New Jersey

One bakery turns a cinnamon-swirled fried pastry into something called a “Frie.” Another sends you home with loaves…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

A canvas bag can get dangerously heavy before 9 a.m. at the Burlington County Farmers Market. One minute,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

One awkward landing. One hamstring that suddenly says “absolutely not.” One shoulder that starts barking halfway through a…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

Walk through the doors of Princeton University Chapel and your eyes immediately have a problem: there is simply…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A whole Muscovy duck gets carved tableside in Collingswood, with its sauce finished using an antique French press.…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

Wall Stadium Speedway is one of those New Jersey places that still feels alive with local tradition. Near…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A mine tunnel glowing electric green and red under ultraviolet light. The cracked roads of a long-dead safari…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

It can be 85 degrees in Ocean City, with sand still stuck to your ankles and the smell…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

There is a dangerous moment at an Amish market when the smell of warm butter, cinnamon, and fresh…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

There is a red-roofed diner on Route 130 in Westville with a backstory that sounds less like restaurant…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A rusted wheel half-buried beside a stream, a mansion wall with trees growing where the ballroom once stood,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A few steps off the Rutgers–New Brunswick orbit, there is a restaurant where the menu treats stromboli less…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

At one New Jersey museum, you can stare down a primitive human-powered submarine. At another, a 20-million-year-old walrus…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

Take Exit 13A off the New Jersey Turnpike, follow the signs toward Jersey Gardens Boulevard, and a routine…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

There’s a particular kind of optimism required to pull into a New Jersey waterfront restaurant at 7 p.m.…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

By the time the lunch crowd starts thinking about brisket, the brisket at Local Smoke BBQ has already…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

There is a particular moment every serious flea-market shopper knows: you arrive planning to browse for 20 minutes,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

A black-and-white owl above a storefront on Berlin-Cross Keys Road is about the only clue that something interesting…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

One minute you’re crawling along a North Jersey road with strip malls in the rearview mirror; the next,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

A miniature jukebox sits beside your booth, the room glows red, and somewhere nearby a 12-inch pizza is…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

A 24-ounce Delmonico that still comes in under $40. A steak in Carlstadt that hits the table sizzling…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

A hulking red gristmill from the 1840s stands just off Route 15 in Lafayette, and these days it…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

At 15 Fox Place, the dining room used to be somebody’s bedroom. In Belleville, a Peruvian chef named…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

A set of century-old painted-glass doors is not what you expect to find while heading out for tea…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

There is a particular moment at a good New Jersey buffet when your dinner plate stops looking like…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

There’s a moment at Vincent’s Homemade Ice Cream when ordering a simple cone stops being simple. You look…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

In Demarest, the average residential property-tax bill rose by $1,371 in one year, landing at $26,112 in 2025.…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 10

A bowling ball rolls down a lane while animated graphics ripple across the boards, someone is taking ten…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 9

Drive far enough from New Jersey’s interstates and strip malls, and the scenery can change with almost comic…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 9