Zagat Selects Lorena's As One Of America's Top Restaurants 2008

Set "in the heart" of Maplewood, this French BYO is "a real gem, albeit a small one"; "sublime" food from chef Humberto Campos Jr., a "warm welcome" from his partner - the "courteous and efficient" host Lorena Perez - and "impeccable" service "make up for the inconvenience" of the "cramped" but "perfectly appointed oasis."

Restaurant Lorena's Reviewed as one of The 25 Best Restaurants 2009

Take one stove with six burners, and nine tables that seat 32. Add two lovers with a passion for modern French cuisine, and you get the 4-year-old love child of chef Humberto Campos Jr., and manager Lorena Perez Campos. His elegant, seasonal food has made most of his customers regulars. Summer offerings include a crepe encasing jumbo lump crabmeat and field mushrooms; black angus hanger steak au poivre with braised onions and potato puree; and skate wing enlivened with fennel, black olives, capers, and lobster-shellfish broth.
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Small Is Beautiful

By DAVID CORCORAN of the New York Times, February 26, 2006

The name of this five-month-old restaurant really ought to be Tough Act to Follow. It is called Lorena's, but food and wine enthusiasts will remember it as Jocelyne's -- the sweet, tiny, comforting jewel box of a place that held down its little corner of downtown Maplewood (and their hearts) from 1998 until it abruptly closed last year.
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