New Jersey

There is a very specific kind of New Jersey family hike where nobody asks, “Are we there yet?”…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

The first warning sign is the smell of warm pretzel dough sneaking through the doorway before you even…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

A proper New Jersey hot dog run can take you from a no-frills counter by the PATH train…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

The glow hits Broad Avenue before the food does. One minute, you are on a familiar Palisades Park…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

The best New Jersey family road trip might start with skyline selfies in Jersey City and end with…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

A mastodon skeleton stands on the second floor of a Rutgers building like it has been waiting patiently…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

A copper fleche over Newark, a hand-wound clock in Shrewsbury, a chapel pulpit brought from France, and an…

By Duncan Edwards · May 29

There’s a brick-pathed garden in Port Murray where basil is not just basil. It can be lemony, spicy,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

The best New Jersey weekend trips often begin with a very specific decision: antique store or river walk,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

There is a full-size Volkswagen bus inside Brownstone Pancake Factory in Brick, and somehow, that is not even…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

The best Jersey seafood meals rarely announce themselves with white tablecloths. More often, they start with a paper…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

A giant cookie painted on a building is not exactly subtle, but that is part of the fun.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

There was a time when a kid in North Jersey could hear “Come on over!” and know exactly…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

The first thing you notice at 421 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road is not a tower of finished doughnuts sitting…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

A hand-painted sign, a two-lane road, a bakery box balanced on someone’s passenger seat, and suddenly New Jersey…

By Duncan Edwards · May 28

There is a particular kind of pizza confidence that only happens in New Jersey. It is not loud.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

The most famous cut to black in TV history happened over onion rings in Bloomfield, not on a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

The bread tells you almost everything. Before anyone starts debating pasta shapes or pretending they are “just going…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

Some New Jersey bridges announce themselves before you ever reach them. The George Washington Bridge flashes between apartment…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

The dinner table might be set between raised beds, under a soft Cape May sky, with the day’s…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

A frog pond at the governor’s mansion, a 19th-century projection room in a country estate, a Pine Barrens…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

At 154 Woodbridge Avenue in Highland Park, White Rose Hamburgers looks like the kind of place that has…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

A great sushi night in New Jersey can start in wildly different ways: slipping through a tucked-away omakase…

By Duncan Edwards · May 27

A plate lands on the table at Broad Street Diner in Keyport, and for a second, everyone gets…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26

At 7 a.m. in New Jersey, some of the best decisions of the day are made while standing…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26

There’s a moment at Gilchrist Offshore Restaurant when the plate lands and everything else on the table suddenly…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26

A rock that looks ordinary in daylight suddenly glows like a candy-colored alien artifact. A shark glides overhead…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26

The first surprise is the sand. Not “a little patch by the water” sand, but bright, beach-day sand…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26

Follow the smoke in New Jersey and you might end up somewhere wildly unpretentious: a counter inside a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 26