Tag: Dinner With Bob

It’s no secret that the past 10 years have seen a huge amount of change in the dining scene at the Jersey Shore. A number of old favorites have closed, and many new ones have opened.

This summer, needing a distraction from the sometimes oppressive heat and humidity, a dinner featuring great food and wines in a scenic, air-conditioned, indoor setting seemed like a good idea.

It’s a novel approach to create a fun, family-friendly restaurant that also serves seriously good food appealing to a wide range of palates, but Locale in Little Silver does just that!

If you have not discovered Mabel, the first full-service restaurant at the thriving Bell Works campus in Holmdel, what are you waiting for?

Most restaurants and bars fit into a single category: fine dining, casual eatery, bar/saloon, fast food, etc. Lana, a beachfront restaurant in Pier Village, Long Branch, is in a class all its own and comes across as a mixture of all the above.

If you are looking for a refreshing change of pace from the seemingly endless number of Italian, Mexican and Greek restaurants in the area, The Golden Horn, on Route 66 in Tinton Falls, is a great alternative.

It has been said that “eating well is the best revenge,” a play on the “living well…” quote. I’m not sure what we are getting even for, but at the end of the year I was left with a number of fond memories of some of the best things I ate while reviewing area restaurants over the previous 12 months.

With so many Mexican restaurants in the Two River area from which to choose, we were drawn to Zoe’s Emilio’s Kitchen in Atlantic Highlands because they state they serve “Authentic Organic Mexican Cuisine,” which is an interesting take on this type of food.

It sounded like a good idea, before the start of the seemingly nonstop eating and drinking of the six-week holiday season – to have a quiet little wine dinner among friends. I was thankful to be invited.

If you are a fan of Mexican food, you already have certain expectations when trying a new Mexican restaurant.