Top Five Tuesday

Happy Tuesday. What's left of it anyway. Today's Top Five is something Rob, Elisa and I have been talking about for the last week -- the best smelling places in North Jersey:

The Market Basket: I walked in the other morning at 8 a.m. and found myself immediately craving a meatball. That's because the prepared foods section is right inside the door, and even at that early hour, the cases are full (my next stop was Whole Foods in Ridgewood, where it smelled like someone hid a halibut in the entryway.

Sweet Avenue Bake Shop, Rutherford: All bakeries smell good, but the aroma is focused at Sweet Avenue. The bakery makes cupcakes and frosting. Period. And that's all you smell when you walk in the door.

Smitty's Smokehouse, Lyndhurst: We have a few barbecue places around, but Smitty's is the only one you can identify by smell. That sweet smoke is everywhere, and it's wonderful.

Callahan's, Little Ferry: The hot dogs and fries in the air make the place smell like a carnival. If you're into that kind of thing, of course.

The Fine Grind, Little Falls: You could put almost any coffee place in here, but there's something that makes me so alert whenever I walk into The Find Grind. Perhaps it's because it's so much smaller than many other coffee shops. Is it possible to concentrate aromas?

Who did we miss?

Comments

[iamnotachef]

At last! Someone else noticed that Whole Foods isn't the paragon of new-age cleanliness. It stinks in more places than the entrance. The fish counter can be pretty awful at times.

[Jake Vance]

Thanks for the kind words, Bill! Good to hear that others appreciate our smell =]