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Best of Berkeley Heights 2026
Neighbors pick their favorite local businesses: the coffee, the barber, the mechanic, the pizza. The Winners and Finalists make the Best of Berkeley Heights guide, free to everyone who gets The Heights Weekly, the free Friday email for Berkeley Heights and Murray Hill. It's the easiest way to say thanks to the places that make Berkeley Heights feel like home.
Vote by Friday, December 11 to count for 2026 · about 2 minutes
Two gifts for voting
Free when you get The Heights Weekly with your ballot:
The Best of Berkeley Heights guide
The Winners and top-three Finalists in every category, picked by neighbors, as soon as the votes are in.
Every home sold in Berkeley Heights
All 136 sales from the last 12 months, with prices. Updated monthly.
Why your vote matters
The places on this ballot aren't chains with ad budgets. They're run by people who live around here, and they get by on word of mouth: one neighbor telling another where to go. A vote is that word of mouth, counted.
- 💛 It's a thank-you they can see. Owners hear from us that they're nominated, and the winners find out exactly how many neighbors are behind them.
- 📣 It sends new customers their way. Winners and Finalists are in the guide that goes to everyone who gets The Heights Weekly, every Winner gets a full feature story, and all of them get a badge to show off, so the next neighbor knows where to go.
A fair vote
- ✅ Every well-reviewed local business is on the ballot: Berkeley Heights first, then favorites from the towns next door. No chains.
- ✅ One vote per neighbor. Votes count only from confirmed email addresses.
- ✅ Missing someone? Write them in, or tell us.
The awards
- 🏆 Winner in each category gets a full feature story in The Heights Weekly.
- 🏅 Finalists: the top three in each category, all in the Best of Berkeley Heights guide.
- 📣 Neighbors' Champion: the business that brings the most neighbors out to vote, in any category.
Know a nominee, or own one?
Every nominee gets a free kit: a voting link to share, posts for Instagram and Facebook, and a counter poster. Tap a business to tell them they're nominated, or to claim yours:
All 91 nominees ↓
🍕 Pizza
- Dimaio's
- Tino's Artisan Pizza Co
- Clemente's Pizzeria & Cafe Italiano
- Celestino's Pizza & Restaurant (New Providence) · New Providence
- Roman Gourmet Warren · Warren
- Natale’s Italian Restaurant & Pizza · Gillette
- Bellariva Trattoria & Pizzeria · New Providence
- Antonio's Restaurant & Pizzeria · Warren
- Gianna's Pizza & Catering · Warren
- Panatieri's Pizza & Pasta
Hi neighbors,
I started The Heights Weekly, a free Friday email for Berkeley Heights and Murray Hill, and this vote is the first thing we're doing together: a guide to the best local businesses, picked by neighbors. Everyone who gets The Heights Weekly gets the guide, so subscribe when you vote, and tell your favorite places they're on the ballot.