The Best Places to Eat in Jersey City, by the Record
The best places to eat in Jersey City, by the professional record: 50 Top Pizza, The New York Times, and NJ.com have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Razza Pizza Artigianale comes out on top.
Korai Kitchen and 15 Fox Place hold the next two places. NJ.com shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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A wall of bread greets you before you see a single pizza, which tells you everything about Dan Richer's priorities. This wood-fired pizzeria in Jersey City runs on long-fermentation dough and a sourcing philosophy that treats New Jersey farms as co-authors, not suppliers. The original dining room, once a theater, still has that weathered-plaster gravitas. Ranked third in the country by 50 Top Pizza, and a James Beard nominee.
- 50 Top Pizza #69 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza #3 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Performance of the Year · 50 Top Pizza USA Special Awards
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Rank 2. Korai Kitchen
Bangladeshi Indian
- The New York Times Lau Chingri · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- NJ.com #1 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Nur-E Gulshan Rahman
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Rank 3. 15 Fox Place
Italian
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Rank 4. Bread and Salt Bakery
Roman Bakery
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Rank 4. Porta
Italian Pizza
The bar room here was once a pharmacy, and the old apothecary shelves now hold bottles of wine and spirits where the remedies used to be. It's a multi-floor pizza and pasta spot in Jersey City with a rooftop that looks back at the New York skyline you just escaped. The pizzas follow Italian tradition, the spaghetti has its fans, and the music keeps the whole thing moving at a pace that feels deliberately un-Manhattan.
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Rank 4. Sushi By Bou
Sushi
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Rank 7. El Ranchero Taqueria
Mexican