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Default Poor New Jerseyites

Stan Horwitz said...

> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
>> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>> >
>> > In article >,
>> > Pennyaline > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Anny Middon wrote:
>> > > > According to The Sopranos, anyway.
>> > > >
>> > > > First off the Soprano family eats those pathetic and unappetizing
>> > > > Lincoln
>> > > > Logs.
>> > > >
>> > > > Then they go to a diner which has what Tony calls the best onion
>> > > > rings in
>> > > > the state. And the onion rings look pathetic and unappetizing.
>> > >
>> > > That's Jersey for ya, pathetic and unappetizing. No one goes there
>> > > for the food anyhow.
>> >
>> > Nonsense. We NJites have many fine restaurants from which to chose.
>> >
>> > Be that as it may, I wonder if I am the only person in the United
>> > States who has never seen the Soprano's show.

>>
>> I've never seen it either! Anyway when I lived in NJ way back when,
>> most of the lower half of the state (area code 609 at the time) seemed
>> to be owned by Campbell Soup. It's not called the 'Garden State' for
>> nothing. That and the pharmaceutical companies; good combination!

>
> We have some very fine restaurants in NJ. One of my favorites, in
> Central Jersey, is the Lambertville Station, which is an old inn from
> back in the 1700s that also has a great restaurant. They feature a
> different wild game meat every day as a special. Last time, I had a
> buffalo rib eye steak that was fantastic!



Stan,

You also have Fatburger. One, somewhere in northern NJ and another in
Atlantic City.

www.fatburger.com

Without starting a controversy, they're undoubtedly the BEST hamburgers on
the planet.



Andy