island and New York State wineries.
A Taste of Bergen County Whether you call Bergen County home or are merely visiting, you’ll discover that the area boasts an outstanding selection of restaurants and dining options for all tastes and budgets. Next time you’re looking for a new spot to take family, friends, or coworkers, check out one of these tasty options. Your dinner guests will thank you.
BAUMGART’S CAFÉ
45 E. Palisade Ave.
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 569-6267
www.baumgartscafe.com
PRICE: $4–$10 app, $5–$18 entrées
From grilled cheese sandwiches to langkawi ayam and homemade Chinese pasta, Baumgart’s Café offers an eclectic mix of Pan- Asian and American dishes such as sesame chicken and pastrami. This popular restaurant also serves more than a dozen flavors of homemade ice cream (at its ’50s-style soda fountain) and six types of sundaes as well as a variety of pies and cakes.
LA VECCHIA NAPOLI
2 Hilliard Ave.
Edgewater, NJ 07020
(201) 941-6799
www.lavecchianapoli.com
PRICE: $7–$10 app, $16–$31 entrées
The chefs at La Vecchia Napoli use local ingredients for authentic Southern Italian dishes served in a charming setting. Start with roasted artichokes in garlic and oil, then try the lobster sautéed in garlic, oil, and lemon over linguine or the veal scaloppine with asparagus and shrimp. The restaurant also offers a nice selection of mostly California and Italian wines to complement your meal.
MARCELLO’S RISTORANTE
8 Wilsey Square
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 652-2120
www.marcellosristorante.net
PRICE: $6–$9 app, $14–$26 entrées
For Northern Italian cuisine, head to Marcello’s, which is perhaps best known for its menus. The one-of-a-kind creations (each handcrafted by Argentine owner Marcello Czernizer) are described as art collages, as they are mounted on painter’s boxes and decorated with seashells, garlic bulbs, olive oil bottles, and a variety of other materials. Menu items include filet mignon carpaccio, eggplant with fresh and smoked mozzarella in house-made marinara sauce, and jumbo shrimp wrapped in prosciutto di Parma with a white wine, garlic, and herbs sauce.
PARK AND ORCHARD
240 Hackensack St.
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
(201) 939-9292
www.parkandorchard.com
PRICE: $5–$14 app, $11–$29 entrées
Critically acclaimed Park and Orchard is modest in appearance but offers an ambitious menu. From six unique salad dressings, including the house basil dressing, to mixed vegetable stir-fries with a choice of nine dressings, the restaurant’s menu offers a variety of dishes to accommodate different tastes and dietary restrictions. Choose from more than a dozen pasta selections or order shrimp or scallops prepared six different ways. From the grill, order a Black Angus natural beef filet mignon, organic pork chops, or ostrich medallions. Park and Orchard also serves up an impressive array of desserts and an even more impressive 123- page wine list.
SILVER OAK BISTRO
26 Wilsey Square
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 444-4744
www.silveroakbistro.com
PRICE: $8–$13 app, $17–$32 entrées
Described as Southern creative cuisine, the food at Silver Oak Bistro is full of flavor. The restaurant’s signature dish is the Kentucky shrimp and grits appetizer. Recommended entrées include “rags and fungus,” which is a freshly made crude-cut pasta with assorted wild mushrooms, toasted shallots, and melted white truffle sauce, as well as the “spicy craw-cat-fish,” a fresh catfi sh fillet stuffed with lump crabmeat in a straw potato crust and crawfish étouffée served over sautéed greens and margarita marmalade dip.
THE PARK STEAKHOUSE
151 Kinderkamack Rd.
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
(201) 930-1300
www.theparksteakhouse.com
PRICE: $7–$18 app, $24–$48 entrées
The Park Steakhouse specializes in 21-day dry-aged New York sirloins as well as seasonal fish with an emphasis on quality ingredients. Appetizers include sizzling foie gras–crusted jumbo sea scallops in a white truffle vinaigrette and backyard basil risotto with jumbo lump crabmeat. Entrées consist of seafood options, such as smoked lobster chili, and grill options, such as Kobe beef sirloin and grilled lamb T-bone steaks. Additionally, the restaurant’s extensive wine list boasts approximately 200 selections from primarily Long Island and New York State wineries.
