One of my favorite parts about living in North Jersey are summer holiday weekends. As crazy as it sounds, I prefer to spend my time enjoying the temporary solitude of the area instead of heading to the Shore with the masses. It’s especially nice when you can enjoy a nice dinner outside without having to [...]
Michael Sobsey looks the part of locavore, clad in a flannel shirt and khakis, moseying around his Hoboken produce store like he’s wandering the farm, tasting a cherry tomato here and a rare tangerine cross-breed there. He beams when he talks about a hard-fought order of avocados he’s got in stock. “The fattest around,” he [...]
If you’re looking for a last minute addition to your Easter Sunday menu, we have the perfect cupcakes to foot the bill. I first discovered these cupcakes when they were the cover picture of the April ‘08 issue of Bon Appétit magazine. My sister and I made them together for our family’s Easter dinner and [...]
On bright, warm spring days, Hobokenites flock to their seashore: Frank Sinatra Park. Runners dart around baby strollers, dogs yank leashes out towards the end of the pier, and folks stop for an afternoon snack. Long gone are the days of the casual ice cream truck or snack stand in gentrified Hoboken. For the hungry [...]
In Hoboken, the roar of twenty-somethings can be mighty—on the hunt for booze and fun on Friday nights or crowding into cafes for eggs, sausage, and hazy memories on Saturday mornings. And Hoboken businesses listen and deliver, offering up late-night specials and mid-day deals for their target audience. Where then, do the foodies escape to? [...]
On a recent cold, windy and misty evening, I headed over to Liberty State Park to the renowned Liberty House Restaurant to try the best choice of food on a night like this—mac ‘n’ cheese. Liberty House was kind enough to give Jersey Bites a sneak peek of their upcoming Mac ‘n’ Cheese Meltdown, starting [...]
Guest Bite by Melissa Yurasits Hudson Restaurant week is gearing up for the winter edition of its bi-annual restaurant week, kicking off on February 1st until February 12th. Over 30 restaurants in Hudson County are involved this year, spanning the cities of Hoboken, Jersey City, Edgewater, and Union City. Reservations are now being accepted, so [...]
