Restaurants in Harrison

The Magic Pot's menu combines international sauces and chocolates in delicious molten blends. Slices of apples and bread can be slam-dunked into cheesy appetizer dipping bowls, including the queso, a blend of cheddar and monterey jack melted in apple cider with fresh cilantro, roasted peppers, and sweet onions. Burbling like a magma flow, The Magic Pot's entrees overflow with savory bites of beef, teriyaki pork, and honey-garlic chicken to dip in sesame, teriyaki, and Asian-chili sauces. The Magic Pot's dippy desserts are made with Callebaut Belgian chocolate. All fondue desserts are served with fruit, brownies, marshmallows, and rice-krispies treats for dunking. Couples can customize a three-course Magic Feast and bring their own bottle or Stanley Cup full of wine to wash it all down.

Arepas Cafe's menu offers five varieties of pabellon (shredded meat with rice, black beans, and fried sweet plantains), along with more than 15 meat and veggie stuffings for its namesake arepa, corn-based flatbread that's heartier than a tortilla. Preheat your appetite with mini cachapas, sweet-corn pancakes served with melted cheese ($8.94). Arepas options include roast pork-, avocado-, and white-cheese-stuffed mami arepa ($6.75), Riccardo’s truffle-buttered tuna arepa ($6.25), and the pabellon arepa with chicken salad ($6.75). Venezuela's national dish, the pabellon criollo ($11), is a classic combination of shredded beef, black beans and rice, and fried sweet plantains topped with aged white cheese. Wash down stray black beans and Lego helmets with a gulp of Toddy chocolate shake, non-alcoholic Malta Polar, red or white wine, or beer.

Rèst-âü-Ránt crafts blissful bouquets of handheld nibbles to complement a cache of beer and fine wines. Oenophiles can turn over a new hop leaf with one of two beer-and-cheese flights. The Nutty Goodness builds taste bridges between Brooklyn brews and Swiss emmental, and the Acquired Tastes grabs the tongue's attention with the bold flavors of Guinness, Delerium Tremens, and sheep's-milk feta. Or, delve into one of eight wine-and-cheese duos, such as the Sauvignon Blanc, a coterie of cow-cheese and light-colored libations, or the Dessert Wine pairing, matching sweeter varietals with appetite-ruining pearls of gorgonzola and fresh goat cheese. Rèst-âü-Ránt also hosts live entertainment beneath its high, wood-beamed ceiling on Tuesday and Thursday to both aid digestion and drown out the sounds of Spanish manchego and French brie quarrelling over club-soccer scores.

The clean, modern eatery, with stark white walls and a wraparound bar, boasts a fresh menu of quick vegan fare and all-kosher treats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Grab a vegan apple-cinnamon donut ($3) and enjoy baked breakfast on the go, or stop in for a quick lunch. Sample from the selection of healthy hand-helds starring several meats in disguise, such as the bacon-cheddar chicken-ranch sandwich ($7.81) or the Skinny Elvis sandwich ($5.47), with creamy peanut butter smushed into caramelized bananas. Wraps and salads, such as the bean salad ($5.97), which marries Terri's special six-bean blend with corn, peas, red onions, agave, and balsamic vinaigrette, offer filling fare, while the sweet selection of smoothies, fresh juices, and shakes, such as the choco-peanut butter or Butterfinger ($5.97) promise to please even the most ardent pro-dairy diner.

Midtown Restaurant serves burgers, sandwiches, and pasta to diners seated at cozy booths or perched on stools at the counter. Visitors can peck at fresh pastries under the glow of hanging lamps or dig into greek gyros while watching sportsmen sprint aimlessly between the edges of a mounted television.

Many of today's restaurants try to delight diners with the idea of something new, but Litro’s chefs stick to Old-World recipes so enduring they’ve outlived national governments. Tuna-topped bruschetta transplants palates to the Italian coast, and classic pastas such as rigatoni and fettuccine form noodly nests beneath helpings of pancetta or beef ragu. The wine bottle and corkscrew cleverly incorporated into the restaurant’s logo hint at its extensive wine list teeming with authentic Tuscan grapes. A full bar with cocktail service backs up the collection of fermented fruits, paying ode to Batman’s less famous sidekick, Jack Daniels.