Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen

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We welcome you to experience a sense of discovery when you dine at Jockey Hollow. We hope to see you soon.

Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen is the creation of James Beard Award Winning restaurateur Chris Cannon and a team of 100 dedicated hospitality professionals. Located in Morristown's Vail Mansion, the space offers four distinctly styled dining spaces for guests to explore. A sophisticated fine dining atmosphere in The Washington Room, conviviality and comfort in The Oyster Bar and The Vail Bar, and beer hall gusto in The Rathskeller.

About

In 2010, on the heels of my New York restaurant Marea winning a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the US from the James Beard Foundation, I was asked to consider opening a venue in a building in New Jersey that was created by Theodore Vail of AT&T in 1918. I was immediately struck by the innate beauty and possibility of the structure. Its surroundings and the wonderful community of Morristown also inspired me. I had always believed that a great restaurant should grow from the fabric and culture of its physical location and that it should be truly unique in its personality. The Vail Mansion was, to me, the perfect canvas to paint a beautiful picture of culture and spontaneous conviviality.

As a nation, we are so programmed to buy the same products all of the time, to frequent shops and restaurants that look monotonously similar. A dining room in a mall in New York might as well be in Dubai. Restaurateurs across the country are trying to create businesses that can be replicated 400 times. A lot of what informs what we do at Jockey Hollow is a statement against mass culture and homogenization.

In my 58-year lifetime, I have watched more destruction of artisanal culture than any other time on this planet. The restaurant business, when done seriously, is one of the only true remaining outlets for artisanal production. Not only do we cook your food to order, to your specifications. We also curate only the most pristine and sustainable products to include on our menu and wine list. Our commitment also helps to support and sustain the small farmers, winemakers, cheese makers and artisanal brewers and distillers that make our world special.

- Chris Cannon

Directions and Parking

Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen is located at the Vail Mansion at 110 South Street, Morristown NJ, 07960. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO PROVIDE VALET SERVICES. The Morristown Parking Authority has a public parking lot on the property of the Vail Mansion. The lot shares space with the MPAC theatre next door and, unfortunately, fills up very quickly on events nights. There is also parking on event nights for $5 at Maccullough and Oak Street, just a short walk from the restaurant. The parking lot behind Town Hall, at 200 South Street, is free, and just a five-minute walk from the restaurant.

Jockey Hollow offers 5% off your entire bill for an individual or two people who take Uber (and present proof of the ride) to the restaurant.

If you are traveling by train, the Morristown New Jersey transit stop is a five-minute walk from the restaurant. Please call us for exact directions.