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After years of drawing downtown Jersey City stomachs as two independent purveyors, the neighborhood's Creperie and Krave food trucks combined to open the Kraverie restaurant a couple months back, offering a unique blend of Korean barbecue and French crepes.

They're largely maintaining their original menus, offering Korean Tacos ($7.50) and BBQ Rice Platters ($10) alongside Smoked Ham & Turkey ($7) and Chicken Florentine ($7) crepes.

The signature tacos, a simple item including three tacos with galbi short rib, bulgogi ribeye, sesame chicken or spicy pork, go down surprisingly well next to a Smoked Salmon crepe ($8.50). The most novel dish to spring from the trucks' merger is the Korean Crepe ($8), served on a scallion kimchi garlic crepe with cheese, mushrooms, onions and a choice of meat (bulgogi ribeye tasting the best).

If there's room for dessert, the Nutella Madness or S'mores crepe are both $5.

The shop screams simple, with seven tables, bare-bones décor and nearly naked walls. Kraverie's biggest issue is one that most new restaurants would die for: It takes a solid 15 minutes to turn around every order, a seeming effect of a small staff serving an already strong crowd.

—David Biderman

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