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A former outdoor biergarten along the Hudson River will be springing to life again in the coming weeks as ownership behind a food vendor market will be setting up shop at the space.
Last Friday, Jersey City’s Alcoholic Beverage Control board held a hearing where the liquor license at the Lutze Biergarten property was discussed. The license, owned by Mack-Cali, is slated to be transferred to a company called Smorgasburg Project Inc.
For those uninitiated, Smorgasburg opened in Jersey City late last month. The market, first launched in Brooklyn over a decade ago, offers food from about 30 different vendors and intends to operate at its Harborside location every Saturday through October.
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The license transfer application notes that the group’s endeavor at the Lutze space will be trading as Smorgasbar. Per Eater, the company previously operated a pop-up under the brand at the South Street Seaport back in 2013.
Smorgasburg co-founder Jonathan Butler will have a 90% ownership stake in Jersey City’s Smorgasbar, with the remaining 10% being owned by Marc Agger. Hoboken Girl recently reported some details about the upcoming drink spot, which looks to operate six or seven days a week as a biergarten with pop-up food vendors on Friday through Sunday.
Smorgasbar anticipates opening “mid-June” and the license transfer puts them one step closer to launching. The company’s markets took a year off amid the COVID-19 pandemic but have been making up for lost time lately, with their World Trade Center and Prospect Park outposts re-opening and their Williamsburg location set to re-launch on June 26.