NJ Restaurant Makes Elite List Of America’s Best By New York Times

Korai Kitchen in Jersey City, a Bangladeshi home-cooking spot run by a mother-daughter duo, landed a spot on the New York Times’ list of the 50 best restaurants in America for 2026. The Times praised the restaurant’s weekday buffet and its weekend eight-course, three-hour feast, with critic Ligaya Mishan writing that “you leave enlarged, your heart does, too.”