The One Food You Must Try in New Jersey, According to Locals and Experts

If you were asked to tell a visitor one food in our state they had to try, what would it be? Let's see if the experts' choice matched the selection of Garden State residents.

What's The One Must-Try Food In New Jersey?

Food is one of the most important things to New Jersey residents, so suggesting the one food in our state that no one should miss is serious business.

Before we unveil the experts' choice, we wanted to ask you, the fine residents of New Jersey, what your choice would be.

So, we asked those who call the Garden State home what their answer would be, and we received mostly expected answers, but we did hear some surprising ones.

New Jersey Residents' Top Food Suggestion

We knew Garden State residents wouldn't let us down. There were many suggestions, but three got more votes than any of the others.

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The top three suggestions from New Jersey residents for the one food in our state you can't miss were pizza, bagels, and pork roll.

My vote was for Italian food, but I think the pizza vote covers that. Now we need to find out what the food experts had to say.

New Jersey's Top Food Choice

The popular foodie website Medium made its choice, and there was a match, sort of. They chose the can't-miss food in New Jersey as a bagel & lox.

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New Jersey residents did say bagels, and the website highlights the amazing New Jersey bagels as a big part of their choice. It's a surprising choice for New Jersey from the experts, and, if I'm being honest, I like the residents' selections better.