Mercer Eats

The USA Country Diner has sat vacant for 15 years along Route 130 in Robbinsville, but the lot won’t be abandoned for much longer. A new building housing a casual restaurant and sports bar will replace the diner.

A new PJ’s Pancake House will make its debut in the former Kingston’s Main Street Cafe building in March.

Replaces Common Sense Brewing, which closed in June

The owners of PJ’s, a Princeton Nassau Street mainstay, will be opening a new restaurant in the new center currently under construction in front of Papa’s Tomato Pies on Main Street in Robbinsville.

A new-look Friendly’s restaurant will open its doors to customers at the Robbinsville Foxmoor Shopping Center in mid-April.

If all goes well this summer, two entrepreneurs will double the count of beer producers in Mercer County. But rather than replicating the success of New Jersey’s 47 other breweries with their familiar portfolios of ales and lagers, they are hoping to take local beer to another level.

After months of delays, the Robbinsville location of PJ’s Pancake House nears completion. Owner John Procaccini said his eatery will open by late fall.

Zack Melker looks forward to making fresh pasta in his soon-to-open Farnsworth Avenue restaurant

Robbinsville Township's long-awaited Starbucks will open for business Monday morning, serving its first customer at 5 a.m.

the Americana Diner, a beacon of piping hot coffee and good eats that beckoned hungry travelers with its “Time to Dine” sign along Route 130 in East Windsor for years. And owner Constantine Katsifis couldn’t be more pleased