CRAFT BEER & BREWERIES

New Jersey’s food and beverage landscape continues to evolve far beyond traditional expectations, and few establishments embody that evolution quite like Pompton Craft House....

New Jersey’s craft beer industry has spent years fighting through outdated perceptions, overcrowded regional competition, shifting consumer habits, tightening distribution economics, and the lingering assumption that the country’s elite brewing scenes exist somewhere else. Colorado. Oregon. Vermont. California. Michigan. North Carolina. For decades, those states dominated the national conversation surrounding independent brewing culture while New Jersey’s rapidly growing brewery community quietly built itself town by town, taproom by taproom, and neighborhood by neighborhood across the Garden State. That narrative continues changing in increasingly impossible-to-ignore ways. At the 2026 World Beer Cup, widely regarded throughout the industry as the “Olympics of beer competitions,” four New Jersey breweries officially earned international recognition among the best brewers anywhere in the...

New Jersey’s food and beverage landscape continues to evolve far beyond traditional expectations, and few establishments embody that evolution quite like Pompton Craft House. Nestled in the heart of Pompton Lakes, this popular destination has built its reputation not as a brewery, but as something arguably more dynamic—a gathering place where craft beer culture, premium wines, elevated cuisine, and community experiences intersect under one roof. Now, the venue is preparing to host one of its most anticipated culinary events of the summer season: an exclusive Anakota Wine Dinner scheduled for Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Designed as an immersive five-course dining experience, the evening represents another example of how New Jersey’s independent food and beverage operators continue...