I need to go check it out...

Judging by the recent coverage I've seen in here....

the consensus is that its pretty nice, and a welcome addition to the city, but the hours are shit and it kinda fcks over the locals in favour of the commuters/visitors/devil's fans?

Anything else i'm missing?/should know before going down

You nailed it

Theres not much to see.

Pharmacy thats been there for years (good)
Dunkin that closes at 2
Jersey Mikes that closes at 4
Cookies that close at 6

Thats it. If the construction doors on the other food places are open, youll notice many are 6 months away from opening.

I tried to walk over the walkway from Newark Penn Friday and the security guard told me employees only still

Damn that sounds pretty lame.

I'm also interested in the architecture as a former arch student, so I guess I'll plan on a coffee and a cookie and a brief visit lol.

Does anyone remember the name of the Black-Owned chicken place that used to be in the gateway? Their mac and cheese was amazing. I hope the owners are doing ok.

If you like generic modern airport architecture, youre in for a treat

😆🙄

Just for the Publicity the Landlord gave a space to ONE Black Owned Business. And It is the worst space in the building all the way at the end.

There are no Local Newark Businesses from the Ironbound or Downtown Newark. These big Developers come to Newark acting like they own the place. Not cool

Smitty & Mo’s

In regard to both architecture and food, you will be very disappointed.

Eh dunkin is hard to fuck up, and cookies? How bad can they be..

Gotta check the box ya know

I mean local businesses can rent the space they just have to call and pay the rent. It’s actually quite nice that they paid all the upfront cost to a local business.

With that being said, I’m still upset how the place closes so damn early! That ruins rhe experience for the residents of the city

They are not paying Up Front costs for Uncle Willies Wings. They just saved a spot for him. He’s a Black War Veteran. You are right there is good in it But for all the wrong reasons. They should integrate more with the Newark Community.

They are paying ip front cost, there was a contest for this

https://njbiz.com/uncle-willies-wings-wins-restaurant-space-in-the-junction-at-gateway/

Ok. But They are paying $100 per square foot in Tenant Improvement for All Other Tenants so it’s not like they are giving him much extra

yeah they definitely close early; i tried entering from the street side across from Penn on 2 separate Fridays before 5pm and it was locked

This development has Parkinson's. How does it take six months to build out a 2K sq ft. space after you've taken over a year to open? What have they been doing all this time?

Anyone want to take bets on which will happen first? Halo topping out or all these restaurants actually opening -- and for more than two seconds, unlike the pop-ups on Halsey?

OK...so I finally checked it out today, as I wanted to fetch a cookie from Chip City. The cookie was very good, btw, if a bit overpriced, but you get a lotta cookie for your $4.50. Back to the complex itself...granted, I was in a rush and didn't fully investigate every inch of it, but it's not too different from what I remember. I just...I dunno, I had this grand idea of a sparkling and airy new main entrance on Market. Maybe it's my stupidity and I understood the whole thing wrong. The main entrance seems to be across from Penn Station on Raymond Plaza. And looking back on Google Street View, yeah, it looks much better than it did, but I feel like Market Street should be the main entrance. And there's no sigeage outside. People arriving from out of town have no idea all these food and drink options are inside what looks like another office building. And if I as a local had trouble parking and knowing which way to walk in, how will those not remotely familiar with it know? And, yes, the hours. It's super early, literally day one. Give it time, I tell myself. I desperately wanna believe it'll become some kind of destination, but...

And while security gave me no trouble, I still felt on edge every time I walked by one of them, waiting for them to stop and question me.

So they didn't learn anything from before the renovation I see. They had a Starbucks over there that eventually closed but from the day it opened it had the worst hours I've ever seen it was like 8am to 3pm then towards the end it became 9am to noon

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Dunkins at least for me region wide has become slower and the quality of food has slipped...its also more expensive for the amount you get.

Literally everything has become more expensive lol, can't really call out Dunkin on that.

I've not noticed a drop in quality tho.

This start before the recent inflation crisis..

I rather spend my money to businesses that actually want to serve the locals of the city they operate in.

This. Their mere presence at the entrances is intimidating, not welcoming. Management should send those guards on rounds, have them walking around -- not posted up at the entrances staring at every person walking in and out

Walked through the other day headed to work cuz it was raining. My only take away is that they cleaned it up, slapped some new pant and what not on the place, and when you get to that point in the hall just before you enter Newark Penn, the ceiling and windows still leak real bad. Shrug.

Yeah but what if a homeless person walks in and is allowed to freely move around and about /s

Few states and cities are worse at promoting their own brand than NJ and Newark.

The owner of Gateway Center, Onyx Equities, got Tax Breaks from the state and City.

Oh yeah I’m not even talking about that, just commenting on how the state and city do a poor job of promoting, cultivating, etc themselves. This city is certainly up for sale to out of town developers

Forget bout Dunkin and Chips …. What food places are in there ..