The Top 18 Places to Eat and Drink in Lakewood
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Rank 1. African Grill and Bar
African
The Osei-Fordwuo brothers preside over a dining room where strangers become regulars by dessert, moving through West African stews and starches with the ease of a homecoming. Jollof rice with oxtail and red red—black-eyed peas with fried plantains—anchor a menu that treats regional technique as inheritance, not novelty.
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Rank 8. Casa Bonita
Mexican
The pink palace on Colfax is back under new stewardship, and a reservation here (email-only, hard-won) gets you into a dining experience that's equal parts nostalgia and spectacle, with chef Dana Rodriguez handling the kitchen. It's the kind of place where the theatrical setting and controlled crowds matter as much as the food, and worth the effort to get in.
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Rank 8. Burrito Express
Mexican
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