I visited Saddle River Inn on my journey to the 25 most essential restaurants in North Jersey, as decided by you, the readers. Here's what I thought.

Thoughtful, soul-satisfying food at Saddle River Inn, one of NJ's essential restaurants I visited Saddle River Inn on my journey to the 25 most essential restaurants in North Jersey, as decided by ...

In short, to eat the food at Saddle River Inn — much the like the bottlenecked journey to get here and the transformation this old mill has undergone in the last 165 years — is to travel in ...