Café On West Side Of Hoboken Will Close, But Continue Catering

HOBOKEN, NJ — Uncle Milton's Café on the west side of Hoboken will continue its catering business, but at the end of this month they will close the storefront on upper Jefferson Street, they announced Saturday morning.

The café served up an array of homemade meals, baked goods, at beverages with a Latino flavor since opening in 2022 (get more information on Uncle Milton's Catering here).

Milton Canales' family immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in the 1990s when he was 10 years old, and washed dishes in a restaurant on Long Island at 11. He ran a catering business on Long Island for 20 years, then opened his first restaurant in Hoboken, near the new northwest park.

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But that location is becoming increasingly competitive. A second location of Alessio's cafe opened at the revamped park, and a Colombian coffee shop called Café Cartel will soon open a block away.

"Sadly uncle Milton’s cafe will be closing [its] doors at this location as July 30th," the eatery said in a message on July 6. "We are moving out to a new location stay tuned Hoboken ... unfortunately for some difficulties this location didn’t work out for my concept this is not a good bye uncle Milton’s will still be operating as a caterer in till we find the right location with the right landlord in Hoboken but for now we will close our doors at 1119 Jefferson Street. U can still support my business with any catering services also stay tune for all our local events like our monthly event at the main streets pops under the viaduct."

Milton noted, "I want to thank u from the bottom of my heart all my neighbors u were Amazing by supporting my business for this 2 years. This is not a good bye we will see u soon I promise u."

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