{"id":4459,"date":"2014-02-24T10:48:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T22:51:10","slug":"skinners-loft-valentines-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/skinners-loft-valentines-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Date Night at Skinner’s Loft, Jersey City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine\u2019s Day just isn\u2019t complete without a proper date night. We made a reservation at Skinner\u2019s Loft<\/a>, which is right by LITM<\/a> near the Grove St PATH. I fell in love with the ambiance as soon as we stepped inside. A beautiful mix of warm wood, exposed brick, and salvaged furnishings. The 2nd floor was intimate and cozy. I\u2019d love to have brunch on the rooftop during the summer!<\/p>\n

The tables were set with adorable Puggle plates that were just right for shared dishes and the biscuits that they brought out. \"Skinner's<\/a>Beer and biscuits make me happy.<\/p>\n

I know\u2026 kind of weird to be snapping a photo in the bathroom, but the yellow walls were just so cheerful. Walking in from the dimly lit dining room was quite a transition. \"Skinner's<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the first time I\u2019ve seen a vegetable charcuterie platter ($12) on the menu at a restaurant. It include mushroom pecan pate, buttercup squash and carrot rillete, house pickled vegetables, dijon mustard, cranberry chutney, and assorted toast. \"Skinner's<\/a><\/p>\n

This was much more filling than we expected. The mushroom pate was obviously just for me, and I barely ate a quarter of it. So delicious, but so rich. The pickled veggies were good too, and the veggie rillette had a nice creamy texture. I highly recommend this platter to any vegetarian. In fact, Skinner\u2019s Loft is pretty veggie friendly as a whole. Woo hoo!<\/p>\n

We also ordered the fried cipollini onion blossoms ($7). The batter was really nice and the onions were tasty, but the blue cheese buttermilk dipping sauce just didn\u2019t do it for me. The blossoms are greasy enough as is. I feel like I needed something to cut through the grease, not a rich, heavy dipping sauce. \"Skinner's<\/a><\/p>\n

It probably wasn\u2019t necessary to also order a small mac & cheese ($7), but we did it anyway! A blend of sharp cheddar, gruyere, and monterey jack. While it didn\u2019t have a hint of truffle oil like LITM\u2019s mac & cheese<\/a>, Skinner\u2019s Loft knows how to make a beautiful mac & cheese crust. I\u2019m glad this was placed closer to me. Tee hee, more for me!\"Skinner's<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we had to pass on dessert since we were stuffed from the other dishes. It got a lot colder after dinner, but thankfully, we didn\u2019t have to do much walking outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentine\u2019s Day just isn\u2019t complete without a proper date night. We made a reservation at Skinner\u2019s Loft, which is right by LITM near the Grove St PATH. I fell in love with the ambiance as soon as we stepped inside. A beautiful mix of warm wood, exposed brick, and salvaged furnishings. The 2nd floor was intimate and cozy. I\u2019d love to have brunch on the rooftop during the summer! The tables were set with adorable Puggle plates that were just right for shared dishes and the biscuits that they brought out. Beer and biscuits make me happy. I know\u2026 kind of weird to be snapping a photo in the bathroom, but the yellow walls were just so cheerful. Walking in from the dimly lit dining room was quite a transition. This is the first time I\u2019ve seen a vegetable charcuterie platter ($12) on the menu at a restaurant. It include mushroom pecan pate, buttercup squash and carrot rillete, house pickled vegetables, dijon mustard, cranberry chutney, and assorted toast. This was much more filling than we expected. The mushroom pate was obviously just for me, and I barely ate a quarter of it. So delicious, but so rich. The pickled veggies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355,3358,3639],"tags":[64,254,308,862,1154,1311,1505,1689,1924,2163,2586,3113,3122,3132],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-53.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}