thirstyquaker wrote:
I doubt that is true. My understanding is that to qualify to move a liquor license to restaurant row the location must be a restaurant, and a place can not simultaneously be a restaurant and a nightclub. Jersey City law would not allow them to operate as a club if they want a liquor license on restaurant row. They would need to keep seating and would not be able to have live DJs without some special licensing.

Plus there's the fact that the owner said it would be another 1 Republik and a Gastropub.

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According to proprietor Kenneth Caulfield, the restaurants will be another location of Hoboken?s 1 Republik as well as another restaurant named 26 Below. Caulfield told Jersey Digs that he is not sure yet when the businesses will open and how many seats each space will have, but he expects a ?fine dining gastropub? feel.

I may be proven wrong, I haven't seen the space or the new sign or anything, but a gay nightclub does not sound like it is in the cards. I'm not sure a nightclub of any kind is in the cards, especially considering that Transmission was shut down and is only doing private events now, from what I've heard.

According to proprietor Kenneth Caulfield, the restaurants will be another location of Hoboken?s 1 Republik as well as another restaurant named 26 Below. Caulfield told Jersey Digs that he is not sure yet when the businesses will open and how many seats each space will have, but he expects a ?fine dining gastropub? feel.

user1111 wrote:
I was out and about last night, and one of my buddies just got a job offer at this spot which will be a full gay club not a bar. I wish them luck! The sign is perfect!

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JCishome wrote:
If you bought that home 10 years ago, your improved net worth is probably a pretty good indicator of the progress that people are talking about. And while I agree that nobody likes drunken young guys carousing around (except maybe drunken young women?), it's hard to understand someone who'd prefer going back to the Newark Ave of 2006.

nobody is suggesting we go back to the Newark Ave of 2006. we're just wondering why the only other option is the Hobroken of 2016.

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If you bought that home 10 years ago, your improved net worth is probably a pretty good indicator of the progress that people are talking about. And while I agree that nobody likes drunken young guys carousing around (except maybe drunken young women?), it's hard to understand someone who'd prefer going back to the Newark Ave of 2006.

EasyGibson wrote:
I think a lot of you guys are getting capitalism and free enterprise mixed up in the changing neighborhood argument.

Personally, I have no gripe with Rainbow. It's whatever. I also have no gripe with somebody wishing to open something else in that space.

I do have a gripe with people coming in from out of town, acting like buffoons, driving drunk, smashing bottles, and generally being shitheels, then heading home to other towns, leaving me with their broken glass and piss.
When Porta opened, the amount of people that fit that description increased somewhat. South House the same. Talde too to a degree.
This is absolutely part of a changing neighborhood scenario. With successful nightlife comes the crappy byproducts of successful nightlife. You know, jerks.

What I think a lot of you guys here are missing is that it's ok to both want change AND to have reservations about the opening of a bar from an ownership group that specifically courts an out of town client for weekend revelry.

I'm going to wait to see what the theme of the place will be before I get my knickers fully in a twist. If it's something like Porta or South House, cool. I dig the theme of good looking places with solid date night menus that turn into party spots on Friday.
If it's 2Republik, I'll be a little bummed about it. I really don't wanna see people flooding my street looking for pitchers of Coors to wash down their reheated frozen wings. We really truly don't need a place like that on the plaza. It won't add anything to the neighborhood to the people that live here.

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If you don't like this kind of bar, don't be a patron of it. If enough people do the same, the bar will close, and maybe something that is more in line with your vision of positive change will replace it.

The way I see it, these people are investing in Jersey City in the way that they see fit. You are free to invest in Jersey City in your own ways. The market will decide who wins.

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Adonis wrote:
I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Exactly. Much of the criticism is thinly veiled racism against white people, specifically "bros."

Imagine if some low income housing projects were going to be put there instead. Bet you wouldn't hear a peep from the current complainers.

oh please. if you only knew how ridiculous you sound. some of the ones worried about 1Republic taking up the biggest storefront on Newark Ave are those of us who enjoy the plaza nightlife as it is: an eclectic mixture of families and couples and partiers. a huge bro-bar could very possibly tilt that equation significantly enough to make the plaza un-enjoyable for anyone who's not in that demographic. one that, as of now, is mostly imported from elsewhere.

I love that you accuse me of not knowing how ridiculous I sound and in the same breath, refer to a demographic "imported from elsewhere." As if you've never heard of the concept of a city.

just this week, I witnessed two separate incidents of drunken frat boys - fresh off the Plaza - harassing cab drivers outside the Grove Street PATH station: punching the cab, screaming at them to "turn the f*cking meter on and drive!" and generally behaving like entitled douchebags.

they were heading back to the elsewhere from whence they came, and we can look forward to more of them when 1Republik South opens its doors.

hooray for progress.

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I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Exactly. Much of the criticism is thinly veiled racism against white people, specifically "bros."

Imagine if some low income housing projects were going to be put there instead. Bet you wouldn't hear a peep from the current complainers.

oh please. if you only knew how ridiculous you sound. some of the ones worried about 1Republic taking up the biggest storefront on Newark Ave are those of us who enjoy the plaza nightlife as it is: an eclectic mixture of families and couples and partiers. a huge bro-bar could very possibly tilt that equation significantly enough to make the plaza un-enjoyable for anyone who's not in that demographic. one that, as of now, is mostly imported from elsewhere.

I love that you accuse me of not knowing how ridiculous I sound and in the same breath, refer to a demographic "imported from elsewhere." As if you've never heard of the concept of a city.

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I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Exactly. Much of the criticism is thinly veiled racism against white people, specifically "bros."

Imagine if some low income housing projects were going to be put there instead. Bet you wouldn't hear a peep from the current complainers.

oh please. if you only knew how ridiculous you sound. some of the ones worried about 1Republic taking up the biggest storefront on Newark Ave are those of us who enjoy the plaza nightlife as it is: an eclectic mixture of families and couples and partiers. a huge bro-bar could very possibly tilt that equation significantly enough to make the plaza un-enjoyable for anyone who's not in that demographic. one that, as of now, is mostly imported from elsewhere.

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I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Exactly. Much of the criticism is thinly veiled racism against white people, specifically "bros."

Imagine if some low income housing projects were going to be put there instead. Bet you wouldn't hear a peep from the current complainers.

oh please. if you only knew how ridiculous you sound. some of the ones worried about 1Republic taking up the biggest storefront on Newark Ave are those of us who enjoy the plaza nightlife as it is: an eclectic mixture of families and couples and partiers. a huge bro-bar could very possibly tilt that equation significantly enough to make the plaza un-enjoyable for anyone who's not in that demographic. one that, as of now, is mostly imported from elsewhere.

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I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Exactly. Much of the criticism is thinly veiled racism against white people, specifically "bros."

Imagine if some low income housing projects were going to be put there instead. Bet you wouldn't hear a peep from the current complainers.

Adonis wrote:
I love listening to these ridiculous Jersey City liberals. They are all for change and diversity including when it comes to commercial establishments!!!*

* As long as it comports with their current progressive ideals and favored diversity demographic.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

zerogains wrote:
There is a petition now.

https://www.change.org/p/info-stevenfu ... lik-26below-on-newark-ave

zerogains wrote:
There is a petition now.

https://www.change.org/p/info-stevenfu ... lik-26below-on-newark-ave

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owlie wrote:
Sigh... just what we need is yet another Bar. How about something we don't have...like a real Mediterranean Restaurant or a real Japanese-owned restaurant (enough of the asian fusion places). I would like anything that would be good for a more diverse group other than just sports minded people.

Rumi is great and the spot is waaaaaay too big for a sushi restaurant.

I was going to say the same... DTJC definitely has a great Mediterranean restaurant in Rumi. Or, for a quick bite or take out, there is Gipsy Grill which is hands down one of the cheapest lunch spots in all of DTJC.

I wouldn't mind a good Greek restaurant. Somewhere I could get my grilled octopus and retsina on. There are some very large tavernas in Astoria, but JC would not support a huge one. Too bad It's Greek to Me was vile.