Three partners in a new restaurant here have a lot in common. The men, all natives of Albania, are longtime friends who’ve worked their way up in the dining business. They’ve spent much of the past decade planning their own place and looking for its site. And until recently, they’d never been to Haddonfield.

But that’s where their search ended — in a renovated storefront that holds Mare Monte, their fine-dining Italian BYOB. More: Cheesesteak Fries to Breakfast Salad: These are the best things we ate in August More: New Jersey's wine harvest celebrates with season of festivals