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ianisms10 t1_ixtj8b6 wrote

Piast in Garfield is a safe bet. And yeah, Google Maps always does distance as the crow flies without taking logic into account.

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WHO_UP_HIT_LIKE t1_ixtkzgu wrote

Swiss Pork Store or Royal Warsaw, both in Fair Lawn

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stoco91 t1_ixtlhxu wrote

Same thing happens down here in Cape May county and Delaware

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albaspotting t1_ixtmbrm wrote

Go live close to the river in Hudson county and come back to us.

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tattoobbwbabi t1_ixto1zw wrote

How far are you from Bayonne? I grew up there and haven't had better since. Still make the trip sometimes.

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boojieboy666 t1_ixtrkzq wrote

Come on down to Bayonne, we have like 4 great polish delis.

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Littlescuba t1_ixtrz4b wrote

There is a kielbasa store in East Brunswick. It’s called the kielbasa store. Very small place

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BootPastaHeroin OP t1_ixts6id wrote

Replying to boojieboy666 (#681,343)

Yes. Just... Yes.

This is what got me on the look.

I went to Thanksgiving yesterday at my Grandma's place in Monroe Township, or... 2 days ago (Fuck it's 3 am). And my uncle (lives in Bayonne) brought kielbasa (As he always does). But this time I thought "Oh shit, this kielbasa is some of the best food I've ever eaten", sadly the trip isn't always possible.

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choppedfiggs t1_ixtsqmb wrote

Can make a day trip down to Linden sometime. The polish spots are so legit we had the Polish president stop by last year. If he can make the trip from Poland for kielbasa, you can make that trip from Bergen.

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aden_feifdom t1_ixtw29l wrote

Adams in Wallington. Old school butcher with the best kielbasa ever.

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sutisuc t1_ixtzmoq wrote

It’s almost like north jersey is an extension of NYC…

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srddave t1_ixu5zff wrote

Wallington or Garfield have tons of Polish immigrants and great deli’s, butchers, supermarkets, restaurants and bars.

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dooit t1_ixu6dw5 wrote

It's also super annoying when looking for cars on any website with a mile range.

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strutterbutter t1_ixu6ecf wrote

Polski Smak on 23 South in Kinnelon/Riverdale

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Leprrkan t1_ixu6m4y wrote

23 S on the way from Kinelon. Not been myself but a Polish friend swears by them.

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available_username2 t1_ixu7uq5 wrote

Google is showing you all those places in like Garfield. Which is still Bergen County

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sujihiki t1_ixu8n9m wrote

Clifton, wallington, garfield? Throw a stone.

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Yohzer67 t1_ixu9emi wrote

Janeks meat market in mahwah. Golden Eagle Garfield. Swiss Pork Store Fair Lawn.

I don’t know where you are in Bergen but one of those shouldn’t be too far.

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Sbelt82 t1_ixuacne wrote

Adam’s meat market in wallington. Fantastic.

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MissMunchamaQuchi t1_ixudmnp wrote

Piast in Garfield is awesome. My in-laws are from Poland and they are in that store once a week. The entire smoked meat section is awesome.

Edit: you know it’s good when your the only one not speaking polish.

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itzshif t1_ixufc0a wrote

I know one in East Brunswick but I think that's a bit of a trip. Alternatively, there's Greenpoint, Brooklyn, too. Again, that night be too far.

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ethereumturk t1_ixufwwj wrote

When I crave Polish food I go to Garfield\Lodi

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hopopo t1_ixugkhm wrote

Practically and Deli in Wallington/Garfiled/Lodi will have amazing home cooked food and good Deli meats.

My go to is Bratek Deli on River Drive in Garfield when I want Polish food.

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yachius t1_ixuh9rm wrote

Add -ny to your google search. Any term with a dash before it is an exclusion filter.

“polish deli near bergenfield nj -ny” will give you the results you’re looking for.

Also there’s a Gourmanoff right on rt 4 that carries authentic kielbasa, won’t be as good as a butcher but it’s just a few minutes from Bergenfield.

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littleleppy t1_ixuhj80 wrote

This happens constantly in the parts of NJ next to a Philadelphia Bridge. We need an option to say no to crossing to another state. It's not just Google maps though. A lot of store apps do it too.

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imlostinworld t1_ixuhz7p wrote

Piast Meats & Provisions in Garfield its great

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Cobra800089 t1_ixujh4p wrote

There is a "search this area" feature of Google maps. Move the map so NY isn't on screen and then click that. You won't get results for Yonkers anymore.

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SynH2O t1_ixuk16y wrote

Piast, there are two in Garfield, one is one the line with Passaic but the other is a bit in from Elmwood Park

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ImRedditorRick t1_ixul3ly wrote

Garfield is full of Poles so i imagine that's a good staring point.

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red__what t1_ixulifg wrote

This is the sad thing about living so close to NYC, meetups, store suggestions, dating...all are suggested from NYC 😂

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CantSeeShit t1_ixum4p5 wrote

I hate the curse of being in Bergen and Google suggesting to go to Yonkers. It was even worse with grindr. Saw a cute guy, messaged, asked where at...

Yonkers.

Convo was instant dead and I was without any hope for pleasent encounter.

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TalonusDuprey t1_ixummi4 wrote

Piast in Garfield is like Polish heaven. The meat selection on kielbasas is frigging great and pick up some jerky sticks if they have them... You won't be disappointed.

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SuperPlantPower t1_ixumu85 wrote

Replying to ethereumturk (#684,251)

Homemade Pirogi - homemadepirogi.com The guy who runs it is an artist, and his work is in the shop. Pretty cool! (Also, the Mexican place next door is pretty cute and makes a great margarita)

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lost_in_life_34 t1_ixuo0pv wrote

What’s the issue?

They have an algorithm that’s probably by distance and Yonkers is close

Go to the maps website, search there and move the little mouse around and search in that area

Not very hard

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pompcaldor t1_ixuoe3g wrote

Replying to Ezl (#684,354)

The $16 GWB toll for starters ($13.75 with EZ-pass). Then the congestion of the crumbling highway once you reach Manhattan. And if you want to get to Yonkers quickly and easily, you pay the $7.50 (each way!) for the Henry Hudson Bridge.

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p0503 t1_ixup9wl wrote

Linden in Union County is the largest Polish community in the US. The Polish President even visited a few years ago. I’m sure there’s plenty of delis is you search within the area.

Yea and side note, I hate searching for “in stock” items and Staten Island/NYC come up. Okay Google, I’m gonna pay $30+ in fares/tolls and spend an hour or more in traffic when I can hop on the parkway and be back in about the same time for less.

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ptowndavid t1_ixupg23 wrote

My man is in Bergen County and never heard of Garfield and Wallington? Even Clifton and Passaic.

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tomakeyan t1_ixuqx7d wrote

Google Maps would always recommend places in Staten Island to my cousin when they lived in Linden

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elmwoodblues t1_ixur8yh wrote

Replying to Shadhahvar (#683,972)

I'll do a lot of Bowl and Basket, but their kielbasa? When I live near Wallington??

I know, I know: some folks around here buy bagels at DD!?! I'm trying not to judge ..¯\(ツ)/¯

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Taftimus t1_ixuryzw wrote

Piast in Garfield and Adams Market in Wallington. Both have incredible kielbasa.

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sdavidson901 t1_ixuskgm wrote

Yea I hate this, not only with google maps but any major stores website, like yes queens isn’t technically that far away, but I’m not going to queens to go to the Walmart just because that one has it in stock.

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Sunshiine89 t1_ixuswgc wrote

Polski smak 1295 nj-23 butler

Easy to get to

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guacamole579 t1_ixutux2 wrote

Replying to Littlescuba (#681,380)

My polish friend from Bayonne moved to the area several years ago and she told me about this place. Once she found it she stopped making the trip to Bayonne. Funny enough I just found out at thanksgiving dinner my straight off the boat polish BIL also buys his kielbasa from the same spot.

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gordonv t1_ixuu06e wrote

I tend to use Yelp. I arrange by rating count and by distance.

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njgeek t1_ixuut86 wrote

Pulaski in Linden isn't that close but no bridges/tunnels in the way.

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gordonv t1_ixuuz15 wrote

In JC, there's a place called Wurstbar. Great sausages, but it's a bar dining experience.

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mastaa t1_ixuvuoe wrote

Google maps and New York City priority on search.

You have my fucking location Google maps.

Why if i search “Broadway, “ while in Newark, do you give me NYC Broadway address. It’s the worst algorithm bullshit ever

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mastaa t1_ixuw37c wrote

Replying to yachius (#684,458)

It should be based on your location - Why we need to out -ny each time.

They should make it a setting to automatically add it.

Sick and tired of nyc things and places just coming up.

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justmots t1_ixuw8mo wrote

You need to go to Garfield or Wallington my friend. You'll find what you're looking for there for sure.

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Sand_60 t1_ixuw8wo wrote

Pulaski meat linden Nj.

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paleo2002 t1_ixuxd9g wrote

This is just a consequence of living within 25 miles of NYC. Try using MeetUp or any sort of job search site. Internet doesn't know it costs $25 and 1.5 hours to bop on over to that "local" shop in Brooklyn.

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Bibliotheclaire t1_ixuxtxz wrote

Bratek Deli in Garfield is my new favorite. Used to be an Adam’s devotee (and I still do love it), but Bratek has an incredible selection of kielbasa, baked goods (especially around Christmas), and cooked foods.

Piast is great too.

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shbd12 t1_ixuy6d6 wrote

Piast in Garfield rocks. Go to the main store, not the strip mall one. They're about a mile apart on River Road. It's the real deal.

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lolomgclever t1_ixuyddk wrote

I think it’s unfortunate but the reality is that calculating a straight line distance (Haversine distance) is easy. Calculating the actual road distance (taking traffic into account) for every Google search is probably computationally so expensive that it is not really feasible. But for well known places like NYC; Google should perhaps have a work around that ensures that people don’t see results like this

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soniutek t1_ixuzbsl wrote

Piast in Garfield/Elmwood Park!

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protogenxl t1_ixuzm7e wrote

You should try Pulaski Meat Products in Linden. Judging by the size of that store in Yonkers Pulaski Meat Products may even be their Supplier.

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storm2k t1_ixv3f3i wrote

golden eagle in garfield is the spot for the good polish deli foods.

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storm2k t1_ixv3o98 wrote

also used to happen all the time to me when i lived in carteret. always got a ton of staten island results because i could see staten island from where i lived. doesn't mean i wanted to pay all the tolls or frankly step foot on that cursed island.

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storm2k t1_ixv3wps wrote

Replying to tomakeyan (#685,961)

pretty much any of the towns along the kill because it's very short as the crow flies, nevermind that there are toll bridges and the fact that it's staten fucking island standing in your way.

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d4rkpi11s t1_ixv40jb wrote

Golden eagle deli in Garfield

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chosen566 t1_ixv4ye6 wrote

Aren’t you overreacting? It’s just a restaurant

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BullMastiff_2 t1_ixv901s wrote

Adam’s in Wallington. Big Polish diaspora in that town.

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WaltO t1_ixv9aq6 wrote

The problem with posts asking for recommendations for a good place to get X, is everyone has a different idea of what is "the best."

What you may think is "the best" I may think is really bad.

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PastelFlamingo150 t1_ixv9iyp wrote

I live in south west CT now, and every map includes places in Long Island. I've learned to drag the center of the map so that it doesn't show things in NY.

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enflurane t1_ixv9tm2 wrote

Replying to theexpertgamer1 (#687,397)

This has to happen all over the us, not just tri state. Seems like a simple solution would be to have a “in state only” option of some sort. Just surprising someone at google hasn’t brought that up yet lol

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jmalq t1_ixva07k wrote

click on the map and zoom in and drag it around until NY is outside of the display area, and all the locations in the city will disapear from the list. I work in Garfield and there's a big Polish community in the Garfield/Wallington area so that's your best bet. good luck!!

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The_Woj t1_ixvcamc wrote

Go down the parkway to Linden in Union County, same great quality I found.

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wozzles t1_ixveww7 wrote

Bratek or Piast in Garfield are both good. There's quite a few in Wallington and Garfield

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Bones99544 t1_ixvgug5 wrote

Janek's in Mahwah It's been my Polish In-laws' "go to" place for years.

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Gosia212 t1_ixvgxx5 wrote

Check NetCost Market by rte 4, they are in Bergen.

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CardassianZabu t1_ixvh0uz wrote

Syrena or Wiejska Chata in Linden, don't pay those tolls!

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crispyshallot t1_ixvkwj9 wrote

You can sort by location instead of rating :)

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Princess-She-ra t1_ixvnqns wrote

Have you tried the Swiss Pork store in fair lawn? I haven't tried their kielbasa (not really part of my heritage) but everything that I have tried there is excellent 👌

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naturalorange t1_ixvplw1 wrote

Replying to yachius (#684,458)

After living in JC for years it's especially annoying on sites that have their own lookup by miles from your zip code because you don't have that option. Like going on your insurance site to find a Doctor near you and it's like "oh here is a great doctor only 1.2 miles away" and you're like great that's perfect let me just check the directions and yeah fuck you that's in mid-town and it's going to be a pain finding parking and taking the PATH and Subway or pay $15 to take the tunnel and then pay for parking. So you just have to search through like 20 options to find the one that is like 2.3 miles away but it's in NJ and has a free parking lot and is an easy drive.

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BootPastaHeroin OP t1_ixvrabs wrote

Replying to ianisms10 (#680,421)

Alright, I figured out that Piast does delivery and I'm in range so I've ordered kielbasa (I would take the trip but I've gotta clean all day today). I will update once I've eaten.

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shizzytwotimes t1_ixvsq2e wrote

While not as close as Garfield or Clifton, you can also try Bayonne New Jersey. There are about three Polish delis that are all pretty solid.

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AnNJgal t1_ixw4v3u wrote

Clifton. Polonia Meat Market. Also, Plast.

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JizzyTurds t1_ixw84tj wrote

Wallington, Kearny and Newark have the best shops around and are worth the drive, I know there used to be a good spot on van houten in Clifton but I haven’t been down that way in a few years

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NightsBane155 t1_ixwvm79 wrote

Garfield is full of great Polish delis. I'm pretty Polish people are a majority there, it's gotta be the best place in Bergen to do so.

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kraze4kaos t1_ixx0c1v wrote

Karl Ehmers, Broadway, Hillsdale.

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aoanalyst t1_ixxma92 wrote

There’s Russian supermarkets in the area. I think there was one in Fort Lee? Been a minute, but worth a Google search.

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ClownFishEnigma t1_ixy2xdz wrote

I mean hey ur blessed with good food in Bergenfield as far as towns in Bergen county go, but yeah whenever I looked for something specific on Google it always gives me something in Yonkers for some reason

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zincink t1_ixy5zlr wrote

I get the kielbasa in Linden.

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Jamesboach t1_ixztaoq wrote

Replying to GrizzlybearNo1 (#688,462)

My cousins took this over from my uncle who took it over from his dad (Adam). There's a ton of other places between Garfield, Wallington, and Clifton but trying to be objective as possible, Adam's is the best by far even if the store isn't as nice as the others.

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