9th & Coles Tavern Officially ‘Pre-Opens’ Today
By Jon Whiten • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Blog, Food
Starting today, the 9th & Coles Tavern, which replaces Beret’s Simple Cafe on the corner of — you guessed it — 9th and Coles Streets in the Hamilton Park neighborhood, will be open and serving food. The owners have yet to finalize the liquor license, so for now it is a BYOB affair. They say in an email that they expect the bar to be fully operational sometime over the summer.
The tavern — which goes by “9C” for short — will have free wifi, and will be serving brunch from 11 am to 4 pm on the weekends. With 9th & Coles’ opening, the recent addition of the Hamilton Inn, and the soon-to-open outdoor seating area at White Star, the Hamilton Park neighborhood has rapidly expanded the number of options for dining al fresco — just in time for summer.
The menu (see this large photo for details) is, for the most part, what you’d expect from a spot aiming to be a “neighborhood bar,” with a variety of apps, burgers, pizzas and pastas. What you might not expect are desserts like Plaisir au framboise and Entremet croustilliant au guanaja praline, but those are a few of the after-meal offerings on the menu, courtesy of Louisiana Spice Truck and La Petite Temptation’s Jessie Dardar.
THE DETAILS
9th & Coles Tavern; 174 Coles St.;
Hours (will expand once bar is open): Tues-Fri: 5:30 to 11pm; Sat-Sun: 11am to 11pm; Mon: Closed.
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Jon Whiten is the editor and co-publisher of the Jersey City Independent and NEW magazine.
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More then excited. Place looks amazingly inviting. The owners couldn’t be better people. Looking forward to cocktails and eats in beautiful Hamilton Park!