LT Bar & Grill Opening at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack

The smell of fresh-baked cookies wafting from the kitchen. A BOGO deal at your favorite shoe store. The new season of “This Is Us.” Some things in life are just too good to deny yourself. So if you still haven’t dipped your feet back into Bergen County’s still-bustling restaurant scene, the news that Michelin-starred chef and acclaimed restaurateur Laurent “LT” Tourondel is bringing his newest sophisticated-yet-casual dining experience, LT Bar & Grill, to Hackensack should be added to your list of “too-good-to-miss” moments.

Opening for dinner November 20 at The Shops at Riverside, LTB&G is the latest in Tourondel’s delicious portfolio of restaurants (which include L’Amico and The Vine, just to name a few), each renowned for serving up inventive-but-always-approachable dishes amidst modern, eye-catching interiors.

This time out, diners will be treated to Tourondel’s ultra-modern take on traditional American cuisine (think novel salads, high-quality meats prepared to perfection, the freshest seafood, indulgent sides, hand-crafted cocktails, and decadent desserts), and we can’t wait to try them all. And if that weren’t enough, LTB&G will also offer a first-rate, inventive sushi menu. Such a showoff, this one!

While seating (for now) will, of course, follow up-to-the-minute COVID-safety protocols, there’s more than enough room—15,000 square feet between two floors, to be exact—to maintain proper social distancing without losing any of the ambiance we’ve come to expect.