hey NJ mags looking for restaurant recs

[moose pit]

Hey NJ

So my younger brother (and his wife) is living in NJ and in typical fashion I am trying to figure out a last minute gift idea that isn't totally stale. I was going to try to find a good dining facility near their apartment in Secaucus and get them a $100 gift certificate.

I've been trying the google map searching (there are a fuck load of "restaurants") and have found Casa Dante but having never been to NJ I have no idea. I am kinda leaning to something nicer with good food ethnicity doesn't really matter anything goes.

Any thoughts

[Tippster]

Where in NJ?

[moose pit]

Secaucus area, Hoboken...he's on Riverside Station Blvd

[pappag]

Amanda's
908 Washington St
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 798-0101

http://www.amandasrestaurant.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/amandas-hoboken

[Skidog]

DON PEPE'S
844 McCarter Highway
Newark, NJ
(973) 623-4662
Payment: all major credit cards
Hours: Mon.-Fri. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dinner 3 p.m.-10 p.m.
Sat. & Sun. Dinner 1 p.m.-11 p.m.
Services: SS & NS (weekdays only), P, T, C, BH,
Average Lunch: $15
Average Dinner: $30


OR


IBERIA PENINSULA RESTAURANT
63-69 Ferry Street
Newark, NJ
(973) 344-5611 / 344-2067 (FAX)
Payment: all major credit cards
Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily
Services: P, T, C, HS, HR
Average Lunch: $8
Average Dinner: $17
www.iberiarestaurants.com

IBERIA TAVERN & RESTAURANT
82-89 Ferry Street
Newark, NJ
(973) 344-7063 / (973) 344-4868 (FAX)
Payment: all major credit cards
Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily
Services: P, T, C, HS, HR
Average Lunch: $8
Average Dinner: $17
www.iberiarestaurants.com

[Irishexit]

Court Street in Hoboken - awesome food and very solid wine list. $100 would go a good ways there..

[AbsolutStoli]

mignon steakhouse in rutherford is very good, or at least it was 4-5 years ago. i used to eat there with my girlfriend at least once a week.
72 Park Avenue, Rutherford, NJ
(201) 896-0202

it has a sister restaurant called the village gourmet, just up the street (same owner). a little less upscale, but also very good.
75 Park Ave
Rutherford, NJ 07070
(201) 438-9404

why are you looking near their apt.? do they not have a way of getting into the city, or something preventing them from going to dinner in manhattan? definitely many more options there.

my other nj suggestions are:
mediterraneo in ridgewood is really good. its farther away, but real easy to get to by train from secaucus.
3 N Broad St
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 447-0022

latour in ridgewood is also very good
6 E Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 445-5056

oceanos in fair lawn is fantastic!
2-27 Saddle River Rd
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
(201) 796-0546

[lionelhutz]

a) Trinity (if it is still there) was a nice place to dine a few year back. It's underneath 333 River st. in Hoboken and has outdoor dining with a great view of lower manhattan.

b) Riverview diner. Seriously. It's on River Road in Weehawken. Awesome classic NJ diner.

[Flexon Phil]

Harolds Deli is Edison. Killer pastami!

[thin cover]

DON PEPE'S
844 McCarter Highway
Newark, NJ
(973) 623-4662
Payment: all major credit cards
Hours: Mon.-Fri. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dinner 3 p.m.-10 p.m.
Sat. & Sun. Dinner 1 p.m.-11 p.m.
Services: SS & NS (weekdays only), P, T, C, BH,
Average Lunch: $15
Average Dinner: $30

seconded or frankie and jonnies in hoboken

[QuikR12]

You know the best food city in the country (possibly world) is a ten minute train ride away form hoboken, right?