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First-Ever Jersey City Mac + Cheese Festival Taking Place on 11/2

by Lauren Rivera
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Jersey City is home to some of the best food in New Jersey. From old-fashioned American diners to restaurants featuring cuisines from around the world, this city has it all. In an exciting addition to Jersey City’s culinary scene, the City will be hosting its first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival on Saturday, November 2nd. This festival will feature the best mac + cheese creations from local restaurants, including classic bowls of the noodle dish to creative versions featuring the variety in JC’s restaurant scene. Read on for more details about Jersey City’s first-ever Mac + Cheese festival on November 2nd, 2024.

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The Details

Jersey City’s first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival, presented by the same organizers of the Hoboken Mac and Cheese Festival, will be a food crawl. Rather than the festival taking place at one location, attendees can take a tour around Jersey City to sample all kinds of mac + cheese dishes from participating restaurants, such as lobster mac + cheese, mac + cheese with wagyu meatballs and vodka sauce, and more.

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The $35 ticket will include a sample of mac + cheese from every participating location and a coupon for 10% off at Downtown FLWR, a cannabis dispensary located at 141 Newark Avenue. Tickets can be purchased here.

Note that when purchasing tickets, attendees should choose a check-in location. This location will serve as the first stop on the tour. At this location, locals can receive a punch card that will be used to receive each sample. Only one punch card will be given to each guest. There is no designated time for check-in, however, it will end at 3PM.

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Attendees can also purchase an exclusive festival t-shirt as an add-on on Eventbrite.

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Participating Restaurants

The Ashford | 145 Newark Avenue

This restaurant and bar is known for its staple American cuisine. The Ashford will serve its Guinness Lobster Mac and Cheese at the festival.

Better Days | 143 Newark Avenue

Just two doors down from The Ashford, Better Days, a restaurant that serves creative and elevated versions of traditional American dishes, will provide a mac + cheese that includes spicy vodka sauce, wagyu meatballs, and fried truffle onions.

Boots + Bones | 116 Newark Avenue

Boots + Bones, a restaurant specializing in southern comfort food, will include its truffle mac + cheese in the food crawl. This dish is topped with truffle, pancetta, horseradish, and breadcrumbs.

Canopy Central Bistro + Bar | 159 Morgan Street

The restaurant within the Canopy Hotel will be another stop on this tour. For the festival, Canopy will feature a birria mac + cheese dish.

Hamilton Pork | 247 10th Street

Hamilton Pork, a restaurant specializing in Texas-style cuisine, is one of Jersey City’s best barbecue spots. This restaurant will provide its pork belly mac + cheese for the festival.

Healy’s Tavern | 374 Newark Avenue

For those looking forward to spicy samples, this American restaurant known for its burgers and other finger foods will serve a spicy jack cheese mac + cheese dish.

Hudson Hall | 364 Marin Boulevard

For those who want a rather traditional mac + cheese dish without all the extra toppings, this Eastern European eatery will include its original mac + cheese in the festival. This dish is topped with breadcrumbs.

Hudson Hound | 8 Erie Street

This modern Irish restaurant and pub will feature a mac + cheese dish with a three-cheese blend and bacon lardons.

Jam Cakery Events | 326 5th Street

Jam Cakery Events is known for its plant-based foods and desserts. This place will serve a baked vegan mac + cheese during the festival.

O’Haras Bar + Grill | 172 1st Street

This classic sports bar will serve two options, each a blend of traditional mac and cheese and quintessential bar food. Choices will be a buffalo chicken mac + cheese and a traditional mac + cheese.

South House | 149 Newark Avenue

South House is a restaurant known for its Southern cuisine and uniquely-named cocktails. This spot will serve a mac + cheese dish with a house blend of cheese, smoked brisket, and topped with Doritos.

Tony Boloney’s Pizza | 363 Grove Street

This Jersey-based pizzeria is known for its out-of-this-world pizza creations. Naturally, Tony Boloney’s will serve an interesting twist on the classic dish at its Jersey City location. Attendees can expect to try a mac + cheese pizza.

For more information about Jersey City’s Mac + Cheese Festival contact Lokel Group at [email protected].

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