These 81 NJ restaurants win Wine Spectators Restaurant Awards

Esther Davidowitz, NorthJersey.com
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New Jersey restaurants and chefs may be shut out of the James Beard awards year after year — this year, not one New Jersey spot or person was even nominated — but when it comes to wines in our restaurants, New Jersey has reason to crack open the Champagne.

This year, 81 New Jersey restaurants won Wine Spectator's Restaurant Awards, which honor the world's best restaurants for wine. Like the Olympics, the awards are divided into three levels: Award of Excellence (think of it as a bronze medal), Best Award of Excellence (silver medal) and Grand Award (gold!).

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And though, this year no new restaurant has gotten the Grand Award — "It's really difficult to get a Grand Award," said spokesperson Julia Forschino — two New Jersey restaurants have held onto the top award: The Pluckemin Inn in Bedminster (a recipient since 2011) and Restaurant Latour in the Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg (since 2006). (This reporter named Susanne Wagner, Latour's wine director, one of New Jersey's most talented women in the food and wine industry.)

The Pluckemin Inn and Restaurant Latour are among the 93 restaurants across the world that received the Grand Award this year.

Here are the restaurants in North Jersey that received a Wine Spectator award this year:

  • Berta's Chateau, Wanaque

  • Court Street Restaurant & Bar, Hoboken

  • Il Capriccio Ristorante, Whippany

Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

  • Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, Morristown

  • Oceanos Oyster Bar & Sea Grill, Fair Lawn

Photo of the bar and dining room at The River Palm Terrace in Edgewater, Thursday on 04/14/22.
Photo of the bar and dining room at The River Palm Terrace in Edgewater, Thursday on 04/14/22.

  • River Palm Terrace, Edgewater

  • Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas, Clifton

  • The Capital Grille, Parsippany

  • 1776 by David Burke, Morristown

  • Bacari Grill, Washington Township

  • Battello, Jersey City

  • Blu on the Hudson, Weehawken

  • Brazeiro Churrascaria, North Bergen

  • Deccan Spice, Edison

  • Delle Frisco's Grille, Hoboken

  • Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Paramus

  • Esty Street, Park Ridge

  • Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern, Ho-Ho-Kus

  • Hudson House, Jersey City

The exterior of Hunan Taste in Denville on Friday January 29, 2021.
The exterior of Hunan Taste in Denville on Friday January 29, 2021.

  • Hunan Taste, Denville

  • Liberty House, Jersey City

  • Molos Restaurant, Weehawken

  • Morton's, The Steakhouse, Hackensack

  • Rails Steakhouse, Towaco

  • Rod's Steak & Seafood Grille, Morristown

  • Seasons 52, Edison and Paramus

  • Son Cubano, West New York

  • Sorellina Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar, Hoboken

  • The Capital Grille, Paramus

  • The Oceanaire Seafood, Hackensack

Ventanas at the Modern in Fort Lee on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
Ventanas at the Modern in Fort Lee on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

  • Ventanas Restaurant & Lounge Bar, Fort Lee

  • Village Hall, South Orange

For the full list of New Jersey restaurant, click here.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ restaurants win Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards in 2023