"An expansive beer garden with an extensive, though not expensive list of beer, wine, and cocktails, Smorgasbar is a reinvigorated outdoor space where you can truly spend an entire day. If you don’t make this a weekend stop, we don’t know what kind of fun you even like to have. Situated on the Jersey City waterfront, it offers a cafeteria-style outdoor experience with ongoing vendors providing food: currently wood-fired pizza from Pie Oh My and barbecue tacos via Carlitos. The great views of the city loom pleasantly over you and your buddies while you ponder whether to order another round of Bombay Sapphire Sparkling Lemons. It’s counter service only, so you buy, you bus, which just adds to the comforting town square vibe. This great place to chill serves up mass group fun at what would remain solid prices even if they didn’t come with a free game of cornhole." - Brendan McGinley