i live in Philly, but we stumbled across this store while Sunday driving around NJ. I like to explore--and cook. (And my daughter has her permit, needs hours of practice). Passing though Riverside NJ I noticed the sign, "Portuguese Meat Market" and made her go around the block to park. I'm glad we did. Great butcher shop with all kinds of meats and Portuguese sausages. We bought a delicious chicken sausage (they brought out grilled samples for us to taste), a feijoada "kit" of assorted cubed meats and sausages, a smoked chaurico (chorizo) and a package of slim-jim type smoked sausages... plus a couple things from several shelves of spicy and flavorful condiments. The store seemed extremely well stocked with Portuguese food stuffs, and was very clean.
Further on down the road I saw a hardware store selling clams and it all fell into place: we had clams and chaurico with tomato and corn for dinner. Love NJ in the summer. read more