Court Jester Restaurant • 1977

Buffalo wings with homemade bleu cheese have turned this Monmouth County saloon into a local institution since 1977. Winner of multiple Best Wings awards, the Court Jester serves crispy, sauced-to-order buffalo wings alongside Southwestern fare and over 30 rotating craft beers on tap. The regulars keep coming back for wings that rival Buffalo itself — and for the kind of place where showing up solo still means eating among friends.