New Jersey Restaurant Association

Dine Out Often
  • Did you know that restaurants provide NJ with the most jobs of any other industry with 23,000 eating and drinking establishments employing over 311,000 people, and annual sales in New Jersey alone exceed $12 billion per year.
  • Dining out has become a distinct and necessary part of our culture with everything from Christenings and Mother's Day to Bar Mitzvahs, weddings and the business lunch taking place at a restaurant. 48% of the food dollar is spent dining out.
  • New Jersey Restaurant Association represents professional restaurant owners across the State and in order to better serve the public the Association provides its members and their employees training in critical areas such as Food Safety, Alcohol Server Responsiblity, Guest Loyalty and Language Training.
  • Dining Out is important to the economy with every dollar spent in a restaurant generating an additional $2.00 in sales plus taxes for related industries.
  • Dining Out in NJ can be a diverse and delicious experience with a great concentration of ethnic world cuisine, traditional fine dining, exotic ingredients, family and business friendly dining options around the Garden State.