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Instagram Post | Division Street
Division Street in Downtown Somerville New Jersey on Friday Nights is packed with people and visitors from all over New Jersey. From strolling around on Main Street with all the classic cars to dining in some of the best restaurants in New Jersey Somerville New Jersey is the Place to be on the Weekend.
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Cruise Night in Somerville New Jersey
Cruise Night in Somerville New Jersey Somerville Cruise Night is entering into its 29th year contending for one of the largest cruise nights around. Classic cars, custom cars, new cars, and all kinds of rides, projects, and cycles up and down Main Street every Friday Night during the summer featuring live music, shopping, ice cream, food, drink, and so much more. Each year from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend Friday night in Somerville, New Jersey is the place to be. Visitors from the tri-state region flood the streets and shops while the humming sounds of small and big block Chevys or cammed up Fords roll up and down the strip rumbling through the town. For more footage checkout Somerville Cover on Youtube at the Somerville Cover Youtube page
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How A Somerville Restaurant Almost Wasn’t A Somerville Restaurant
Starting this restaurant was not going to be easy. They didn’t even have a place yet for starters, but it was time and the owner was ready. Ready to find the place and make his vision a reality. The moment came. The place was found but they still had to close this deal to make the food they wanted to put out there.
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Blueprint
“Before we even moved into the building we always had a vision of what this community was going to look like.” Michele, who is the co-owner of BluePrint, explained when asked about what the process of starting BluePrint looked like. The vision was in their mind for a long time and now it was time to make it happen.
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The Martino’s Story
Turn the lights off boys! We have a long day tomorrow and we need to be at our best. We have two big parties coming in and we have a lot of prepping to do so shut the lights off and get to sleep.’ So the lights went off in the basement of Martino’s on one of those nights in the early nineties, as the Linares family were starting up their restaurant in Somerville New Jersey. Spending many nights in the basement during the long restaurant weekends in those early days of Martino’s.
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Bodhi
The air was flowing and the traffic was pretty normal on this day in June of the year 2010. A young couple had just finalized the deal for their first storefront in Somerville New Jersey. Naturally, the air was flowing tremendously faster against the man’s face as he stuck his head out the window of his small Scion xb and began to scream out onto Interstate 287.
Friday Nights
Cruise Night
Friday Night Cruise Night
The car strip in Somerville, NJ! Every Friday night during the summer come and see the town filled with people and their fancy rides.
Somerville NJ
Shopping
Downtown Shopping
The town is filled with all types of shops and boutiques, up and down Main Street, Division Street, and all over.
Night out
Entertainment
Entertainment
From street fairs and races to live music and the cruise night entertainment in Somerville, NJ is jumping.
Food and Drink
Dining
Eat, Drink, and be Merry
Wine and Dine all the time! Somerville, NJ has something to eat and drink for everyone and every appetite.
Excersie
Fitness and Sports
Stay Active, Stay Fit
Got to stay fit, eat healthily, and look good. Personal fitness, sporting events, and active lifestyles are going on daily.
Outside
Park and Recreational
Outside for Some Fresh Air
Chill out, ride a bike, run a trail, or bring the kids. Outdoor areas in and around Somerville, NJ are some of the best in the state.
About Somerville New Jersey
Somerville NJ is located in Somerset County, in the heart of Central New Jersey. As of 2017 Somerville New Jersey has a population of 12,506 and is in the top ranking for population density. Somerset Country consists of twenty one municipalities that carries a population of almost 350,000 residents.
Originally settled almost 350 years ago or mostly agreed upon in 1683 and given the name "Somerville" after four brothers from the Somerville family (William, John, James, and Edward) the town and was mainly farm land with a small village and 50 to 60 homes who many were viewed as prosperous. In 1783 the court house was build and can also be viewed as the beginning of the town and once the railroad was built in the 1840 everything began to take off with almost 400 hundred homes by 1872.
During this time Fire Company No 1 was also established (1835), where a tub and a few men with buckets would answer the call. Later in 1873 the Somerville board purchased a steam fire engine. Water power along the Raritan River helped spark industrial growth and sparked the growth and development of education and culture. A red clay that was used for brick making helped produce a product from Somerville, NJ.
George Washington would also spend time in Somerville during the Revolutionary War. Home to several historical figures Somerville carries an extensive history that has evolved into a unique destination to live, visit, and work.
In more modern times in the New York Metropolitan Area the seat of Somerset County is located in Somerville, NJ. Somerset, named after an English country "Somerset" is one of the Americas oldest counties. Somerville, formed as a town by a board of commissioners in 1863, was populated primarily by the Dutch during its early years. Historic building still stand today, the Old Dutch Parsonage and the Wallace House along with several Victorian architectures.
Now a borough, since its separation from Bridgewater Township in 1909 when Somerville incorporated, Somerville's community continues to thrive from days of Woolworth and Buffalo Bills to Division Street Walk and places like Project Pub and Verve. Somerville is also home of several events throughout the year from street fairs, car shows, and music events to a historic Tour of Somerville bike race that has been going on for over 70 years starting in 1940. The Tour of Somerville bike race is the oldest competitive bicycle race in the country. Now a three-day event that is even streamed over the internet, the Tour of Somerville provides live music, fast action, and entertainment.
This event coined the Kentucky Derby of Cycling peaks on Monday with the Kugler-Anerson Memorial (Arts on Division).
Streets of Somerville NJ
Main Street
Division Street
Bridge Street
Mountian Ave
Gaston Ave
Paul Roberson Boulevard
Historic Buildings
Somerset County Courthouse | First Reformed Church | Lord Memorial Fountian | Victorian Train Station | Carriage House | Somerville Athletic Association | Somerset Hotel | Courthouse Blo | The Cort Theatre 1941 - located across from the court house | Hotel | Second Natoinal Bank | Cawley Hotel and Resturant | Staats Jeweler | Ten Eyck Hotel | Commercial Hotel | Main Street | Peter's Brook - named after Peter Van Nest | Somerset Hall / Alfonso's Restaurant | Regent Theatre | Gernert Dry Goods | Cron's Drug Store | Parking on Main Street | The Gaston Building | First National Bank | Nuly's Market | Bachman and Van Tine | Old Dutch Parsonage | Wallace House| Center Passage | Second Reformed Church | |St Thomas AME Zion Church | First Baptist Church | United Methodist Church | Forth Reformed Church | Immaculate Conception RC Church | New Immaculate Conception | St John's Episcopal Church | Congregation Anshe Chesed | Shiloh Pentecostal Chruch | St Paul Baptist Church | Good Shephered Lutheran Church |Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church | Unitarian Universalist | Somerset Hospital | Deats Memorial Home for Orphans | Somerville Inn| Engine Company No1 | Central Hook and Ladder | West End Hose Company No 3 | West End Engine House | Somerville Fire Museum |Lincoln Hose Company | Wollen Mill | J. Harper Smith Estate | Granetz Building | Somerville Iron Works | Carbon Stove Works | Railroad Station | Trolley | Libray | Camman Home | Doughty Home | Robert Mansion | Borough Hall | Police station | Rescue Squad | Armory | Central School | Somerville High School | Somerville Middle School | Lafayette School | Immaculate Conception Grammer School | Immaculata High School | Adolph Mack Home | Alex Mack Home | Summit | 228 Altamont Place | 237 Altamont | 240 Altamont | 246 Altamont Place | Lindsley Home | Yawger Home | 198 High Street | Ten Eyck Twin Homes | Potter Home | Dakin House | C Stewar Hoffman Home | 41 North Bridge Street | Bridge Street | 221 East High | Samuel Miller House