A handwritten sign outside Hooked JC simply reads, ‘You should eat here.’ Seafood lovers across the city would agree.

Topping the list is seafood and traditional American spot Hooked JC, which offers salads and more.

Ironically, Jersey City’s hot new fish shack is far from the waterfront and downtown’s hipster eateries.

A meal at this BYOB urban seafood shack might start with Buffalo shrimp bites, seafood gumbo, or polenta poppers (“our bite-sized take on shrimp & grits”), then proceed to crab cakes, fried oysters, or a choice of shrimp, scallops, or three different kinds of fresh fish, any of them served blackened, fried, or grilled.

For your eating pleasure, Yelp! has rounded up a list of New Jersey’s finest culinary gems, and we made the list!