By Sally Deering
The Paulus Hook section of Jersey City located downtown near Exchange Place is a mix of old and new brownstones and hi-rises, small and big businesses, and restaurants and bars tucked inside the nooks and crannies of this beautiful neighborhood. One charming and cozy bistro is the Lisbon Bar & Restaurant on York Street, a tiny gem of a restaurant that serves traditional Portuguese cuisine to its neighborhood clientele and regulars who have been dining at Lisbon since it first opened around the corner on Warren Street 20 years ago.
When the lease ran out on their space on Warren Street a few years ago, the Lisbon re-opened its doors around the corner on York. That seems to be the only big change, says Joe Cunha, Lisbon’s manager. The menu has pretty much stayed the same, traditional and modern Portuguese and Spanish cuisine featuring seafood, meat, poultry and pasta dishes using fresh ingredients and flavored with the spices of Portugal and Spain. Continue reading Restaurant VIEWS: The Lisbon Bar & Restaurant In Jersey City-A Paulus Hook Bistro serving Fine Portuguese Cuisine
LIVE 12:30 to 3:30: Pilsener Haus Family Fun Day – “Big Jeff” and the Bouncy People, the Jammin’ Family Band, will jam out at the Biergarten on Sunday. Unique, soaring harmony groove that bounces between the Beatles and the Wiggles. This show will include a whole bunch of country-rockin’ original tunes, well-known children’s favorites, wintery holiday celebrations, family-friendly classic rock, jumping, clapping, jingle bells, singing along and dancing on one leg!
Are you feeling the January blahs that seem to come right after the holiday highs? No need to hide under the covers on these cold winter nights watching other people have fun on TV. Put on your galoshes and wooly muffs and go somewhere new, sip a trendy ‘tini, taste a new delish dish!
JERSEY CITY (NOVEMBER 2011) – The Iron Monkey Bar & Restaurant will host its 15th annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 24, 2011. Since 1996, the Iron Monkey has opened its doors to the Jersey City community and offered free Thanksgiving meals to anyone in need of a place to celebrate the holiday. 
Johnny Rockets invites locals and visitors to celebrate the grand opening of its new restaurant at Newport Centre in Jersey City on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 4-7 p.m. Guests will enjoy a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Franchise Owner Bill White, samples of Hamburgers and Shakes, and will have the opportunity to win a raffle for a $100 gift card. Guests who come dressed as a rock ‘n’ roll icon will receive a free sodapop and the chance to win a $50 gift card.
