Labor Day has passed which means expect it to start cooling off with the leaves soon changing 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.

On a side note, it’s been two years since the last fall preview post and it’s really nice to bring it back!

There are no less than three hot chicken spots coming ― a huge chain in Wayne (Read Story), a chain that is just starting in Paramus (Read Story), and a local eatery in Hackensack (Read Story).

Coffee never sleeps, with cafes and coffee shops coming to River Vale (Read Story), Fort Lee (Ready Story), Hackensack (Read Story), Hackensack (Read Story), Hillsdale (Read Story) and East Rutherford (Read Story).

Two bars are coming to East Rutherford including Union Bar & Provisions (Read Story) and The Roosevelt (Read Story) which includes a speakeasy.

A Del Posto chef is coming to Norwood (Read Story), Bobby Wong is headed to Hawthorne (Read Story), Fire & Oak is expanding to Oradell (Read Story), Bailey’s Smokehouse to New City (Read Story).

Plenty of chains are expanding with locations including Mediterranean in Paramus (Read Story), Coffee and Bakery in Northvale (Read Story), Pizza in Ridgefield (Read Story), Korean Fried Chicken in Bergenfield, Ramen in Fort Lee (Read Story) and more.

What else? There’s plenty more where that came from (this list is exhausting) 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!