Mark your calendars and get your appetites ready as we are announcing our first round of vendors for our biggest festival yet! The fifth installment of NJ.com ’s Jersey Eats: A Taste of New Jersey will be held at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 12 p.
m. to 5 p.m.
We are excited to unveil our first 15 vendors: Boddie Foods , a hot sauce company based in West Orange Chava’s Empanadas , food business highlighting handcrafted Colombian empanadas that are gluten-free Cheesecakes by Diamond , a Bloomfield-based online bakery Empabake Empanadas , a North Arlington cafe selling Argentine-style empanadas Gustosa , food truck in Union offering Venezuelan street food Happy Hour Gummies , alcohol infused gummy bear company in Howell Hills of Herat , restaurant featuring authentic Afghan cuisine with locations in Basking Ridge and Martinsville Hoboken Farms , a local and family-owned company in Hoboken selling homemade sauces Juicee Smoothies Lily & Sparrow , a Cranford-based chocolate and confection shop Little Sicilian Rice Balls , a food truck offering Sicilian street food Strawberry & Me , Jersey City based pop-up selling luxury Belgian chocolate treats Tenmomi , a hand-crafted, chef-inspired, ramen experience based in Nutley T.O.’s Hot Spice , a farm-to-table company selling hot seasonings and spices Wholly Bowls , food truck based in Brick offering burrito bowls These vendors are setting the stage for guests to indulge in over 75 of the Garden .