Newark, NJ

Weequahic

One of Newark's most storied neighborhoods, with deep roots in the city's Black and Jewish histories. Weequahic's community pride is architectural and personal — well-kept homes, beauty professionals who've been doing excellent work for decades, home cooks who've been feeding the block long before anyone called it a business. A neighborhood that takes care of its own.

Weequahic·Mama Sylvia's Kitchen

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Peach Preserves — Seasonal Batch, 8oz Jar

Made in late summer from Jersey peaches, lemon, and cane sugar. No commercial pectin. Sylvia cooks these low and slow until they set the way she wants them to, which sometimes takes three tries and is why there are never very many jars.

$13.00

Weequahic·Mama Sylvia's Kitchen

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Smothered Greens Kit — Serves 4

Everything for Sylvia's smothered collard greens: a bundle of fresh collards, a small jar of her potlikker concentrate, smoked turkey neck, and her handwritten instruction card. This is the version she makes for holidays and funerals and every important occasion.

$29.00

Weequahic·Weequahic Crown Lounge

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Natural Hair Consultation + Styling — 60 Minutes

One hour with Janelle. She looks at your hair, hears what you're trying to do, and gives you an honest assessment — including whether what you're asking for is right for your hair type. Then she styles. First-time clients receive a scalp health assessment at no extra charge.

$80.00

Weequahic·Weequahic Crown Lounge

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Locs Maintenance + Full Retwist

Janelle's locs clients know the value of this session. A thorough cleanse, scalp treatment, and full retwist. She works slow because the work requires it. Bring a podcast or a book. You'll leave looking exactly right.

$120.00

Community Picks

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

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Home Chef

Miss Ruthie's Kitchen

Ruth Hollingsworth has been cooking for her Weequahic neighbors for eleven years from her licensed home kitchen. Mac and cheese, collard greens, fried chicken, smothered pork chops — food that people eat on the days that matter. She takes orders for family meals, repasts, and holidays. Ruth does not take walk-ins. She takes people who know what they need.

Weequahic, Newark, NJ

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Food Vendor

SoulPop Kettle Corn

A kettle corn and seasoned popcorn operation run by Darnell Williams from a commercial kitchen in Weequahic. He started at block parties and community events, built a following for his Old Bay butter corn and brown sugar cinnamon drizzle, and now takes wholesale orders from local retailers and event organizers throughout Newark.

Weequahic, Newark, NJ

Community Pick·Not yet on TheGoods·Food Producer

Weequahic Honey Works

Raw urban honey and beeswax products from hives maintained on Weequahic rooftops by the Evans family. Three varietals per season, named for the block where the hive sits. The Hawthorne Street spring honey has been called the best honey in New Jersey by people who know honey. Limited per harvest — available by pre-order only.

Weequahic, Newark, NJ