It’s beginning to cool off and then the leaves will change colors, as Autumn shepherds in yet another crop of restaurants to the area. And don’t be surprised if some one this get pushed to next year ― though we expect most of these to open sometime before the end of December.

Fine dining is always something people get excited about with Chef Anthony Bucco opening his new restaurant in Ridgewood likely in October (Read Felina Article) and the return of two Westwood stalwarts under one roof (Read Caffe Anello/Sogno Coffee Article).

That corner of Palisade Avenue and Route 9W will look quite different in a few months with the arrival of high end Greek (Read Lefkes Article) and the expansion of a local diner (Read Brownstone Pancake Factory Article).

Pizza never takes a holiday with wood burning pies in Englewood (Read Aumm Aumm Article), coal oven pies in Old Tappan (Read Patrizia’s Article) and good old gas oven pies in Palisades Park (Read Urban Tomato).

People love their seafood whether it’s in the form of poke at the mall (Read Pokeworks Article) or lobster rolls and raw bar in Cresskill (Read Jack’s Lobster Article).

Of course celeb chefs are always in vogue as Christine Nunn will be back this year (Read Article) as well as the much heralded “sorta” (he’s the “Culinary Managing Director”) arrival of David Burke in Fort Lee (Read Ventanas Article).

There’s plenty more where that came from and likely other announcements are coming down the pipeline ― in fact there’s some rumblings of interesting new places coming, though nothing confirmed at this point. Stay tuned and enjoy your fall of eating!