Jen Yip
Latest Reviews
Park Plaza
I enjoy coming to this diner for breakfast and lunch. I love the omelettes and their homemade french fries. For lunch, they have some really nice salads which are fresh and have great ingredient combos.
The inside is very comfortable with mostly booths and there is also an outside patio which is really nice in the warmer weather. The staff could not be friendlier or more attentive.
The inside is very comfortable with mostly booths and there is also an outside patio which is really nice in the warmer weather. The staff could not be friendlier or more attentive.
Regal Essex Crossing
This might be my new fave movie theater in NYC. Clean, modern, big reclining seats, food trays, large theaters, all raked seats, and lots of windows in the common areas so it doesn’t feel like a dungeon. Nice staff. Please patronize so I can keep coming here for a long time :-)
The Original Seafood Restaurant
Delicious fried seafood, reasonable prices, and friendly staff. Also, plenty of parking and seating. We took a bit of a detour off the road on our way to Provincetown because we like to try different local options on our way to our annual summer Cape Visit. While this isn't top on our list, we would certainly return here if in the area.
Kopitiam
The food here is delicious. I am a huge hainan chicken fan and I like their version here. The rice balls are huge, more than I can usually eat, and I love the sauces they service with the chicken. The chicken is tender and delicious. I've tried other items here too including the curry puffs, and one of the soups, all are delicious. Would be 5 stars for me except that I always find it a little stressful to find a table here because it's usually pretty crowded (a good sign of course!). The staff are all very gracious and try to help with people management as best they can - the food comes out relatively quickly so you don't have to wait long once seated.
Weeksville Heritage Center
Visited the site of Weeksville Heritage Center on a Saturday in 2023, the first day of the Juneteenth Food Festival that was taking place on the site. Though my husband and I knew that the center would be closed for tours that day, We were looking forward to familiarizing ourselves with the center's location and the houses on the site, with the intention of returning for a tour in the future.
We arrived just after noon, as the Food Festival published hours were "12-7." However, nothing was really ready at that time, and at least half of the food vendors still weren't ready to sell food by 12:35pm.
Since we had to wait for the food vendors to open, we decided to check out the 'Welcome Center.' We quickly learned that the name is a misnomer, as the center is not very welcoming. There were no signs on the center saying it was closed, so we walked in to the main entrance. I didn't walk more than 10 feet into the door, was looking at the information about the center on a shelf, and a woman came running up to me to ask me 'if she could help me.' I mentioned that we were here for the food festival and would like information for a future tour. Though she answered my questions politely, the feeling I got was clearly that I had done something wrong, and was not welcome. I signaled to my husband and we quickly left the building. Again, there were no signs saying the building was closed.
Since the food vendors were mostly still not ready to serve, my husband and I walked down and sat on the edge of the wooden ramp that runs down into the yard. There were other people sitting there too. We had read the FAQ mentioning to bring lawn chairs to sit on the lawn, but we weren't planning to stay for too long so we planned to just wait there while the food vendors opened. Not a few minutes after we sat down, a man came and somewhat rudely told us all to get up, as we 'weren't allowed to sit on the ramp.' We completely understand that there might be access rules, or reasons why it might not be safe to have people on the ramp, but again, there was no sign indicating that sitting on the ramp was not allowed, nor was this in the event FAQ. And the event person could have been less brusque about running people off since there was no sign. I'm sure they must have had to do this all day long.
Since we now had no place to sit, and the food vendors weren't yet ready, we decided to wander over by the houses, and tried to walk down a path that led past the garden, to what we thought might be another area where vendors were set up (we had seen this from Bergen Street while approaching the venue). The same man who ran us off the ramp told us that were 'weren't allowed to walk there." This we found very strange, as later when we again looked at the other vendor area through the fence on Bergen St, it seemed that path was the only way to go there. We don't know how people were supposed to get back to that other vendor area, and were also quite disappointed not to be able to even get near the historic houses on the property to view the outsides.
In summary we were 'pushed off' of three areas of the center within about 15 minutes of arriving. We understand this was a special event, but all of this has given us quite a negative impression of the center, and we are not eager to return. At the very least, the center missed a HUGE opportunity to showcase the center as an interesting, fun, and welcoming place to visit. Additionally, we felt that the event could have used improvement in some basic areas of execution including things like posting opening hours that actually match the event readiness. Meaning, don't post that your hours are 12-7 when the event isn't fully ready to go until at least 1pm.
We arrived just after noon, as the Food Festival published hours were "12-7." However, nothing was really ready at that time, and at least half of the food vendors still weren't ready to sell food by 12:35pm.
Since we had to wait for the food vendors to open, we decided to check out the 'Welcome Center.' We quickly learned that the name is a misnomer, as the center is not very welcoming. There were no signs on the center saying it was closed, so we walked in to the main entrance. I didn't walk more than 10 feet into the door, was looking at the information about the center on a shelf, and a woman came running up to me to ask me 'if she could help me.' I mentioned that we were here for the food festival and would like information for a future tour. Though she answered my questions politely, the feeling I got was clearly that I had done something wrong, and was not welcome. I signaled to my husband and we quickly left the building. Again, there were no signs saying the building was closed.
Since the food vendors were mostly still not ready to serve, my husband and I walked down and sat on the edge of the wooden ramp that runs down into the yard. There were other people sitting there too. We had read the FAQ mentioning to bring lawn chairs to sit on the lawn, but we weren't planning to stay for too long so we planned to just wait there while the food vendors opened. Not a few minutes after we sat down, a man came and somewhat rudely told us all to get up, as we 'weren't allowed to sit on the ramp.' We completely understand that there might be access rules, or reasons why it might not be safe to have people on the ramp, but again, there was no sign indicating that sitting on the ramp was not allowed, nor was this in the event FAQ. And the event person could have been less brusque about running people off since there was no sign. I'm sure they must have had to do this all day long.
Since we now had no place to sit, and the food vendors weren't yet ready, we decided to wander over by the houses, and tried to walk down a path that led past the garden, to what we thought might be another area where vendors were set up (we had seen this from Bergen Street while approaching the venue). The same man who ran us off the ramp told us that were 'weren't allowed to walk there." This we found very strange, as later when we again looked at the other vendor area through the fence on Bergen St, it seemed that path was the only way to go there. We don't know how people were supposed to get back to that other vendor area, and were also quite disappointed not to be able to even get near the historic houses on the property to view the outsides.
In summary we were 'pushed off' of three areas of the center within about 15 minutes of arriving. We understand this was a special event, but all of this has given us quite a negative impression of the center, and we are not eager to return. At the very least, the center missed a HUGE opportunity to showcase the center as an interesting, fun, and welcoming place to visit. Additionally, we felt that the event could have used improvement in some basic areas of execution including things like posting opening hours that actually match the event readiness. Meaning, don't post that your hours are 12-7 when the event isn't fully ready to go until at least 1pm.