Newark, NJ
Forest Hill
A quiet, tree-lined neighborhood of Victorian homes, wide sidewalks, and deep community pride. Local makers and craftspeople work out of studios and converted residential spaces. The kind of neighborhood where you discover a ceramicist two doors down from a bookbinder. Unhurried, careful, and full of things made by hand in the back of a house.
Community Picks
Real businesses in this neighborhood that haven't joined TheGoods yet.
Small-batch fermented foods from a licensed kitchen: kimchi, sauerkraut, tepache, jun kombucha. Run by James Sorrentino, who left restaurant work to focus on fermentation full-time. The hot sauce collaboration with a local pepper grower sells out every season. Pick-up only, by pre-order.
Forest Hill, Newark, NJ
Seasonal jams, pickles, and shrubs made in small batches by Clara Adewale from produce sourced at the Ironbound farmers market and her own kitchen garden. No added pectin in the jams. The pepper jelly has a following. She takes pre-orders for each batch via a handwritten waitlist she has kept since 2020.
Forest Hill, Newark, NJ
Marcus and Diane Osei cook West African and Caribbean Sunday suppers for the neighborhood — jollof rice, egusi soup, oxtail, rice and peas, ackee and saltfish. They take dinner orders through the week and prepare everything on Saturdays. Sunday Table has been feeding Forest Hill families for three years without a website or a storefront.
Forest Hill, Newark, NJ