Stockton Inn - Restaurant

Stockton Inn
Main Street
Stockton, NJ 08559
609-397-1250

Restaurant Review

This Stockton restaurant is all about history (circa 1710) fine dining, and very charming decor. This is a destination restaurant offering elegant dining with a cozy, warm atmosphere.

The song “There's A Small Hotel?” was about this Inn when it became the centerpiece of this classic song written by Richard Rogers and featured on Broadway.

The restaurant has many cozy and attractive dining rooms. The Mural Rooms, with fireside dining, are the original living quarters used by the Stockton and Howell families through the 1700’s while they managed the Howell Ferry crossing the Delaware River. During the Revolutionary War, many of Washington’s militia used the Howell Ferry to cross the Delaware River during their surprise attack of the British and the capture of Trenton over the Christmas Holiday.

The Glass Dining Room, was the original Stockton Inn patio and is now an enclosed glass dining room with the stone floor having many US Silver Dollars embedded in the concrete between the flagstones. The Silver Dollars date back to the late 1880s and 1890s.

However, for outside dining in the warmer months there is the beautiful tri-level brick patio with terraced gardens, waterfalls, and a variety of hanging plants.

Under new owners Fred & Janet Strackhouse who purchased the inn in 2006, the restaurant continues to be an exceptional, fine dining restaurant.

For dinner starters, popular favorites are: Salmon and Scallop Sausage with garlic, white wine and grape tomatoes over angel hair pasta; and the Asian Tuna, Marinated, lightly seared and served with shitake mushrooms and onions.

For dinner entrees, popular selections are; Full Rack of Lamb with pesto crumbs and red wine demi-glace:and the Filet Mignon, an 8 oz Filet served with Marchand de Vin Sauce

Not recommended for children.

Note: In response to the current economic climate, they have launched a series of lower priced menus with a Bar Only menu at $10, a locals night menu at $15, and will continue with the grill night on Thursdays once the garden opens up.

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