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Korai Kitchen
Indian
The bottle gourd for their signature lau chingri comes from the parking lot out back, which tells you most of what you need to know about this small Bangladeshi-Indian neighborhood eatery in Jersey City. The chef and her daughter run the room, the cooking is homestyle but precise, and the dish landed on a New York Times list of the year's best across the country. A James Beard semifinalist, and NJ.com's top-ranked restaurant in the state.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2025 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- NJ.com #1 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2025 · Lau Chingri · The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Nur-E Gulshan Rahman
One number, weighted & current 85
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