Weekend Round-Up: PRIDE Bar Crawl, Puerto Rican Heritage Festival, Marketplace JC and more

Happy Weekend Jersey City! This weekend has food festivals and cultural pride galore. Here's what's going on:

La Festa Italiana, 344 6th Street 
Having started on Wednesday, La Festa Italiana really kicks into high gear for the weekend,  beginning tonight from 5-11pm.

Community News: Pasta Dal Cuore Wine Dinner, Zeppelin Hall Tulum Menu, and more

Jersey City

• Join Pasta Dal Cuore and Jersey Wine & Spirits for their new collaboration, Bella d'Estate Summer Wine Dinner, a seasonal five course dinner featuring seafood and paired wines from Jersey Wine & Spirits and Sicilian winery Firriato. The dinner will be next Tuesday, 8/7. 
• Zeppelin Hall is offering a special menu from now through August 19th, featuring cuisine from Tulum, Mexico. Dishes include fried oyster tacos, moljacates for two, and more. This is the first menu in a series, exploring cities and dishes from around the world. 

Community News: Bucket & Bay Gelato Class, Bread & Spoon at P&K, Mutzfest in Hoboken

Jersey City

Photo from Bread & Spoon

• Bread & Spoon has started selling their gluten-free peanut butter chocolate chip cookies at P&K Market. 
• ME Casa has started offering $7.99 delivery and take-out lunch specials every Monday through Friday from 11am-3:30pm. 
• Bucket & Bay is holding a Gelato-Making Masterclass on 1/25 focusing on speakeasy flavors like gelato infused with oak, smoke, and other liquors. Tickets are $95 each. 

Community News

Jersey City

• FastBoy Delivery is now offering Wurstbar for delivery. 
• The next Jersey City Wine Fest has been scheduled for September 9th at the Harborside Atrium. Tickets are $60/each (designated driver tickets are $15) but they're offering a $20 off promo code EARLYBIRD through the the end of this week. 
• Talde has scheduled their next Kamayan date for Tuesday, August 1st and they'll be bringing back a lot of the Filipino classics. 

Community News

• Lucky 7's Annual Rock 'N Roll BBQ is next Saturday, 7/16 beginning at 1pm.
• The painting that was stolen from Two Boots last weekend has been returned and no charges are being pressed. 
• Tea NJ has announced that beginning this Tuesday, there will be vegan burgers on the menu. 
• Talde JC is hosting another Kamayan dinner this Tuesday, 7/12 and tickets are $55/person.
• Lafayette Corner Store has announced they'll begin offering delivery to parts of the Lafayette Area. 

Celebrating Cinco De Mayo

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Check out the best specials happening around town and get ready for a lot of tequila:

Community News

• Ben & Jerry of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream will be at Zeppelin Hall on Monday to help register voters and campaign for Bernie Sanders from 6:30-8pm - and they will be giving away free ice cream. 
• Beginning Monday, Milk Sugar Love will start summer hours. The shop will be open every day from 11am-10pm. 
• After some renovations and menu revamping, Raval started serving brunch again this weekend. They will be offering it every Sunday between 12pm and 4pm.
• The Archer has launched their new spring menu for both cocktails and food. 

Community News

• This Tuesday, join See Spot Rescued at The Archer for their 4th Annual Hair of the Dog fundraiser. Entry is free but they'll have raffle tickets and a silent auction.
• Riverview Farmer's Market has announced their vendor line-up including an ongoing rotation of food trucks.
• Baonanas is now available for pick-up at Banyan Cafe.

Weekend Events

Ready for the wekeend?! Lets start making plans.

Tonight, head to WORD bookstore at 7:30pm to hear chef Dale Talde, the chef behind local restaurants Talde and Carrino Provisions,  speak about his new cookbook, Asian-American.

On Friday, O'Leary's Publik House will be celebrating one year in business with $2 domestic drafts all day and lots of other drink specials after 4pm. 

Zeppelin Hall is hosting a a country music weekend with live music Friday and Saturday nights, slow smoked barbecue, and it's also their Wonderful World of Spam weekend.

Community News

• Greene Hook opened up this weekend! They'll be open beginning at 5pm Tuesday through Saturday for now.
• Don't forget to register for the chili cook-off at Lincoln Park on Sept. 27th.
• Archer Bar will be giving us another preview of what's to come at next weekend's All About Downtown Street Fair.
• Milk Sugar Love is now officially offering soft serve. Don't forget there's still time to join Pint Club too.
• Join Satis Bistro for their Oktoberfest with traditional German food and beer on September 24th at 8pm.

St. Patrick's Day Events

It's that time again - St. Patrick's Day, when everyone finds their Irish, usually with the help of a drink or few.

Here's how you can celebrate in Jersey City:

Lucky 7's is hosting a St. Patrick's Day party through the 17th:

Winter Weekend

Here's what's going this weekend in Jersey City:

Zeppelin Hall is continuing their Mardi Gras celebration through Sunday, Feb. 22nd so hopefully you didn't give up alcohol for Lent. They're offering a special Cajun-inspired menu and New Orleans cocktails. This is the last weekend, so catch it before it's gone.

Events in Jersey City

One of the things I love about Jersey City is that there's something for everyone, especially in the culinary world.

Of course, there's Hudson Restaurant Week which started earlier this week and will continue through next week. Restaurants all throughout Hudson County are offering special prix-fixe meals for you to enjoy.

Community News

• Liberty House is having a bourbon cocktails class this Tuesday, 11/18 for $40pp
• According to Jersey City List, Cyprus Tavern on Garfield Ave. is now O'Leary's Publik House
• GP's has a new app that will give you 20% off when you order online.

Halloween Weekend Events!

It's Halloween Weekend in Jersey City and there is a lot going on!

• The Iron Monkey is getting into the spirit with $6.66 drink specials tonight and the Samhain Soiree Costume Party tomorrow. There will be drink specials, free candy, and prizes.
• On Friday between 3:30pm-7:00pm, hang out on Newark Ave for the City of Jersey City's Family Halloween Bash. The 2nd Annual Halloween Parade will kick off at Gymboree at 3:30 and there will be festivities like a petting zoo, "Frozen" themed games, pony rides, S'mores from Bambino Chef and food will be available to purchase from Tea NJ, WORD, Roman Nose & more.
• After the Family Halloween Bash, Newark Avenue will continue the Halloween fun with the Newark Ave. Pedestrian Plaza Closing Party which will have food, cider, and beer from all over town, music from DJ Pastiche and dancing. This will be the last night of having Newark Ave closed off so make sure to enjoy it!

Community News

• Today is the last day to sign up for the Milk Sugar Love pint club. If you get a friend to sign up, you receive a free pint of Designated Driver, a red wine ice cream that was created in collaboration with Madame Claude Wines.
• This Tuesday, 10/7, Roman Nose is having a wine tasting of 6 wines from the Veneto Region for $30 to be served with complimentary bruschetta. It will run from 5pm-10pm and no reservations are necessary.
• Sam a.m. started offering a new fall menu this weekend.

Oktoberfest at Zeppelin Hall

Summer has ended, temperatures have dropped and fall has officially begun....which means it's time to join in with Zeppelin Hall as they begin their month-long 6th Annual Oktoberfest celebration.

(she is not guaranteed to be there)

Weekend Events

The Burger Battle at Zeppelin Hall continues this weekend and will run all through next week.

Join JC Families this weekend at Riverview Park from 10am-5pm for the 28th Annual Park Fest & Flea Market. There will be lots of vendors, kid-friendly activities, free zumba, food, live music & more.

Busy Week in Jersey City!

There's a lot of events happening at a lot of local favores this week in Jersey City, so here's a quick round-up of links:

Dogfish Head Ancient Ales Takeover at HopsScotch on Wednesday at 6pm
Farmers' Market at Hamilton Park, every Wednesday
Third and Vine's Whiskey Saloon on Wednesday - A Literary Reading of Westerns
Burger Battle at Zeppelin Hall, beginning Thursday.
Beer and Chocolate Pairing at Thirsty Quaker on Thursday

Weekend Events

It's Labor Day Weekend and I hope everyone is already in the midst of enjoying the time off and the weather. If you're staying around Jersey City, here is what's going on:

Both locations of Park & Sixth will be closed Saturday - Monday.

Thirty Acres is open this weekend with normal hours, but will be closed on Monday.

Zeppelin Hall will be holding a special Labor Day Weekend event they're calling Steak Haus. $21 gets you 1 lb of the grilled meat of your choice, a sauce, and a side. It runs Saturday - Monday.