New Jersey

Stand on the lawn of Congress Hall in Cape May and the whole thing feels almost too pretty…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

There is a very specific kind of summer hunger that hits somewhere between sunscreen, salt air, and the…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

Tillie still grins like he knows something the rest of us are only just catching up to. That…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

A hippo floating behind glass in Camden. Wolves howling through the trees near the Delaware Water Gap. Alpacas…

By Duncan Edwards · May 23

A brass lamp in one window, a stack of old postcards in another, and somewhere nearby, someone is…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

The best fried chicken in New Jersey does not live in one lane. It might come in a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

There’s a Belgian waffle in Jersey City doing the work of a full brunch reservation, and it is…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A Jersey winery day can start with salt air in Cape May, end beside a fire pit in…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

There is something very Jersey City about finding one of the area’s most talked-about brunch plates inside a…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

You can sip coffee under brownstone stoops in Hoboken, catch an ocean breeze in Asbury Park, tour colonial…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A 125-foot Dutch windmill rising over tulip fields in Cream Ridge is not the sort of thing most…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

A stone arch in Princeton still takes daily traffic the way it has since George Washington’s first term.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 22

The carousel horse outside The Hobby Horse Ice Cream Parlor & Cafe looks like it wandered off an…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

A fork cuts into grilled halloumi, honey pulls into a glossy thread, and suddenly Route 17, Bloomfield Avenue,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There’s a burger on Route 22 that does not politely sit on the plate. It arrives stacked, glossy,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There is a moment on the Jersey Turnpike when the state refuses to be reduced to a punchline.…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

There’s a very specific sound a great bagel makes before you even taste it: that little crackle when…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

Some Jersey Shore mornings begin with quiet waves and Victorian porches. Others start with arcade bells, sunscreen negotiations,…

By Duncan Edwards · May 21

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