Mr. Local History loves Jersey food. Check out posts over the years highlighting history, sandwiches, burgers, interactive maps and the history of Jersey food.
Views: 10,652 2025 UPDATE: Rembering, YES. But now we want to help SAVE the Warren EggOMat! The time – 1950s – the invention – The EggOmat, an egg vending machine enclosed in a wooden shed, born on Mountain Boulevard, across… Read More »Remembering and Trying to Save The EggOmat in Warren Township, New Jersey
Views: 1,955 Again this year, we’re hoping that you will participate with the Mr. Local History Project and support #buyavetaburger is a grass- roots campaign that started years ago to bring and prepare food for formerly homeless veterans at the… Read More »‘Buy A Veteran a Burger’ Fundraiser For Our Lyons VA Veterans
Views: 8,950 Being a Jersey native, there are so many things to love about the state, including unique Jersey food. Our researchers have written stories about the history of Jersey food for various reasons. They are uniquely New Jersey and… Read More »Missing Jersey Food Classics? These Ship Nationwide
Views: 4,362 How the mafia used pizzerias to become the largest heroin distributor in America using Sicilians, pizza, and a front for a cash only business. And Jersey was right in the middle of it. Many people don’t know the… Read More »Jersey Pizzerias and Heroin – The Mafia’s Pizza Connection Trial
Views: 9,829 EVERY TIME we try to come up with an answer, our Jersey hamburger story takes a twist. While there remain many unanswered questions, we are still here to introduce Louis, Abner “Al” A.L, and Webster Bridges, once a… Read More »The Brothers’ Bridges and Their Family’s New Jersey Burger Dynasty
Views: 4,444 The New Jersey White Diamond chain was serving slider smash burgers as far back as the 1930s…….. As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from… Read More »The White Diamond Chain – New Jersey Burger Royalty
Views: 1,403 For those who love the California beach scene, the town of Pacific Beach ranks as one of the best offering sunshine, beach, boardwalks and burgers. YES, BURGERS. The pop-up burger tent shares there fantastic smash burgers and frito… Read More »A Burger Like No Other in San Diego
Views: 7,559 Four limited edition wooden keepsakes to honor New Jersey’s historic icons honoring the state’s most famous eateries that have served Jersey for almost 100 years. Congratulations to our iconic New Jersey Diner keepsake, West Orange’s Jimmy Buff’s Italian… Read More »Honoring Four Historic New Jersey Eateries
Views: 52 Four limited edition wooden keepsakes to honor New Jersey’s historic icons honoring the state’s most famous eateries that have served Jersey for almost 100 years. Congratulations to our iconic New Jersey Diner keepsake, West Orange’s Jimmy Buff’s Italian… Read More »Honoring Four Historic New Jersey Eateries #2
Views: 9,256 Distilling in Central New Jersey New Jersey has a deep history of distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times. The Somerset Hills is an area in central New Jersey’s Somerset County grouping six similar towns, villages, and… Read More »New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History
Views: 24,629 Who doesn’t remember driving the car and ending up at the famed orange roof of the famed Howard Johnson motor lodge or restaurant. From Weirs Beach, New Hampshire to Daytona Beach Florida, all the way out to Anaheim,… Read More »Remembering Howard Johnson’s
Views: 96,072 Those following the Mr. Local History Project know we love Jersey food and iconic food outlets. Along with the grand ethnic diversity comes food concoctions that have become iconic Jersey staples on the Jersey food scene over the… Read More »Legendary Jimmy Buff’s Italian Hot Dog – A Newark, New Jersey Invention
Views: 78,045 Maybe we’re taking this too seriously, but we’ve been searching for bakeries serving New Jersey’s best crumb cake. If you’re not a fan of the cake, you might want to leave now because we’re really going to get… Read More »Best Crumb Cake in New Jersey – Discuss Now
Views: 7,148 Brush’s Deli has a long history in Basking Ridge and is the longest-standing deli in the community. Located at 35 S. Finley Avenue in the same building, the P.C. Henry general store opened in 1869 and remained until… Read More »Brush’s Deli Served the Community for Three Generations and Now It’s Just a Memory
Views: 4,596 How often do you get to participate in history? Now you do. There is a battle in the town of Basking Ridge, where the Mr. Local History Project has connected with the town’s oldest deli to battle it… Read More »The Official Sandwich of Basking Ridge – What Now?