Elaheh Nozari

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Asbury Park has many reputations -- some know it as the slightly grungy home of The Stone Pony, the music venue where Bruce Springsteen got his start, while others consider it the best damn beach town on the Jersey Shore (a hotly contested topic in the Garden State).

The 16 Best Restaurants in Asbury Park, NJ

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Before his death at the age of 61, chef-turned-writer-turned-TV-host Anthony Bourdain traveled to cities across the world to film his CNN docu-series Parts Unknown.

Anthony Bourdain's New York: Every NYC Restaurant in 'Parts Unknown'

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Lifestyle

New Jersey is one of the most stereotyped states in the country.

The Best NJ Things Every True New Jerseyan Needs to Do

Grains like you've never tasted them before are the focus at Gristmill, a casual but upscale neighborhood restaurant in Park Slope.

Gristmill

After helming five-star hotel restaurants in Hong Kong, former Lespinasse chef Gray Kunz came back to the States and opened Salt & Char, a modern steakhouse in Saratoga Springs.

Salt & Char

Ravi DeRossi truly is a force that can't be reckoned with.

Ladybird

On the border of the East Village and Noho, The Bowery Market is a mini food hall/outdoor market occupying the lot of a former auto body shop.

The Bowery Market

Welp, it's time to face the facts: some of the best New York pizza is in...Staten Island.

Denino's

If Bergen Hill reminds you of Brooklyn, that's because it's from Brooklyn.

Bergen Hill

What started out as a home-based holiday cake business is now a full-blown retail bakery helmed by owner Aliyyah Baylor, whose Southern comfort recipes are carried down from her grandmother, Josephine "Ma" Smith.

Make My Cake

Lobster Joint is a little more upscale than the average seafood shack.

Lobster Joint

Chicago

The original Johnny's Grill was a greasy spoon fixture for years before its lease ended in 2014.