Restaurants in Ridgewood

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Diwani Indian Restaurant

Indian Dinner or Lunch at Diwani Indian Restaurant (Up to 45% Off). Three Options Available.

Start meals with fried paneer studded with green chilies, followed by entrees such as lamb tikka masala accompanied by slices of naan

Multiple Locations

$40 $24

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Dinner for Two or Four at Pasta e Pollo (Up to 51% Off). Four Options Available.

Pasta e Pollo

Ridgewood

Stuffed artichokes, pasta with prosciutto and vodka sauce, and chicken with veal and penne served at a BYOB Italian restaurant

$70.75 $35

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Three-Course Italian Dinner for Two at La Piazza Bistro Italiano (Up to 50% Off)

La Piazza Bistro Italiano

Ridgewood

Chefs combine elements of classic and contemporary Italian cooking in dishes of chicken, veal, fresh vegetables, and perfectly cooked pasta

$67.40 $34

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$15 for $30 Worth of Italian Dinner at Limoncello Ristorante

Limoncello Ristorante

Waldwick

Chefs use the restaurant's namesake lemon liqueur to flavor Italian dishes—from vetello benito veal to cheese ravioli with basil

$30 $15

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Lebanese Dinner for Two (46% Off)

Tabboule

Ridgewood

Popular Middle Eastern dishes such as hummus, kafta, falafel, and lamb kebabs; belly dancers entertain crowds on Friday and Saturday

$50 $27

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$40 for Dinner for Two with an Appetizer, Salads, and Entrees at Pearl Restaurant (Up to $80.75 Value)

Pearl Restaurant

Ridgewood

A chef creates new menus every day using fresh ingredients purchased that morning; BYO policy

$80.75 $40

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Two or Four Groupons, Each Good for $10 Worth of French-Southern Fusion Cuisine at Le Bon Choix (50% Off)

Le Bon Choix

Ridgewood

Café uses locally produced chicken, dairy, and produce in cuisine that fuses the flavors of France and the American South

$10 $5

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Lunch for Two or Four, or Dinner for Two at Bella Notte Italian Bistro (Up to 53% Off)

Bella Notte Italian Bistro

Ridgewood

Bistro serves up classic Italian food such as veal saltimboca and comfort food such as shrimp mac ‘n’ cheese

$20 $10

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Pearl Restaurant

There is no freezer in the kitchen at Pearl Restaurant. Instead, chefs leave the eatery each morning to purchase ingredients from local farms and markets. That means that by the time the afternoon sun hits the shop, there is a new menu incorporating shark steaks, butternut squash, Maine crab, watermelon, and whatever else happens to be fresh. Using those seasonal ingredients and housemade pastas, chefs come up with unique dishes bound for the softly lit dining room. Past menu items have included a pear-and-goat-cheese salad, pan-roasted Boston cod, and slow-braised boneless short ribs with parmesan risotto. To eliminate the time and space between the cooking process and the diner, chefs also carefully craft most desserts right next to tables using fresh fruit and recently snared chocolate rabbits.

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17 S Broad St.
Ridgewood,
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Smith Brothers Dining Saloon

There's a low-key vibe to Smith Brothers Steak & Chophouse—its simple wood tables are surrounded by vintage liquor ads and a shiny granite bar that reflects the flat-screen TVs behind it. But the team here takes steak seriously. Each signature cut is made with certified Black Angus beef, including a 16-ounce flat-iron sizzler with mushrooms and their signature 6-ounce filet with caramelized onions. Aside from steak, you can also try the shrimp scampi, chicken francese, or center-cut pork chops. Live musicians play on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as whenever it's not Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

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51 N Broad St
Ridgewood,
NJ
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Muscle Maker Grill

Muscle Maker Grill grew out of a small smoothie shop, where owner Rod Silva prepared health-conscious alternatives to fast food. The restaurant has since expanded with a menu tailored to accommodate diners with vegetarian, carb-free, and gluten-free diets. The crew prides themselves in creating healthy versions of popular foods, and continues to serve the shop’s original protein shakes with favorites such as chocolate peanut butter and strawberry banana. Additionally, Muscle Maker Grill displays the calorie count for each dish on the menu.

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40 Chestnut St
Ridgewood,
NJ
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Chok-Dee Thai Restaurant

The chefs at Chok-Dee Thai craft an array of Thai and Asian dishes?from saut?ed sweet and sour chicken to fiery green curry infused with hot pepper and basil. Pineapple and tamarind juice add a bright dose of citrus to the tamarind duck curry, and lemon grass freshens the grilled pork chops. The decor reflects the fresh, lively ingredients with verdant plants, marigold yellow walls, and images of a peaceful river hanging in the dining room instead of just the chefs' vision boards.

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202 Hackensack Street
Wood Ridge,
NJ
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Tabboule

Tabboule welcomes visitors to enjoy a fragrant and colorful spread of Middle Eastern eats, with familiar dips such as hummus and baba ghannouj leading into entrees of chicken shawarma and spiced Armenian sausages. Dancers twist and turn as diners munch on kabobs and sautéed eggplant, recreating the atmosphere of the faraway Levant without dusting the restaurant floor with dirt from ancient Phoenicia.

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90 N Maple Ave
Ridgewood,
NJ
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Bella Notte Italian Bistro

Bella Notte Italian Bistro delights diners with traditional and creative Italian eats. The chefs' nightly specials are the perfect example, with recent menus including shrimp mac 'n' cheese, linguini and meatballs, arugula and goat cheese salad, and veal saltimboca.

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14 Oak Street
Ridgewood,
NJ
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The Discerning BYOBer: Di Fara Pizza

You can’t rush perfection, but you can wash it down correctly. The DeMarco family explains why you won’t mind waiting for a slice at Di Fara Pizza and what you should bring to drink. Worth the Wait Dom DeMarco isn’t big on advertising. Probably because he doesn’t need it. Dom—owner, founder, and sole chef at Di Fara Pizza—knows he’ll have a crowd to feed no matter what. The masses waiting in line outside Di Fara’s modest storefront, next door to a 99-cent shop in Brooklyn, are evidence of that. So is the fact that they’re waiting for the chance to hand over $5 for a piece of pizza. Five bucks might seem a bit much for a single slice, but these devotees clearly don’t mind. Even Mayor Bloomberg weighed in on the discussion. “If you’ve ever had a really great slice of pizza,” he told the New York Times, “you know there are worse deals.” But the food at Di Fara doesn’t really need mayoral endorsements. Margaret DeMarco, Di Fara’s manager and Dom’s daughter, explained why the pies are their own best advertisement: “[The] pizzas are made with two cheeses and fresh, snipped basil and a drizzle of olive oil. The square is a slightly thicker crust, twice-baked, made with a richer sauce, and is a much heartier choice. The round is quite delicate in texture. We're famous for both." Margaret has worked alongside her father for more than 20 years now, and like the rest of her six siblings, she has, not surprisingly, developed cooking skills that she calls a “special art.” But dad is still in charge of all the cooking, and will be “as long as he has the strength and the desire.” He was born in Italy’s Provincia di Caserta, and he uses all imported ingredients for his pies—from the buffalo mozzarella cheese brought from Italy to the basil from Israel. While You Wait (and While You Eat): Take Advantage of Di Fara’s BYOB Option You won’t see mention of it on Di Fara’s website, but the pizzeria is also BYOB. In 2011, the Village Voice named Di Fara one of its 10 Best BYOB Restaurants in the city, encouraging guests to “uncork your best bottle of red and indulge in a marriage of gastronomic perfection." Margaret said that since the Village Voice article, they’ve noticed a lot of customers opting to bring along something to drink in the evenings. “Wine is usually the choice for most, but beer is also brought in,” she said. Margaret’s most important pairing recommendation for those settling in at one of the eatery’s coveted 19 seats? Try a slice of both the round pie and the square pie for the sake of comparison. After that wait, you’ve probably earned it. What Booze to Bring Serious Eats says: Czech Krušovice beer “Krušovice, with its sweet, almost caramel flavor, is a dark (basically black) beer, that's hardly found in the States … A cold Krušovice with a hot, olive oily, basily Di Fara's slice, is my idea of each food group at its best,” said writer Erin Zimmer, who suggests picking it up at Associated Supermarket directly across the street. Gothamist says: Italian red wines “Bring a bottle of chianti or a barbera.”
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Dim Sum For Everyone: Vegetarian Dim Sum Spots

The dim sum lunch, or yum cha (literally “drink tea”), is the Cantonese answer to Spanish tapas. It is as much a tradition in New York City's Chinatown as weekend brunch on The Lower East Side. The bustling scene is all too familiar: packed tables, servers pushing metal carts while hawking their selections, the din of impatient, hungry diners. They wait for shrimp dumplings, steamed pork spareribs, roast pork buns, pork and shrimp shu mai -- the seemingly endless variety goes on and on. But for vegetarians, the choices can be few. When it comes to dim sum, seafood and meat dominate the menu. New York vegetarians need not despair, because there are two very appetizing dim sum havens for non-meat eaters, and they’re right in Chinatown. Buddha Bodai on Mott Street serves a completely vegetarian and kosher menu of dim sum favorites, ranging from shrimp dumplings to beef rice rolls. The restaurant is usually packed on weekday lunch hours with City Hall municipal types, while the weekend clientele consists of tourists, locals and the environmentally conscientious. An all-day menu of vegetarian iterations of Chinese standards is also on offer, with creative takes on dishes like roast pork and sesame chicken. Using seitan, tofu and yam starch (among other vegetarian and kosher-friendly ingredients) as substitutes, many of these plates will fool even the committed carnivore in appearance and flavor. The line outside the door on Sunday afternoons may be the best way to spot Vegetarian Dim Sum House on Pell Street. Crowds tend to gather on weekends, anxious for healthy vegetarian takes on traditional dim sum dishes. The array of vegetarian dumplings -- pan fried, watercress, snow pea leaf, monk dumplings -- draw in voracious vegetarians who want the variety of a full-scale dim sum restaurant without sacrificing their principles or lifestyle choices. The menu is comprehensive, full of inventive vegetarian fare using Eastern and Western-style vegetables, not to mention an exhaustive list of diced, sliced or sautéed mushroom dishes. At Vegetarian Dim Sum House, there’s no need to solely imitate meat dishes. Here, vegetables are allowed to take center stage.
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Cheap Eats Before a Free Concert in Prospect Park

Prospect Park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux famously preferred the airy lawns of this Brooklyn oasis to their earlier design of Manhattan’s Central Park. So if you're heading to the park for a show, it makes sense to make a day of it and spend some time on its sunny, open meadows. Before the doors open, cool off (and use real bathrooms!) while enjoying an affordable meal at any one of these restaurants, all within a 10-minute walk of the park. For alfresco diners: Brooklyn Larder (228 Flatbush Ave.) OK, this isn’t a restaurant, though there are a few tables for eating and a good lunch special: sandwich, chips, beer or soda, and a cookie for $15, available 11 a.m.–3 p.m. If you prefer dining alfresco, come here for a fantastic selection of cheeses, breads, salads, and any number of jams, jellies, and preserves in cute jars to eat in the park. Drinking alcohol in the park is, of course, prohibited and can lead to a ticket. On an unrelated note, Brooklyn Larder has a great selection of beers, starting with Dale’s Pale Ale cans for $2.50 each. For cheap vegetarians: Dao Palate (329 Flatbush Ave.) A mainstay of vegetarians, Dao Palate serves fresh vegetables and mock meats in typical Chinese sauces that are a few notches lighter and fresher-tasting than average. Great for larger groups, the big restaurant’s main dishes run around $12, and their filling lunch specials around $9. My favorite, black-pepper seitan on a bed of chinese broccoli, comes with a spring roll and a miso soup to boot. For those with time to kill: Cubana Cafe (80 6th Ave., right off Flatbush Avenue) The food here is less of a draw than the cocktails and the decor, but it’s still consistently good, with a menu that hews closely to the dishes I’ve seen served in Havana: black-bean soup, roast chicken with rice, plantains. Most plates are meat-heavy and generous with the portions—beware ordering an appetizer and a main dish unless you’re very hungry. As you wait for the show to begin, linger over a mojito or a cold beer in a breezy dining room painted turquoise, pink, and yellow, where the floor-to-ceiling windows are flung open all summer long. For picky eaters: 67 Burger (234 Flatbush Ave.) With a long and flexible list of food options, 67 Burger has something to please everyone. The menu has your cheeseburgers, your curly fries, and your Lagunitas on tap, but also real salads and two veggie-burger options, all of which can be customized with many extras like goat cheese, chipotle mayo, and olive tapenade. Burgers range from $6.75 to $10. There’s also a wine selection and something called a beer shake, which intrigued me but not enough to try it on a weekday alone. Photos by Kasia Mychajlowycz.
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