Who knows it it still exists. The other two venues that are more bars with stages that it might have been, are The Pioneer Lounge (cool venue, shitty location) or Jazzbones (shitty venue, cool location).2012 - I can't recall where. I'm sure I could dig it up out of the archives but I don't know if it's worth it for any of us to do that!
Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended
This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.
Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:
All NJ natives.
- Trey Anastacio
- Count Basie
- George Clinton
- Glenn Danzig
- Debbie Harry
- Lauren Hill
- Whitney Houston
- Zakk Wilde
- Ice-T
- The Shirelles
- Paul Simon
- Frank Fucking Sinatra
- Patti Smith
- Toni Bennett
Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.
Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.
You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.
You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:
1776 by David Burke Topgolf Swing Suite Morristown New Jersey
1776 by David Burke is a Morristown, NJ Restaurant featuring Topgolf Swing Suite, bar, indoor & outdoor dining. Menu by Chef David Burke.1776bydb.com
Shumi Japanese Cuisine
Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.shumiomakase.com
Faubourg
www.faubourgmontclair.com
Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey
Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...heirloomkitchen.com
Restaurant Lorenas
Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJrestaurantlorena.com
NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.
Yeah as a fellow Connecticuter as well (born and raised not currently living there), New Jersey is fine. It’s the ugly child of the north east but it’s fine. I’d rather live in New Jersey before more than half of other states. But it’s crowded, congested, smelly, the beaches are overrated, the Jersey Shore sucks, and you can’t even pump your own gas. The gas part is what I don’t like the most. Whenever I’m driving through New Jersey I try not to stop.
Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended
This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.
Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:
All NJ natives.
- Trey Anastacio
- Count Basie
- George Clinton
- Glenn Danzig
- Debbie Harry
- Lauren Hill
- Whitney Houston
- Zakk Wilde
- Ice-T
- The Shirelles
- Paul Simon
- Frank Fucking Sinatra
- Patti Smith
- Toni Bennett
Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.
Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.
You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.
You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:
1776 by David Burke Topgolf Swing Suite Morristown New Jersey
1776 by David Burke is a Morristown, NJ Restaurant featuring Topgolf Swing Suite, bar, indoor & outdoor dining. Menu by Chef David Burke.
Shumi Japanese Cuisine
Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.
Faubourg
Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey
Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...
Restaurant Lorenas
Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJ
NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.
Yeah, Tacoma has a couple of nicknames the classy one is “The City of Destiny”, the blue-collar one literally “Grit City”.
This is the TRUE hot take in your post. I find this hard to believe but always willing to travel for a good bagel so please enlighten me.
If hot take means wrong take, then yesMontreal has better bagels.
(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)
If hot take means wrong take, then yes
I actually am not a huge fan of Montreal style bagels.
I loved Montreal almost as much an NOLA and those bagels are wonderful!Montreal has better bagels.
(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)
I really wanna go back to Montreal one day soon. Last time I was supposed to go was March 2020
. been a minute since I’ve been to Canada.
Nice! Where in CT? I also haven't lived there in years.
(I agree with this. Drives my NY-born and raised partner mad.)Montreal has better bagels.
(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)
They are just very different from what I remember.
What’s the best apizza place in New Haven? I might do a day trip there in the next week or two. Let’s put your theory to the test.
Oh totally, they're basically distinct things. I just prefer the texture of Mtl. bagels most of the time.
I grew up in Berlin, south of Hartford, north of New Haven. So I’ve had New Haven Pizza quite a few times.
All of the mainstays are good. Frank Pepe, Sally’s, Modern, BAR, but I hate how often you have to wait for a table. My personal favorite is Pizza at the Brick Oven. Never any wait and the owner is friendly and funny. It’s a little shop with minimal seating, no frills but the pizza is amazing. Get their Agean pizza, it’s bomb.
Is that you Tom Sharpling?Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended
This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.
Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:
All NJ natives.
- Trey Anastacio
- Count Basie
- George Clinton
- Glenn Danzig
- Debbie Harry
- Lauren Hill
- Whitney Houston
- Zakk Wilde
- Ice-T
- The Shirelles
- Paul Simon
- Frank Fucking Sinatra
- Patti Smith
- Toni Bennett
Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.
Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.
You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.
You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:
1776 by David Burke Topgolf Swing Suite Morristown New Jersey
1776 by David Burke is a Morristown, NJ Restaurant featuring Topgolf Swing Suite, bar, indoor & outdoor dining. Menu by Chef David Burke.
Shumi Japanese Cuisine
Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.
Faubourg
Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey
Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...
Restaurant Lorenas
Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJ
NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.