655770 Tue Sep 29 10:16:07 -0700 2009 5 16 Mid-Atlantic 0 5066955 Help!!! I am going to be in the Budd Lake - Randolph, NJ area on business and am desperate for advice on where to eat. After a long day, I don't really want to travel too far - no more than a half hour from this location. Fine dining is okay; so is a dive, as long as the food is good. Thanks Tue Sep 29 10:16:07 -0700 2009 61972 rockpile 1 5067054 Rockpile, if you haven't already done so you should check the Tri-State Region board. There have been a few (mighty few!) posts there about Randolph. Tue Sep 29 10:47:31 -0700 2009 5066955 57768 ambrose 1 5067090 I used to live in Budd Lake (for a very short time). We never went out to dinner. There was nowhere to go. Tue Sep 29 10:57:49 -0700 2009 5066955 195635 Brklynbobby 1 5068783 La Strada in Randolph www.lastradarestaurant.com at 1105 Route 10, (973)584-4607 is a very nice upscale italian restaurant you might enjoy. Also Hunan Taste Chinese Restaurant, 29 Broadway, Denville, NJ (973)627-9188 www.hunantaste.com Blossom Asian Bistro, 181 Howard Blvd, #G, Mt. Arlington, NJ. ; Matar's Restaurant, 1115 CR 517, Allamuchy, NJ (908)852-2300, www.mattars.com Wed Sep 30 05:16:21 -0700 2009 5066955 232156 MRG58 1 5068878 If you are willing to travel down Interstate 80 into the Parsippany/Booton area, here's a few places popular with the locals: Noodle Chu (Chinese)http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/nj-dining-noodle-chu/ Reservoir Tavern (pizza)http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/new-jersey-dining-bevacquas-reservoir-tavern/ Eccola (Italian) http://eccolarestaurantnj.com/ Hunan Noodle House (Chinese) http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=noodle+house,+parsippany,+nj&fb=1&gl=us&hq=noodle+house,&hnear=parsippany,+nj&view=text&latlng=13921639398617885839 In Morris Plains if you are looking for a pub/bar type place to hang and have an inexpensive steak, there's Collin's Pub and Arthur's Tavern, both across the street from each other http://www.arthurstavern.com/ Closer to where you will be staying there are the following places, but I have never been to any to attest to their quality, but I have heard only good things.: The Black Forest Inn in Stanhope http://www.blackforestinn.com/ Attilio's Tavern in Dover http://www.attiliostavern.com/ Muldoon's in Ledgewood http://www.muldoons-irishpub.com/index.htm You will also find some nice places down Route 206 in Flanders/Mount Olive, but the names escape me at the moment......and there are also plenty of places down Route 10....including a Golf driving range in Randolph if you need to unwind. Wed Sep 30 06:07:23 -0700 2009 5066955 123497 fourunder 1 5069126 You could also head south from Budd Lake to the Long Valley Pub & Brewery. I believe it was the first brew pub in New Jersey. I haven't been for a long time but I still see a lot of favorable comments on-line. http://longvalleypubandbrewery.com Wed Sep 30 07:33:03 -0700 2009 5066955 57768 ambrose