Having grown up in Fair Lawn, I have tried almost all the places you have named and agree that Rutt's Hut is by far the best. IN Connecticut where I have lived for 30 years, the only thing close is Swanky Franks off exit 16 in Norwalk. Just last year an old Jersey friend introduced me to Libby's, near Paterson Falls. It was a close second to Rutt's, and I had never heard of it. A quick impression: The new Johnny and Hanges in Fair Lawn is not even close to as good as the old one in Paterson. Also, are any of you old enough to remember Toby's, on Maclean Boulevard in Paterson? The original owners sold the place in about 1965, so you'd have to be as old as I am to remember it. It was as good if not better than any of the places that still exist.
