Duncan Edwards

Somewhere between the first plate of crab legs and the “just one more” scoop of lo mein, New…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The Giant Wheel is usually the first thing you notice, rising over Beach Haven like a glowing reminder…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The best red sauce meal in New Jersey usually starts before the first plate hits the table. It…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The water in the Pine Barrens can look like black coffee even at noon, so imagine it after…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

Some of New Jersey’s best meals begin with a double take: a house on a quiet Jersey City…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A croissant behind the glass case is doing a lot of talking at Mind The Gap Coffee. So…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A paper boat of hot dogs, a cheesesteak on a round poppy-seed roll, a banh mi that crunches…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A cloud of tire smoke hanging over Pension Road feels different now than it did 20 years ago.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A New Jersey lake day does not always announce itself with boardwalk fries and beach-tag drama. Sometimes it…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A salted caramel latte lands on the counter with a whole macaron balanced on top, and that pretty…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

At 10 a.m., you can be sipping coffee beside a train station in Collingswood, stretching into chair yoga…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with lobster is already a pretty strong opening argument, but Oasis Mexican Grill…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A giraffe chewing lazily in Cape May, a waterfall roaring through Paterson, a skyline glowing across the Hudson,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A splatter of neon paint on a tree trunk, someone yelling “move left,” and the sudden realization that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

The coffee comes fast, the plates come faster, and somewhere between the chrome trim and the clatter from…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

The mac and cheese dumplings arrive like a little dare: four hand-folded pockets stuffed not with pork or…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A waterfall roars in the middle of Paterson. A fairy village waits in the woods of Millburn. A…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A white missile points toward the sky near the edge of the Jersey Shore, and somehow that is…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

The best seafood meals in New Jersey don’t always come with ocean views, valet stands, or menus that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A granite door stands permanently ajar in a Camden cemetery, as if Walt Whitman left it that way…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A funny thing happens in New Jersey: you can leave the house for “just a few hours” and…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A burrito place that serves a drink called Pipe Cleaner is already asking you to pay closer attention.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

Some of New Jersey’s best views do not announce themselves with much drama. One minute you are driving…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

The avocado toast lands looking like it knows it has a reputation to protect. Two sunny fried eggs…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1

A hot New Jersey afternoon has a way of making even the shortest errand feel dramatic. The car…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1

You can hear Route 73 humming nearby, and then, a few steps later, the marsh takes over. Reeds…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1

The real danger of a good New Jersey thrift store is thinking you are “just running in.” Five…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1

The first clue that Pleasant Valley Lavender has a sense of humor is not the sweeping purple field.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1

A red mill beside a waterfall. Gas lamps glowing outside Victorian porches. A college green where Revolutionary War…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 1