9th and Coles For Sale

From FB

Yesterday, Hamilton Park pub 9th and Coles announced they are planning to put their restaurant up for sale.

Van Hook Cheese & Grocery Opening Soon

New shop Van Hook Cheese & Grocery, 528 Jersey Avenue, is scheduled to open this Wednesday, 8/31 pending final code inspections.

Located right next to Choc-O-Pain Bakery on Jersey Avenue, the store is one of several specialty retailers and restaurants to open within a two block area over the past two years creating a small stretch of dedicated, ingredient-specific shops including Jersey City Fish Stand and Pasta Dal Cuore.

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. 

Get to Know JC Eater:Jerome

Welcome to "Get to Know JC Eater" where every week I post a profile of a local resident sharing where and what they love to eat in Jersey City.  This site is meant to be useful to the community so what better way to do that than involve the community itself? If you'd like to be featured, please leave a comment below or email me directly.

This week's JC Eater is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys The Citizen as much as I do and might be somewhat familiar. 

Jersey City Pride Events 2016

From FB

This Saturday, 8/27, is the 16th Annual Jersey City Pride Festival. It will run from noon-8pm on Newark Ave between Grove St. and Jersey Avenue and will feature live music, DJs, performers, food, drinks and dancing.