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Restaurants

Entree - An upscale meat place but great food and service  (Moved to 4th and Monmouth)
Ottimo- Dairy, upscale, great reviews, great lunch special
Estreia - upscale meat restaurant, a little noisy. Opens at 5:00pm
Pizzano- A pizza store with nice sit down area also has a large dairy menu
Upper Crust- A pizza store with nice sit down area also has a large dairy menu
Sushi Nation - Exclusive sushi spot. They also sell sushi in some other stores. Closed down
Kava - Nice Cafe with a drive-thru, they do events as well.
French Press - Niche coffee store
Cafoterria - Dairy place at the Avenue Shoppes at New Hampshire, also delivering to the business district
That Sushi Spot amazing sushi on Clifton Ave and they offer curbside pickup
Kalamata - upscale dairy cafe attached to pizza store. Has Simcha room.
Lamp Post - upscale meat restaurant in Toms River
Loft - coming soon
Tomahawk - Upscale NYC style steakhouse. Extensive menu. Simcha room.
Sugo - Upscale cafe on Lakewood/Toms River border.
Smokey Joe Order only, WhatsApp 347-743-5648
Smokey Hill BBQ BDE
Seared Very upscale\Very expensive
Taquito - Authentic mexican food. Behind Eat-a-pita
Char Q - An upscale steakhouse & bar, CHAR Q overlooks the beautiful & secluded Eagle Ridge Golf Course
Ishtabach Tom’s River, branch of a store in the Shuk in Yerushalayim

Fast Food

Meat

Glatt Bite- Massive menu with extremely fast service and delicious American and Chinese food.
D'LUX- Massive menu with fast service. American, Chinese, and sushi  :'(
Yussies- Deli and sandwiches. Delicious fries.
Glatt Gourmet- best homemade take out food (also sandwiches and chinese)
Yapchik- Nice menu great homemade take out, or eat in
Bun- Nice place, great burgers
Authentic Kosher Chinese- Chinese place on Clifton, recent change in ownership/name. Small, cheap, good food
Sushi Express- sushi and Chinese, they deliver 732-901-7874
South Side Sandwich Shop- Fast-food joint Extensive sandwich menu. Has delicious smoked Ribs/Lamb and chicken. Friendly service. Located on Cedarbridge between Martin Luther and Arlington Ave. (Changed Owners - Different Vibe)
Snaps- Fast food in Westgate
Glatt Gourmet- Down the 9, across from Bun. Good food, jammed Thursday nights
Pita Hut [PH Modern Grill] - (3 locations) Only 1 location Spruce & 9. Awesome Israeli food, free cholent on Thursdays with your purchase
Eat-A-Pita - Nice schnitzel/schwarma place, now with a hot dog bar, on Clifton
Keepshuto - (2 locations) On South Clifton Ave; On County Line.
Hamisada - Upscale Middle Eastern cuisine on the 9 just outside of Lakewood in Howell, Olympic Pita style
Flysh
Lipa's Munch
Mike’s
Burger Bar Located in Jackson co-op plaza
Teyavon Chinese, located near Chick Chock in Jackson

Dairy

Circa - Clean pizza store/cafe with large menu + sushi.
Pizza Place- A pizza store with a large dairy menu and very nice setting located in WestGate 732.730.1144
Pizza Plus - 4th st btwn Clifton and Lexington. Original Lakewood pizza store. Foods great.
J2- Pizza and sushi in Gourmet Glatt plaza. Pizza is good, great sushi.
J2 south - Pizza in the Evergreen plaza
That Sushi Spot- Clifton and Third.
Village Pizza (2 locatioons) - Pizza store with a dairy menu
Village Pizza South - Near Bais Shaindel, south side of the lake
Bagel Nosh - Legendary bagel store, needs no introduction
4 Corners (4 locations) , bagel store+ sushi ]
Out To Lunch - Nice, upscale dairy cafe across the street from Circa on Cedarbridge
Panini Cafe - Nice, new, sit-down place with iPads for ordering :)
Pop Up Pizza in Jackson Crossing (next to the WaWa outside Westgate)
Bagel King Great bagel store with drive-thru in NPGS Jackson plaza
Esty’s Bestys Milchigs in Jackson next to NPGS
Hot Bagels 3 Locations. Spruce & 9, 2nd bet Clifton & Lex, Drive through on Kennedy Blvd. Great breakfast special & place is packed on friday for sourdough Challah.
Toast Manchester. Breakfast and Dairy cafe.
Rosemary Jackson. Bagel store.
Avo Cado Dairy Cafe in Seagull Square.
Say Cheese in Jackson near NPGS
Fialkoff’s in Jackson near NPGS

Ice Cream

Yismach Yisroel Westgate Westgate plaza
CREMEThe Avenue Shoppes, 12 America Ave
Sprinkles Gourmet Glatt plaza
Rita’s Open Spring/Summer, in the same plaza as Village Pizza South
Rita’s North in the same plaza as Staples in Howell
Sprinkles South In the Closeout Connection strip mall, with Bun
Yismach Yisroel 4th and Lexington

Takeout

Aisle 9 (grocery)- Nice fleishig selection, arguably best sushi in town, now with a Jackson location as well
Seasons (grocery)- Good fleishigs and bakery
Gourmet Glatt (grocery) Just about everything, North location is on County Line in Gourmet Glatt plaza next to Chase Bank and South location is in Seagull Square
Evergreen


Catering

R&S - Probably the oldest establishment in town. Most famous for their liver.
Simcha Caterers -
Greenwald Caterers - They have a sort of monopoly on large events/Simchos

Bakeries

Gelbstein’s - On Clifton, next to His Place
Hershey’s in Amazing Savings plaza
Sesame In Mike's Chicken Plaza

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #660 on: June 29, 2023, 09:25:07 AM »
Think it's time we have to edit the topic subject
What do you mean?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #661 on: June 29, 2023, 09:43:24 AM »
What do you mean?
There are restaurants in other townships, and the people that live in the other townships are very sensitive about being lumped together with Lakewood. 

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« Reply #662 on: June 29, 2023, 10:19:41 AM »
There are restaurants in other townships, and the people that live in the other townships are very sensitive about being lumped together with Lakewood.
Come on, I don’t think the towns neighboring Cleveland have their own threads.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #663 on: June 29, 2023, 10:28:43 AM »
I made some minor tweaks to the Wiki, but it really needs some help.

IMO the subjective adjectives should be removed, someone calling a place "nice" doesn't give any context. Additionally, I think it should be fact based not opinion based.
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #664 on: June 29, 2023, 05:21:28 PM »
Btw imo the pizza game in Lakewood has gotten considerably better lately. My top 4 right now in no particular order: Cafoteria, Pizano (sourdough crust), The Upper Crust (Sourdough crust), and Cookie corner flatbread/pizza.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #665 on: June 29, 2023, 05:23:44 PM »
Btw imo the pizza game in Lakewood has gotten considerably better lately. My top 4 right now in no particular order: Cafoteria, Pizano (sourdough crust), The Upper Crust (Sourdough crust), and Cookie corner flatbread/pizza.
That’s all the fancier stuff ,how about for a regular slice ?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #666 on: June 29, 2023, 05:25:49 PM »
That’s all the fancier stuff ,how about for a regular slice ?

Pizza Place in Westgate

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #667 on: June 29, 2023, 07:27:09 PM »
That’s all the fancier stuff ,how about for a regular slice ?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #668 on: June 29, 2023, 09:43:29 PM »

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #669 on: June 29, 2023, 09:53:20 PM »
That’s all the fancier stuff ,how about for a regular slice ?
good old pizza plus

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #670 on: July 23, 2023, 07:05:16 PM »
Any dairy places open late?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #671 on: July 23, 2023, 07:10:00 PM »
Any dairy places open late?
What's late? Kalamata Ottimo and Sugo all close 9:30. Pizza shops all close early I believe.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #672 on: July 23, 2023, 07:11:33 PM »
Any dairy places open late?
Upper crust on Kennedy

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #673 on: July 25, 2023, 12:31:47 AM »
Seems like Seared's soft opening is underway. You can now make reservations.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #674 on: July 25, 2023, 01:21:29 PM »
Seems like Seared's soft opening is underway. You can now make reservations.
fully opened after 9 days. next week

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #675 on: August 06, 2023, 09:05:08 PM »
Did D'lux close down?

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« Reply #676 on: August 07, 2023, 10:00:48 AM »
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #677 on: August 08, 2023, 02:46:15 PM »
Btw imo the pizza game in Lakewood has gotten considerably better lately. My top 4 right now in no particular order: Cafoteria, Pizano (sourdough crust), The Upper Crust (Sourdough crust), and Cookie corner flatbread/pizza.
Still needs lots of work. Why is there no Italian style?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #678 on: August 08, 2023, 02:47:51 PM »
It seems so.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #679 on: August 08, 2023, 02:50:28 PM »
Still needs lots of work. Why is there no Italian style?
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