Nov
09

J L Ivy, Princeton

JL Ivy is a pretty new restaurant in Princeton. The restaurant has a 3 1/2 star rating from The Star Ledger so things looked pretty promising. After finding my way to the restaurant, which wasn’t so easy due to confusion over a detour due to road works, I was looking forward to dinner because the [...]

Jul
06

Mediterra, Princeton, NJ

For the last few years I have resisted going to Mediterra, ever since I had lunch there once. The burger I had wasn’t great and the service was worse. I’m happy to report that things were way better this time around. I try to give restaurants atleast 2 tries, especially if during my first visit [...]

May
18

Nova Terra, New Brunswick, NJ

I recently went to Nova Terra with my team for dinner. Been meaning to go there and try the rodizio for a while. I am a huge fan of rodizio at Churrascaria Plataforma in New York. I have been going to Plataforma for years and it is the gold standard when it comes to rodizio. [...]

Apr
06

Tortuga’s Mexican Village, Princeton, NJ

Tortuga’s is a local Mexican institution. It is highly rated on Zagat’s so I had to try it for myself. Regulars to my blog know that I think ratings on Zagat are inflated and I’m happy to report that Tortuga’s continues to confirm my hypothesis. Tortuga’s has 2 other locations, 1 in Lambertville which serves [...]

Mar
22

Underground Cafe, Princeton, NJ

Against my better judgement I decided to go try out Underground Cafe a few days ago. Swati G. was buying so I wanted to go somewhere a little more upscale, but she taunted me to try something new and since I’m always game to try most things once, I relented. I hadn’t been there before, [...]