Little Bar in Hoboken
With just 500 sqf, Little Bar is one of the smallest restaurants in New Jersey. But it might be small, its experience is bigger: delicious craft cocktails and interesting small plates, without forgetting desserts, make this place worth knowing. Perfect for a date or a casual drink in a relaxed atmosphere. Surely, their cocktails, besides having interesting names, are creative (they have a full bar and can probably make any cocktail you cannot find on the menu). For instance, I got their La Vie en Rocks ($20, a reference to La vie en rose from Edith Piaf), that is a smoked cocktail made with maker’s mark‘kingfisher vol. 2’ private barrel select bourbon and Peruvian palo santo, chocolate liqueur; or the Does the Hostess Still Make Snowballs? ($20), that is made with angel's envy bourbon, apricot and coconut.
La vie en rocks cocktail at Little Bar in Hoboken
Does the Hostess still make snowballs cocktail at Little Bar in Hoboken
With your cocktail, you can get some food, to share, and so, the cost can add up quickly. I would pass on the chips ($8) that were stale, and more go with, for vegetarian dishes, the whipped ricotta with truffle honey ($14), the eggplant caponata ($10) or the cheese plate ($25) that is composed of Robiola, Beecher’s cheddar and Pt. Reyes Blue. The cheese plate is pricey, but at least, they serve some good cheese!
Little Bar in Hoboken
Cheese at Little Bar in Hoboken
Whipped ricotta at Little Bar in Hoboken
Chips at Little Bar in Hoboken
Eggplant caponata at Little Bar in Hoboken
For non-vegetarian, the duck liver pate ($11) is not to miss, as are the conserves that are artisan made (I love the mussels in escabeche, $18). All these dishes are served with lavash crackers that can be challenging as quite thin depending on what you are eating (cheese if fine, but they break easily when trying to put some pate on it).
Duck liver pate at Little Bar in Hoboken
Mussels in escabeche at Little Bar in Hoboken
Now, the most surprising part is the fact that they have desserts! The Lemon Blueberry Truffle ($10) is pretty good, but I preferred the chocolate pot de creme ($11) that was closer to a very dense chocolate mousse, than to a pot de creme. Still, I loved it.
Chocolate pot de creme at Little Bar in Hoboken
LEmon blueberry triffle at Little Bar in Hoboken
So, overall, Little Bar is a nice spot to have a drink and share some small plates on a date or with friends, even if it is a bit pricy and things can add up quickly.
Enjoy (I did)!
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Little Bar - 1401 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
