That used to be the Rt 1 Fleamarket & it was flattened to make the multiplex (and the first ‘Famous Daves’ I mentioned is w/i a few hundred yards of there). I didn’t expect this to come up, but the reason why that Famous Daves is shutting down and why the new one opened up only a few miles closer to the GSP is supposedly because all the land that the multiplex and the restaurant sit on has been acquired by a developer. The way I heard it, all the buildings are scheduled to be leveled to make way for ugly cookie-cutter houses.
(Personally, I’d love to hear how the Annette Benning Realtor spins that grave as a selling point at closing. The story as I heard it, was that one of the stipulations for that entire huge tract of land to ever be sold/developed in the first place was that the grave in question never be moved. Still, this is NJ. As long as there are weathy developers, sleazy lobbyists, 101.5 to spin the truth, and the Raritan to dump a coffin and its headstone into, anything goes… :rolleyes: )
Cluck-U? Please try Picken’ Chicken on George and Hassart. They have good fried chicken, ox tail stew, sweet potato pie, Morir Soñando, and something called “potato logs” which are the best damn fried potatoes you will ever have. You can also get the logs at any of the chicken places up on French street. Anyone know if this is a New Brunswick thing?
Isolated? From where? It is less than 5 miles from downtown New Brunswick. It is close to all the highways. Supermarkets, stores anything you want. Piscataway is a town of 50-60,000 people. It is not exactly the backwoods. Of course it is not an urban environment. But a large portion of New Brunswick is not the type urban that I would like to live in. And I can carry a gun. I don’t know the OPs situation but if they have kids and live in housing on Busch campus their kids go to school in Piscataway, not New Brunswick. Let’s just say the gangs aren’t quite as active in Piscataway.
I would not recommend even thinking about moving to New Jersey without a car.
I used to get fried chicken there, and yes, it’s very good, but I’m talking wings in a huge variety of sauces, Cluck-wiches, Cluckerbees, and … delivery. Mmmmm… Cluck-wich…
I don’t have a car (Jersey City). I didn’t for the last couple of years that I lived in Piscataway, and many of my friends who live in Highland Park don’t have cars.
By isolated, I mean there is nothing within walking distance. Even if you do own a car, it still sucks if nothing is within walking distance. I understand that I am more anti-car than most people, but can we agree that Highland Park is probably the best place for a Rutgers grad student to live? Safe, walkable, within biking distance to all 4 campuses, but not too densely populated that car ownership is unbearable (that is, most houses have driveways.)
It’s true, I do like wings places with a variety of sauces. I think I tried their regular fried chicken once or twice and never went back. I will try their wings. Thanks for the tip.
Seriously, those potato logs are heaven. Especially dunked in barbecue sauce!
Just another New Jersian checking in.
Everything about Rutgers is great… except the football team.
Another nod to Delicious Orchards (I work less than a mile away on Rte. 34). May I suggest their Cider Doughnuts? And it is mandatory that at least one of their pies make an appearance on your Thanksgiving table.
New Jersey without a car is inconceivable, especially anywhere outside of the inner city. And that’s only if you want to stay in the inner city. Don’t know much about Jersey City. My family managed to escape in 1960. I don’t count on anything being in walking distance. I don’t recommend New Jersey to anyone who doesn’t drive. From where I live now it’s 10 miles to the nearest convenience store. Not very convenient.
I have to agree, while it is possible to get by without a car, especially in a few towns like Red Bank or cities like Hoboken and Jersey City, it is very hard and limits your ability to travel. For better or worse NJ is a car state. In fact one of our nicknames was the Crossroad State if I recall my 5th grade history test correctly.
We have more roads per square mile than any other state for a good reason.
Welcome to NJ! Come up & visit me in Warren County - you know…the “Garden” part of the Garden State (along with Morris/Sussex & parts of Hunterdon county)
[inigo montoya]You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. …[\inigo montoya]
I have lived in Piscataway (adjacent to Busch Campus) with no car.
I live in Jersey City with no car.
Friends of mine live in Highland Park with no car.
This is not a hypothetical.
Except, of course, that olives probably has a car. So, to recap: avoid grad student housing on Busch Campus. I forgot which one, but one of the grad family housing dorms had bedbugs as of 2 years ago. Also, try to rent a place in Highland Park. It is easily the best place for a Rutgers grad student to live.
