Brain Fart

Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16pm

Hey MOL — I’m having a full-on brain fart 🧠💨

Can anyone remember all the restaurants that cycled through 175 Maplewood Ave?

I ate at Chutzpah tonight and immediately spiraled into nostalgia. Thinking about the good old days: working mornings at Cranes, then stumbling across the street to pull a double at Arturo’s like a champ (or a fool).

I vividly remember The Laurel (RIP, absolute gem 💔), but I’m totally blanking on the other spots that came and went. Help jog my memory before I convince myself this was all a fever dream. Thanks


Maplewood Cheese Shop. Peter's Bakery on the other side.  


Was there something like "Hoboken Taco" about 20 years ago? Or was that farther down around where the Able Baker is now? 

There was a "Sprout" salad place along that strip. And some Burger something something...

(As my nostalgia moves to the other side of the two towns: The restaurants I miss the most are Lalibela, the Ethiopian restaurant that used to be on Irvington Ave near Riggs Pl, and Laura's corner restaurant just a bit further down Irvington Ave... which I can't believe I'm blanking on the name of...)


sprout said:

Was there something like "Hoboken Taco" about 20 years ago? Or was that farther down around where the Able Baker is now? 

There was a "Sprout" salad place along that strip. And some Burger something something...

(As my nostalgia moves to the other side of the two towns: The restaurants I miss the most are Lalibela, the Ethiopian restaurant that used to be on Irvington Ave near Riggs Pl, and Laura's corner restaurant just a bit further down Irvington Ave... which I can't believe I'm blanking on the name of...)

Carmelita's of Hoboken. 


sprout said:

(… and Laura's corner restaurant just a bit further down Irvington Ave... which I can't believe I'm blanking on the name of...)

The Blue Plate Special.



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