As Easter brunches come to an end {boo-hoo}, we can rejoice in the fact that, yes, summatime will be here before we know it {not to mention, this 80-degree weather is quite the tease}. As the temp gets hotter, so do the happy hours in the Mile Square – from game nights outside at Pier 13 {which just opened, BTW} to comedy shows, to booze + seafood, we bring you another week of the happiest hours in Hoboken.
Monday – April 17th
Wing Monday at 1 Republik
Half priced wings + $12 select pitchers + $5 green tea shots = bye-bye, Monday blues. Kick off the week the right way at 1 Republik, with unbeatable specials from 7 PM – close {don’t miss power hour from 4-5 PM, either: $1 Miller Lite drafts + $3 green tea shots}.
Tuesday – April 18th
Take Back The Night at Stevens Institute of Technology
We’ve decided to give a whole new meaning to “happy hour” this Tuesday night: join our Hoboken Girl Helps team, Stevens Institute of Technology, CarePoint Health, and the rest of the community for Stevens’ 3rd annual Take Back the Night event. Help raise awareness + put an end to sexual violence by participating in a march from Walker Field to Pier A for a follow-up ceremony. In addition, there will be guest speakers, a performance, and a candlelight vigil — not your conventional happy hour idea, but we’re always happy to make a difference!
Read More: Hoboken Girl Helps: 3rd Annual Take Back The Night {Tuesday April 18, 2017}
Wednesday – April 19th
Spring Fever Happy Hour at Cadillac Cantina
Another awesome opportunity to make a difference: Cadillac Cantina is hosting a Spring Fever happy hour this hump day, and proceeds go toward the Hoboken Shelter. Help out the community for just $25, and score half-priced drinks, apps, and the chance to win cool prizes from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
Thursday – April 20th
Happy Hour at Stingray Lounge
If work is keeping you from enjoying brews by the bay, Stingray Lounge might be the next best thing. On Thursday evening, enjoy half-priced draft beers + .50 cent Littleneck clams. Who needs the shore when we’ve got killer happy hour spots in the Mile Square? {Well, we do, but this is a good substitute until you can get DTS.}
Friday – April 21st
Happy Hour at Hudson Tavern
Hudson Tavern has happy hour specials for every preference — on Friday evening from 3-7 PM, enjoy half-priced bottled + draft beer, house wines, or house cocktails {accompanied by $5 nachos, wings, quesadillas, or other super-cheap apps: see the full happy hour menu here}. They also have half-priced bottles of wine with the purchase of any 2 entrees {date night idea… hint hint}.
Saturday – April 22nd
Dogfish Head Record Store Day at Cork City Pub
If you’re into records + all that jazz, this vintage-y happy hour at Cork City Pub on Saturday night is totally for you: from 7-9 PM, enjoy happy hour specials + spin your favorite records {no, seriously, you can BYOR — bring your own records} in lieu of Dogfish Head’s annual beer-drinking event to support local record stores {not to mention, you’ll even have a chance to win a DFH turntable}. Call us old-fashioned, but this happy hour is music to our ears. More info on the event can be found here.
Sunday – April 23rd
The Last of the Comedians at Willie McBride’s
Eliminate Sunday-scaries with a laugh at Willie McBride’s this weekend: Doug Cafran is hosting a comedy show on Sunday at 7:30 PM, featuring some of the funniest local comedians. The show is only a $5 cover, and there will be zero drink minimums.
What will you be up to? Let us know @HobokenGirlBlog!
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The Hoboken Girl Sandwich on Alessio’s Menu Now Raising Money for a New Non-Profit
In honor of International Women’s Month back in 2024, The Hoboken Girl partnered with local restaurant Alessio’s to create The Hoboken Girl breakfast sandwich as a fundraiser for York Street Project, a Jersey City-based non-profit dedicated to helping individuals in need of shelter, food, and education in the Hudson County area.
After becoming a permanent fixture on the menu due to popular demand, our readers helped us choose the second non-profit to benefit from sandwiches: the Hoboken Public Education Foundation (PEF), a non-profit organization that supports Hoboken Public Schools and its students. Over the course of 2024, we donated over $5,000 to the two non-profits, and now have a new reader-chosen charitable partner to benefit: Hudson County CASA, a non-profit organization that connects children in the foster care system with advocates. You can order The Hoboken Girl at any of the three current Alessio’s locations to contribute to the cause (and your breakfast order).
Every quarter, we'll announce a new non-profit to donate our sales to. Read on to learn more about The Hoboken Girl x Alessio's sandwich collaboration which took months to develop, as well as what's to come for our sandwich for a cause, and of course, where and how to enjoy it.
Photo Credit: Hannah Taub
The March 2025 Update
After selling almost 2,000 sandwiches in 30 days last year, it was excitedly decided that our collaboration was going to continue — and will continue to give back to local non-profits, too. Every quarter, we'll be switching the non-profit we're giving back to for a portion of the sandwich, in hopes of raising awareness for local non-profits as we go. This quarter, we'll be giving back to Hudson County CASA — a non-profit organization that connects children in the foster care system with advocates.
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The Collaboration
This collaboration took months to come to fruition, and the entire Hoboken Girl team worked with Alessio’s on the ingredients, taste-testing multiple versions of sandwiches before picking our favorite — and we can confirm that it’s delicious (and gluten-free, if you want it to be!).
Where to get it:
- 539 Park Avenue, Hoboken, New Jersey
- 99 Franklin Street, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey
- You can also order online for delivery or pickup!
*Breakfast is served from 7AM-3PM
The sandwich was only supposed to be available at both Alessio’s locations for March 2024, where The Hoboken Girl team donated our portion to the York Street Project. But due to popular demand, we brought it to the menu FULL-TIME, and now give back to a different non-profit each quarter.
Photo Credit: Hannah Taub
Ingredients:
‘The Hoboken Girl’ breakfast sandwich consists of:
- Scrambled eggs
- Cheddar cheese
- Caramelized onions
- Avocado
- Homemade crispy hashbrowns (gluten-free*)
- Jalapeno + avocado aioli
This can be served on sourdough bread or a wrap.
The bread or wrap can be substituted to be gluten-free*
There are also dairy-free options available (no cheese).
The sandwich as stands is vegetarian.
*Not confirmed as 100% Celiac-certified, so if Celiac, proceed with caution.
Alessio’s also recommends adding breakfast sausage or bacon to the sandwich.
Every quarter, we'll pick a new non-profit to donate to for the next three months. This quarter, we'll be giving back to Hudson County CASA.
About Alessio’s
Photo Credit: Hannah Taub
Alessio’s, which has a location at 539 Park Avenue in Hoboken and 99 Franklin Street in Jersey City, is an Italian pizzeria and cafe that serves up everything from coffee, breakfast sandwiches, and pastries to pizza, paninis, and gelato. Owner Luca Infantino was born and raised in Italy and moved to the United States in 2011. After living in Weehawken, Luca fell in love with Hoboken and paved his way in the fashion industry before taking the jump into food service and opening up the Hoboken location in 2020. The Jersey City location opened in summer 2023, and the cafe’s next project — Terrace by Alessio's — opened in Hoboken’s Northwest Resiliency Park last spring. Alessio’s also has two kiosks in Pier A Park during the summer months, and is opening up its newest venture called Casa Italia Gourmet Market at 6th and Park Streets in Hoboken soon.
Alessio’s — named after Luca’s son — has quickly become a staple in the Mile Square and is known for its authentic Italian products and the real feel of an Italian cafe. The spot prides itself on the quality of its food, customer service, and being involved in the community. “We are proud to be a "community-based" business, a safe place for children, students, families. Alessio's always supports charity requests, events sponsorship, etc,” Luca shared, “Partnering up with The Hoboken Girl has been a dream come true.”
About Hudson County CASA
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Hudson County CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) was founded in 1976 and is a national non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy work for neglected and abused children. CASA supports children by providing dedicated advocates to look after their well-being in various areas. Many cases that CASA supports involve situations of parental neglect, drug or alcohol abuse, and inappropriate conduct that children witness from family members.
The work that CASA does is made possible by dedicated volunteers who are assigned children who need the resources. This means that CASA relies on volunteers to make these efforts possible.
Volunteer options and ways to donate can be found on the organization’s website. We will also be donating a portion of the sales of the sandwich for this quarter to Hudson County CASA, with more to come. So keep enjoying your sammies, for a cause!
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Make sure to tag us @thehobokengirl + @alessios_cafe on social media to share the fun and let us know how you like it. Mangia!
