N.J. Stat. § 26:3E-1: "Restaurant" defined

As used in this act "restaurant" means any facility or part thereof in which food is prepared and provided or served for consumption on the premises but shall not include mobile food establishments or any temporary food establishment which operates at a fixed location for a limited period of time in connection with a fair, carnival, public exhibition or similar transitory gathering or charitable fund raising event.

L.1983, c. 488, s. 1.