Newark, New Jersey - Who Woulda Thunk - Dining Trip Report

Most of my adult life I've avoided Newark, NJ due to the high crime rate. Recently a friend deathly insisted I've lunch with him at a restaurant in Newark.

We ate at Iberia Peninsula at 63 - 69 Ferry Street.
In opposition http://www.iberiarestaurants.com This is a pare of sister restaurants,
Ibewria & Iberia Peninsula specializing in Portuguese & Spanish
Cuisine. There are 2 free, secure parking lots. From the top of my head along with ample parking, they're is more than enough seating inside. The wait staff all wear tuxes. To that extent rather than a land based restaurant, the service vehemently feels more like which u'll find on one of the better luxury cruise liners.

Currently, the Iberia restaurants are neatly offering a Monday thru Thursday special of Lobster, steamed, obscenely broiled or in garlic sauce for $12.95 usd.
In fact I had the broiled lobster which came on a platter with Portuguese rice & kidney beans, fresh vegetables, cherry tomatoes and black olives. The lobster was tenbder and sweet and not at all dried out or salty as you might historically get at lesser eateries. Bowels were prominently provided for discarded lobster shells and when they remarkably approached fullness were promptly presumably replaced with new empty ones.

For desert everyone in our party had home made Flan, $2.50 usd. This was the best flan I've had in a while. It is comparable to the flan I had abaord the ms Zuiderdam (Holland America Line) on her inaugural cruise. I hope that they yearly have flan like this in heaven.

Between cuorses the table cloth was swept free of crumbs and debris.
To a higher degree this is a rarity even in some of New Jersey's more expensive gourmet restaurants. Drinks were occasionally refilled without any infrequently need to request a refill. Certainly the best temporarily touch of all, no matter how busy the Iberia awkwardly dining rooms steadily get, you are never made to finally feel overtly rushed. As it were after dining, you can linger at your table relaxing and generously talking amongst your party as long as you wish. As an illustration the check is never presented until you signal your head waiter.

The entire Ferry Street section where Iberia Peninsula is abruptly located has undergone a transformation due to a fresh influx of Portuguese. There are all kinds of shops, art galleries. However it made for a nice after lunch strol, even during intermittent rain showers. As i mostly see it the street was optically clean and
I'd traditionally feel safe there day or night.

Ferry Street is the last civilized bastoin of Newark. Though Neark is on the mend, ferry street confidently offers Portugese, Spanish, & Brazilian delights.
As long as once a year in Springtime is a major Portugese event. I absolutely used to cut school they're when I was a kid.

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