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Bear Sighting Caught On Video In Robbinsville Township, NJ
Summer is officially in full swing and we have seen quite a few bear sightings in Mercer County, New Jersey this year so far! We got word that there has been yet another black bear sighting in Robbinsville Township within the last few days. During this time of year, we...
Walmart building massive new warehouse of the future in NJ
PILESGROVE — Walmart giveth and taketh away in Salem County with the closing of one facility and the announcement of a new one. A Walmart distribution center under construction in Pilesgrove is one of five being built around the country as part of a plan to make its online grocery business more efficient.
4 New Restaurants Proposed For The Walmart Center In Freehold, NJ
The Jersey retail scene is kind of a wild one; things are constantly opening and closing without warning. For example, Big Dogs Cafe out of nowhere closed up shop, leaving thousands of us asking what happened. More on that here. Or there's the Chubby Unicorn Donut Shop, at one time...
Guy Fieri, It’s Time: New Jersey Wants Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at These Spots
We can't get enough, whether it's Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives, or the hundred other Food Network shows he's on. The NJ love of Fieri is mutual. He is a big fan of The Garden State. Guy has featured so many phenomenal eateries on DDD over the years. He revisited Jersey Shore's...
Olive Garden Making Major Change; NJ & PA Customers Won’t Be Happy
Olive Garden has many fans, and oh boy are they loyal. Whenever I drive by my local Olive Garden it's packed. It seems like there are always people sitting around outside, anxiously waiting for their names to be called. I get it. Who doesn't love that salad, those breadsticks, and...
Smokin’ Success: New Jersey BBQ Joint Takes America’s Top Spot
You can't just lather something in sauce and call it barbeque. As grill masters and enthusiasts will tell you, the best barbeque requires a lot of TLC. The South claims to have the best barbeque, and they are right. At least, that is based on my experience. Some of the...
The Oldest Diner In New Jersey Is Only 20 Years Old, Here’s How
New Jersey has a rich diner history, and seeing how we're the diner capital of the country it makes sense that we're also home to the oldest diner in America. Jersey has a ton of great diners, and you can grab a bite to eat at places like Tops Diner, the Harrison House in Mullica Hill, The Rainbow Diner, and the Brick Diner, which are all classics.
$643,000 winning lottery ticket sold at North Wildwood, NJ, Wawa
Someone who walked into a North Wildwood Wawa store is a lot richer today after purchasing a lottery ticket worth more than $600,000. According to New Jersey Lottery, a $1,000,000 Diamond Spectacular scratch off got the buyer of the ticket pretty darn close to becoming a millionaire turning a $10 purchase into $643,000.
Wawa fan in NJ goes viral collecting every possible receipt number
There’s this old cliche of an answer for mountain climbers asked why they climbed a dangerous, treacherous mountain. Sometimes it’s just as simple as a challenge. Even if the challenge is one only you yourself understand. Maybe for a certain New Jersey guy collecting every Wawa order receipt number 0 through 999 was his mountain.
The ultimate Jersey Shore guide to biting greenhead flies
Ah, the joys of summer at the Jersey Shore! Sun, surf, sand, and ... greenhead flies. Also known as salt marsh flies, greenflies, greenies, and "those little ************s," these bloodsuckers are one of New Jersey's most fearsome, most annoying, most hated pests. And I have the welts on my legs to prove it.
12 spots in New Jersey to get the best wings
As we discussed on Monday, I had the hottest wing ever over the weekend at Marley's Gotham Grill in Hackettstown. Got me thinking about some of the great wing places across our state. Everyone has a favorite place to get hot, sweet, spicy, savory wings for dinner, the house party,...
Yelp named the best fried chicken found in New Jersey
It’s not exactly the first food you think of when it comes to a summer feast but who doesn’t love a good batch of fried chicken?. It’s one of America’s favorite comfort food and it even has its own national day. Just two days after the Fourth of July, National Fried Chicken Day is the perfect time to take a break from the BBQ scene.
Dave Portnoy’s pizza festival is coming and 8 joints are from NJ
If pizza were a nation, Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy would be its president. When it comes to pizza Portnoy might arguably be the most important man on the planet. His reviews can make or break a pizza shop. I had some hometown pride myself when he went to Nancy’s Town House in Rahway (I was born and raised there) and gave it an 8.8. He also loved the atmosphere inside but as almost always did his review standing just outside.
North Jersey pizza shop named among 18 best in the nation
San Juan, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, Seattle, New Haven, Houston, Detroit, San Francisco, Chicago (especially Chicago), Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Austin. The Jeopardy! question is…. “What cities know nothing about good pizza?”. Correct!. Yet there they all were with honors for having a pizza place called among the...
Family planning to sell iconic N.J. restaurant after 75 years in business
One of New Jersey’s most scenic and remote restaurants, the Walpack Inn in Sussex County, may soon be on the market. Four members of the family that has owned the iconic restaurant for 75 years, in a famously isolated Sussex County town with less than a dozen residents, have announced plans to seek a buyer.
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