Freehold Township
The exterior of the mall is also getting its first facelift in almost 20 years
Every Monmouth County town seems to have that one bakery where the line forms early on Sunday and the box gets tied with string. Some of these shops lean old-school Italian, with rainbow cookies and lobster tails in the case. Others are newer, built around cupcakes, croissants, or one famous...
Somewhere in Hamilton Township, there’s a restaurant called Rat’s, and the name alone has been stopping people in their tracks for years. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s about to change, because this place is the kind of discovery that makes you feel like you’ve been let in on the best-kept secret in the entire state of New Jersey.
The best dinner suggestion often comes with instructions: order the burger, bring three friends for the sandwich, call well ahead for a table. That is how a restaurant becomes part of somebody’s routine, then somebody else’s. A good tip gets passed around at work, over a backyard fence,...
Food truck festivals pack New Jersey parks in November, from wing eating competitions in Mullica Hill to taco and empanada celebrations in South Bound Brook. Each event brings live music and crowds looking for something beyond the usual.
Many New Jersey residents shared their favorite hidden gem restaurants and here they are.
Some drives end at a parking lot. This one ends at the edge of Sandy Hook Bay, with boats drifting past and a lobster roll on the way to your table. Highlands is a small Jersey Shore town with a big waterfront personality, and one dockside spot has been pulling people off the highway for years. Folks drive 45 minutes, hop a ferry from New York City, or roll in straight from a beach day at Sandy Hook just to grab a seat by the water.
When the boardwalk games close and the beach badges go in the drawer, a lot of people assume Jersey Shore seafood takes the winter off. It does not. A handful of fish markets and casual crab houses keep their doors open well past Labor Day, serving fresh clams, crab cakes, and lobster rolls to anyone willing to drive down in a winter coat. Off-season visits mean easier parking, shorter waits, and the same boats still bringing in the catch.
There’s a place in Englishtown, New Jersey where $25 somehow stretches further than your last three Amazon orders combined. Englishtown Auction Sales is that place, and once you go, you’ll wonder why you ever paid full price for anything. Here’s a question worth sitting with for a moment....
Netflix is building a $1 billion production campus on the old Fort Monmouth military base in Eatontown and Oceanport, New Jersey. Real estate experts say the project could lift demand in the Monmouth County housing market. The Netflix campus will occupy more than 292 acres. The first phase should wrap...
A popular local bagel shop is growing, announcing on social media that they're getting ready to open a 3rd NJ location in the Spring
At 4:30 in the morning, Route 17 is already carrying people somewhere, and Perry’s Bagel Cafe is already feeding them. A few hours later, breakfast crowds will fill the usual places, but these early counters and diners have been busy since the sky was dark. They serve commuters watching...
We want to hear from our readers on a very important subject: Diners. That’s right. Most of us are aware that New Jersey is known as the “Diner Capital of the World” , because, well, we have so many diners across the Garden State. And while some iconic diners have closed over the years , we still have plenty of options to fill our bellies with diner food, especially here in South Jersey. With that in mind, we created a poll so you can tell us which diner is your favorite among the ones we listed. The poll will remain open for about six or seven days so you will have time to revisit the poll. Oh, and do us a favor: We don't mind if you vote more than once, but we don't allow bots in our polls. These polls help small businesses in our communities. We don't want to have to eliminate one from the poll. Please consider a digital subscription to help support our journalism. Celeste E. Whittaker joined the Courier-Post in 1998. The Willingboro native has covered the Philadelphia 76ers, college and high school sports in her tenure and now covers food, dining, events, arts and
Remember when a road trip meant pulling off the highway for eggs, coffee, and a seat at the counter? New Jersey still has a few places that work exactly that way. Some sit right off the Turnpike, and others hide inside old dining cars that have been serving drivers for generations. Here are five spots where the coffee keeps coming and the 1970s never really left.
CJ McLoone's in Tinton Falls says goodbye after 14 years. Final day of service is in December.
Carv serves rice bowls, salads, burgers and crispy fries for a quick bite between errands.
The family behind Mangia is betting big on homemade ice cream, but Jackson’s sweetest new...
Two dogs were left tied to a pole outside a New Jersey animal refuge on Halloween night, spending the night in the cold before they were discovered, the organization said. The dogs, which appear to be a Bernese mountain dog and a golden retriever, were abandoned outside Associated Humane Societies o…
Nobody warned you that a trip to the Jersey Shore could feel like stepping into a time machine, but here we are. Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park is the kind of place that rearranges your priorities in the best possible way. You go in thinking you’ll spend thirty minutes,...
