Cead Mile Failte

100,000 Welcomes to New Jersey

GETTING THERE

Convention Hotel:
Park Ridge Marriott, 300 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, NJ  07656
 1-201-307-0800; www.marriott.com

Air:
Newark International Airport (EWR) is the nearest. Compare rates with flights to John
F. Kennedy (JFK) or LaGuardia (LGA) although ground transportation is more costly.

Automobile:
From Newark Airport: Garden State Parkway to Exit 172 North; Right 300 yards to Grand Ave.,
Right at first light (.05 miles) to Mercedes Blvd (DePieros Farm is on left for
bakery, fish store,
deli, fruit and vegetables, gift shop, mini supermarket; www.depieros.com). 
Turn right
to end of Mercedes Blvd. Follow curved road to caution light, turn left to Marriott (on the left).
 

RESTAURANTS

Nearby Restaurants:

Aldo & Gianni, 108 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale, NJ; www.aldoandgianni.com
Esty Street, 85 Spring Valley Road, Park Ridge;   an All American Wine List!
Peppercorns, 176 Colony Road, Park Ridge
Valentinos, 103 Spring Valley Road, Park Ridge; www.valentinosrestaurantparkridge.com 

Irish Pubs & Restaurants: 

The Porter House, 125 N Kinderkamack Road, Montvale, NJ
Davey’s Locker, 5 Park Street (Kinderkamack Road), Montvale, NJ; www.daveyspub.com
P.J. Finnegan’s, 274 Fairview Avenue, Westwood, NJ;
www.pjfinneganspub.com

Jose O’Reilly’s Pub and Cocina 595 Broadway, Norwood, NJ;
Serves Irish and Mexican cuisine;
www.joseoreillysusa.com
The Old 76 House, 110 Main Street, Tappan, NY;
Built in 1668, The Old '76 House had a profound effect on the outcome of
The Revolutionary War
; www.76house.com
The Iron Horse, 20 Washington Avenue, Westwood, NJ; Specialty: “stuffed   
cheeseburgers”; www.theironhorse.com

SHOPPING

Malls:
Garden State Plaza, Bergen Mall, Paramus Park, Ikea Shopping Center, Fashion Center;
www.paramuspark.com
Woodbury Commons, Monroe, NY; Discount designer shopping;  
www.premiumoutlets.com,  8% sales tax*
*FYI: Sales tax: New Jersey, 7% (except clothing); New York City, 8.375%

Antiques:
Montvale Antiques & Art Mall, Montvale, NJ; www.carolee.bizland.com

LOCAL PLACES OF INTEREST

Hackensack NJ Naval Museum onboard the USS Ling WWII Submarine;
www.njnm.com

River Edge, Steuben House State Historic Site – The Ackerman-Zabriskie Stueben house
was General George Washington’s headquarters in 1780

Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey, Teterboro; 1-201-288-6344
New Botanical Gardens, Ringwood, 1304 Sloatsburg and Morris Roads
Lambert Castle Museum, Paterson, c. 1892 by Catholina Lambert, a silk mill owner

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. HOUSE MUSEUMS

Historic venues just across the Tappan Zee Bridge:
Lyndhurst Castle; www.lyndhurst.org
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, Van Cortlandt Manor and Sunnyside;
www.hudsonvalley.org

ENTERTAINMENT

New Jersey Performing Arts Center; www.njpac.org
Bergen Performing Arts Center; www.berginpac.org
Broadway and NYC Theater;  www.broadway.comwww.ticketmaster.com 

 
TOUR COMPANIES

Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises; www.circleline42.com
All New York Tours; www.allnewyorktours.com
Dinner Cruises; www.dinnercruises.com
Sightseeing Tours; 1-866-431-1634
New York Tours; 1-201-876-9333, www.NewYorkToursNYC.com       

VISITOR WEBSITES 

New Jersey; www.visitnj.org
New York; www.iloveny.com/SeeDoInNY
New York City;  www.nycvisit.com and www.gonyc.about.com
Philadelphia;
 www.gophila.com