I would have to agree. Been to 9 cities so far this year and Boston has been the nicest in driving distance. It has gotten SOOO much nicer than it used to be its insane.

Roots in Summit and Morristown

Ahhh so that’s the actually meaning behind the Baby On Board stickers.

Ruth Chris is a good steak but a bit pricey.

Rails, Red Horse by David Burke.

Wodstock is very nice. A little farther, Albany was nice years ago, though I haven't seen it in a long while. The Finger Lakes are lovely. At the high end of your driving you could get to Toronto or Montreal (I forget which one of those was about 5 hours by car).

Newport, RI is cool. They've got the shopping and the mansion tours.

Yeah my event is going to be in the Speakeasy. I was supposed to go to one down there in October but my sons decided they wanted to be born early that same week.

Just went to Fenwick island Delaware and it was awesome. Very pretty and lots of cool history and not too far

Great steakhouse and speakeasy downstairs

Second this

Portland, Maine.

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Watch your timing - college graduations are in May - you’ll pay more for hotels and restaurants will be difficult to get into in some areas. I seek out towns with breweries and distilleries, so Albany is my suggestion.

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For a very casual atmosphere, try Steve's Sizzling Steaks in Carlstadt.

If you have a passport, Montreal. Fantastic city, wonderful people, and delicious food. Perhaps 6hrs fron Central Jersey, but worth it

I'd do the cross-country drive, take a couple extra days and see some things you wouldn't see otherwise. It's a beautiful country!

Boston

Ugh. They pushed it back another 12 hours?!??

I get stuff breaks and takes time to fix but this is annoying

Hiking, biking, Olympic Village, rail bike, has a quaint downtown with some restaurants.

Saratoga has a better food scene tho

What is there to actually do in lake placid?

Seconding lake placid! You can go hiking and also enjoy the outlet mall.

Maine is not 3-5 hours.