Isn't it time we had a Jersey City thread?

By contrast my friend bought a rowhouse in South Philly, in sort of a working class neighborhood, for under $100,000. His mortgage and taxes are like my rent.

Also, I'm now on this board: http://www.jclist.com as "JSalt". Holler at me if you're on there.

Good tacos during the week too - especially the carnitas and nopales.

Oh bah, Grand and Grove? I never get down there anymore.

Roadside Graves
American Altitude (my band)
DJ Doc
Reg E. Gaines
fundraiser show for Arthouse Productions
9pm

http://www.loewsjersey.net/

SUEZ CANAL!

SUEZ FUCKING CANAL!

Small salad
Eggplant & Peppers appetizer
Tahini sauce/pita
Brown Rice
One delicious whole barbecued porgy
One fried fillet of grouper in yummy garlicky tomato relish
two mint teas
$23
WAHT?!

Also finally made it to the Loews to see Strangers on a Train. Incredible theater.

As disappointing as Jersey City is in terms of music, nightlife, etc., the food situation has become really good.

Within walking distance of my place now I have very good Vietnamese, taqueria Mexican, Italian deli, and decent Greek, Cuban, and falafel/shawarma, all cheap, plus a couple of good coffee places, an excellent tea shop, and two mid to higher price-range places I like (Marco & Pepe, Madame Claude). One PATH stop away (Journal Square) there are a bunch of good Indian restaurants, both Northern and Southern, as well as the Egyptian fish place, and in the other direction (by the waterfront) there are a couple of very good, not-too-expensive sushi places. I don't really like the one thai place near me, but another one is about to open a few blocks from my apartment.

The area from Grove Street to the water is getting more and hideous every day. I kind of assumed as more money poured into the area they'd at least build nicer buildings, but the whole thing just looks like a mid-level finance worker storage area (which I guess is what it is) - like I expect the buildings to be full of cryo-freeze compartments instead of actual dwellings.

Food update: The Little Sandwich Shop, which just opened on Manilla, is a very good, inexpensive deli.

1,000% OTM

I like following Jason Perlow's "Off the Broiler" blog for NJ food porn.

I won't be reviving this thread anymore.

Why not?

I moved to Brooklyn.

You guys should move to Brooklyn.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/10/21/_center_Oops_center_.htm

JERSEY CITY (CN) - Parents say an Alcorr Transit bus driver showed hardcore pornography to 28 preschoolers on a field trip to the Land of Make Believe. Apparently it was inadvertent, but it continued "for several minutes" until the driver responded to "the screams and shouts of the parents."
The preschool, PRR Corp., says it hired Alcorr to take 28 children, ages 3 to 8, on a field trip. Apparently the bus driver watched the movie while the kids and parents were at the park, then left it on after the children returned for the ride home.
"As the bus was traveling, the children and adults were subjected to the graphic images and sound of said hardcore pornographic movie," according to the complaint in Hudson County Court. "The passengers were subjected to this for several minutes before the driver turned it off as a result of the screams and shouts of the parents.
"As a result of this incident, numerous parents removed their children from plaintiff's preschool, causing plaintiff a severe loss of income. Further, as a result of word of the incident spreading throughout the community, plaintiff suffered numerous cancellations in its enrollment and a great decrease in the number of applications for future enrollment, resulting in a severe loss of income."
Plaintiff is represented by Lonny Hirsch.

Hey, my old employer reported that. (The website, not the bus company!)

what's on fire out there?

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/11/tanker_in_flames_on_the_wester.html

thx

is there anything to do in jc? apart from watch fires, or read about what be defiled by your councilman etc? i want a cafe to sit in late or something.

typo/too much time gingerly phrasing 'or be defiled by your councilman' so as not to offend/slander.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4152034622/in/photostream/

neat

also i think i had never been around grove st 2 years ago

my friend is hosting a quiz night on Grove St tomw at 8:

http://www.themerchantnj.com/

Can't promise I'm attending yet, but could happen.

Trivia again at the bar above tonight. Very winnable if you play with me.

vintage horror this weekend at the Loews, incl Nosferatu on the pipe organ tonight

http://www.loewsjersey.org/films

aw that sounds fucking great, can't go though

also, rockin' in the cemetery on Saturday

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/10/jersey_city_rockers_raise_the_dead_as_music_legends_at_cemetery_benefit_concert.html

Ghost of Uncle Joe's? What is it about Jerseyans that they love carrying the torch for lost causes so much.

??? It's just a name, dude.

They're not actually trying to reopen the best dive bar in New York (that happens to be in New Jersey).