That's a fair question. I am not OP so I can't say for them but for me it means a few things. Wine should be the main focus of the bar... Meaning it comes first on the menu. There should be a wide selection/variety of wine by the glass and bottle that changes over time (not the same 4-8 reds and whites available everywhere else). The staff should be somewhat knowledgeable about wine or at least the owner/manager should have a cheat sheet prepared so that you feel like you're talking to someone who is passionate about wine. And of course a more laidback, loungy atmosphere.

Other nice to haves include serving food specifically meant to accompany wine, tasting flights, the owner having special relationships with specific vineyards, celebrating Beaujolais Day, and so on.

Ideally, I'd want the wine equivalent of what Cork City is to beer in Hoboken. I always leave with another morsel of knowledge about beer or a brewery and I appreciate it. Third and Vine, for all its faults, was very much like how I described.

Third and Vine was pretty good.

Can't help you around Grove St. but Pershing Field in the Heights has a roller skating rink that has open skates all during the summer. It's $3 for JC residents if you bring your own skates. A session lasts 90 minutes. It's usually pretty empty so you'll have plenty of space to practice and make miskates.

What's great about Saigon Bistro is that they also sell a vegetarian friendly version of the banh mi with tofu+mushrooms instead of pork. Very tasty though must be eaten quickly unless you don't mind soggy bread.

In the title it says near the Holland Hotel and OP also says behind the Newport Mall. So basically 11th/12th and Marin Blvd.

There are a few of these sorts of cars up in the Heights but instead of being a late model Lexus, they're dumpy, older Civics and Corollas.

What is your budget? You may be able to find places on the fringes of downtown that fit your budget too... particularly if they're not in high rises.

Try anything from the double cooked section of the menu

Because of the post apocalyptic state of the road with all of its potholes and the psychotic drivers with a death wish.

On top of what others have suggested, Marty's on Central ave makes the best impossible burger I've ever had. Plenty of places have vegetarian friendly options. For Chinese food, King Sczechuan in the Heights and Precious in Hoboken have great vegetarian options. Satay in Hoboken (Malaysian food) will make any dish vegetarian style. For Indian food, there are plenty of great options but we like Rasoi the most. If you like Italian/American sandwiches and pizza, Tony Baloney's has many veggie/vegan options too. Also, there is a Mamoun's in Hoboken and it delivers to the heights.

That would require an amount of effort and organization not few would be willing to undertake.

It's a goddamn crime being installed in buildings north of South Carolina is what it is.

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By almost all metrics and definitions of the word "safe," the rest of the Heights is no different than the area around Ogden. If you're scared of the best pizza in Hudson County, I'd stay away.

It's one of those sterile and overpriced buildings in the area by the Cast Iron Lofts going up Hoboken Ave to the Heights. Not sure what they're calling it now (Lackawanna maybe?) but realtors were calling it SoHo West at one point.

And that's putting it nicely.

I live right around here and go there often. Mosquitos are more a problem in the surrounding streets than in the park itself thanks to unkempt grass/weeds and standing water. The park itself, while in need of some TLC, is at least trimmed and maintained which means fewer places for pests to hide and thrive. Maybe that wasn't always the case.

And going all the way to 33rd St. Most marketing materials/realtors use the time to WTC if you make it just in time as the "time to Manhattan".

Paulie's Brickhouse has a clam pizza. Won't say it's amazing but it definitely scratches the itch.