Carteret Seeking Someone To Build, Operate Waterfront Dining Pavilion

CARTERET, NJ — In July, Woodbridge Township unveiled plans for someone to build and operate a tiki bar at its municipal marina on Cliff Road in Sewaren.

Although if you were paying attention, Patch previously reported back in January the tiki bar would be coming.

And now on Aug. 7, Carteret announced plans to open a waterfront dining pavilion and bar on its stretch of the Arthur Kill as well, Mayor Dan Reiman announced Monday.

What the state approved to be built is a pavilion that can serve as covered eating space. The pavilion will be located on a pier over the river in Carteret's Waterfront Park.

The pavilion will come with a 48-foot cooking trailer that will cook and sell food on site. In the future, Carteret also seeks a vendor to operate the food truck.

The pavilion will also have a liquor license.

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection authorized construction of the 70-by-46-foot, 3,220-square foot pavilion. Bids will be accepted starting Aug. 11.

This will be a seasonal pavilion open from spring through fall; it will not be open in the winter.

Carteret's Waterfront Park has a boat marina, a mini-golf course, a putting green, a volleyball court, an exercise trail and a bocce court. Carteret hopes to add NYC ferry service from its Waterfront Park.

Mayor Reiman has also floated elaborate plans to open a hotel and even a movie studio at its waterfront, but both of those ideas are unfunded.

“We want to thank NJDEP and Commissioner Shawn LaTourette for the approval to move forward with our waterfront restaurant pavilion,” Reiman said Aug. 7. “Great things continue to happen for our wonderful waterfront ... The approval of this restaurant pavilion follows the receipt of our first ferry boat, the Theodore Roosevelt, which soon will offer recreational opportunities as well as ferry service."

Tiki Bar, Food Trucks And More Boat Slips Coming To Woodbridge Marina (January 12, 2023)

Yes, A Tiki Bar Is Coming To The Woodbridge Town Marina (July 26, 2023)

Film Studio Proposed To Open In Carteret (Oct. 2022)