Corgi Spirits Hosts Leukemia & Lymphoma Fundraiser

Join Corgi Spirits and Team One Step Closer for their fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society next Wednesday, 6/13.

Community News: Choc O Pain Delivering, Irish Cocktail Class at Liberty House and more

Jersey City

• Congratulations to Andrea Salumeria whose Pete's Special Tuna sandwich was included on the list of 50 Restaurants for Your Last Meal in New Jersey.
• Choc O Pain is now available for delivery from the downtown location via Postmates. 

Community News: Eater names Best Indian Restaurants, Trivia at Ed & Mary's, Marketplace JC Returns

Jersey City

• The Royal Men Foundation, in conjunction with Larsen's Restaurant, is holding a dinner fundraiser to help send 5 teens from each high school in Jersey City to a viewing of Marvel's Black Panther. The fundraiser is on 2/10 beginning at 4pm and tickets are $12 each. 
• Two Jersey City restaurants made Eater's list of Best Regional Indian in NY and NJ: Sri Ganesh's Dosa House for their South Indian cuisine and Hyderabadi House for their specialties from the Hyderabad region.

Community News: Liberty House Cocktail Class, Dumplings at Ahri's, and More

Bulgogi Dumplings from Ahri's Kitchen

Jersey City

• Join Hudson Pride Center and Garden State Equality this Tuesday, 1/9, at Atlas, 130 Newark Ave, as they host an Evening with the Mayors of Hoboken and Jersey City and the LGBTQ community. The event starts at 8pm. 
• On Monday 1/8, Dolya Cafe, 128 Newark Avenue, will be celebrating their Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the HDSID and Mayor Fulop at 4pm. 
• Prato Bakery has put together a special trip to Tuscany with a focus on enjoying the food and learning the cooking techniques of the region. The trip will run from 7/7-7/14. 

Low Fidelity Now Open (for previews)

Photo courtesy of Low Fidelity

Low Fidelity, aka LoFi, the newest bar from the team behind The Archer, has begun their soft-opening with some preview nights.

Friday Feature: Artist's Special at The Archer

Welcome to weekly series,"Friday Feature"! The first Friday of every month will continue to be "Get to Know JC Eater" showcasing a local resident and their recommendations, but on all other Fridays, a specific dish or find from around Jersey City will be featured on the blog.

This week's feature is the Artist's Special from The Archer. 

Community News

As part of Community News, here's a list of Election Night Specials that will remain updated from now through Tuesday:

• PJ Ryan's will be showing updates and the news all night long on their TVs. 
• Latham House is having Happy Hour from open until close with 2 for 1 cocktails and a burger & draft beer special for $11.08
• LITM will be airing the election on Tuesday with Happy Hour and taco and margarita specials all night. 
• McGinley Square Pub will be showing the election results on their projector and offering Bad Hombre, Nasty Woman, and Patriot shot specials for $2
• Liberty Prime is featuring a list of special election day cocktails. 
• Madame Claude Bis will be showing election coverage on mute with live music from Manouche Bag and complimentary champagne. 

Community News

• Kraverie is running a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. You can stop in and drop off various donations to get entered into their giveaway. 
• The Archer is celebrating their one year anniversary this Thursday, 11/10 with live music and all night drink specials. 

Event Line Up

There are a lot of great events centered around drinking and eating over the next couple of weeks, so it's time to start marking your calendars!  Here's what's going on:

10/12 - Liberty House is hosting a Fall Harvest Hot Toddy Cocktail Class at 7pm for $45/person. Appetizers will be provided.

10/13 - Jersey Girls Food Tours is hosting a reception for Behind the Plate, a photo exhibition and celebration of traditional and experimental Jersey City chefs with photos by Tatsuro Nishimura. Several of the featured chefs will be on hand to provide tastes of their food including Emma Taylor from Milk Sugar Love, Tyrone Greene from Dark Side of the Moo, Elena Cartagena from Pasta Dal Cuore, Alex Sartoga of Garden Steaks, Mike Casalinho from Broa and more.

10/15 - The Harborside Craft Brew Fest will run in two sessions on Saturday with more than 150 beers from over 75 breweries as well as food and live music. Use code Jceats for $15 off the ticket price.

Point Capital Development and RDG Hospitality (the group behind Satis Bistro, Raval, and Lucky 7) are throwing an Oktoberfest celebration at the Baker Building, 234 Suydam Ave, from 12-8pm. The restaurants will run a beer garden while food is being provided by Light Rail Cafe and food trucks Muttley Royale and Burger Warrior. Pacific Flea will also be there with some vintage and hand-crafted goods in case you're in a shopping mood.

10/16 - Departed Soles and Sixpoint Brewery have teamed up for a special fundraiser and celebration including the release of their recent collaboration, Bogan Barleywine. The event will run from 2pm-7pm and is the last in a weekend full of special releases from Departed Soles in honor of their one year anniversary.

10/18 - Pasta Dal Cuore and Cool Vines are collaborating on Autumn in Northern Italy, a five course meal inspired by the cuisine of Northern Italy and paired with Italian wines. Tickets are $75 each and reservations can be made through Cool Vines.

Edward's Steakhouse is having savory tapas and wine tasting beginning at 7pm. Reservations are required.

10/20 - The James Beard House Foundation Greens program is hosting an evening at Mana Contemporary with a tour of the museum and food and drinks provided by some of New Jersey's top chefs including Jersey City's own Clémence Danko from Choc-O-Pain, Ryan DePersio from Kitchen Step and Battello, Ruby Felix from Talde, and Michael Fiorianti from Satis Bistro. Tickets are $60 if you're a Greens member or $75 otherwise. 

10/25 - Coach House is hosting their next Tasting Series on Rock and Rye Whiskey. There will be three different spirits presented and the featured cocktail is a Philly Mule. Appetizers will be served and the class is $20/person if reserved and $25/person at the door.

11/4 - Jersey City's first Midnight Market comes to town, running from 6:30pm-midnight at Transmission Harborside. There will be 90s music all night, drink specials, and all food will be $5 or less. Vendors include Cholita Paletas, A Taste of Poland, and Venezuelan bites from Munchies by Antonio among others. Stay tuned for more details.

Cellar 335 To Open Soon

                                                                          (photo from FB)

Cellar 335, a new tiki bar and restaurant, is slated to open soon. While an exact date isn't yet known, the owners were pointing to an opening as early as this week. 

The Draper Has Closed

The Draper, 247 Washington Street, has closed after less than four months in business.

Latham House to Open in Jersey City

The Kitchen at Grove Station closed suddenly last year after reports of a split between the kitchen staff and management and although they initially stated they'd reopen after a brief hiatus, no other announcements or developments were forthcoming. However, now new spot Latham House is moving in.

Congress Station Coffee and The Draper Are Now Open

We've been on a roll of new spots opening around Jersey City and now we've got two more to add to the list.

Liberty House Holding Cocktail Class

Liberty House is hosting a hands-on cocktail class tonight (2/17) from 7:00pm-9:00pm.

Construction Updates #3

Expect another round of new places to check out, Jersey City! Some of these have been long term projects, others seemed to have popped up almost overnight, but we've got more restaurants and coffee shops headed our way. Here's a round-up of some of the new food and beverage spots coming to town.

On Newark Ave, past the pedestrian plaza, there are three new spots all opening within fairly close proximity to each other, extending what has become known as "Restaurant Row":
Archer Bar, which was previewed at JC Project Eats, will be opening in the former Box Spring space at 176 Newark (they moved in with More on Grove) and will focus on specialty cocktails with a limited menu available, along the lines of elevated and revamped bar food. Their original projection for opening was mid to late September and I did recently see what looked like booth seating being moved in so it seems like they're close to meeting that timeline. I think we can expect to see them open within the next month.

$1 Taco Tuesday at Dullboy

Dullboy is one of my favorite spots to have opened up in Jersey City over the past six months or so. It's flat out one of my favorite spots in Jersey City altogether. The drinks are excellent, the atmosphere is relaxed, and it's nice to have a space where conversation is promoted rather than restricted.

Recently, they've started working in some rotating specials and events to the weekly schedule like $1 oysters on Monday, gypsy swing brunch on Sundays, and what I most recently stopped by to check out, $1 Taco Tuesdays.

Dullboy Bar

When Park and Sixth moved from their original location at 364 Grove Street to their new location, 279 Grove Street, the big question was: what's moving in?

Community News

• This Monday is the last Farmers' Market of the season at Grove Street.
• Check out this review of Satis Bistro from Jersey Bites.
• Thirsty Quaker is extending their hours for the holidays.

Community News

• There are only a few tickets left to the Jersey Girls Food Tours Fall Chef Showcase so if you want to go, buy your tickets now!
• Tomorrow night, join Roman Nose as they celebrate their second birthday and help raise funds for Eighty Mag's second issue with a special cocktail. There will be free apertivo snacks from 7-9pm and a DJ.
• Congratulations to Battello on their write-up in the NY Times.

Food Events This Week

Tonight is the night for Liberty House's Laird's Applejack Cocktail Class. It begins at 7pm and runs until 9pm. It's $40pp and includes appetizers. Call 201.395.0300 to reserve your spot.

Brunch At Thirty Acres

One of the nice things about Thirty Acres is that they frequently update their menu, so while this can be difficult if you form a strong attachment to something, it also means they are constantly creating new and delicious dishes. When I saw the changes to their most recent brunch menu, I knew immediately that I needed to make it a priority to go.

We started with drinks: the Michelada and the Stiff Java. Both were excellent and surprisingly large. The Michelada was spicier than I expected, but definitely not unbearable especially with the tang of the pickle to distract your taste buds. It was served with the rest of the beer so that you could keep refilling and the heat and vinegar flavors stayed strong until the end. The Stiff Java was like drinking the best coffee dessert you could ever have - dark and rich, but still sweetly refreshing. The intensity of both drinks was a nice change for a daytime brunch cocktail - instead of feeling light and dainty, these were bold wake-up calls and helped break through the richness of the meals.

The dish that first caught my attention and that I was most excited to try was the steak tartare club. For some reason, I'd actually been craving streak tartare for a few weeks and then the thought of it in sandwich form with bacon? There was no way I was missing out.