Duncan Edwards

At 6 p.m., Johnson’s Locust Hall Farm stops feeling like a daytime farm outing and starts feeling like…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 26

Some New Jersey brunches start with a quiet cup of coffee. Others begin with a pop tart dressed…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

A white Buddha rises from the trees beside Route 27, calm as ever while New Jersey does what…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

A quiet street in New Jersey can fool you. One minute you are grabbing coffee, parallel parking badly,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

There is something funny about walking into dinner through a building that once made people lower their voices,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

A Saturday in a New Jersey college town can turn on a dime: one minute you are walking…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

A stream slips through the rocks here like it knows it is part of the show. One minute…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

Some summer days in New Jersey start with one simple mission: get the kids wet before everyone melts…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

The red awnings outside Angelo’s Glassboro Diner do not try to compete with the newer, shinier corners of…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 25

There are sandwiches, and then there are New Jersey deli sandwiches: overstuffed, slightly messy, proudly opinionated, and usually…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

A room full of chocolate sounds like the kind of thing you’d find in a children’s book, not…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

The real Jersey Shore dessert test happens after your shoulders are salty, your flip-flops are gritty, and someone…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

The tomahawk doesn’t arrive quietly at Drifthouse. It has presence. A deep char, a dramatic bone, that rich…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

The best blueberry pie trips in New Jersey usually start with one person saying, “Let’s just stop for…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

The first thing you notice at Clementina is that the room does not behave like a former hardware…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

The best kind of New Jersey silence is not actually silent. It is the soft crunch of pine…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

There’s a rolling library ladder behind the coffee counter, which is your first hint that A Cup of…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 24

A tunnel wall suddenly flashes neon green under ultraviolet light. A tiny wooden door appears at the base…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

The first clue is the roaster. Not a cute little decorative coffee gadget tucked behind the counter, but…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

A 15,000-bottle wine tower in Bedminster. A 35-seat Sicilian BYOB in Collingswood. A Jersey City pizza counter that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

The first thing to know about Gioia Mia is that it does not act like it needs to…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

There is a certain kind of Jersey shopping trip that starts with “I’m just going to browse” and…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

At 5 p.m. on a Monday, when most of Hoboken is still recovering from the weekend and pretending…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

A square of lasagna has a funny way of exposing a kitchen. Too dry, and everyone knows it.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 23

The first clue that New Jersey’s Thai scene is having a moment? You can eat your way from…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 22

A picnic table on a side lawn does not sound like the beginning of a North Jersey institution,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 22

A red telephone booth hiding a Belmar bar, an old Ocean Grove apothecary getting its ice cream window…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 22

A little glass cup of key lime pie has a funny way of making dinner feel less serious.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 22

A rooftop cocktail with the Manhattan skyline glowing behind it. A crab cake eaten in a no-frills Shore…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 22