With more than its share of Zagat-rated restaurants and authentic Italian cuisine — not to mention Carlo’s Bake Shop — Hoboken has been ranked as the second best non-metropolitan city in the country for epicureans by Livability.com.
Another Hoboken St. Patrick’s day in Hoboken is in the books. Dozens of $2,000 public drinking and urination tickets were issued and the Hoboken 411 up-to-the-minute police blotter is absolutely bizarre. Here are some highlights: 9:12pm: Crazy drunks smash storefront windows of Washington Liquors at 211 Washington St. 7:03pm: Woman urinating on CD’s inside Tunes store downtown. 6:40pm: Disorderly drunk arrested near 9th & Washington. Apparently damaging cars by walking all over them. 3:45pm: Man wearing “rainbow hat” allegedly assaulting girlfriend in elevator at 300 Adams Street. We pulled together over 75 great photos from today’s event. Check them out below.
Hoboken St. Paddy’s Day is one of the premiere party events in America. It signals the beginning of spring and thousands of people spill into the streets, bars and house parties to get rowdy. We’re going to be on the ground covering the event so make sure you follow our live feed below. Keep refreshing as the pictures update fairly quick.
Gentrification : the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents The gentrification of Brooklyn has hit an all time high and this interactive maps allows us to visualize how prices have changed from 2004 to 2012. Williamsburg, Lefferts Garden, Gowanus and Fort Greene have experienced incredible growth while Cypress Hill and Bay Ridge have seen a decline. Long story short, move to downtown Jersey City, NJ. Beer gardens, Barcade, amazing views, a hot up-and-coming publication called RSVLTS.com. It has everything you need without the sticker shock. View the map here >>
2013 is right around the corner which means it’s time to start thinking about summer concerts on Pier A in Hoboken. Yes, concerts, with an ‘s.’ Before this past summer’s Mumford & Sons concert we spoke to a Hoboken councilman named David Mello and he told us that the town is considering doing two concerts per year, most-likely in July and August. There is considerable planning that goes into producing a show of this magnitude so it’s never too late to start suggesting bands. We did a survey of friends living in and around Hoboken and here are the bands they want to see play. Each band had to fit the ballpark price of Mumford & Sons, which is roughly $100-150k. Obviously with the destruction Hurricane Sandy brought to Hoboken we figure the bands might even consider taking less money and donating proceeds from the show to victims, just a thought. We’re going to be sending this list to Hoboken politicians and local media so if you have a band you’d like to see let us know about it in the comments, there is a good chance your suggestion will be seen and considered. Thanks to Krysten, Rob, Drew, Anthony, Chad, Sean and Jameel more »
Tired of getting ripped off on New Year’s Eve? Something about spending $150 to be crammed into a bar or club like cattle and wait 30 minutes for a drink isn’t our idea of a good time. That is why we’re taking over the The Farside in Hoboken. Convenient, good music, good people and affordable.. everything you want in a NYE party and more. If you want to attend make sure you RSVP immediately because there is only room for 60 people. Open bar details: $65 – 4 hour premium open bar will include draft beer, wine and premium liquor like Absolut, Jack Daniels, Captain Morgan, Bacardi so on. They will collect money at the door. Dress code: Dress to impress. Guys in button down shirt, girls in cocktail dresses. Food: Isn’t included but the kitchen will be open so we can order food as we go. RSVP here >>
A note from the Mayor’s office posted to Facebook…
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 2, 2012] If there is a “homebase” of RSVLT.com it is certainly Hoboken, NJ. We sponsored the Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl, threw the official Mumford & Sons concert pre-party and even launched the RSVLTS.com X Hoboken channel. We are pretty devastated by the reports coming out of the Mile Square and now, as the town attempts to clean up, we can finally take a look at the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy. It may look back by teh people of Hoboken are resilient and there is no doubt that the city will band together and bounce back stronger than ever.
With tons of Hoboken residents and businesses still without power, some Washington Street restaurants are giving away free or low-cost food today. Read the feel good story here >>
According to Hoboken411 Brother Jimmy’s BBQ is coming to Hoboken and will take over the former spot of Lana Lounge at Newark and River Streets. Brother Jimmy’s is a New York City staple and the southern cooking and hospitality will be a great addition to Hoboken.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – If you plan on riding the PATH trains next week, be sure to have some extra money available. Fares on the Port Authority-Trans Hudson lines go up on Monday, October 1. The base single ride fare will go from $2.00 to $2.25. The 10-trip goes from $15 to $17, the 20-trip goes from $30 to $34, and the 40-trip goes from $60 to $68. All of those are will be $1.70 per trip, up from $1.50. The one-day unlimited pass goes from $6.25 to $6.75, the seven-day unlimited pass goes from $21 to $24, and the 30-day unlimited pass goes from $65 to $73.
The Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl took Hoboken by storm on Saturday. A big thanks goes out to Al Torres and Rachel Heller for putting the event together, the 1,000+ people who turned out and double big thanks to everyone who stopped their boozing for a moment to let our photographer snap a picture. The RSVLTS.com logo was displayed prominently on all the t-shirts and plenty of people got their hands of stickers too. We’ve got many more fun things in the works for the NYC region so keep checking back. Now, head over to Facebook to see all 93 photos from our Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl album and tag yourself or your friends.
Today is the massive Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl brought to you by us, RSVLTS.com! 1,200 people are packing the bars in The Mile Square celebrating the first day of fall. If you couldn’t make it out you can follow along live on Instagram @RSVLTS. We’ll also be posting a ton of photos of all the action early next week. Follow @RSVLTS on Instagram
This Saturday over 1,200 people will be wearing RSVLTS.com t-shirts at the 7th annual Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl. Not a bad way to get the word out around town. We’ll have a photographer on hand capturing all the action so keep an eye out for him and check back early next week to see the photos.
And here is the big announcement we posted about this morning. As another Manasquan summer comes to a close, the young professionals of Hoboken will have to retire their bikinis and boardshorts until next summer. But you don’t have to bust out that Vitamin C song just yet, as a consolation we’re beginning to gear up for the 7th annual Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl taking place on September 22nd. Over 800 people have RSVP’d on Facebook and next to St Patrick’s Day, which has turned into a bit of a douche fest, this is flat out the biggest and best Hoboken event of the year. Since we believe the best form of marketing is to the be the catalyst for all things awesome, we’re proud to announce that RSVLTS.com will be the official media partner for this year’s Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl. Boom. It’s going to be like the Mumford and Sons Pre-Party at Wicked Wolf except on funroids. We’re still in the planning phase but it does mean we’re going to be blowing it out! We’ll be at the happy hours leading up to the event handing out shirts and recruiting mobile photographers to help us cover the event.
On August 1st several hundred RSVLTS.com readers packed Wicked Wolf in Hoboken, NJ for our official Mumford & Sons concert pre-party. All the incredible media coverage from Hoboken patch, NJ.com, Jersey Journal and many more definitely helped blow it out of the water. 50 lucky people got their hands on special edition t-shirts, plenty of drinks were had and John from Mattoos Entertainment was on hand with his sick DSLR camera to take pictures of all the action. Job well done sir. We just posted 50 pictures from the event to our Facebook page so check them out and make sure you tag yourself.
Aww yeah! Keep the good time rolling in Hoboken! On Saturday, August 18th Vacationer (aka the best new band in the game – see above) is playing Hoboken’s Pier A as part of hMag’s Lackawanna Music Festival. Pilsener Haus is setting up a massive pop-up Beer Garden on the pier and RSVLTS.com taking it over. A good old fashioned storming of the castle if you will. Come for the ice cold adult beverages and stay for the amazing tunes presented by out friends at hMag. If you missed our Mumford & Sons pre-game event at Wicked Wolf shame on you, don’t let it happen again.
Hoboken, NJ cracked a very prestigious top 10 list. One that shows which cities value sex the most in our great nation. Color me not shocked. Anyone living outside the Hoboken area might be saying WTF but for anyone living in the Mile Square this is a no brainer. Hoboken has more bars per square mile than any city in America and the people are sexually charged. It’s like a college town for adults – especially in the warm months.
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