Duncan Edwards

At 408A 7th Avenue in Asbury Park, inside the 21-and-up St. Laurent hotel, there is a bowl of…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There is a funny little myth about French restaurants: the plates are precious, the portions are polite, and…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

The sign outside Conte’s Pizza does not try very hard to impress you, which somehow makes it more…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

Some Jersey City pizza nights start with a white tablecloth and a reservation; others start with a paper…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

The pancake stack at Hatch44 Cafe does not arrive quietly. It shows up tall, purple-tinted, and dressed like…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

The smoke hits before the sign does. It drifts from strip-mall storefronts, shore-town corners, old-school roadside rooms, and…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

The gulls get loud before the town does. Up at the northern tip of Long Beach Island, Barnegat…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

The first clue is usually the line: a cluster of people outside a bakery before brunch, a packed…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

A fully operational World War II tank sitting on a former top-secret Army research campus is not exactly…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

A concrete World War II bunker sits half-swallowed by sand near one of New Jersey’s prettiest lighthouses. A…

By Duncan Edwards · May 20

The first surprise is how quickly Jackson Township disappears once you settle into the tube. One minute, you…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

By 6 p.m. on a summer Saturday, the Jersey Shore dinner shuffle is already in full swing. Flip-flops…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

At Lafayette Mill Antiques Center, a perfectly normal Saturday can vanish somewhere between a rack of vintage coats,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

The first surprise is the glow. In parts of northern New Jersey, ordinary-looking gray rocks can turn electric…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

The first clue that Jhopri is not messing around is the buffet line. This is not one lonely…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

June is when New Jersey gardens stop whispering and start showing off. The tulips have mostly clocked out,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

The line outside 414 Adams Street does not need a velvet rope, a flashing sign, or a host…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

A perfect pork roll sandwich does not need a view, a velvet rope, or a chef’s tasting menu.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 19

The best clue is the smell. Before the plate lands, before someone at the table says, “You have…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

A proper Jersey sandwich does not politely sit on a plate. It leans. It sags at the edges.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

A 13-by-31-foot room in Kearny once had more authority than most train stations ever get. Hidden inside the…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

New Jersey has a talent for hiding its prettiest places in plain sight. Beyond the famous shore stops…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

At Browns Bargain Barn, the smartest shoppers are not always the ones who show up first. Sometimes they…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

Stand in the right spot in New Jersey and a bridge can feel less like a way across…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

The first thing you notice is the pink. Not a shy pink, not a tasteful “maybe beige if…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

A chair at the bar with a death legend. A bride who never made it down the stairs.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 18

Espo’s does not sit on some glossy restaurant row where everything looks designed for a photo before the…

By Duncan Edwards · May 17

A wooden boardwalk floating over cattails. A lighthouse peeking over dune grass. A waterfall tucked into the woods…

By Duncan Edwards · May 17

You know you have found the place before you technically arrive. A bright red barn appears along US…

By Duncan Edwards · May 17