Newark, NJ

Downtown Newark

The civic and cultural spine of New Jersey's largest city. Home to NJPAC, the Newark Museum of Art, and Prudential Center, Downtown Newark is in the middle of a long conversation about what it means to be a city that was never given up on. Creative businesses operate alongside community institutions. Something is happening here — and it has been Newark's own from the start.

Marcus Webb·Downtown Newark·ParticipatingJul 1

Creator Post

Diana Okonkwo Is Publishing Newark Back to Itself

Newark Print Works started because Diana couldn't find a way to publish her illustrations without losing either the quality or her savings. So she bought a risograph and figured it out herself. Now she prints her own work and opens the studio to anyone in Newark who has something to say. The Newark Skyline series — the one hanging in a lot of people's apartments right now — was her third project in the space. She drew it from photographs she took from the Passaic River bridge, at the hour when the city looks like something you'd want to remember. The edition is 80. There are about 20 left. I asked Diana if she was planning a second edition. She said she wasn't sure yet, because the right answer depends on what the first edition means to the people who have it, and she wants to know that before she decides.

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Downtown Newark·The Broad Street Roasters

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House Blend Whole Bean — 12oz Bag

A medium-light roast blended from two East African origins — one Ethiopian natural for fruit and sweetness, one Kenyan washed for brightness and structure. Roasted in small batches every Monday and Thursday.

$19.00

Downtown Newark·The Broad Street Roasters

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Cold Brew Concentrate — 32oz Jar

Steeped 20 hours, never sweetened. Dilute 1:1 with water or milk, or drink it straight if that's how you are. Made fresh twice a week. The jar is reusable — bring it back for a discount.

$17.00

Downtown Newark·Newark Print Works

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Newark Skyline Risograph Print — 11×17

Diana's own illustration of the Newark skyline as seen from the Passaic River bridge, printed in two-color risograph. Blue and black on cream stock. Each print is numbered in an edition of 80.

$38.00

Downtown Newark·Newark Print Works

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Hand-Stamped Canvas Tote — Newark Print Works

Natural canvas tote stamped with the Newark Print Works block print logo by hand. Each one has slight variation in ink coverage — that's part of it. 100% cotton. Made to carry things.

$26.00

Community Picks

Real businesses in this neighborhood that haven't joined TheGoods yet.

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Food Vendor

Coalition Kitchen

A community kitchen pop-up collective operating out of a shared commissary space near Military Park. Five home cooks rotate monthly. The lineup changes but the prices stay community-conscious. On Wednesdays it's West African. On Fridays it's whatever Grandmother Rosa decides to make.

50 Park Place, Newark, NJ

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Bakery

Dulce Patria Bakery

A Dominican bakery supplying conchas, tres leches, and special-order cakes to families across Newark. Operated by the Paulino family from a licensed home kitchen. They take pre-orders for quinceañeras, graduaciones, and first communions — and they have never missed a delivery date.

Downtown Newark, NJ

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Restaurant

Ironside Canteen

A breakfast-and-lunch counter that has fed Downtown Newark workers since 1987. Counter seating only. The menu is a laminated single page that hasn't changed substantially in fifteen years — if it hasn't changed, it's because there's been no reason to change it. Pork roll egg and cheese on a hard roll is the standard by which all others in Newark are judged.

85 Market St, Newark, NJ