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. 

Weekend Events

There are festivals and food galore this weekend starting today! Check out your list of food events for the weekend:

4th of July Weekend 2016

The Fourth of July is almost here and while holiday weekends are always a good excuse to head out of town, there are a lot of good reasons to stick around. Check out who's running specials, who will be closed, and some great events:

In honor of Independence Day, the City of Jersey City is putting on their now-annual festival with live music, vendors, good food, and fireworks.

Weekend Eats and Events

Given the number of weather-related event cancellations we've had so far this spring, this weekend is especially packed with events all around town all  with great vendors and a lot to eat.

The Return of the Farmer's Markets and 6th Borough

It's the first big market weekend of the season and there's a lot to check out:

Upcoming Events in Jersey City

It's the first day of April which, despite the temperatures still being low for a while, means we're getting close to market season and outdoor events! Spring and summer are often a whirlwind of activity in Jersey City so here are a few dates to book in your calendar now.

Weekend Events

Happy Weekend Jersey City! Here's what's going on:

The Journal Square Green Market runs from 11:00am-8:00pm.Village Yoga will be there holding a yoga class from 1:00pm-2:00pm and Bang Me Bakery with be there with a limited amount of their newly revamped Bust a Nutter Butter cookie along with their other offerings.

This Friday is the last Groove on Grove of the season, combining with the Artists & Makers Market at Grove Plaza as part of the JC Fridays festivities happening all around town. Expect to see a lot of great vendors out there including Raval, Orale, Milk Sugar Love, Iced Tea Fusion, Koro Koro and more along with (yes, alcohol) live music, craft vendors, jewelry stands, and henna.

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.
                              

Weekend Events

Want to spend as much time outdoors as possible before summer's over? This weekend is for you.

On Friday, visit the Journal Square Green Market, open from 11:00am-8:00pm with regulars like Stony Hill, Taproot Organics, Stella's Empanadas, and their ever-expanding vendor list including Bang Me Bakery and El Chilango Taqueria.

This Saturday, help support No Kid Hungry with Bambino Chef who will be fundraising with a lemonade stand at 213 Newark Ave from 10am-1pm. Each lemonade is $1 and their are two corporate matches, so every dollar makes a big difference.

Weekend Events

Start drinking a lot of coffee, Jersey City! You'll need it with all the great events happening around town this weekend!

Tonight, join the Chopping Block and El Chilango at the Lumberyard in Jersey City Heights for dinner beginning at 6:30pm and live music starting at 7pm. El Chilango has even created special shrimp and skirt steak dishes for the event!

942 Summit is hosting a special botanically-inspired Avant Garden event to benefit the Riverview Community Garden with custom-created goods and refreshments.

Non-Stop Eats!

Aall of a sudden. it seems like the entire week just filled up with amazing food events! There isn't a day without something delicious and most days have multiple somethings, so I thought I'd do a quick round-up of everything food-related happening over the next several days!

WEDNESDAY

• Prato Bakery is hosting a Prosciutto di Parma tasting at 11am
• Patsey's, a new Italian American Bistro located at 93 Franklin Street in Jersey City Heights will open tomorrow. They'll be open from 6am-3pm.
• Groove on Grove is exciting enough, but on Wednesday, the'll also have the Artists & Makers Market! Milk Sugar Love, Sincerely Sweet Confections.Koro Koro, Park and Sixth, Raval, Orale, Hard Grove Cafe and more will be there with food and drinks!
• There are still a couple of spots open at both seatings (6:30pm and 9:30pm) for Raval's Live Flamenco Show and Unlimited Tapas.
• It's the 13th Annual Newport Beach Party!
• Wednesday means Bluegrass at both Union Republic and Park & Sixth

Weekend Events

This weeked in Jersey City is a busy one with a lot to eat do, so get ready!

Recently, Kraverie underwent some renovations and this Friday at 5pm is their Grand Re-Opening celebration with the mayor. They will have live music, food, and best of all, a special charity raffle for a private NY Harbor Sail for four people with catering provided by Kraverie. All proceeds will benefit Bike JC and their quest to help make Jersey City streets safer for bikers, a cause especially close to Kraverie after one of their founding members died after being hit by a car while biking.

Friday night also marks the soft opening for Pasta Dal Cuore who have been busy at work getting the restaurant portion of their space set-up and ready - including lots of recipe testing! Fresh pasta will feature heavily, but there will also be other Italian dishes on offer. The soft opening hours are from 5pm-10pm for dinner service. The fresh pasta counter will continue with regular hours.

This week, Cocoa Bakery has been offering special lemon blueberry cupcakes in honor of Cancer Survivor week and all proceeds will go to benefit charity organization, ChemoComfort. Get one while you can and show your support.

Your Memorial Day Weekend

It's Memorial Day Weekend in Jersey City!

The Jersey City Food Truck Rally is back again tomorrow in the lot across from Madame Claude's on Brunswick between 4th and 5th Streets. This week, ME Casa Express, Chopping Block, and El Chilango will be there along with Peace.Love.Pops and Gaby's Kitchen, serving up empanadas! The rally begins at 3pm and runs until 9pm.

Pacific Flea and 6th Borough Back Again!

This weekend is a busy one! Along with the JC Food Truck Rally, it's also the second Pacific Flea Saturday and opening day for the return of 6th Borough Market.

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.

Meet the Vendor: Oh Honey!

Welcome to Meet the Vendor, a new series on Jersey City Eats that will profile different vendors from all the Farmers' Markets around Jersey City. We have a wonderful and constantly growing market scene in Jersey City with unique, dedicated vendors and I encourage everyone to take advantage.

Today's vendor is Oh Honey Apiaries who can be found at various markets around Jersey City Thursday with their local, raw honey. Thanks for participating, Darius and Tine!

                                         All photos provided by Oh Honey

Tell us about yourselves.
We are a small treatment-free apiary with locations in JC Heights, Crown Heights (Brooklyn), Union City, and Columbia County, NY. The beekeeper, Darius Plavinskas, started keeping bees on our roof and then expanded his hives to the other locations. Darius is dedicated to sustainable and organic beekeeping and regularly attends conferences on the best way to maintain his bees without any damage to the environment and the bees.

Oh Honey’s products are completely treatment free, which means that we don’t use any chemicals in the honey or on the bees. The honey is extracted cold directly from the comb, which ensures that all the best and most valuable parts of the honey are included and intact (for example, propolis and pollen). There is some evidence that pollen-rich honey is successful in treating seasonal allergies. Propolis, a substance that bees use to protect their hives against pests, has many health-enhancing properties and has been shown to be anti-carcinogenic. In other words: our honey is chock-full of good stuff!

Darius is also raising queen bees and creates colonies of resilient and winter-hardy bees.

What other markets do you participate in around Jersey City? 
On Sunday mornings, Oh Honey can be found in the Riverview-Fisk Farmers Market. We will also be in the 6th Borough Market on the remaining dates (9/14/2014 and 10/12/2014). Starting on September 9th 2014, Oh Honey will be in the Historic Downtown Farmers Market by the Grove Street Path on Monday evenings.

Community News

• Congratulations to Milk Sugar Love on being featured in the New York Times this weekend!
• If you want to know what flavors you can get at Milk Sugar Love, check the website where the daily flavor list will be posted.
• This Wednesday marks the beginning of La Festa Italiana!

Community News

• Congratulations to Barcade, Sam a.m., Maritime Parc, Torico, Taqueria Downtown, and Razza for being included among the winnders in NJ Monthly's Jersey Choice Restaurant Poll 2014. All of them were also marked as critic's picks. 
• Next Sunday, August 10th, is the next installment of the 6th Borough Market!
• Check out this feature on Sam a.m. from The Jersey Journal's Meet the Merchant.

Weekend Events

This weekend, the monthly 6th Borough Market returns to downtown Jersey City with vintage goods, crafts, family-friendly activities, and food! Amongst the many vendors, Thirsty Quaker, Jersey City Veggie Burgers, Milk Sugar Love, Choc O Pain, Dark Side of the Moo, Cholita Dessert Bar, and ModCup will all be there to help you keep up your strength as you shop.

The market starts at 11am and runs until 5pm on Sunday behind City Hall at Montgomery and Marin.

Weekend Events!

Summer weekends in Jersey City are in full swing and this weekend is all about the outdoor markets!

Today, join Creative Grove at Grove Plaza for some art, music, and food stands. They'll be going from 3-9pm so get outside and enjoy!

On Saturday, the Van Vorst Park Farmers' Market runs from 8am-3pm. You can fulfill all your weekend produce needs or grab some breakfast on the go before heading to the Ogden's End Community Garden Fundraiser from 3:00-6:00pm. There will be homecooked barbecue, adult and non-adult beverages and so much more! The suggested donation is $20 which will be used to replenish necessary gardening tools and supplies. For more information, check: https://www.facebook.com/OgdensEndCommunityGarden