Elizabeth, New Jersey is a thriving city and home to the largest mall and movie theater on the east coast, and the largest industrial seaport in North America. Elizabeth also has many fine Portuguese restaurants to enjoy.
If Manolo's Restaurant looks familiar, it's because it served as a set for the television show "The Sopranos." The luxurious Mediterranean style villa, with its white tablecloths and wood tables, provides a fitting ambiance for the Portuguese cuisine. The dinner menu includes such hot appetizers as almejas, clams braised with chorizo and poached octopus Galician style. Entrees include paella, a stew of shrimp, scallops, clams and lobster served over Spanish rice. Catering is available, both on the premises and off, with selections from their banquet menu. Manolo's is open for lunch and dinner on Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 10:00 pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Manolo's Restaurant
91 Elizabeth Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ
908-353-7674
Manolosrestaurant.com
Aroma features a spacious dining room, lounge, and banquet hall on the premises. Authentic Portuguese cuisine is served, along with Italian and Latin dishes. Appetizers include Portuguese sausage grilled at your table and shrimp with garlic and white wine. There is also cream of lobster soup and a number of vegetarian dishes, such as stuffed, baked zucchini and pasta penne with tomato sauce. Chicken in green wine sauce is a specialty of the house, and there is an extensive seafood menu which includes codfish with shrimp, onions and potatoes. Popular favorites are Mariscada in green sauce or tomato sauce, paella and seafood including lobster with yellow rice. There is also a menu of Hispanic dishes, and a children's menu. Aroma Restaurant & Lounge is open until 11:00 pm daily.
Aroma Restaurant & Lounge
624 Westfield Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-289-9289
Aromarestaurantandlounge.com
This inexpensive catering and takeout restaurant has appetizers including Portuguese barbeque, sausage, shrimp patties, and a soup of the day. There is a barbeque menu which includes steak, chicken and short ribs. Entrées include garlic shrimp, bioque (steak with egg) and picadinho (pork bits with shrimp and sausage). All sandwich plates include French fries. Rice and beans is a popular side dish, and traditional flan is served for dessert. Bayway Barbeque is open daily from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Bayway Barbeque
637 Grier Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
908-469-2634
Baywaybarbeque.webs.com
