Owner story · Jersey City
“You put your faith in us so we gotta give that back.”
Julian Muscio · Co-owner, Luna Restaurant & Bar
¿Por qué Luna?
A moon that belongs to everybody, in an old bank on Grove Street.
Julian Muscio is a child of immigrants from Argentina. He and his siblings grew up working at Paisano’s, the Italian restaurant his family has run in Rutherford since 1989. In 2018 Julian, his brother Justin and their father Danny took the old bank at 279 Grove Street, turned its safe room into a wine cellar and opened Luna on April 23. He chose the name from about 50: luna is the moon in Spanish, the language he grew up speaking.
“We wanted a word or symbol that kind of encompassed something that belongs to everybody.”Julian Muscio, to Slice of Culture
The menu
Handmade pasta from the family kitchen, with a Spanish twist.
Every pasta is made by hand, at Luna or at Paisano’s, whose pappardelle rustica Lovefood named New Jersey’s best bowl of pasta. The sourdough rises from a ten-year-old mother starter. Next to the Italian classics sit empanadas, a skirt steak with chimichurri and, at the bar, the Fernando: Fernet Branca, Coca-Cola and lime.
The Spanish twist
EmpanadasGround beef, onion, sweet paprika
The house sauce
MeatballsBeef and pork, Luna tomato sauce, a touch of pesto
Back-to-back winner
Café RacerBest Espresso Martini in Jersey City
Delivered by Pinkbot
Eleven months of Luna, out the door.
- Since December 4, 2025Pinkbot picks up orders at 279 Grove Street and brings them to the door.
- 1,237 deliveriesFrom 279 Grove Street since December 2025.
- 11 monthsof deliveries together.
“We want to be a place that is always recognized as being high quality.”
Julian Muscio · “…it’s really up to us to make that night special or that lunch special.”
Visit Luna
Across from City Hall, a short walk from Grove Street PATH.
279 Grove StJersey City, NJ 07302
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