Newark's North Ward
Cooks at the annual St. Gerard's festival in the North Ward, Newark. Every year, many from Newark's old First Ward, which was predominantly Italian, come here to reminisce the old neighbohrood. Newark's North Ward This is a blog devoted to Saint Gerard and my testimony on having Asperger's but before I talk about that, let me talk about the neighborhood in Newark that got me talking about it all---North Ward, also known as Newark's North Ward. Today the North Ward is a diverse neighborhood with a Latino majority. Newark's North Ward is perhaps best known for once being Newark’s Little Italy. Joe DiMaggio would once bring his buddies from the Yankees here and show them what "real Italian food" tastes like. Giordano’s was once an Italian bakery (that is now closed), where Frank Sinatra got his bread, no matter where he was in the world. Luckily, I still got to experience that myself at Luigi’s, one of the last remaining Italian restaura...