Lauren Rivera 
In May 2024, Northern Soul, a Hoboken restaurant and bar known for its expansive menu options, temporarily closed its doors at The Sky Club. In this residential building, located at 700 1st Street, Northern Soul occupied the ground-level commercial space for seven years (and another Hoboken space for eight years before that). The property underwent several months of construction, during which time the eatery hoped to reopen once the work was completed. As of July 2025, over a year after the business’s closing announcement, we now know that Northern Soul will not reopen at The Sky Club, as a new wine bar called With Love, Valentina, from the team behind Wise Vision, is set to take over the space. Read on for what to know about With Love, Valentina moving into The Sky Club in Hoboken, New Jersey.
What’s Happening at the Former Northern Soul Space?
The Hoboken Girl learned in summer 2025 that the space would now be a wine bar called With Love, Valentina. In December 2025, signage for the new business is up on the door. The sign also shared the business’s Instagram account, which offered few clues about an opening date. The Hoboken Girl has reached out and will update this piece when we learn more.
For many years, Northern Soul was seen as a staple of the Mile Square. It first entered Hoboken’s bar scene in 2008, with the opening of its storefront at 557 1st Street. In 2016, the restaurant relocated to The Sky Club, where it occupied the commercial space until its closure in May 2024.
“We honestly do not know what’s going to happen,” the restaurant previously shared with HG, shortly after announcing its imminent closure. “We may end up selling it or moving to a different location. Hopefully we can find a way to reopen at The Sky Club, but it’s not looking great…”
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As of July 2025, over a year after Northern Soul’s closing announcement, we now know that a new business has plans to move into the space, indicating that the restaurant will not reopen in its prior locale.
Taking Northern Soul’s place is With Love, Valentina, a cozy neighborhood wine and tapas lounge in honor of owners Eddie and Vanessa’s daughter, Valentina, who, they told HG, has always inspired them to “dream bigger.”
The spot will serve as a place “where [locals] can grab a glass or bottle of wine, have some great cocktails and small plates in an atmosphere that is approachable yet aesthetically pleasing,” Eddie and Vanessa said. “Think comfy seats/sofas and a place where everyone knows your name.”
The duo, who also own Wise Vision, a local optometry office located at 327 Washington Street, is aiming for a fall opening.
It is not yet known if Northern Soul has plans to reopen in a different location in the Hoboken area or remain closed indefinitely. The Hoboken Girl has reached out to Northern Soul and The Sky Club for further information and will update this post with any further information.
About Northern Soul
For 16 years, Northern Soul was a beloved restaurant + bar that served the Mile Square community with live music events, a fun atmosphere, and a menu featuring brunch, lunch, dinner, and an extensive array of drinks. The spot was known for its diet-friendly options, which included veggie burgers, gluten-free waffles, buffalo cauliflower bites, black bean quinoa chili, cauliflower steak, and more.
On May 10th, 2024, Northern Soul shared the following announcement via social media:
“You’d think we’d be used to these after the last 17 years, but here we go again … We have been told by our building MGMT that they need to do emergency repairs to the driveway, facade, and footpaths of the SkyClub. We have been instructed to remove our patio by June 1st, as of today there is no official plan in place to provide the restaurant with proper egress, essentially we will be forced to close our doors while the construction is completed.
We have been working diligently for the last few weeks with both the building and landlord to avoid closing, we tried every avenue we could think of but there doesn’t seem to be a way around this. We held off on this announcement for as long as possible to see if a solution would present itself, but with only 3 weeks left until the end of the month, we cannot morally continue ‘business as usual’ not knowing what the place will even look like next month…
The SkyClub has been a great location the past 7 years, our commitment to serving the 4th ward has never been stronger, we carved out our own little niche back here. Obviously a business closing and then trying to reopen costs a lot of money, we’re told the project should be completed in ‘around’ 4 months, as of right now our insurance company has denied our claim for business interruption.
This puts us in a very difficult position, the business cannot afford to take on anymore debt. We’ve fought through our fair share of battles over the years, hurricanes, unlawful evictions, pandemics, you name it, we’ve got the t-shirt!
It’s been a rollercoaster since we found out, nothing about any of this has been straightforward, one way or another, we hope to be back in business as soon as possible. In the meantime, we will do our best to update everyone. We still have at least 3 weeks left at 700 1st Street and a ton of alcohol to drink, so don’t be a stranger. We wanna thank everyone for the continued support, it’s sincerely appreciated!”
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