Things To Do: Restaurants

Bernard's Inn

Popular and highly rated, this restored turn-of-the century inn offers fine dining in an elegant setting with high ceilings, mahogany woodwork, and chandeliers. The "progressive American" menu features only fresh ingredients; even the desserts are homemade. The extensive wine list won an award from The Wine Spectator. Live entertainment is offered every evening. Jacket required for dinner. Open Mon.-Sat. for lunch and dinner. Across from Bernardsville train station on Rte. 202. About 9 mi. south of Jockey Hollow. more...

Black Horse Inn

Two restaurants in one: the upscale inn, housed in a building on the Historic Registry that became a stagecoach stop in 1742, and the more informal, inexpensive pub, in the former barn. Both serve fairly standard continental food, inclluding steaks and seafood. Inn open Tue.-Sun. for dinner. Pub open daily for lunch and dinner. On Rte. 24 at corner of Mountain Ave. About 5 mi. west of Jockey Holley. more...

Fresh Fields Cafe

Chef-owner Kevin Collins serves "creative American" cuisine. For an appetizer, try the hickory-smoked tuna with scallion corn waffles and a rosemary caper sauce; follow it with filet mignon with blue-cheese mashed potatoes, fried leeks, and fried sage. Open Tue.-Fri. for lunch and dinner, Sat.-Sun. for dinner. In the Hickory Square shopping mall, near the intersection of Green Village Road and Shunpike Road. About 10 miles east of Jockey Hollow. more...

Ming II

Pan-Asian cuisine. Open for lunch, Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2:30 Sat. 12-3; dinner, Mon.-Wed. 5:30-10:30, Thu. 5:30-10, Fri.-Sat. 5:30-11. $$$ more...

Pierre's Restaurant and Wine Bar

Offering French bistro-style cooking in Morristown in a country setting,Pierre's is considered one of Morris County's finest restaurants and is a treat any time of year. Open Tue.-Sun. for lunch; dinner, Tue.-Thu. 5:30-9, Fri.-Sat. 5:30-10, and Sun. 5-8. $$$ more...

Settebello Cafe

This Northern Italian style restaurant has outside dining courtyard, weather permitting. Open for lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2:30; dinner, Mon.-Thu. 5:30-9, Fri.-Sat. 5:30-10. $$$ more...

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