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The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken

The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken

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Created by Anthony Townsend • Updated On: November 3, 2013

This city of 50,000 is only a Mile Square, but home to some famous people and pizza, mostly. I like to think of it as the "sixth borough" of NYC but it's all Jersey at the core. So get fockin' goin'!

1. Riverside Realty

209 Washington St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Streets), Hoboken, NJ
Office · No tips or reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: See if you can spot real estate agent Janet Lupo, Playboy's Miss November 1975. Hint: look for the double-Ds. Read more.

Carlo's Bake Shop is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

2. Carlo's Bake Shop

7.9
95 Washington St (btwn Newark & 1st), Hoboken, NJ
Bakery · 280 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: Home of the "Cake Boss" from TV. stand in line for hours, or (rumor has it) show your driver's license with a Hoboken address to skip the line. Read more.

Benny Tudino's is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

3. Benny Tudino's

8.2
622 Washington St (btwn 6th & 7th), Hoboken, NJ
Pizzeria · 84 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: A good place to practice your Jersey accent. Say "fockin'" here and it won't be out of place. As in "yo! gimme a fockin' slice". p.s. it's the worlds largest slice.

Frank Sinatra's Birthplace is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

4. Frank Sinatra's Birthplace

6.6
415 Monroe St (Between 4th & 5th Street), Hoboken, NJ
History Museum · 3 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: Self-explanatory? Frank reportedly never looked back and when asked about Hoboken would call it "that dump".

Castle Point is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

5. Castle Point

9.0
1 Castle Point on the Hudson, Hoboken, NJ
Scenic Lookout · 4 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: Absolute best view of Manhattan anywhere. What a difference 100 feet makes. Read more.

NY Waterway Ferry Terminal Hoboken South is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

6. NY Waterway Ferry Terminal Hoboken South

5 Hudson Pl. (River St.), Hoboken, NJ
Marine Terminal · 68 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: Welcome to the first air-conditioned building in North America (1910). Trains used to run as far as Buffalo from here.

Maxwell's is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

7. Maxwell's

1039 Washington St (at 11th St.), Hoboken, NJ
Music Venue · 62 tips and reviews
The Shannon is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

8. The Shannon

6.3
106 First St. (btwn Washington St and Bloomfield St), Hoboken, NJ
Sports Bar · 45 tips and reviews

Anthony T.Anthony Townsend: Guinness, poured and drank slowly.

Helmers' is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

9. Helmers'

1036 Washington St (11th St), Hoboken, NJ
German Restaurant · 25 tips and reviews
La Bouche Cafe is one of The Official Foursquare Guide to Fockin' Hoboken.

10. La Bouche Cafe

7.2
207 Washington St (Second Street), Hoboken, NJ
French Restaurant · 29 tips and reviews