Hudson County foodies are in for a treat this spring with an annual event returning to the Mile Square and a brand-new festival coming to Chilltown. On Saturday, March 29th, the first-ever Jersey City Pizza Fest will take place and feature 12+ local restaurant serving up their best pizza. Over in Hoboken, the annual Mac + Cheese Festival will return this year on Saturday, April 5th. Read on for more about these two food festivals happening in Hudson County, New Jersey this spring.

Jersey City Pizza Fest

The first-ever Jersey City Pizza Fest will take place on Saturday, March 29th from 1PM-5PM to kick off the start of the spring season. The event is presented by Jersey City Happy Hours, and tickets are already on sale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Similar to a bar crawl — but for pizza — event-goers will be able to sample a variety of pizza from different Jersey City restaurants, including:

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• Carmine's Pizza Factory
• Helen's Pizza
• Luna Restaurant
• Pizzeria Las Americas
• Porta
• Prato Bakery
• Roman Nose
• Rustique
• Tino's Artisan Pizza Co.
• Tony Boloney's
• Two Boots
• + more to come

Locals will receive a half slice of pizza from every participating location at this event. Check-in locations will be at Carmine's Pizza Factory (366 8th Street) and Tino's Artisan Pizza Co. (199 Warren Street). Participants will receive their check-in location after purchasing tickets.

More information about each pizza offering as well as ticket information can be found on the Jersey City Pizza Fest website.

Hoboken Mac + Cheese Festival

The 6th annual Hoboken Mac + Cheese Festival will take place on Saturday, April 5th, 2025. The event is presented by Hoboken Happy Hours, and is being held as a food crawl this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hudson County locals can expect a day full of cheesy fun, with a elite lineup of Hoboken restaurants showing off their best mac + cheese dishes. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, February 5th at 12PM, and the Mile Square restaurants participating include:

• Antique at 112
• Byrd
• Empanadas Cafe
• GTK
• The Hoboken Biergarten
• The Lola
• Madd Hatter
• The Madison Bar + Grill
• Mighty Quinn's Barbecue
• Napoli's
• Pizza Republic
• Tony Boloney's
• UH Hoboken
• Wicked Wolf
• + more to come

This year, check-in locations will be at UH Hoboken (306 Sinatra Drive) and The Hoboken Biergarten (1422 Grand Street). Participants will receive their check-in location after purchasing tickets, and must check in before 3PM. Tickets include a sample of mac + cheese from every participating location.

More information about each mac + cheese dish as well as ticket information can be found on the Hoboken Mac + Cheese Fest website.

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Of course, we'd be remiss to not mention one of Hoboken's most beloved annual events — the St. Ann's Festival — which happens each summer on Jefferson Street. Keep an eye out in the coming months for details about this year's event. The date for Hoboken's annual Spring Arts + Music Festival was also recently announced, and you can read all about that here.

If you're looking for some other local events while we await these two festivals, we've got a whole list of winter festivals happening in New Jersey here. Or, you can always head to our events calendar for the latest local happenings each week.

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