For the second time in a little over a month, Jersey City is losing one of its most highly touted restaurants.

Piggyback Bar, a restaurant and bar on the Hudson River serving up Asian fusion fare, will close at the end of September so its owners can focus on a new venture in New York.

“We have decided to close the doors to Jersey City’s harborside Asian-American tavern Piggyback Bar on September 30,″ owners Leah Cohen and Benjamin Byruch said in a statement. "In the meantime, we are gearing up to open our new 80-seat restaurant this Fall, located in the heart of North Chelsea just steps away from Madison Square Garden.”

The news comes after Talde, the chic Asian restaurant owned by restaurateur Dale Talde, closed its doors back in August. Both Talde and Cohen rose to prominence with appearances on Top Chef. Cohen and her husband, Byruch, also own the vaunted Pig and Khao, a restaurant in Manhattan that Zagat called the best Asian restaurant in New York in 2016.

Piggyback Bar came to Jersey City’s Harborside Terminal in 2017, taking advantage of the breathtaking downtown Manhattan views and serving up an adventurous menu featuring scallion pancake quesadillas, disco “phories” — a take on the classic Jersey diner staple featuring pho gravy, cheddar cheese curds and braised short rib — and kimchi pulled pork sandwiches. But their most eye-catching item was the pad cake, a crispy Korean pancake stuffed with tofu pad thai.

The bar came in at No. 19 in NJ.com’s Jersey City bar rankings, and was recently named one of the best sports bars in New Jersey by Yelp. While Jersey City has thrived and more or less become the state’s food capital, namely near the Grove St. PATH on Newark Ave. where a robust restaurant row has formed, the Harborside Terminal has struggled to find its identity despite its proximity to the Exchange Place PATH, with shops regularly opening and closing.

District Kitchen, a food hall featuring some of the city’s most popular food venders like Ani Ramen, Modcup Coffee Roasters, Left Bank Burger Bar and Tidal Poke, opened in the spring.

Jeremy Schneider may be reached at jschneider@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @J_Schneider. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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