10 great downtown spots in New Jersey you have to visit

What New Jersey lacks in large cities, it more than makes up for in its great small-town downtowns. Most of us don’t get out of our little circle of where we live to notice. But New Jersey is loaded with great downtowns from north to south.

Have you ever been to the center of Sparta? Downtown Sparta looks like an Alpine Village right out of the Swiss countryside.

Perhaps you’ve never been to downtown Haddonfield. The Kings Highway that runs through it is a picture postcard of what a really nice small town should look like.

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We asked our listeners to name some of the best downtown places to eat in all of New Jersey. There are some great suggestions. Here’s the list in no particular order.

Trattoria — Long Branch

The Bistro at Haddonfield — Haddonfield

Taka — Asbury Park

Cellar 335 — Jersey City

Toscano Steakhouse — Bordentown

Anjelica's — Sea Bright

Oasis Restaurant — Cranford 

Strada — Atlantic Highlands

Sweet Waters — Westfield

Washington Inn — Cape May 

Opinions expressed in the post above are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Dennis Malloy only.

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