Duncan Edwards

A pedal boat slides past the boathouse, kids are negotiating one more run through the splash pad, and…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

The group chat starts with “I’m easy,” which is almost never true. Ten minutes later, one person wants…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

The double smash burger at Bowl Burger Bistro does not arrive like it is trying to politely join…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

The tunnel goes dark, the rocks suddenly glow neon green and orange, and for a second New Jersey…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

At 60 Sip Ave, Thai Plates does the Jersey City magic trick: it looks modest enough to miss…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

A cookie stop has a funny way of changing the whole mood of a drive. One minute, you…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

There’s a moment at American Dream when the whole thing feels completely unreasonable in the best possible way:…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

The easiest New Jersey day trips are the ones where your biggest decision is whether to get coffee…

By Duncan Edwards · May 24

By late afternoon, the thing you want most in Raritan may already be gone. Not a parking spot.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

You know you are close when the road starts hugging the Delaware and the scenery quietly changes its…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

The first clue that dinner at The Loft Steakhouse in Lakewood is not going to be a quick…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

The best BYOB dinner in New Jersey usually starts before you even sit down: a quick stop for…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

Stand on the lawn of Congress Hall in Cape May and the whole thing feels almost too pretty…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

There is a very specific kind of summer hunger that hits somewhere between sunscreen, salt air, and the…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

Tillie still grins like he knows something the rest of us are only just catching up to. That…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

A hippo floating behind glass in Camden. Wolves howling through the trees near the Delaware Water Gap. Alpacas…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

A brass lamp in one window, a stack of old postcards in another, and somewhere nearby, someone is…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

The best fried chicken in New Jersey does not live in one lane. It might come in a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

There’s a Belgian waffle in Jersey City doing the work of a full brunch reservation, and it is…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A Jersey winery day can start with salt air in Cape May, end beside a fire pit in…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

There is something very Jersey City about finding one of the area’s most talked-about brunch plates inside a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

You can sip coffee under brownstone stoops in Hoboken, catch an ocean breeze in Asbury Park, tour colonial…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A 125-foot Dutch windmill rising over tulip fields in Cream Ridge is not the sort of thing most…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A stone arch in Princeton still takes daily traffic the way it has since George Washington’s first term.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

The carousel horse outside The Hobby Horse Ice Cream Parlor & Cafe looks like it wandered off an…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

A fork cuts into grilled halloumi, honey pulls into a glossy thread, and suddenly Route 17, Bloomfield Avenue,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There’s a burger on Route 22 that does not politely sit on the plate. It arrives stacked, glossy,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There is a moment on the Jersey Turnpike when the state refuses to be reduced to a punchline.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There’s a very specific sound a great bagel makes before you even taste it: that little crackle when…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21