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And we're heading to Hudson County now. News twelve's Mike Rizzo went to Bayonne to get a taste of Mediterranean food. Many consider the best of New Jersey. Have you ever had Mediterranean food or even better Syrian food? If you haven't, this is the place to check out. I met Taverna on the Hudson. We got Tanya, we got Bridget, we got John and we have a beau beautiful spread of food and drinks. We're gonna start with Bridget because she's the master mixologist here. So what do we got to drink? We have some great drinks to kick up the summer. We have our guava mojito um and the love potion, which is the customer's favorite. What's in a love potion? Um It is tequila brew, um Mango agave and lime and of course love, of course, very nice. And to what do we have for the food here? Let's start here. So we have a variety of foods here at Verna and the Hudson. One of our fan favorites is the ka kebab, which is a beef platter served with French fries. We also have grilled chicken and, and we have a wonderful soft rice to go along with that as well. Since we do dine in and take out here, we offer a variety of different pizzas made to order with several different toppings to choose from. Also what we have here is filet mignon. These are super tender melt in your mouth, served with salad on the side and our mixed vegetables and there's a combination platter too. This place is beautiful and your location is quite interesting why Bayonne, you know Bayonne, its motto is, it's a city on the rise. We're seeing new developments in town and we're seeing people come in from everywhere, from across the Hudson beautiful. And you know, listen, everybody, if you're going on a cruise out of Bayonne, this is on that same road going up and down to the cruise terminal. So it's very accessible. It's a trip straight to the Mediterranean, straight to the Syrian cuisine right here to Verna on the Hudson in Bayonne.

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We're heading to Hudson County News. Twelve's Mike Rizzo went to Bayonne to get a taste of Mediterranean food. Many consider the best of New Jersey. It's time to get your Mediterranean on here at one of the best places for it. A brand new place here in Bayonne to Verna on the Hudson. I'm with John. Thanks for having us 12 here today and Tanya so nice to meet you as well. We have a beautiful spread of food. So tell us about these starters you have well to start with. We have the tabu with the, which is the parsley with the craw classic right there. The K again is cracked stuffed with parsley and ground meat different from a falafel. That's not falafel. The grape leaves. Of course, everybody knows what the grape we have over here. The which is the chickpeas. We have the Baba Gano, which is the grilled egg plant, Lenes dry yogurt with some different. You don't see that this is, you don't see, this is our specialist is the moma. It's the red bell pepper crushed and it has all the walnuts and oil. This is, this is our second best salad which is again, lettuce, tomato, Roman lettuce, tomatoes with toasted bread, some pomegranate. And over here we have what we call it. Cheese Barrack. Ok. Which it has. So the idea here is Mediterranean, right? Where did the idea come from? The idea came from the Middle East. You know, I'm from the Middle East, I'm from Syria. Uh, the idea came from the Middle East and I brought the food over here. That's why you need to check out this place. Everybody right here in Bayonne, it's in the perfect location. You got parking, which is great. Right? But I'm telling you the food here, it's savory. It's good. It smells delicious at Taverna on the Hudson in Bayonne.

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We're heading to Hudson County now. News 12 Mike went to Bay on to get a taste of Mediterranean food. Many consider the best of New Jersey. Have you ever had Mediterranean food or even better Syrian food? If you haven't, this is the place to check out. I met Taverna on the Hudson. We got Tanya, we got Bridget, we got John and we have a beau beautiful spread of food and drinks. We're gonna start with Bridget because she's a master mixologist here. So what do we got to drink? We have some great drinks to kick up the summer. We have our guava mojito um and the love potion, which is the customer's favorite. What's in a love? Um It is tequila brew, um Mango agave and lime and of course love, of course, very nice. And to what do we have for the food here? Let's start here. So we have a variety of foods here at Serna and the Hudson. One of our fan favorites is the ka kebab, which is a beef platter served with French fries. We also have grilled chicken and, and we have a wonderful soft rice to go along with that as well. Since we do dine in and take out here, we offer a variety of different pizzas made to order with several different toppings to choose from. Also what we have here is filet mignon. These are super tender melt in your mouth, served with salad on the side and our mixed vegetables and there's a combination platter too. This place is beautiful and your location is quite interesting. Why Bayonne, you know, Bayonne, its motto is, it's a city on the rise. We're seeing new developments in town and we're seeing people come in from everywhere, from across the Hudson beautiful. And you know, listen, everybody if you're going on a cruise out of Bayonne, this is on that same road going up and down to the cruise terminal. So it's very accessible. It's a trip straight to the Mediterranean, straight to the Syrian cuisine right here to Verna on the Hudson in Bayonne.

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