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April 27, 2023 •
Essex, Food •
132
Chef Jeffrey Butler is a South Jersey kid from Egg Harbor City. He opened his charcuterie store with all housemade meats, pates,...
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April 2, 2020 •
Essex, Food, Photography •
1069
COVID has got us stuck in our hometown and not traveling around the state for food and pictures. This week, we carried out pizza,...
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March 28, 2020 •
Essex, Photography •
1174
It’s finally feeling like bike weather and cycling is a great way to get some exercise and maintain that 6-feet clearance from...
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December 3, 2019 •
Essex, Shopping •
1404
We love to shop New Jersey’s great downtowns and Montclair is one of the best. We shopped along Bloomfield Ave on Small...
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November 26, 2019 •
Essex, Food •
1032
A while back, we visited All Points West distillery in Newark’s Ironbound District. Owner and distiller Gil Spaier took us on a...
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November 7, 2019 •
Arts & Entertainment, Essex, Food, Music, Slices of New Jersey •
1090
Ruby Bones creates incredibly addictive indie rock with a dash of pop that encourages you to hit the replay button right after...
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September 23, 2019 •
Essex, Events, Food •
1404
We told you about the first tour in June and the Bloomfield Center Alliance is bringing it back again because it was so...
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June 11, 2019 •
Essex, Food •
1137
Join us at the first ever Food Tour presented by the Bloomfield Center Alliance on June 22 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. The tour will...
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May 25, 2019 •
Essex, Newsy Jersey, Photography •
1760
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April 28, 2018 •
Essex, Green Jersey, Photography, Things We Like •
1709
The biggest collection of cherry trees in the United States is right here in New Jersey. Branch Brook Park, which is in Newark...
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December 4, 2017 •
Entertainment, Essex •
1567
No, no, we’re not telling you to try to escape New Jersey. Just the opposite, in fact. We want you to get locked in! We...
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July 19, 2017 •
Essex, Food, Various and Sundry •
2083
Oddly enough, we found Jack’s Seafood Shack in Montclair because we wanted some corn on the cob. It was National Corn on the...
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July 3, 2017 •
Essex, Photography •
2653
We recently toured Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark and were amazed at the array of famous New Jersey people who are buried...
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June 19, 2017 •
Essex, Events, Music •
1767
We love Liv Lombardi’s songwriting and voice and it shouldn’t be a surprise that we love coffee—especially from Local...
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April 26, 2017 •
Dinerland, Essex, Food •
1910
In our search for new diners, we recently came across the Verona Diner right on Bloomfield Avenue in Verona. It looks like a...
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February 10, 2017 •
Burger Mania, Essex, Food, Hot Dog Tour •
2119
We surreptitiously “discovered” Ray’s Luncheonette on a day that we wanted to visit another legendary Montclair lunch spot,...
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January 23, 2017 •
Dinerland, Essex, Food •
1747
We’ve challenged ourselves to start reviewing NJ’s great institution… the diner. But, with enormous menus, hundreds of...
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January 8, 2017 •
Essex, Newsy Jersey, Photography •
1806
We had our first larger snowfall on Saturday. Alice and I woke to the snow coming down as we got ready to attend the DePaul...
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September 13, 2016 •
Essex, Food •
2106
Have you been to The Corner yet? It’s a bustling little restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating in Montclair and...
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August 17, 2016 •
Essex, Food •
2234
After work on a recent Wednesday afternoon we converged on Jersey Spirits Distilling Company and met owners John Granata and Sue...
