When you enter this subterranean boite, you can’t help noticing a young woman gazing heavenward, fingers to her lips. She’s just a fetching image painted on the wall, but you can have what she’s having, for real. Try almost any of owner Jamie Knott and chef Christopher Abbamondi’s rollicking takes on American food with exotic winks. New to the menu are tiki masala chicken meatballs, crispy bass fillets in tomato lemongrass broth, and bracing seasonal cocktails from new general manager Gabriel Reiben.
335 Newark Avenue, 201-222-1422

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