Thirty Acres Restaurant Review:
Thirty Acres is an innovative, hipster restaurant named after an arena built for a 1921 Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier championship fight after it was banned in Manhattan. Since the owner, chef Kevin Pemoulie, left New York City (he worked at Momofuku Noodle Bar) to relocate in New Jersey, “Thirty Acres” seemed just right as the moniker for his place. The menu is eclectic and changes daily,...
Food25 Decor19 Service23 Cost$98
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It’s “easy to be adventurous” and “try things you’ve never heard of” at this “intimate” New...
Kevin Pemoulie, the chef and an owner of Thirty Acres, is a veteran of Momofuku Noodle Bar, so he knows his way around Asian flavors. But he is just as likely to look toward Eastern Europe or the American South. For a talented chef like Mr. Pemoulie, the map is merely a point of departure, an invitation to cross borders and jump oceans without leaving the kitchen. Thirty Acres is the kind of...