Guidebook for Jersey City
Shopping
If you need a mall or a movie theater showing first-run movies, the Newport Centre Mall is handily located just one PATH stop from Journal Square.
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Newport Centre
30 Mall Dr WIf you need a mall or a movie theater showing first-run movies, the Newport Centre Mall is handily located just one PATH stop from Journal Square.
This little family-owned liquor store is the best-kept secret in Jersey City. Decent wine selection, good prices, really nice people.
Stuyvesant Liquors Inc
2718 John F. Kennedy BlvdThis little family-owned liquor store is the best-kept secret in Jersey City. Decent wine selection, good prices, really nice people.
A tiny gem of a candy store--delicious homemade chocolates, gift baskets, cookies, and other treats. Family owned since the 1940s and still going strong!
Lee Sims Chocolates
743 Bergen AveA tiny gem of a candy store--delicious homemade chocolates, gift baskets, cookies, and other treats. Family owned since the 1940s and still going strong!
Everything Else
This is the rental car place we always use--they'll even pick you up and drop you off! They have the most competitive prices in the area. Only complaint: they are closed Sundays.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3715 John F. Kennedy BlvdThis is the rental car place we always use--they'll even pick you up and drop you off! They have the most competitive prices in the area. Only complaint: they are closed Sundays.
Arts & Culture
Live organ music played before every movie!! This is the jewel of Journal Square--a truly spectacular landmark that was saved from the wrecking ball in the 1980s. See their website for movie listings.
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Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square PlazaLive organ music played before every movie!! This is the jewel of Journal Square--a truly spectacular landmark that was saved from the wrecking ball in the 1980s. See their website for movie listings.
Essentials
This is the store where we do most of our grocery shopping. Very friendly manager and staff, good prices, and super convenient for picking up groceries on our way home from the train station.
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CTown Supermarkets
885 Bergen AveThis is the store where we do most of our grocery shopping. Very friendly manager and staff, good prices, and super convenient for picking up groceries on our way home from the train station.
A little bit out of the way, but only by a few blocks. Great fish and meat counters, HUGE selection of interesting international goods, nice produce.
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Twin City Supermarket
216 Sip AveA little bit out of the way, but only by a few blocks. Great fish and meat counters, HUGE selection of interesting international goods, nice produce.
We love this little family-owned produce store a few blocks from our building. The fruits and veggies are incredibly fresh and always priced lower than anywhere else in the neighborhood.
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Lucky Farmers Market
718 Bergen AveWe love this little family-owned produce store a few blocks from our building. The fruits and veggies are incredibly fresh and always priced lower than anywhere else in the neighborhood.
Sightseeing
Nearby Lincoln Park (a 5-min walk from our apartment) is great for jogging, feeding the ducks on the pond, or just reading on a park bench. Safe and well maintained. Beautiful in winter after a snow.
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Lincoln Park
1 County Rd 605Nearby Lincoln Park (a 5-min walk from our apartment) is great for jogging, feeding the ducks on the pond, or just reading on a park bench. Safe and well maintained. Beautiful in winter after a snow.
Food Scene
Very conveniently located, and extremely nice people. We find the soups to be too salty, but the sandwiches are great!
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VIP Diner
175 Sip AveVery conveniently located, and extremely nice people. We find the soups to be too salty, but the sandwiches are great!
We love to pop in here for breakfast. They offer amazing bagels and much more--great omelettes, sandwiches, fresh-squeezed OJ, etc.
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Wonder Bagels
517 Jersey AveWe love to pop in here for breakfast. They offer amazing bagels and much more--great omelettes, sandwiches, fresh-squeezed OJ, etc.
Our first "real" neighborhood restaurant! Great menu, full bar, friendly staff. We're so glad this place moved in!
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Carvao BBQ
686 Bergen AveOur first "real" neighborhood restaurant! Great menu, full bar, friendly staff. We're so glad this place moved in!
Drinks & Nightlife
This completely unmarked bar is a neighborhood treasure. Good beer and hard cider on tap, and the best hamburgers and BLTs in Jersey City! Look for the building with wooden siding and no sign.
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New Park Tavern
575 West Side AveThis completely unmarked bar is a neighborhood treasure. Good beer and hard cider on tap, and the best hamburgers and BLTs in Jersey City! Look for the building with wooden siding and no sign.
Fabulous neighborhood pub with lots of great craft beers on tap. Great bartenders, and even some fun surprises like wine ice cream and room to play chess or darts!
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McGinley Square Pub
755 Montgomery StFabulous neighborhood pub with lots of great craft beers on tap. Great bartenders, and even some fun surprises like wine ice cream and room to play chess or darts!