56 Responses to ** Hoboken Italian Festival 2008 **

• 41. truth1 September 6th 2008 - 09:37:36 |

  Regarding good places to eat in Hoboken I’ve seen Delfino’s mentioned. One should not forget Three A’s on 4th and Grand which has great food and a good sports bar as well.

  
  

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• 42. Jailbird September 6th 2008 - 13:06:39 |

  truth1 wrote:

  Regarding good places to eat in Hoboken I’ve seen Delfino’s mentioned. One should not forget Three A’s on 4th and Grand which has great food and a good sports bar as well.

  Delfino’s is God awful….like cardboard soaked with vegetable oil….

  
  

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• 43. ShimShady September 7th 2008 - 02:51:34 |

  I forgot to mention Augustino’s- although there are irritating things about that resturant the food is phenomenal. Augustino’s is a more formal white tablecloth place than the places I mentioned earlier- which pretty much means the full spectrum of Italian dining is covered in Hoboken.

  
  

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• 44. MF September 8th 2008 - 11:36:16 |

  slim shady, i didn’t want to have to dignify your prior jab at me (before #43), but, what the hell. obviously you have no clue about the restaurants in the suburbs because they almost go without saying (like saying the sky is blue) and, too, because you are mentioning PIZZA JOINTS like Delfino’s?! if that’s your idea of a nice night out dining, wow.

  
  

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• 45. ShimShady September 10th 2008 - 00:53:21 |

  MF, although I’d hate to denigrate this board into yet another 2-way bickerfest, I feel compelled to say that I disagree with your fundemental and frankly poorly expressed opinion that the Italian resturants of the suburbs “go without saying”, meaning they are of uniform high quality.

  I named several “italian” food places which admittedly- with the possible exception of Augustino’s- are not “fine dining experiences”, but are places which in my opinion are worthwhile, and all within the borders of Hoboken. You give no specifics. Which Italian fine dining resturants in the “suburbs” are so good they “go without saying”? Please include the amount of michelin stars they’ve gotten.

  Best, PP

  
  

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• 46. emarche September 10th 2008 - 08:18:27 |

  Scalini Fedeli in Chatham, La Foccacia out in Summit, Di Maio in Berkeley Heights…a lot more where those came from.

  
  

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• 47. winesnob September 10th 2008 - 08:33:24 |

  emarche wrote:

  Scalini Fedeli in Chatham, La Foccacia out in Summit, Di Maio in Berkeley Heights…a lot more where those came from.

  scalini fideli is great, their sister place in jersey city porto leggaro is also worth a visit

  
  

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• 48. emarche September 10th 2008 - 08:43:39 |

  Where is that in Jersey City and, more importantly, is it tough to get a table?

  
  

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• 49. strand tramp September 10th 2008 - 08:54:24 |

  when i waltzed thru this 4 day “event” on the taxpayers waterfront i was struck that this looks like a bad version of the jersey shore boardwalks. like keansburg or long branch. the games, the raffles, the terrible food, the kiddie rides. why do you want that here? cannot get to keansburg or long branch? never been to Seaside? they suck. and what we had here sukked also. stands selling kitchen cabinets? why? you can get ALL the kinds of food they were selling at the stands in Hoboken all year round, at lower costs, and much better quality. perhaps at some time long long ago these street fairs allowed the truly poor working class to have a couple days of the jersy shore right here in Hoboken. but seriously people, the crap these gypsies were pushing was an insult to the people that live here today. this “festival” should move to the poor working neighborhoods of JC and get off the hoboken taxpayers’ waterfront and streets.

  
  

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• 50. winesnob September 10th 2008 - 09:00:46 |

  emarche wrote:

  Where is that in Jersey City and, more importantly, is it tough to get a table?

  in plaza five at harborside, you can take the light rail to the harborside stop its right there, i think you can get a table

  
  

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• 51. jscirish27 September 10th 2008 - 11:03:50 |

  Emarche, here is the link for Porto Leggero’s home page: http://www.portoleggero.net/
  It should have all the info you need.

  
  

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• 52. emarche September 10th 2008 - 11:07:09 |

  Thanks on both fronts!

  Scalini Fedeli is fantastic – hopefully that carries over. At the very least, it’s a new place to try.
  

  
  

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• 53. MF September 10th 2008 - 11:10:55 |

  ShimShady wrote:

  MF, although I’d hate to denigrate this board into yet another 2-way bickerfest, I feel compelled to say that I disagree with your fundemental and frankly poorly expressed opinion that the Italian resturants of the suburbs “go without saying”, meaning they are of uniform high quality.

  I named several “italian” food places which admittedly- with the possible exception of Augustino’s- are not “fine dining experiences”, but are places which in my opinion are worthwhile, and all within the borders of Hoboken. You give no specifics. Which Italian fine dining resturants in the “suburbs” are so good they “go without saying”? Please include the amount of michelin stars they’ve gotten.

  Best, PP

  emarche kind of did that with her mentions in #46. il mundo vecchio in madison is also good (also a scalini endeavor). serena in long brach is their other offering if you are near the shore. also very good. porto leggero, though, is overpriced. it’s a great setting and good food at the price of what should be great food.

  
  

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• 54. MF September 10th 2008 - 11:12:48 |

  strand tramp wrote:

  when i waltzed thru this 4 day “event” on the taxpayers waterfront i was struck that this looks like a bad version of the jersey shore boardwalks. like keansburg or long branch. the games, the raffles, the terrible food, the kiddie rides. why do you want that here? cannot get to keansburg or long branch? never been to Seaside? they suck. and what we had here sukked also. stands selling kitchen cabinets? why? you can get ALL the kinds of food they were selling at the stands in Hoboken all year round, at lower costs, and much better quality. perhaps at some time long long ago these street fairs allowed the truly poor working class to have a couple days of the jersy shore right here in Hoboken. but seriously people, the crap these gypsies were pushing was an insult to the people that live here today. this “festival” should move to the poor working neighborhoods of JC and get off the hoboken taxpayers’ waterfront and streets.

  they can’t move to the poor working neighborhoods of JC because nowadays they might get shot. unlike when my great grandfather settled there and you could leave the door unlocked, a different “demographic” has ruined things.

  
  

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• 55. jscirish27 September 10th 2008 - 11:13:32 |

  Emarche, sounds like you might be originally from the Chatham or Madison area (as I am), have you tried Il Mondo Vecchio? Good food there as well.

  
  

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• 56. superoogie September 10th 2008 - 11:26:22 |

  MF wrote:

  they can’t move to the poor working neighborhoods of JC because nowadays they might get shot. unlike when my great grandfather settled there and you could leave the door unlocked, a different “demographic” has ruined things.

  Just say it, coward. For once in your life, let your honest opinion see the light of day.

  
  

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