Recent comments in /f/newjersey

Stunning_Blueberry_3 t1_j6onuar wrote

Philly has a ton of things to see and do. It’s also a great city for eating and drinking. The birth of our nation happened there. Lots of museums, Reading Terminal Market has amazing food. My personal picks to stay are The Bellevue Hotel on Broad and Locust, and The Four Seasons. The Bellevue is gorgeous and the location is great. Philly is a walking city, but there’s a blue shuttle bus that is cheap and it drops you off and picks up at many tourist places.

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jackospades88 t1_j6om13s wrote

>They're trying to pass another where you can only have ~60 events a year. This includes participating in events not only hosting.

Jesus, that's so sad. I'm guessing this includes beer festivals, which is most of my exposure to new/different breweries. It's not like bars are at festivals promoting their beer lol.

Personally I'm not a frequent drinker, but I do find the atmosphere of breweries to be much better than a bar, seems much more personal and intimate. A shame that the guys on top would rather stop emerging businesses vs adapting themselves.

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j6olt6q wrote

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Pigsin5pace t1_j6ol63c wrote

There's loopholes around it. You can have both but I believe you can't show live events at breweries. Bar and restaurant owners want to maintain their customers so they limit the abilities of breweries with super nit picky laws. They're trying to pass another where you can only have ~60 events a year. This includes participating in events not only hosting. It's really a shame how greedy other small business owners are that they destroy an emerging market as opposed to find a mutually beneficial situation.

So call your legislature to tell them to support the Brewers guild of NJ and if you see an IPA called Brew Jersey from any NJ brewery buy it since the funds supports the guild.

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popshockey t1_j6ol1tt wrote

It would’ve been funded majorly by NJ residents with a giant tax burden. Now it’s a federal project which makes sense since it serves multiple states. It was good for NJ Christie canceled arc. The other cuts he did to rail where the problem

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jackospades88 t1_j6okvyg wrote

>Well, they can technically have two, under a certain size screen.

Yeah looked it up...under 65" lol. That's such a silly thing to even restrict size.

>Also no other beverages. Coffee or sprite is strictly illegal.

Nothing like shooting down alternatives for breweries to promote and better include designated drivers for safer roads, which when I last checked are the densest (or at least near the top) in the country.

I guess the real solution is to eliminate the liquor license quantity rules.

I never knew all these extra rules you listed, and admittedly I haven't been to a whole lot of breweries here, but now that I think about it they are very "bare" and the no food/alternative drinks/limited entertainment BS explains it.

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dammitOtto t1_j6ojz5u wrote

Well, they can technically have two, under a certain size screen.

And all music has to be under a certain decibel level, or it's considered an "event", which is restricted to a certain number per year.

Also no other beverages. Coffee or sprite is strictly illegal.

Fun stuff.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/new-jersey-bars-restaurants-breweries-beer-liquor-20221119.html%3foutputType=amp

It's the restaurant lobby, sponsored mostly by large chain restaurants, that have gotten us here. They say that it's so unfair that breweries don't have to bid to get a liquor license from their town. Those poor poor Applebee's being pushed out of the way by the entitled, uppity craft breweries.

From the article -

"holders of manufacturing licenses, brewers were “given privileges they weren’t entitled to: selling beer by the glass and hosting special events.”

If breweries want to be unshackled, “get the right license,” Weiss instructed,"

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ct0 t1_j6oidkl wrote

Wouldn't be the Garden State without the bees. Welcome to NJ.

There are limits in place yes. Hes likely over them by his own description. Its up to you if you want to be that neighbor who calls. What do you think will happen to the bees if hes over the limit?

Also, fertilizer/pesticides are nothing new, most don't effect honey bees. If the bees are poisoned its likely they will die before impacting the honey in volume that would pose a risk. Any honey or produce for that matter has the same potential issues. Do you know where the honey comes from when you buy it off the shelf? He wouldn't be able to legally sell the honey without a cottage food permit.

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thetechmama t1_j6oi09v wrote

I'll never forget this. I was so annoyed when he cancelled the project but still had the budget to take a helicopter all around the state for personal events and shut down LBI so he could chill there with his family. Can't stand selfish politicians.

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