Seafood Restaurants in Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County, located in the Somerville borough in north-central New Jersey, offers residents and tourists a variety of restaurants. Somerset also contains the Sourland Preserve, a pristine wilderness that features the one-and-a-half-mile Maple Flats Trail, the five-mile Ridge Trail and the one-mile long Pond View Trail. Due to the county's close proximity to the Lower Bay, some of the best and most popular restaurants in the area specialize in freshly caught seafood. If you're visiting Somerset country or need some refreshment after a long hike, be sure to visit the following seafood establishments.

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant

One of the most popular seafood restaurants in Somerset Country is McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This restaurant specializes in a variety of surf-and-turf selections, and dishes are focused on seasonal produce and freshly caught seafood. Specialties include sirloin steaks, steamed shrimp and oysters. The atmosphere is smart-casual and sophisticated, with dim lighting and soft music, perfect for an intimate date.

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant
400 Commons Way
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 707-9996
mccormickandschmicks.com/

Scampi's Seafood Restaurant

Another favorite in Somerset County is Scampi's Seafood Restaurant, which specializes in seafood, chicken, pasta and steak dishes. Specialties include sesame-encrusted steamed lobster, shrimp scampi, and raw oysters and clams. The restaurant also won first place in Courier News' "Best of the Best In Central New Jersey" award in 2007 (Scampi Seafood), and the restaurant's crab cakes won first place in the "Quest for the Best" Culinary Invitation sponsored by Somerset County. The restaurant also offers a fresh seafood market, featuring daily catches.

Scampi's Seafood Restaurant
198 West Main Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 685-1323
scampisseafood.com

Sunny Seafood

For a more casual environment, be sure to visit Sunny Seafood, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This restaurant offers classic seafood dishes, including fried fish, steamed shrimp and fried clams. Additional selections include traditional diner dishes, such as cheese omelets, pork sandwiches and homefries. The atmosphere is casual and the establishment is family friendly.

Sunny Seafood
625 Somerset Street
Somerset, NJ 08876
(732) 846-2312‎

Article Written By Amy Butcher

Amy Butcher is a current graduate student at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. Butcher has been writing professionally for eight years and her work has appeared in "The Claremont Review," "The Bullet," "The Mercury" and "Positive Teen." She received her B.A. in English and creative writing from Gettysburg College and is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Sigma Tau Delta.

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