Joey Sergentakis has spent more than two decades honing his culinary skills, first alongside Michelin-starred chefs like Daniel Boulud and Alain Ducasse, and later working with legendary chef Gray Kunz to open more than a dozen restaurants in Europe and Asia, racking up accolades like “best new restaurant” in Hong Kong and “best Asian cuisine chef” in Singapore. Never mind that Sergentakis grew up in Manalapan and is of Greek and Italian descent.
After many years living abroad, Sergentakis came back to New Jersey in 2022, moving with his Singaporean wife, Tararussy, and their three children to Millstone. He helped launch restaurants in Montclair, Allendale and Waldwick, but was eager to put his own stake in the ground. So, when his high school friend Andrew Palmieri told him about a large riverfront restaurant space in historic Burlington City that was becoming available, he jumped.
In March 2025, Sergentakis, Palmieri and two other business partners purchased the site previously occupied by Riverview Restaurant and opened Revell Hall. The 10,000-square-foot restaurant, which opened in December, brings a new level of sophistication to this working-class city on the Delaware River, providing an eclectic menu that combines Sergentakis’s classical training with his years of international cooking…