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Trader Joe's will open new stores in West Orange (457 Mount Pleasant Ave) and Jersey City (55 Hudson St) this fall or winter, joining 22 existing New Jersey locations.
True Food Kitchen has closed its Edison and Hackensack restaurants after a Chapter 11 filing, leaving New Jersey with no locations as the chain pursues a court supervised sale.
Kings Food Markets will close its Hillsdale and Whitehouse Station stores by January 2, 2027, as parent company Albertsons lets the leases expire. 168 employees are affected.
A spring freeze wiped out the apple crop at half the famous farms in the state. These five still have apples on the trees and pumpkins in the field right now.
Chip City, the viral cookie chain behind the Hoboken and Montclair shops, has closed every location effective immediately. Staff found out today it was their last shift. No notice, no goodbye.
Mambo Cuban Restaurant + Lounge celebrated its grand opening Friday at 412 Bloomfield Avenue — the group's third New Jersey location.
Sushi BBY Omakase is a 12-seat, no-menu counter in Scotch Plains with $80 and $120 tastings — and it's already booked through October.
A 56-year-old Toms River woman was killed and seven others injured Saturday morning when an SUV plowed into the outdoor dining area at Meg's Grill in Lavallette.
Eight slices worth driving across the state for — from Jersey City wood-fired pies to Trenton tomato pie country. The ultimate NJ pizza guide.
Bobby Flay says Razza Pizza Artigianale makes “some of the best pizza in the world” — and owner Dan Richer taught him the dough recipe.
Trader Joe's will open new stores in West Orange (457 Mount Pleasant Ave) and Jersey City (55 Hudson St) this fall or winter, joining 22 existing New Jersey locations.
True Food Kitchen has closed its Edison and Hackensack restaurants after a Chapter 11 filing, leaving New Jersey with no locations as the chain pursues a court supervised sale.
Kings Food Markets will close its Hillsdale and Whitehouse Station stores by January 2, 2027, as parent company Albertsons lets the leases expire. 168 employees are affected.
A spring freeze wiped out the apple crop at half the famous farms in the state. These five still have apples on the trees and pumpkins in the field right now.
Chip City, the viral cookie chain behind the Hoboken and Montclair shops, has closed every location effective immediately. Staff found out today it was their last shift. No notice, no goodbye.
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Mambo Cuban Restaurant + Lounge celebrated its grand opening Friday at 412 Bloomfield Avenue — the group's third New Jersey location.
Sushi BBY Omakase is a 12-seat, no-menu counter in Scotch Plains with $80 and $120 tastings — and it's already booked through October.
A 56-year-old Toms River woman was killed and seven others injured Saturday morning when an SUV plowed into the outdoor dining area at Meg's Grill in Lavallette.
Eight slices worth driving across the state for — from Jersey City wood-fired pies to Trenton tomato pie country. The ultimate NJ pizza guide.
Bobby Flay says Razza Pizza Artigianale makes “some of the best pizza in the world” — and owner Dan Richer taught him the dough recipe.
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Eight slices worth driving across the state for — from Jersey City wood-fired pies to Trenton tomato pie country. The ultimate NJ pizza guide.
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Two new concepts just opened inside the old Better Days space at 143 Newark Avenue in Jersey City: Bembe, a casual steak and raw bar, and Chef D. Harmon's Steaks Shakes + Harmony — cheesesteaks and poundshakes.
Mambo Cuban Restaurant + Lounge celebrated its grand opening Friday at 412 Bloomfield Avenue — the group's third New Jersey location.
Bobby Flay says Razza Pizza Artigianale makes “some of the best pizza in the world” — and owner Dan Richer taught him the dough recipe.
North Jersey
Central Jersey
Sweetgreen just opened its 10th NJ location at MarketFair in Princeton — with a Fall Harvest Menu, free entrées for the first 50 students in line, and a meal donated to Share My Meals for every meal sold on opening day.
Sushi BBY Omakase is a 12-seat, no-menu counter in Scotch Plains with $80 and $120 tastings — and it's already booked through October.
A 56-year-old Toms River woman was killed and seven others injured Saturday morning when an SUV plowed into the outdoor dining area at Meg's Grill in Lavallette.
Red Bank's first omakase counter opens this fall at Anderson Market, plus a new lobby bar and vinyl listening room.
Jersey Shore
South Jersey
The Collingswood Italian restaurant filed Chapter 11 — but it’s open, the staff is there, and gift cards are still good.
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