Samantha Impaglia 
The Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City has welcomed a few new additions to the food and drink realm — with a few others coming soon. While The Roxy opened its doors in the Starling building on Monitor Street last spring, the same area will soon see a two more new eateries as a part of The Bergen-Lafayette Collection. Eggs Up, a breakfast spot, is the latest restaurant to open in the area. Read on for more about these new and incoming eateries in the Bergen-Lafayette section of Jersey City, NJ — from a breakfast cafe to a bubble tea shop, and more.
The New Eateries
In May 2024, Bergen-Lafayette quietly welcomed The Roxy to the neighborhood — a new art deco-inspired restaurant and bar located within the Starling residential building at 66 Monitor Street. The new venture is from the same team behind Corto in Jersey City Heights. The Roxy has a full bar, and some of the standout dishes on the menu include the Mizuna Salad (shiso, shallot, sesame, ponzu, + parmesan), the scallops, and other seafood-focused main dishes alongside other options like filet of duck and cavatelli.
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A new doughnut and bubble tea shop will also debut in the Starling building soon. Mochi Dough/Bober Tea will serve up premium Japanese rice flour doughnuts, called mochi dough, as well as bubble tea. Some of the doughnut flavors on the menu include taro, black sesame, and funnel cake. The website says that Mochi Dough/Bober Tea is coming soon, and a press release from The Bergen-Lafayette Collection revealed that the new shop looked to open at 66 Monitor Street this past August. An official opening date is still unknown at this time. Mochi Dough has other locations in California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Washington State — this will be its first New Jersey outpost.
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Down the road at 89 Monitor Street, The Hazel residential building will also welcome a Southern-style eatery soon. Cheeky’s Sandwiches is a new sandwich shop serving up New Orleans-style eats — including chicken sandwiches, chicken, biscuits, + gravy sandwiches, and other dishes. Cheeky’s is also on track to open a storefront in NYC at the Essex Street Market soon, and had plans to open in Jersey City this past fall. An official opening date is still unknown at this time.
Around the corner at the Atlas residential building, Eggs Up recently made its debut in Chilltown. The new breakfast cafe is situated at 270 Johnston Street, and serves up breakfast sandwiches, coffee, and pastries.
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“We are excited to welcome these new eateries to The Bergen-Lafayette Collection,” William Rosato, Managing Partner of Alpine Residential, said in a 2024 press release. “They are important additions to a neighborhood that’s experienced significant growth over the past few years and become a hotbed of residential activity and new community services.”
The Bergen-Lafayette Collection is a group of five mixed-use properties in Jersey City that will include around 1,000 residential apartment units as well as several retail spots. The project is a collaboration with local developers Alpine Residential, Fields Grade, and South Oxford Management.
Separate from The Bergen-Lafayette collection, a new venture from the team behind GTK in Hoboken and Jersey City will open up in the neighborhood at 58 Maple Street inside the 295J Apartments this spring — read everything we know about the new spot so far here.
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The Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City has welcomed a variety of new businesses in recent years. Most recently, downtown ice cream spot Torico expanded to the area. For a full roundup of things to do in Bergen-Lafayette, check out our article here.
As always, we’ll share more information on each of these new eateries as we get it. Follow @thehobokengirl on Instagram + TikTok to stay in the know with all of the local news, sign up for our weekly newsletter here, and check out our events calendar.
