Shanna & Matthew | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
In high school, I was on the swim team with Matthew’s cousin Daniella and I met Matthew at her graduation party…
Restaurant Weddings
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Stephanie & Alex | Liberty House | Jersey City, NJ
Alex and I went to the same high school, but our paths did not cross until I was 23 years old…
Carrie & Travis | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Travis and I met in college and were friends for a long time before we began dating. Our first date was…
Rachel & Darren | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
After spending a whole night laughing with my girlfriends and their charming boyfriends, I said…
Jennifer & Eric | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
I met Eric in high school, but we were just acquaintances. The summer before my senior year of college, we ran into each other…
Nikki & David | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Dave and I dated in high school but we broke up for a couple of years while I was in college…
Kara & Max | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Max and I both grew up in the same town and met while working at a local bakery together. After years of flirting, we officially began dating…
Meena & Aakash | Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
I met Aakash when we were moving into dorms on our first day of freshman year at Rutgers University. We have known and dated each other almost 10 years…
Alexa & Michael | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
My close friend Brittany married Mike’s brother Dom, so we had a mutual group of friends growing up…
Nicole & Thomas | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Tom and I knew each other but hadn’t seen each other in almost 18 years. Thanks to Tom’s persistence, our first date was at Thom Thom Steak and Seafood …
Taryn & Jabari | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Jabari and I were good friends for over a year while I was living in Hoboken and working as a teacher and he was living in New Hampshire…
Jacqueline & Christopher | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
Christopher and I met while working at the Fairfield Theatre Company. We were friends for about a year before we started dating…
Stacey & Brian | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
We met through our mutual friends and after discovering our shared interest in cars and motorcycles, we became good friends and eventually started dating…
Joann & Christopher | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Chris and I met at Rutgers Law School, but our first date was after we both graduated. We dated for three years before Chris proposed…
Brittany & Charlie | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Charlie and I met through a mutual friend while out at Mulligan’s Pub in Hoboken…
Sloane & Daniel | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Dan and I matched on Tinder and went on our first date a few days later. He took me to the Jersey Shore for dinner and we hit it off right away…
Jaclyn & Nadav | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
I met Nadav at his best friend Justin’s birthday party in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district …
Kimberly & Michael | Above | Staten Island, NY
I met Michael on our college campus and we ended up spending that whole day together and nearly every day since…
Christine & Thomas | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
My college roommate, Kristen, dated Tom’s college roommate, Cameron. Coincidentally, we all went to the same college…
Deirdre & Steven | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Steven and I met through our mutual friend, Carly, while we were in college. We started dating after graduation…
Megan & Kenny | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
I’ve known Kenny since the sixth grade. We sat next to each other and were always friends. High school ended and a couple years later we reconnected…
Nicole & Thomas | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Tom and I met through a mutual friend. We would lose touch and reconnect every few months, but started dating after running into each other…
Jenna Rae & David | Martime Parc | Jersey City, NJ
David and I met while working at a beauty company in Manhattan. At the annual holiday party, we connected instantly…
Lianna & Joshua | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Josh and I met when I was living in Vermont. He invited me over for a home-cooked meal, and after an amazing duck dinner we spent hours talking…
Jennifer & Eli | Waterside Restaurant | North Bergen, NJ
Eli and I met on match.com. I work in fashion design and Eli is an electrical contractor…
Nicole & Gregory | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
We both started working at the same place and eventually I realized how patient, helpful, and kind he was so I agreed to go on a date with him and …
Cassandra & Robert | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Rob and I began talking and learned we both love hockey. For our first date, we played a pick-up game of roller hockey in Stuyvesant Town…
Shayna & Fabian | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Fabian always says that one day while I was walking into gym class, he turned to his friend and said, “Who’s that girl?
Erica & Bryan | Above | Staten Island, NY
Bryan and I were set up on a blind date by my uncle Leo and Bryan’s brother Keith, who were friends…
Melissa & Eric | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Eric and I met on Cinco De Mayo at a bar in downtown Manhattan. Shortly after, we went to a wine bar where we spent the whole night laughing…
Heather & Matthew | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Matt and I met on a dating site, which is surprising because I am usually a little hesitant about dating sites. We met for drinks and hit it off right away.
Katie & Anoop | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Anoop and I met in the fourth grade! We started dating when we were freshman in high school…
Katie & Jason | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Jason and I met at a mutual friend’s birthday party…
Yael & DJ | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
DJ and I were set up by good friends. We were both at their wedding but didn’t meet each other until our “blind date.”
Pamela & Andrew | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Our freshman year of college, Andrew and I were in the same dorm and on the same floor. We were friends at first…
Jaclyn & Ibrahim | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Abe and I met as freshman in high school. We were acquaintances with friends in common, but we left high school without ever getting to really know one another. Eight years after graduating, I saw Abe at a mutual friend’s birthday in New York City…
Greta & Grzegorz | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
Grzegorz and I met through our friends at a pool party about 12 years ago. Since day one we had an instant attraction. We were friends for years and had so much in common. We always knew one day we would be together.
Samantha & Francis | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Frank and I met at Seton Hall University. After being friends for about a year, I finally kissed him during Memorial Day weekend …
Dana & Brant | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
When Brant first discovered my online dating profile on OK Cupid, we were only 10 percent compatible. I was a little hesitant to accept a date until he increased his match score a bit. So he spent the entire next day answering compatibility questions, and when he reached 97 percent, he asked me out again…
Lindsay & Richard | Frungillo Caterers
Richie and I met at a bar one night at the Jersey Shore and then happened to meet again through mutual friends the next night. By the end of the weekend..
Vanessa & Joseph | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
I’m a teacher and Joe is a police officer. Our love story began when my uncle introduced the two of us…
Linda & Christopher | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Chris and I connected online through a mutual friend. He was in his sixth year as a neurosurgeon and I was teaching violin to elementary school students…