Maggiano's Little Italy
Maggiano's Little Italy is an Italian chain restaurant with locations all over the U.S. Specializing in Americanized Italian food, the restaurant provides a casual dining experience to visitors. Patrons enjoy a family-style lunch and dinner, along with exclusive appetizers, ethnic entrees, dessert and an extensive wine list. Little Italy favorites include baked ziti and sausage, lobster ravioli, beef braciole (beef cutlets stuffed and rolled with ground beef, Italian vegetables and asiago cheese slow-cooked in a red wine tomato sauce and served with pappardelle pasta with garlic butter) and chicken francese (chicken lightly battered with Parmesan in a lemon-wine sauce, served with crispy red potatoes, fresh arugula and tomatoes). Maggiano's offers online reservations, carryout and delivery options.
Maggiano's Little Italy
600 Commons Way
Bldg. E
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 547-6045
maggianos.com/
La Catena
Specializing in North Italian food, La Catena's casual dining experience enthralls visitors and residents. The restaurant earned a four-star rating in 2006 from "The Star Ledger." La Catena boasts a fireplace and wine room for groups of 45 guests, and a main room for parties. Along with a wide selection of lunch and dinner menu options, La Catena offers its patrons pre-fixe private-party menus. Dinner selections include dishes with mussels, lamb, clams, veal, shrimp and vegetables. Wine menu highlights include French, Italian, Californian delights with champagne, blush wines and cellar selections.
La Catena
966 Route 22 E.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 725-9300
lacatena.com/
Café Emilia
Reminiscent of old-style Italian cuisine, Café Emilia brings you authentic Italian dishes. Guests enjoy starters, such as mozzarella in carrozza (mozzarella and Italian bread with cheese, layered and egg-battered over an anchovy sauce), with simmering meat-stuffed pasta soup, accompanied with chicken marsala and traditional pastas. Along with popular Americanized-Italian dishes, Café Emilia serves ethnic Italian favorites, such as veal scaloppini, eggplant parmigiana, lasagna and ravioli.
Café Emilia
705 Route 202 N.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 429-1410
cafeemilia.com/