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ReadProfessional5944 t1_iwepqlv wrote

The problem with Newark now is that there’s no strip of restaurants with liquor licenses or even open later than 10 on one street

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_iwh9v8h wrote

Ferry Street literally fits that definition, especially closer to the train station.

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ReadProfessional5944 t1_iwhd2jr wrote

Right but it’s not in the downtown district and caters more to Latin Americans

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_iwnh01n wrote

Eh yes and no. The music that is usually played in those establishments are extremely wide and varied.

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Nwk_NJ t1_iwi89w8 wrote

Ferry street doesn't have enough. It does have some really nice ones, but its still dead sometimes.

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_iwnit6m wrote

Its dead sometimes, but not always... also, its probably more of a product of just the distance from the more core parts of the "city" (using that term as a catch all for the towns and boroughs that have a path or subway line). I go out to Bushwick sometimes for a few drinks and it can get pretty dead as well.

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Nwk_NJ t1_iwnpgou wrote

Def makes sense. Good point. And sometimes Ferry, even down to Wilson is buzzing

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Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_iworzga wrote

Yeah, I do think we get caught up with the arbitrary borders between the states (anywhere else in the world and Newark/NYC would be one city) so we def come down on the night life in Newark a bit hard (which we should, NYC and the other cities in Jersey should compliment our night life, not the other way around), but once you start to realize that its one big city and many outer borough neighborhoods have very similar nightlife to Newark, especially when they are similarly situation from Manhattan as Newark, its a bit easier to swallow the Newark nightlife pill as you can easily plug in that hole by going closer to Manhattan or out to Williamsburg/Astoria.

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