Regional Mexican gastronomy, hand-pressed heirloom tortillas, a wood-fired hearth, and an artisanal agave bar in Hackensack. Pull up a chair.
Opening Late Summer 2026.
120 River Street · Hackensack, NJ · An upscale Mexican restaurant worth the wait.
Reservations opening soon.
Grilled skirt steak (16 oz) marinated in our homemade sauce.
Pork marinated in achiote and sour orange. Slowly cooked to perfection. Served with pickled red onion and habanero chili.
Warm sweet corn cake baked and presented in the shape of an ear of corn. Served with Mexican crema and a dusting of cinnamon.
We built Azul inside a building that spent half a century as part of The Record newspaper’s River Street campus — poured concrete floors, factory windows set high in the walls, steel beams painted black. When the presses went quiet in 2008, the room sat empty for a decade. We found it in 2025 and stripped it back to the bones.
The kitchen, led by Chef Cristino Campos, runs all day — a rarity in this part of Jersey — so you can drop in for lunch, a late plate, or the full walk through the menu.
Come for dinner, stay for a pour — the dining room welcomes you, and the agave bar is ready when you are.
Reservations opening soon. Walk-ins always welcome.