Community News: PS Wine Bar Class, Graze and Braise New Menu, Lighthouse Fundraiser, and More

Jersey City

• PS Wine Bar is hosting an introduction to natural wines, "What is Natural Wine?", featuring seven wines, information, and fun. The class is this Thursday, 10/11, from 7-9pm. Tickets are $50/person. 
• Jersey and Co. Gelato has started offering hot drinks as we move into the colder weather. Right now, they're offering hot chocolate, a pumpkin spice latte, and a chai latte, along with their regular coffee menu, all made in-house. 
• Mordi's Sandwich Shop is now selling Fat Man Cookies, a new business based in Jersey City with a focus on making different styles and flavors of crinkle cookies. 

Your Guide to Valentine's Day

No matter how you want to celebrate Valentine's Day this year, Jersey City has you covered. Here's your guide to some of the best Valentine's Day Events and Dinners in town:

Galentine's Day
Porta is hosting their Second Annual Galentine's Brunch this Saturday beginning at noon. They'll have special red brunch items like red velvet waffles, specialty cocktails, movies, a DJ, games like MASH, a braid bar by The Hair Room, and more.

Community News

• Pasta Dal Cuore and Cool Vines are teaming up to offer a special five course Northern Italy Dinner and Wine Pairing on Tuesday, Oct. 18th from 7-9pm. Tickets are $75/person with tax and gratuity included. 
• Baonanas has launched a kickstarter to help them move into a new, bigger kitchen and expand their business. 
• The opening for the Jersey City location of Ani Ramen has been pushed back to November. No exact date has been announced. 
• Eighty Mag is throwing a party and fundraiser this Saturday, Oct. 1st to help nonprofit the Jersey City chapter of Church Worldwide Services, dedicated to helping newly arrived refugees find housing and employment. Food will be provided by Garden Steaks, Fox and Crow, Roman Nose, and Milk Sugar Love. 

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. 

The Kitchen Step To Celebrate Their Grand Opening

This Wednesday, March 23rd, The Kitchen Step, 500 Jersey Ave, will be celebrating their Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting with Mayor Fulop beginning at 4pm.

The Kitchen Step to Start Offering Brunch

UPDATE: Beginning this next weekend, March 12th, The Kitchen Step will start offering a weekend brunch.

The Kitchen Step Sets Opening Date

As a follow-up to my earlier post, The Kitchen Step, the newest restaurant from Ryan DePersio, has announced an official opening date.

Introduction to The Kitchen Step

The Kitchen Step, the newest restaurant from Chef Ryan DePersio and team, is getting close to opening according to their FB page. They've finalized menus, finished decorating, and while they aren't able to announce a date yet, hope to be open within the next couple of weeks.

Thirty Acres To Become The Kitchen Step

When Thirty Acres announced they were closing, they mentioned they'd been in talks with another restaurant development group familiar with Jersey City to take over the space and over the weekend, it was revealed that it will be taken over by the team behind Battello, Chef Ryan DePersio and his partners.