Community News: Cellar 335 Pop-Up Sleighs N Leis, Hooked launches Delivery Only Restaurants, and more

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Photo from Cellar 335

• Cellar 335 has transformed their space for the holidays to run their new themed pop-up: Sleighs n Leis. It's a tiki-themed Christmas with a specialty cocktail menu including frozen spiked hot chocolate, Rum Rum Rudolph, and others.
• Hooked has launched three new delivery-only restaurants: Green Things focusing on salads, Lit Burger with a variety of burger and tater tot creations, and Comfort Cookery with homestyle comfort food , all available through UberEats.

Community News: Gelato Festival, La Cote starts Brunch, and more

Jersey City

• Head to Liberty State Park on 8/11 and 8/12 to join in on Gelato Festival 2018, part of a world-wide, three year long competition leading up to the 2021 Grand Finals in Italy to win the title of Gelato Festival World Master.

Community News: Autism Dinner at Hard Gove, Bang Cookie in the NYT & more

Jersey City

• This Thursday, 4/19 Smile Preschool is hosting an Autism dinner at Hard Grove Cafe. Tickets are $50 each. 
• Congratulations to Bang Cookies for their recent mentions in the NY Times. 
• Modcup and Word Bookstore have teamed up so that Word Cafe will be serving all Modcup coffee. 

Introducing The LoDG: Your New Craft Donut Craving

Disclaimer: These doughnuts were provided to me free of charge in exchange for feedback. However, I was not asked to write a post and all opinions and thoughts are my own. 

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you've probably seen me bemoan the lack of quality donuts in the area on more than one occasion. However, I have some exciting news - The LoDG is here to change all that.

Community News

• Whealth will open their pop-up shop at Harborside tomorrow, Monday 11/21, for a soft open from 7am-10pm with complimentary coffee and oatmeal. 
• Congratulations to LITM on celebrating thirteen years in Jersey City. 
• 6th Borough Market is teaming up with Harborside to start a Holiday Bazaar which will run every Tuesday beginning this week. 
• Beginning tomorrow, Carmine's Pizza Factory will carry whole wheat and multi-grain pizza options. 

Community News

• Cafe Batata has started carrying gluten-free pastries from WHOS Gluten Free. 
• Ozu Foods will begin offering lunch this Wednesday and will have it available every Wednesday-Friday from 11:30am-2pm.
• Latham House will be closed next week, 11/21-11/24. They'll also have a cookie exchange soon so stay tuned for that. 
• Sam a.m. is hosting a "Being Grateful and Eating BBQ" this Thursday. $40/pp

Bucket and Bay Now Delivers

Bucket and Bay announced they've started delivery service to most of Jersey City and Hoboken.

Community News

• Congratulations to the winners of the Jersey City West Side Chili Cook Off, Aaron van Dorn and the Wynn family.
• Orale MK has announced a line-up of events to celebrate Halloween.
• The Baonanas Kickstarter has officially launched. They're trying to expand their business and move into a larger kitchen space with the possibility of a storefront. 
• Satis Bistro, Lucky 7, and Light Rail Cafe have teamed up with The Baker Building to throw an Oktoberfest party on Oct. 15th from 12-8pm.  

Graze and Braise Launches Menu Plan

Graze and Braise recently announced they're launching a new weekly meal plan available for delivery.

Courtesy of Graze and Braise

Fastboy Delivery Discounts

Fastboy recently added five more restaurants to their delivery roster and they're offering a discount in celebration.

Community News

• Congratulations to Liberty State Park on its 40th birthday. To celebrate, they'll be having a Bring Your Own Picnic celebration with cake, lemonade, and flags on Tuesday, 6/14 beginning at 5pm. 
• Congratulations to Bucket + Bay for their feature in New Jersey Monthly.
• Departed Soles is celebrating their first anniversary on Thursday, 6/16 with extended tasting room hours and the launch of a new beer, The Polish Goodbye. 
• Iron Monkey is hosting a Meet the Brewer night with Yards Brewing Co. this Thursday, 6/16 beginning at 7pm.
• Ozu Foods has restricted raw fish dishes to eat-in and take-out only during the summer months. 

Noches De Colombia is Now Open

(Photo Courtesy of Erin A. DeLaney Photo)

Noches De Colombia, an extremely popular Colombian restaurant with various locations around North Jersey, recently opened one of a new location in Jersey City.

FastBoy Delivery Deals

To celebrate their two newest restaurant partnerships, locally based delivery service FastBoy Delivery is offering delivery discounts through 4/28.

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.

Modern Banh Launches Today

Modern Banh, a new delivery-only food venture is having their early launch and "soft open" today.

FastBoy Delivery Celebrates With Free Delivery

Congratulations to FastBoy Delivery on celebrating their second anniversary!

Graze and Braise Launches Spring Menu

Local paleo delivery service Graze and Braise is launching their new spring menu tomorrow.
The updated menu features more salads and a couple of lighter entree options in preparation for spring and warmer weather.

Graze and Braise Delivery

A new paleo delivery service, Graze and Braise, has started up in Jersey City.

Created by Ayaz Adiguzelli, Graze and Braise follows the structure of a paleo diet - organic, grass-fed, pasture-raised, free of refined sugars and oils - but uses these ideals to create paleo-friendly versions of comfort foods. They offer salads, soups, entrees, sides, and desserts, all on an on-going basis and with a heavy focus on high quality proteins.

New Delivery Service Hits Town

A new delivery service, PostMates, has come to town. Originally launched in San Francisco, PostMates is now in 40 different markets around the United States and could best be compared to the Uber of delivery service. You place your order, they connect you with a driver/personal errand runner, and send you real-time updates on what is happening. While they are available for various services in other cities, it seems like they're currently focusing primarily on food in and near Jersey City.

Community News

• La Festa Italiana starts this Wednesday! It will run through Sunday, August 16th, on 6th St. between Monmouth and Brunswick.
• Talde JC is hosting Talib Kwali for the launch of RE Classics on August 22nd. Talde will be providing drinks and bites and tickets are $20, purchased here.
• Congratulations to Short Grain for their write-up in the Jersey Journal.
• Milk Sugar Love is now available for delivery via FastBoy Delivery. They've also started offering their August Flavor of the Month, Caramel Corn.