Yup and what is available is overpriced and usually served with half a plate of frozen french fries lol. Such an overrated dining neighborhood

For real it looks like a run down hotel

Man you have not eaten in the heights, Chinatown, hell I can even point you to places in ritzy areas of Manhattan with great food at affordable prices. You gotta get out more.

I don’t think there’s a legal definition of a chicken shack but if you have one available you’d like to share please do. I refer to chicken shacks as hole in the wall places that sell a lot of…chicken. Therefore mcwhorter fits the bill.

I said excepting chicken shacks (mcwhorter) and burger places (Krugs) and then you then named a place with barely any options under twenty dollars and bluebird which I’ll concede was a good call. My point being there isn’t much in the ironbound that isn’t a chicken shack or burger place that has decent food for under 20 dollars, even places like mcwhorter are like 75 percent frozen fries and rice. Not exactly something I want to eat on a regular basis.

Nah you just get a credit on your taxes to NJ based on what you pay to NY so you’re not double taxed, NY is not giving any of that money back to NJ LOL.

I can throw a rock in any direction in Manhattan (especially lower and upper manhattan) and find quality restaurants that are priced well below 20 dollars. Why is 20 unreasonable? Costs here are certainly lower than Manhattan so what’s with the upcharging here?

Why don’t most people at mcwhorters order the pork chops then? Why do they grill whole chickens endlessly all day?

You asked me what I consider to be not overpriced, I’m not moving the goal posts I’m just pointing out the exception here certainly proves the rule.

This is honestly Newark, and NJ’s, blessing and curse. We’re so close to NYC so we can take advantage of the jobs, entertainment, culinary options, etc. But then there’s much less of an investment in our own cities because so much of peoples time, money, energy, etc is put into NYC and then people who aren’t from these cities have very little attachment to them.

On top of this because a good chunk of the “new” residents moving into Newark work in NYC the state and city are not seeing any of that tax money so you get new residents but they don’t actually pay in any money to the tax coffers (unless they pay property taxes). So NYC get the benefit of having white collar (and even blue collar) workers who pay into their taxes without having to deliver as much in the way of services and not housing people, while Newark has to provide service, housing, etc for people who work and spend a lot of money elsewhere.

There’s quite a bit of people on the “left” who describe to this idiocy too unfortunately. They think putin is an anti imperialist lol

Sabor unido has barely anything sub 20 dollars on their menu and blueprint is a bit of a bridge between a burger place and more varied restaurant. Most people who go to mcwhorter get the chicken that’s why they cook them en masse on the racks. Also four restaurants in a giant area full of restaurants is not the ringing endorsement you seem to think it is

Yup burger joints and chicken shacks like I said lol

Less than 20 dollars for something that isn’t gonna make me hungry in an hour.

Co-signed on all of this and seabras in particular is foul. I tried getting some broccoli from there recently that legitimately stunk like rubber. I’ve also heard stories of maggots in the produce as well. Just low quality overpriced junk.

Where in the ironbound, that isn’t chicken shacks or burger joints, is the food not overpriced?

Yup and what I enjoy about a lot of the gentrification boosters on this sub is that they keep claiming we can build our way to affordability meanwhile jersey city is insanely priced and they’ve never stopped building like you said

Which restaurants do you like here?

Yeah who doesn’t love dropping 25 dollars for a plate that’s half frozen French fries

Yeah I co-sign on this one immensely. Most places are very underwhelming for a city of ~300k and way overpriced especially in the ironbound

I want it to be better too but I’m not expecting it to be equivalent to NYC, that’s absurd

You want Newark, a poor city that was divested from for decades, to be “just as good” as NYC, the largest and wealthiest city in the country?

“Boarder”

I like it. Keep ‘em coming

NY Times is propaganda?

So first I watched Fox News, now you moved the goal posts and paying for the New York Times is no good either. Where do you get your news from? Friends and family?

Why don’t you exercise some of the limited brain power you still possess and look it up for yourself?

Ugh you’re insufferable man. You’re just talking out of your ass and drawing your own uninformed opinions. Just admit you were wrong, apologize for doubling down, and move on.