Weekend Round-Up: Sweetberry Bowls Grand Opening, Famous Food Market, and More

Happy Weekend, Jersey City! It's gearing up to be sunny and hot all weekend and there are lots of ways to enjoy it, both indoors and out:

Photo from Sweetberry Bowls

Sweetberry Bowls Grand Opening, 179 Newark Ave:
Join Sweetberry Bowls known for their super fruit smoothie bowls and salads, this Saturday for their Grand Opening celebration. They'll be opening at 8am and the first 50 people to visit will get a free bowl.


Marketplace JC at Magnolia Landing, 136 Magnolia Ave:
Marketplace JC is back this Saturday at Magnolia Landing with live music from Riverview Jazz, beer from PJ Ryan's, food vendors, and specialty craft vendors like Alchemy Body Shop, Laylani Crafts, Segmented Lamps and more. The market runs from 12-5pm.

Famous Food Market, 3 Second Street:
The Famous Food Market launches this weekend in collaboration with Mack-Cali and Lutze Biergarten. It will run every Saturday and Sunday through October 28th, 2018 and features over 30 food vendors ranging from the newly launched Chicken Griddle to O'lala's Empanadas to Waffle De Lys. There will be craft vendors, a farm-to-table tent, a misting tent and more.

FIFA World Cup
If you want to keep up as the World Cup kicks into high gear, check out my round-up here of where to watch including Saturday's 6am Australia v France game.

Departed Soles Third Distro Anniversary, 150 Bay Street
Departed Soles is celebrating three years of beer distribution all weekend long. On Friday night, there are two barrel-aged beers being released. On Saturday, they'll release Funk Rock Princess, the first sour beer from the brewery, a Berliner Weisse conditioned on dragonfruit. Part of the proceeds will go to the Dear Jack Foundation. Stop by to join the celebration and also possibly try out a new pilot batch of gluten-free beer.