yorkster wrote:
That location on Newark would still not solve Maxwell's issue about the lack of parking for its patrons. Granted street parking there would probably better than Hoboken. I think one of the vacant large storefronts on Newark (bw Grove and Erie) would be good. You'd be surprised how big some of those stores are also its Close to the path plus nearby parking whether it be municipal lot or grove pointe.

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7thstreeter wrote:
With most of the local bars stepping up with craft beers, we've all become minor connoisseurs at this point so the stakes are set pretty high.

Where?s the joy in being so devoted to connoisseurship that it spoils enjoyment of otherwise good products? I would have chosen different beers?gueuze seems particularly appropriate given the style of cooking for example?but I don?t see what?s wrong with their selection.

I?ve been partial to English, Belgian, and German ales and lagers for the past 20 years, but I would be content with a bottle of Lionshead, fermented corn and all, if that?s the only beer available. Fine cooking hasn?t made me lose my taste for HollyKenLinCrown Fried Chicken, ramen noodles, McDonalds fries, or cold frankfurters straight from the package, so why be spoiled by the best beers in the world? Gimmicky and light beers aside, the average hopped, fermented malt beverage is already quite good any it only gets better from there.

tommyc_37 wrote:
So the word is that the owner of Two Aprons is opening a sitdown restaurant with outdoor seating at the place wedged between Grand Street and Bright Street (where the short-lived bagel place was). I think it's opening within a few weeks.

Pretty cool news. I hope the small place in Paulus Hook keeps it's small-town feel, though.

ripple wrote:
In the past couple of years downtown lost a boon to the community, the 58 gallery, mostly because the city was effectively antagonistic toward the people who ran it.

I wish someone would have asked the candidates how they would have addressed that situation, where the complaints of an overly-sensitive neighbor who can't stand a bit of extra noise and sidewalk traffic once every other month trumps the entire arts community here.

VA2015 wrote:
I would rather live in JC that NYC even though I could afford either. For one I am cheap and everything involving cost of living is higher there. I need to have some actual cheap stores accessible to me - I'm a Goodwill, discount grocery store kind of gal. JC has that along with a reasonable amount of culture - enough to have stuff to do but not so much it's overwhelming. In NYC there are always 10 things going on, with friends trying to get you to go to lots of different things, and I find it draining. I also find the apartment sizes claustrophobic in the city, combined with all the hustle and bustle on the street, crowds and noise pollution - you aren't shoulder to shoulder on any sidewalk in JC. I also don't like the loneliness of NYC, that you can so easily be anonymous most places you go - anywhere I go in JC I recognize people, they recognize me, I feel like part of a community.