Community News: Razza Collaboration with Marc Vetri, Orale Opens in Hoboken, and More

Jersey City

• Razza is offering reservations to their collaboration with Marc Vetri, author of Mastering Pizza and chef/founder of some of Philadelphia's most critically acclaimed restaurants. The dinner is a three course dinner taking place on 12/5 and will include some of the pizzas from the book. Tickets are $65/person and come with a signed copy of the book, but remaining reservations are limited. 
• Porta has officially launched their annual Pizza & a Porta Tree holiday tradition. Stop by Porta and you can get two pizzas, a carafe of wine or pitcher of beer, and take home a tree.
• Satis Bistro is hosting A Taste of Italy this Thursday, 11/29. It's a four course dinner with paired wines and it begins at 7:30pm.
• Modcup has launched new collapsible, temperature-safe, reusable cups that can be purchased or earned through rewards points in an effort to offer more eco-friendly options. 
• Just in time for the holiday season, Van Hook Cheese and Jersey Wine & Spirits are hosting a Sparkling Wine & Cheese Pairing night on Tuesday, 12/4. They'll cover the history of the wine and cheese, production, and tasting notes. Tickets are $40/person. 
• The Big Straw is hiring! Email them at thebigstrawnj@gmail.com for details. 
• Third & Vine has to reschedule their All About Sicily dinner because of the surprise snow storm we had and it's now this Thursday, 11/29 at 6:30pm. Tickets are $65/person for five courses. 

Outside Jersey City

• There are currently over 1 million hungry people in New Jersey and close to 300,000 of them are children. With rising rates of poverty throughout the state and continuing reductions to federal benefits like SNAP, there are fewer and fewer options to help address this gap. However, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has come up with a package of 14 bills that help address hunger on a number of levels including farmer assistance, food deserts, food waste, access to nutrition plans and more. You can read more about the bills he's proposing here. 
• Orale has officially opened their Hoboken location. Located at 1426 Willow Ave, the restaurant will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays. 
• Brownstone Pancake Factory is expanding and opening a new location in Englewood Cliffs. It's currently under construction.