Artists and creatives are drawn to Collingswood, where Haddon Avenue is lined with boutiques, high-end consignment shops and antique galleries. Along the way, you’ll find a mix of ethnic, prix fixe and BYOB restaurants—something to satisfy every foodie in your group.
Brunch: Sabrina’s Café
This is the place where you brunch all day. Try the lemon poppy pancakes smothered in raspberry buttercream, a shrimp spring bowl or jambalaya Benedict.
The Perfect Parm: The Kitchen Consigliere
Known for traditional homestyle Italian cooking, the gnocchi with consigliere (rose) sauce is a namesake dish, but any of the parms (chicken, eggplant or veal) are a must-try.
Prix Fixe: Hearthside
The weekend menu at Hearthside highlights seasonal ingredients cooked in a wood fire oven (think Hamachi, beef carpaccio, guanciale with collard greens, and chicken with parsnips and baby carrots). A limited, changing a la carte menu is offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Pop-Up Menu: Revolution Coffee Roasters
Priding itself in small batch coffee (think Guatemala Huehuetenango and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe), the cafe also welcomes a pop-up brunch by Semplice Fine Foods. Menu items include Hot Honey BEC, coconut miso ramen, mozzarella e carrozza and empanadas.
Tasting Menu: Le Beirut
The Taste of Lebanon menu includes authentic Lebanese mezze like hummus, baba ghanoush and batata hara, plus entrees of a mixed grill or lamb chops.
Fisherman’s Stew: Zeppoli
Get the popular Sicilian dish made with mixed Mediterranean seafood with saffron and Tunisian cous cous, or try other off-land plates at this intimate, 35-seat restaurant.
BYOB: June BYOB
Modern French staples at this pretty, window-lined restaurant include truffle-egg custard on toast points, mushroom angliotti and beef Wellington.
Mediterranean: Zena’s American Mediterranean Cuisine
Taste flavors from all over the Middle East with a Lebanese salad, lamb samosa, Turkish vegetable cigars and Syrian seasoned fries.
Cream Ales: Swedesboro Brewing Company
Inside the Raccoon Taproom, order the brewery’s line of Silk Falls cream ales in regular, apple pie or strawberry shortcake flavors.
Crabcakes: Bobby Chez Famous Crabcakes
The “famous” here comes from jumbo lump crab cakes that are fried or boiled, in addition to cute mini crab cakes kids can pop in their mouths.
Sweet Treat: Dulce Artisanal Pastry
Reward yourself with a Stout Brownie made with rich dark chocolate and stout beer, covered in chocolate ganache; and pick up freshly baked bread to bring home.
Sushi: Sagami Japanese Restaurant
Popular items include the miso soup, chirashi sushi, Tekka Maki tuna roll, and agedashi tofu.
Make a Day Of It:
Collingswood is the self-proclaimed Festival Capital of South Jersey, with a packed schedule of events like the Book Festival, Clover Market, farmers markets, Snowball Gala, Green Festival, and Crafts and Fine Art Festival.
The Collingswood Community Theater offers musicals and stage plays, while the Scottish Rite Auditorium presents professional shows, concerts and theater productions.
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