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Homestate Cafe
Marriott Princeton Hotel & Conference Center at Forrestal
(formerly Doral Forrestal)
100 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-452-7800

Homestate Café has daily buffets featuring honest, regional American cooking and healthy recipes with a focus on Jersey fresh ingredients.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Map | Web Site

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Main Street Bistro & Bar
301 N. Harrison Street, Princeton Shopping Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-921-2779

Main Street is a popular spot for its delicious bistro fare that is carefully prepared and presented, eminently satisfying and reasonably priced. The ambiance of its cozy bar/lounge in oak and "banker's green" includes a tasteful array of black and white photographs. The spacious dining area, boasting a fireplace and an open kitchen, exudes it own unique brand of charm. It manages to be both light and airy by day and appropriately romantic by night. In warmer weather, you may even take your meals alfresco beneath the green and white canopy in the shopping center's interior courtyard.

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Barley's Pub
Marriott Princeton Hotel & Conference Center at Forrestal
(formerly Doral Forrestal)
100 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-452-7800

Enjoy a drink and relax in the casually inviting atmosphere of Barley's, offering eight varieties of beer on tap, classic martinis, plus hearty appetizers.

Barley's Club Room
Adjacent to the bar, the Club Room is your place to relax, unwind and enjoy.

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Pheasants Landing
Restaurant, Pub & Catering
311 Amwell Rd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Phone: 908-281-1288

At Pheasants Landing, we offer an American-Continental cuisine with a variety of choices, different from the other restaurants in this area. Summer months are reserved for the best outdoor facility in Somerset County. Dine for lunch or dinner on our Patio overlooking picturesque cornfields and peaceful rural settings. The Patio resembles a Munich Beer Garden with colorful beer house labeled umbrellas, and is nicely shaded by a large maple tree. Relax and enjoy!

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Yankee Doodle Tap Room
10 Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone: 609-921-7500

The Yankee Doodle Tap Room has a long tradition of being Princeton's destination for great dining and company. The historic restaurant has a unique pub atmosphere and features live musical entertainment. An elegant American grill menu is offered at Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, as well as for in-room private dining. The restaurant was named for Yankee Doodle after Norman Rockwell painted a thirteen-foot mural about the historic figure for Nassau Inn in 1939. Today, this piece of American art history continues to hang behind the bar in the Tap Room.

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The Ferry House
32 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone: 609-924-2488

Located in the heart of downtown Princeton, The Ferry House has earned a reputation for culinary excellence, specializing in Innovative French-American Cuisine. Mr. Trigg has been the recipient of both popular and critical acclaim for his innovative combining of flavors, and creative use of locally farmed ingredients.

“In its Lambertville days, The Ferry House was known as one of the finest restaurants in New Jersey. No wonder, Princeton rejoiced when Bobby Trigg, the talented chef and owner moved his popular restaurant to Princeton.” — The New York Times

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Crystal Garden Restaurant
Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-987-1234

The Crystal Garden is an ideal choice for a business meal or large celebration with friends, family or colleagues. Three dining tiers overlook a waterfall and pond filled with koi fish and lots of greenery that enhance a garden feeling. The Crystal Garden Restaurant provides the perfect atmosphere for any occasion.

Whether you prefer traditional fare or seasonal selections the creative Chefs in the Crystal Garden Restaurant focus on a stylish menu which makes the ordinary -- extraordinary. Our spectacular Champagne Sunday Brunch offers a variety of hot and cold selections, carving stations and an abundance of desserts.

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Barnes and Noble Cafe
Princeton Market Fair, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-897-9250
- Another Starbucks Franchise, but at least it's in a Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

Bassett's Original Turkey
Food Court at Market Fair, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-987-8808
- Another Food Court Franchise. If you've tried one Bassett's Turkey, you've tried them all.

Big Fish Seafood Bistro
Princeton Market Fair, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-919-1179
- Upscale Seafood Franchise Restaurant. Greater Princeton's alternative to Blue Point Grill. Plus... you can reserve a table and order a martini.

Calico Grill
180-1/2 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 609-924-6269
- New Seafood Restaurant located behind and operated by Cox's Market. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, this quaint little ocean gem is a delight. Menu includes some Latin dishes.

Carousel Restaurant
60 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 609-924-2677
- Ouch! Whatever happened to the old Carousel? This is one of the only owner-operated restaurants in town that lacks a local ambiance. Very confusing.

Carver's Café
421 Wall St at Route 206 N, Princeton, NJ 609-683-1660
- Popular Office Worker Takeout Place. Owner-Operated. Lots of Daily Specials. Good Soups, Sandwiches, Hot & Cold. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse
Route 1 North at Emmons Rd, Princeton, NJ 609-243-9353
- Upscale Franchise Restaurant. If you've tried one Charlie Brown's, you've tried them all.

Chuck's Spring Street Café
16 Spring St, Princeton, NJ 609-921-0027
- Buffalo Chicken Wings & assorted sundries. Quirky little joint. Spicy. We like it.

JB Winberie's Bar & Grill
1 Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ 609-921-0700
- Cuisine... American. Ambiance... American. Quality... American.
Hey, it's an American restaurant!

Fresh at Westin Hotel
Princeton Forrestal Village, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-452-7900
- Not yet reviewed...

Greenstreet Café
Food Court at Market Fair, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-987-112
- Another Food Court Franchise. If you've tried one Greenstreet Cafe, you've tried them all.

Salt Creek Grille
1 Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Princeton, NJ 609-419-4200
- Executive Chef Jason Hensle oversees the restaurant's open, exhibition-style kitchen, featuring a natural mesquite wood grill that adds a subtle, savory flavor to chops, aged steaks, chicken, market-fresh seafood, grilled vegetables, and more.

Starbuck's
Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 609-919-1085
- The King of Cafe Franchises. Only this Starbucks is merely an "also ran" in the shadow of small world coffee here in Princeton.

Subway
Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 609-452-7707
- The "healthy fast food alternative" franchise. What will they think of next... Next!

TGI Friday's
Market Fair, Rt 1 South, Princeton, NJ 609-520-0378
- Cuisine... American. Ambiance... American yard sale. Quality... American. Hey, it's an American restaurant!

Triumph Brewing Company
138 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 609-924-7855
- Princeton's first and only micro-brewery, established in 1995. Eclectic menu gets mixed reviews, but mostly good. Beers are always first rate thanks to the talents of brewmaster Tom Stevenson. Atmosphere is a hip industrial alternative kind of thing. We like it!