Heirloom Kitchen in Old Bridge made USA TODAY’s list of best restaurants in the country.
The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2024 list, released today, features 47 restaurants from fine-dining establishments to counter-service seafood shacks.
“Whenever you receive recognition it’s a wonderful honor,” said Heirloom Kitchen founder and partner Neilly Robinson. “It’s not why we do what we do, but it does feel amazing to know that we are being chosen and seen. It makes all the sacrifice and hard work feel rewarding.”
USA TODAY Network food journalists from across the country pooled their expertise to select the list, which includes the places they know, love and recommend.
Our criteria for USA TODAY’s Restaurants of the Year for 2024
Heirloom Kitchen was chosen because of its creative and colorful renditions of international dishes served before a buzzing open kitchen, where guests can pick the brains — without any pretense — of some of the most acclaimed chefs in the state while they dine on high-end fare from a prix fixe menu. Every week, at least one item leaves Heirloom Kitchen’s menu, never to return.
David Viana, partner and executive chef, showcases duck prepared with jerk roasted honeynut squash, braised cabbage, Jamaican spices and habanero jus, at Heirloom Kitchen in Old Bridge, NJ Thursday, December 7, 2023.
What’s the best restaurant near you? Check out USA TODAY’s 2024 Restaurants of the Year
That’s combined with a warm ambiance filled with tables of mismatched chairs and a cookbook nook, all hidden behind a strip mall exterior to form a pleasantly surprising juxtaposition.
Here’s the full list and more about Heirloom Kitchen.
Staff reporter Jenna Intersimone: [email protected]
This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: USA TODAY named its Restaurants of the Year. This Central Jersey favorite made the list
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