Penns Grove

Penns Grove is in Salem County, in the Delaware River Region of New Jersey.

Carney's Point borders Penn's Grove on three sides and they are essentially the same town.

Get in

• By automobile. When travelling up the west coast of New Jersey and your route does not take you directly from the Delaware Memorial Bridge onto the Turnpike or Interstate 295, traveling through Penn's Grove is almost a guarantee.
• By bus.

See

• Pitman Street - home of many Italian immigrants who came from the town of Valle San Giovanni in the Abruzzo Region of Italy.
• The house where the TV and movie actor John Forsythe (born John Freund on 29 January 1918) was born.
• The spot where Rome 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist and world record holder Don Bragg used do his pole vault training.
• The Saint James Roman Catholic Church, 80 meters from the sewage processing plant and immediately adjacent to active railroad tracks. If you can convince the caretaker to let you in, you may be able to view a statue of the Madonna and Child, a replica of the statue found in the church, Madonna delle Grazie in Teramo (Abruzzo) Italy.

Do

• Enjoy a walk down the Penns Grove Riverwalk, an almost-quarter-kilometer stroll along a faux brick and faux iron edifice that the town nevertheless struggled for years to fund.
• Walk down to the old Willis Hardware Store, a fine example of abandoned early-20th century masonry.
• Go to the fall luncheon held every year at DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante for the descendants, and their families, of immigrants from the small town of Valle San Giovanni in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. If you happen to be invited, of course.

Buy

• Imported goods from Latin America at one of the town's three bodegas.

Eat

• DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante, 28 South Broad St, ☏ +1 856 299-4645. Sample authentic food just as it is experienced in Valle San Giovanni and Valle Soprana in the beautiful Abruzzo Region of Italy. Far and away the most expensive restaurant in town, but the cannolis are excellent. Che buono! 
• Roman Pantry, 447 Harding Highway, ☏ +1 856 299-5257. According to actor Bruce Willis, the home of the best cheesesteaks in the world. 
• Sabor Latino, 169-B State Street, ☏ +1 856 299-6675. An authentic Mexican restaurant, you can eat a large, satisfying meal here under $10 if you are in the mood for breakfast (served all hours they're open) or selective in their ordering. Tortilla chips and guacamole are complementary when you sit down, and they have a selection of imported soft drinks from Latin America and coffee at less than $2. 
• Talk of the Towne, 200 North Virginia Avenue, ☏ +1 856 299-3242. A diner restaurant with an available banquet room, the Talk of the Towne's specialty is a large cabinet of baked goods produced on the premises and a large breakfast buffet during breakfast hours replaced with an enormous salad bar during lunch and dinner hours. 
• Pat's Pizzeria, 16 South Broad Street, ☏ +1 856 299-3242. A local incarnation of a family-owned regional pizzeria chain, Pat's is next to DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante. It's more expensive than the Roman pantry or Andy's (though you can still eat a full dinner for under $15), and serves less meat on their sandwiches and more dough on their pizzas, but they are the only place for miles around where you can get crunchy, battered chicken wings. 
• Andy's Pizza, 213 South Virginia Avenue, ☏ +1 856 299-1600. A local restaurant serving various American-adapted Italian and Greek dishes, Andy's always has slices of pizza ready to heat and go. They also serve ice cream, water ice, and other frozen treats year-round. The restaurant has a pleasant indoor dining atmosphere. 
• One Stop Deli, 96 North Virginia Avenue, ☏ +1 856 299-2222. The only place in town to eat between midnight and 6:30AM, the One Stop Deli is a 24-hour convenience store with a sizable kitchen in the back that takes call-in orders and keeps a few hamburgers and hot dogs hot all night long. You can get a hearty, filling sandwich, an order of french fries and a beverage for under $10. T they serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner items at all day and night. 

Drink

• The town has three liquor stores.

Sleep

• The nearest nightly lodgings are 6 km away in Pennsville, a drive of about 15 minutes.

Go next

• Visit nearby Pennsville or Woodstown
• Visit the nearby Cowtown Rodeo (you got that right!) five miles from the borough of Penns Grove.