Weekend Round-Up: JC Food Truck Fest, la côte debuts brunch, Annual Peach Pie Contest & More

Happy Weekend Jersey City! Here's what's happening around town this weekend:

Friday

Restaurant Week, throughout Hudson County
Tonight is the last night to enjoy Restaurant Week in Hudson County. Get more info on participating restaurants here, and enjoy something delicious like this double cut pork chop from The Barge Inn, part of their Restaurant Week menu.

Community News: Pasta Dal Cuore Wine Dinner, Zeppelin Hall Tulum Menu, and more

Jersey City

• Join Pasta Dal Cuore and Jersey Wine & Spirits for their new collaboration, Bella d'Estate Summer Wine Dinner, a seasonal five course dinner featuring seafood and paired wines from Jersey Wine & Spirits and Sicilian winery Firriato. The dinner will be next Tuesday, 8/7. 
• Zeppelin Hall is offering a special menu from now through August 19th, featuring cuisine from Tulum, Mexico. Dishes include fried oyster tacos, moljacates for two, and more. This is the first menu in a series, exploring cities and dishes from around the world. 

Riverview Farmer's Market Annual Peach Pie Contest is Back!

Summer means New Jersey produce comes to abundant life and in celebration of that, it's time for Riverview Farmer's Market Annual Perfect Peach Pie Contest, back again this year for the 7th year in a row.

Riverview Market Hosts Annual Peach Pie Contest

The Perfect Peach Pie Contest is back again for its 6th year at the Riverview Farmers Market. 

Riverview Market Peach Pie Contest

The Perfect Peach Pie Contest is back again for its 5th year at the Riverview Farmers Market.

Weekend Events

It's the first weekend of August so get out there and enjoy!

Hudson Restaurant Week is continuing through the weekend and into next week, so go check out some new restaurants. There are 10 restaurants in Jersey City participating and over thirty throughout Hudson County.

The Journal Square Green Market runs today from 11:00am-8:00pm.

Do You Tea will be closed next Monday 8/3 through 8/10, so stop by this weekend to stock up for iced tea.

Jersey Fresh Peach Festival at Riverview Market

Next Sunday, August 2nd, the Riverview Farmers Market will be participating in the 4th Annual Perfect Peach Pie Contest!

This is a statewide contest run by the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council that several markets throughout NJ participate in. The winners at each market go on to participate in a second and final round for a grand prize of $300.

Riverview Peach Pie Contest!

This past Sunday, I was a judge in the 2014 Perfect Peach Pie Contest at Riverview Farmers' Market . It was a great time and I was really grateful to be able to participate, taste all the pies, and enjoy the Riverview Farmers' Market.

        (peaches from Alstede Farms)

Weekend Events!

Today marks the beginning of Chili Mania at Zeppelin Hall! From today, 8/1 through Sunday, 8/10, Zeppelin Hall will be serving thirteen different kinds of chili including a vegetarian option and a tasting platter.

Also in new and exciting menus, join Park & Sixth Gastropub this weekend as they introduce their new brunch menu.

Riverview Peach Pie Contest!

Next Sunday, August 3rd, the Riverview Farmers' Market will be participating in the state-wide Peach Pie contest!

Community News

• Congratulations to Thirty Acres for being included on Eater's 38 Essential New York restaurants!
• The Liberty Science Center is having a Rubik's Cube Cake-Off! The deadline to enter is tomorrow 7/7.
• The Dark Side of the Moo got written up in The Jersey Journal for their wide variety of exotic meats and was reported on by CNBC.
• The NY Times went on an ice cream tasting expedition which included Kwality Ice Cream near Journal Square.

Riverview Park - Peach Pie Competition Results and Farmers' Market

This past Sunday, on a beautiful and sunny day, the Riverview Park Farmers' Market hosted one of the state-wide Peach Pie contests. There were 13 entries in all, and Joleen Crosta of Belleville, NJ took first place with her "Vegan Peachy Peach Pie", filled with Jersey peaches and topped with an almond crumble. Sandy Martiny won second-place with her amaretto crumble topped peach pie and Lara Hartman placed third with a ginger peach pie.

Peach Pie Competition in Jersey City!

Yesterday, I received an email announcing a statewide peach pie contest! There will be competitions in south Jersey, central Jersey, and north Jersey with one of the competitions being held at our very own Riverview-FiskPark in Jersey City Heights at the weekly Riverview Farmers Market on Sunday, July 21st.  Winners will go on to present their pies on Good Day in New York or Pennsylvania and two grand prize winners will be chosen.

I am so excited about this – I love peaches, it’s a fun competition for the whole state to participate in, and we in Jersey City get to feature the event and enjoy it!  In addition to the competition and normal farmers market, there will be other fun peach-themed activities and events. This is being sponsored by the New JerseyPeach Promotion Council and the Market is organized by Farms in the Heights.  This is such a great community activity and so worth our support.