NJ Dining: Ikea Cafe

June 4, 2006

Ikea
100 Ikea Dr, Paramus, NJ
(201) 843-1881

Ikea
1000 Ikea Dr, Elizabeth, NJ
(908) 289-4488

IKEA. There are very few words in the Swedish languange that inspire absolute terror in the suburban heterosexual male. There’s nothing worse being dragged kicking and screaming to a gaint yellow and blue building the size of a pro football stadium filled with crappy Scandanavian assemble-it-yourself furniture named Billy, Ivar, Klappsta or Ektorp on a rainy Saturday afternoon, and being subjected to throngs of other miserable suburban males and their families. The men here look at each other with identical dejected expressions on their faces, without saying a word, but they all say the same thing — I’d much rather be home with a six pack of beer and melting my fat ass into my De-Luxe Titan Barcalounger watching DirecTV.

Still, IKEA has a small consolation prize, and that’s their excellent cafeteria, which serves inexpensive and tasty Euro/Swedish cuisine, including their incredible meatballs, in a clean and modern Scandinavian atmosphere.

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The blue and yellow labyrinth of Medium Density Fiberboard Furniture hell. All it needs is a good Minotaur or Rancor beast and it would be complete.

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