The owners of Hoboken's Dear Maud are planning a new restaurant called Anam for the ground floor of 36-42 Newark Street, an address that has seen multiple tenants in recent years. The name, Gaelic for “souls,” fits a hospitality group that has built its identity on Irish literary references, and the new concept is expected to land just steps from Hoboken Terminal in a space that has sat dark since its last occupants closed last year.
A Space With a Complicated Recent History
According to Jersey Digs, Anam is still in the planning stages and has no announced opening timeline. The property is registered to Pilgrim Souls Anam LLC at 36 Newark Street, and Hoboken's Historical Preservation Committee has already heard a signage application for the address, filed by managing partner Darragh McConnon. That filing describes an exterior refresh using orange hues and new outdoor seating along Newark Street, though it reflects signage review rather than a completed build-out.
The ground floor McConnon and his partners are eyeing spans about 5,600 square feet, per the same report, and it comes with a lot of restaurant history attached. The site has experienced many tenant changes since a revamped version of the old Clam Broth House closed in the mid-2010s, cycling through Biggie's Clam Bar, then Monroe's Cocktail Bar, then Latin restaurant Panela and its subterranean agave speakeasy, Perico, before those businesses quietly shut down in August 2025, according to The Hoboken Girl. The address has been dark since.
A Century of Hoboken Nightlife on One Corner
Before all that turnover, 36-42 Newark Street was home to the original Clam Broth House, which served generations of longshoremen and locals — along with famous guests including Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra's mother, according to a historical account from The Hoboken Girl. The address later became home to Biggie's Clam Bar, kicking off the chain of short-lived concepts that followed.
The Dear Maud Team's Track Record
Anam is likely to continue the Irish-themed atmosphere found across the group's other businesses, and it would mark another expansion for a team that has largely found success where the Newark Street address has struggled. Dear Maud opened in 2022 at 205 First Street, transforming a downtown Hoboken venue that had also previously seen rapid turnover into a popular upscale Irish pub and cocktail lounge, according to Jersey Digs. The bar celebrated its fourth year in business earlier in 2026. The group leans on Irish literary references for its branding, the outlet notes.
McConnon co-owns Dear Maud and owns Jackdaw in New York City. Revival is a restaurant at 161 Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The available materials do not establish a shared organizational structure between Revival and Anam.
Betting on Foot Traffic Near the Terminal
Whatever timeline Anam ultimately lands on, its location gives it a built-in advantage the space's previous occupants also enjoyed: the property sits near Hoboken Terminal. That kind of foot traffic hasn't been enough on its own to keep a concept alive at 36-42 Newark Street in recent years, but with planning and signage review still underway, it remains to be seen whether Anam can break the cycle where Biggie's, Monroe's, Panela, and Perico could not.
