These 13 New Jersey Blueberry Pie Stops Are Worth Every Mile
The first real bite of August is not always a peach dripping down your wrist or corn steam rolling off a roadside stand. Sometimes it…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7, 2026
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The first real bite of August is not always a peach dripping down your wrist or corn steam rolling off a roadside stand. Sometimes it…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7, 2026
New Jersey
At the Market Street exit off Route 29 in Trenton, traffic does what traffic always does: merges, honks,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7
New Jersey
The spoon always disappears first. Someone swears they only wanted “a small,” someone else is already negotiating for…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7
New Jersey
The road narrows, the marsh opens up, and suddenly the GPS feels less like a tool and more…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7
New Jersey
The best hot dog runs in New Jersey rarely start with white tablecloths or a reservation. They start…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 7
New Jersey
A pink subway car, a pool filled with oversized sprinkles, and ice cream handed out like it is…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
That first crackly bite of fried catfish has a very specific kind of drama. The fork breaks through…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is the sound. Not one sound, really, but a whole upstairs racket of…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
The first warning sign is usually the parking lot that somehow feels full before breakfast. Then comes the…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
The first thing that gets you is the color. Not the trees, not the quiet hills around Hardwick,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
The best meals in New Jersey are not always waiting under skyline views or beside boardwalks with neon…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
There is a moment at Shady Rest Restaurant when the whole thing feels like a trick. You pull…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
A knight gallops past your table, someone at the next row is cheering for the red-and-yellow section like…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 6
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is not the chicken. It is the confidence. Dave’s Hot Chicken in Wayne…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
The best lighthouse views in New Jersey usually arrive with a little drama: wind tugging at your jacket,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
You can learn a lot about a diner from the way it handles a cup of coffee at…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A folding table stacked with old Pyrex, a box of vinyl records marked “$2 each,” and someone three…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A coffin over dinner should feel like a warning. At The Old Canal Inn in Nutley, it somehow…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A lighthouse stairwell feels different when the ocean wind starts pressing against the windows. So does an old…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
A staircase, a plain old “BAR” sign, and the feeling that you may have accidentally walked into somebody’s…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
The coffee cup lands with a soft clink, the griddle hisses somewhere behind the counter, and suddenly it…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 5
New Jersey
At the corner of Ocean Avenue and Beacon Boulevard in Sea Girt, there’s a red-brick Victorian house that…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A tiny fairy door wedged into a tree root. A boardwalk floating over a Vernon marsh. A lighthouse…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
Three masts rise above the play area like somebody accidentally docked a storybook ship in the middle of…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
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A tunnel wall suddenly glows electric green and fire-red under ultraviolet light, and for a second, New Jersey…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A plate lands on the table at Bahrs Landing, and suddenly everyone goes quiet for half a second.…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
Stand on the right ridge in New Jersey and the whole state suddenly rearranges itself. The highways shrink…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
The first thing you notice is not the ocean. It is the smell of hot batter hitting oil…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
There is a very specific kind of joy in ordering pizza, pasta, empanadas, tacos, or cake without turning…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 4
New Jersey
A few steps from the Delaware River, where Frenchtown usually looks like it was built for porch-sitting, bridge-walking,…
By Duncan Edwards · Jul 3