If you’re traveling in from Manhattan, try some of our best restaurants located by the PATH stations! Journal Square 15 Fox Place15 Fox Pl Type of cuisine: Italian Website: https://www.facebook.com/15Foxplace/ Swadist Restaurant715 Newark Ave Type of cuisine: Indian, fusion Website: https://swadistmeal.com/ Sapthagiri737 Newark Ave Type of cuisine: Indian Website: https://sapthagiri.biz/ Max’s Restaurant687 Newark Ave Type […]
Big Wake
We are living in a time where music is no longer just made up of guitars, drums, and bass. The explosion in popularity of EDM music and other genres rely heavily on electronics and it sometimes makes you miss the classic rock era and the bare bones stylings of bands such as The Allman Brothers […]
Grove Street Styles
When I started writing ChicpeaJC my goal was to take photos of stylish Jersey City people and interview them for my blog. Then well I guess you know what happened… I wanted to bring back the street style posts on a monthly basis. I assigned friend and talented photographer Nabil to find a few Jersey […]
Freddie Robinson, Jr.
I was first introduced to Freddie over 10 years ago through music. I was in a pop/R&B girl group called Mystiza and he was in an R&B male group called 4Matt. We were introduced by my then manager/producer, Khoa Le, who is now a really amazing film director! I’ve been following Freddie for some time now […]
Celebrate this Halloween with the HDSID!
This is a message for all you ghouls and gals! Halloween might be all about trick or treating, but do you have the rest of your plans in order? Get your costumes and party it on down to Newark Avenue with the HDSID this Halloween. I can’t believe a full year has gone by!! I […]
Groove on Grove 8th Season Finale
Is everybody ready for JC Fridays and the Groove on Grove 8th Season Finale? If not, then you should mark your calendars for Friday, September 11th. Groove on Grove will be participating in the super-mega-giant JC Friday and we can’t wait! Here’s a lineup of what’s to come: 5:00PM Bryan Beninghove Join Bryan Beninghove for […]
Groove on Grove: Artist and Maker Market / Beer Night
Are you ready to get down with your bad self? Groove on Grove is back on August 5th with an awesome lineup and an Artist and Maker Market and beer night!! Wednesday night turn it up! Also, really important to note this will be the last boozy Groove on Grove until JC Friday’s in September! YOU […]
Top Seven Things to Do This Weekend in Jersey City
We’re halfway through July and the events keep pouring in. If you’ve spent most of your time working and trying to get on top of things, take a break. There are so many events going on this weekend that one is bound to be calling your name. While some are recurring, there are single-time events […]
Groove on Grove Presents: Ladies on the Mic!
Groove on Grove is the place to be on a Wednesday evening; live music, good times, good people and it’s all free! This Wednesday there is going to be a special Groove on Grove lineup, it is the fifth annual “Ladies on the Mic”! Which means only women rockers will be stepping up to the […]
Groove on Grove does JC Fridays
This Friday, June 5th is “JC Fridays”; which is a city wide celebration of the arts that happens a few times a year. It also happens to be the year anniversary to the first one I ever covered. Since then I’ve done 3 JC Fridays (I skipped one in the winter to catch up on […]
Groove on Grove is Back!!
Groove on Grove is officially back next Wednesday! and I am so beyond excited for this! Every Wednesday from Spring to Fall you will see me and mini chicpea rocking out right by the stage on Grove Street and Newark Ave. I wanted to get the background story on “GOG” so I reached out to […]