Italian Restaurants in Union, New Jersey

Union, New Jersey, offers a variety of outdoor activities. The Trailside Nature and Science Center offers camping, hiking and biking facilities. In addition, there's boating in Warinanco Park and Echo Lake Park, swimming pools, fitness trails and county golf courses, all activities that could make your visit worthwhile. Union offers visitors historic sites, art exhibits and numerous restaurants.

Amici's Italian Restaurant

Amici's Italian Restaurant serves authentic Italian dishes and has a martini bar with 40 different martinis. The lunch menu has salads, wraps and sandwiches and entrees. The dinner menus offers appetizers, soups and salads, pasta, entrees, desserts and a children's menu. Dishes include polenta, rigatoni pesto, Mulberry Street shrimp, grilled portabello wrap and filet mignon on garlic bread with mozzarella. On-premise and off-premise catering services are available. Martinis are half off every Wednesday and Saturday night. Hours of operation are daily from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Amici's Italian Restaurant
2036 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
(908) 688-1226
amicirestaurant.com

Joey's Italian Kitchen

Joey's Italian Kitchen is a family-owned restaurant that serves affordable gourmet food. The lunch and dinner menus include appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, homemade and imported pastas, and entrees. Entrees include rigatoni with sausage and imported mushrooms, chicken Milanese, shrimp scampi and broiled flounder. Lunch specials are served on Thursdays, and dinner specials are served on Monday through Wednesday. Catering services for a minimum of 15 people are offered. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday until 10:30 p.m. On Sundays, only catering orders are accepted.

Joey's Italian Kitchen
2704 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
(908) 964-7655
joeysitaliankitchen.com

Cafe Z

Cafe Z is a casual Italian restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere. Items on the lunch menu include appetizers, homemade soups, homemade pasta, salads, entrees, and gourmet pizza and sandwiches. The diner menu is the same as the lunch menu, except pizzas and sandwiches are not served. Entree selections are shrimp scampi, veal marguerita, linguini vongole and salmon Florentine. You can dine in or order take-out or delivery. On-premise and off-premise catering services are offered. Banquet facilities that accommodate 50 to 100 people are available. Happy hour is from 4 to 7 p.m. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (lunch) and 4 to 11 p.m. (dinner); Saturday from 3 to 11 p.m.; and Sunday from 3 to 9 p.m.

Cafe Z
2333 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
(908) 686-4321
cafeznj.com

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Article Written By Veronica Romualdez

Veronica Romualdez has been writing as a freelancer covering various topics since 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communication with a major in advertising and public relations from Assumption College and completed a course in interior design in 2002. Many of her articles have been published online.

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