The Hoboken Girl Team 
Yala Halal American Food will open soon at 155 3rd Street, according to sources affiliated with the property. The spot was formerly home to gluten-free bakery Annie + Em, which closed in May 2025, and prior to that, was home to seafood restaurant Tutta Pesca. Read on for more about Yala Halal American Food’s plans to open in Hoboken.
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Yala Halal American Food
Broker Andrew Botticelli shared the information that Yala Halal American Food will be taking over the space at 155 3rd Street. It is a Staten Island-based local franchise that serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and more, and it’s all Halal. Halal refers to meat that has been butchered according to Islamic dietary guidelines.
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The menu includes classic breakfast items like egg sandwiches and pancakes and waffles. Other menu items include rice platters, gyros, ‘yalarritos’, which are burritos, and quesadillas. A specialty item of note is the Loaded Yala, which is a choose-your-own-adventure style entree with your choice of meat and sides.
Prior Tenants
The immediately previous tenant in the space was gluten-free bakery Annie + Em’s. Annie + Em’s was first introduced to the Hoboken bakery scene on October 19th, 2020, when owners and sister duo Krista and Emma shared the news that they were opening a bakeshop in the former Tutta Pesca location on 3rd Street in Hoboken. It officially opened on February 22nd, 2022.
The Hoboken residents shared that the Mile Square has a special place in both of their hearts, and could not wait to introduce Annie + Em’s to the community of local businesses here. Krista and Emma grew up in New Jersey and have always had a soft spot for sweets.
Tutta Pesca was the tenant before Annie + Em’s. The Italian-American restaurant with a specialty in seafood opened in 2016 and closed in 2020. While there were rumors that the business would take over the space at 557 1st Street, which was previously home to Northern Soul. The restaurant closed in June 2020, ostensibly for repairs, and the sale was confirmed in July 2020.
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Meanwhile, the space at 557 1st Street was home to Northern Soul from its 2008 opening till its move in 2016 to the Sky Club building, located at 700 1st Street. Northern Soul closed in 2024. That space is now a wine bar called With Love, Valentina, which opened in February 2026.
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