<p>Have visited many restaurants outside NYC,in Bergen County, and good luck getting a table between 6-9 most nights…</p>
<p>Well, we know that *some *people are doing absolutely great these days, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of them lived in Bergen County!</p>
<p>Bergen Co is one of the wealthiest counties in the US; that is where all those investment bankers live. Go have a look at the restaurants in Peoria</p>
<p>Not everyone is an investment banker,most of my neighbors were/are professionals in various industries or small business owners</p>
<p>To clarify, I said maybe these restaurants are near affluent areas. Bergen county is up there. If I go to Greenwich, CT or NYC, it will be hard to find a table. </p>
<p>The towns in between, not so much. There are restaurants that used to have a two hour wait a couple of years ago and now you walk in and there are five people eating.</p>
<p>Currently reside in Philly burbs, and great restaurants are full also…</p>
<p>Bergen County is still one of the highest income counties in the US, and its “professionals in various industries” are not suffering the way the rest of the country, even other parts of NJ, is/are. You folks are in the top 10% of the nation’s income (as my family is); we cannot look at our own neighborhoods or the businesses such as restaurants we patronize and say “Looks OK, what is everyone else complaining about?”</p>