Community News

• Congratulations to ModCup on the Grand Opening of their cafe in Jersey City Heights this weekend! They are offering their fantastic coffee of course, as well as tea from Do You Tea and baked goods from Cocoa Bakery and All Kinds of Whoopie. They will be open all next week from 7am-5pm.
• The date for the 5th Annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival has been announced. It will be held on Saturday, September 27th and will run from noon-8pm. If last year was any indication, you don't want to miss it!
• Congratulations to Jersey City Veggie Burgers whose Kiva Zip loan was officially funded last week! 
• Liberty Humane Society is hosting their 4th Annual Wine Tasting at VB3 next Sunday, March 2nd from 5pm-7pm. For a $35 donation, there will be wine, antipasti, pizza and all benefits will proceed LHS. Check Seen in Jersey City's post for more info on the event and on current adoptions.
• More congratulations go to Thirsty Quaker. After much hard work and waiting, they will officially open this Tuesday, Feb. 25th for all your local brewing and beer needs!
• Battello Restaurant, which replaced Michael Anthony's on Newport Pier, has confirmed construction is complete and that they're training staff so stay tuned for the opening date.
• Hard Grove Cafe is moving! Details have to be announced, but according to their site, they will relocate to 143 Newark Ave, not too far away.
• Local food truck Carmella got a great write-up from Pete Genovese at NJ.com Check it out here. 
• The Little Sandwich Shop has expanded as shown by Stephen Musgrave! There looks to be a bigger kitchen as well as quite a good sized seating area so congratulations to them!
• Union Republic, besides stocking even more vegan friendly items in their market, has also announced a new dinner menu! Check it out.
• Final congratulations go to Word Bookstore, who will be having their official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony this Friday, February 28th beginning at 10:30am. Free coffee will be served during the ceremony. They've also recently rolled out a line of iced beverages so start mentally preparing for summer with iced coffee!