Apr
26

Camillo’s Cafe, Princeton, NJ

Camillo’s is a local Italian restaurant that’s different from your standard New Jersey pizza and pasta joint. It’s actually an Italian restaurant.
I’ve tired of typical Italian restaurants in New Jersey and have been looking for a restaurant that reminded of a local trattoria in Europe. I used to live in England and I loved going [...]

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 [...]

Apr
29

Sotto 128, Princeton, NJ

Sotto is a surprisingly good italian restaurant in Princeton on Nassau Street. I had previously been there for drinks after work and had some of their bar food which was decent but not memorable. I went back again with some folks from work for dinner this time and I was pretty surprised and impressed.
Upon entering [...]

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 [...]