Where to Get A Thanksgiving Turkey in Jersey City

While Thanksgiving still seems quite a ways away, now is the time to plan. Several local vendors have started accepting turkey reservations and it's worth getting them in early! Here are the best places to begin making your Thanksgiving plans:

Community News: Bone-In Launches Go Fund Me, Hyatt House Grand Opening,

Jersey City

• Bone-In has launched a Go Fund Me to help them outfit their new kitchen and banquet space on Lima Family Farms which will help them expand and grow their overall business of providing farm-fresh, whole foods to the community. 
• Join Atlas this Thursday 4/26 for their High West Core 4 whiskey tasting and four course dinner. It begins at 6:30pm and tickets are $75/person. Call for reservations. 

Community News

• Bone In is offering 5% off all orders this week with code laborday5. Orders must be in by noon on Tuesday.
• Congratulations to The Kitchen Step on receiving three stars from NJ Monthly
• The 52 Bowers St. location of  Dark Side of the Moo is closed through September 6th.
• Congratulations to Maritime Parc for being included on the 2016 25 Best Restaurants in NJ list from New Jersey Monthly. 

Community News

• Jersey Girls Food Tours is celebrating their two year anniversary with a special Chef's Table event at Hudson Kitchen on Wednesday, July 13th beginning at 6:30pm featuring chefs from around Jersey City. The event will feature a nine course tasting menu, wine tastings from Mana Wine, and cooking demonstrations and interviews. 
• Beginning Sunday July 10th, Whealth & Co. will be serving up brunch every Sunday at Transmission. They'll have two seatings, one at noon and one at 2pm with limited walk-in seating at the bar. The menu and tickets can be found here. 
• Congratulations to Milk Sugar Love, Torico's, and Luigi's ice cream truck for being named as semi-finalists for NJ's Best Ice Cream Shop by Pete Genovese/NJ Advance Media. 

Get to Know JC Eater: Valerie

Welcome to "Get to Know JC Eater" where every week I post a profile of a local resident who wants to share where and what they love to eat in Jersey City.  This site is meant to be useful to the community so what better way to do that then involve the community itself? If you'd like to be featured, please leave a comment below or email me directly.

This week's JC Eater is a beer enthusiast who likes to keep things local. 

Community News

• Hudson Kitchen is looking for food vendors for the 4th Annual Riverview Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 11th. 
• Congratulations to Ahri's Kitchen on their one year anniversary. To celebrate, they're offering a dollar off every item until 4/27 and will be having their ribbon cutting on 4/28 with free seaweed soup and a gift certificate with every purchase. 
• As part of their ongoing article series highlighting food in New Jersey, Saveur recently explored Jersey City's Filipino food. 
• Bone In Food is moving their kitchen back to Jersey City this week. Because of the move, they are only offering provisions this week and no prepared meals, but they'll have them ready again in time for next week's deliveries.

Labor Day Weekend Events

We all know what Labor Day Weekend means: Summer is officially winding down. But if you're staying in town, you might as well make the most of it!

First, what's closed:

Thirty Acres will be open Saturday, but closed Sunday and Monday per their normal schedule.
Milk Sugar Love will be open for regular hours all weekend but closed Monday per their regular schedule.
Third & Vine will be closed on Monday
Sam A.M. will be closed on Monday
Hamilton Inn will be offering brunch on Monday

Battello will be closed all weekend, beginning Friday, and reopening Tuesday for lunch.
The Grove St. Farmer's Market will not be open on Monday.
Pasta Dal Cuore is closed from Saturday, Sept. 5th-10th, reopening Friday, the 11th

Fast Boy Delivery is offering a Labor Day Weekend Delivery Special - 10% off on Saturday and Sunday.

The tasting room at Departed Soles Brewery is open from 1pm-8pm on Saturday and will have special Monday hours from 1pm-4pm

The Journal Square Green Market will run as usual on Friday from 11am-8pm. They'll have fruit and veggies to stock up on for the weekend, fitness classes, Taproot Organics, and an ever-expanding food vendor roster.

Friday night is another great night for the RNA's Live at the Lumberyard  with great live music, food trucks, and more. El Chilango will be there, bringing special spicy shrimp ceviche tostadas with them.

Weekend Events

Summer is slowly winding down, but there's still plenty going on around town.

Jersey City Pride kicks off today, 8/20, with a flag-raising at the Brennan Courthouse, starting over a whole week full of great, celebratory events. Of particular note this weekend is Brightside Tavern's Sundays are a Drag Brunch from 1p-5pm. Advance ticketing required.

Bone-In has a special deal going through Friday 8/21 when you order delivery through FastBoy. They're offering 15% off for Jersey City deliveries and 10% off for Hoboken.
                              

Brunswick Wellness Center

Jersey City is not only a city of food enthusiasts, but a city that's invested in health and wellness with a constantly growing interest in different healthy lifestyles, fitness programs, and ways of eating.

Enter The Brunswick Center. Located at the corner of Brunswick and 7th, the center will feature a variety of health-focused organizations and fitness groups all working together and holding classes under one roof including educational sessions for the community.

Community News

• Congratulations to Maritime Parc, Union Republic, Talde, Thirty Acres, dullboy, and Carrino Provisions for being Best in Jersey City by Time Out.
• Journal Square PATH Plaza will be getting an outpost of popular falafel chain Chickpea.
• Satis Bistro is holding a special Interesting & Fun Wines of Spain night with light appetizers on April 16th for $45/person. Sign up now to reserve your spot. 
• Satis Bistro will also be introducing a new cocktail list this week for Spring.