Editing Fort Lee, New Jersey (section)

== Arts and culture ==
The {{Convert|21500|sqft|adj=on}} [[Barrymore Film Center]], a movie theater, performing arts center, and film museum, was constructed at a cost of $16&nbsp;million and opened in October 2022.<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/10/inside-the-new-barrymore-film-center-a-16m-tribute-to-njs-movie-past.html "Inside the new Barrymore Film Center, a $16M tribute to N.J.’s movie past"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], October 27, 2022. Accessed July 27, 2023. "The $16 million Barrymore Film Center, a new 21,500-square-foot cultural space in Fort Lee with a 260-seat movie theater and museum that opened Friday, is a tribute to the borough’s status as the birthplace of the United States film industry."</ref>

Since 2007, the [[Hudson Shakespeare Company]] has brought their [[Shakespeare in the Park]] touring shows to Fort Lee in "Shakespeare Tuesdays". The group now performs regularly at Monument Park (1588 Palisade Avenue, next to the Fort Lee Museum) with two Tuesday shows per month during the summer. The festival also tours similar dates in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]].<ref>[https://www.hudsonshakespeare.com/park-venues Venues], Hudson Shakespeare Company. Accessed October 2, 2019.</ref>

{{anchor|Koreatown}}Since the mid-1980s, Fort Lee Koreatown has become a Korean dining destination.<ref>Harrison, Karen Tina. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/best-of-Jersey/seoul_mates/ "Seoul Mates: Thriving Korean communities make Fort Lee and Palisades Park a boon to epicures."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', December 19, 2007. Accessed October 12, 2021. "But only in the last twenty years—as the Korean community has grown to just under a third of the total population of 40,000—has Fort Lee become a dining destination."</ref><ref>Lefkowitz, Melanie. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704330404576291030180585192 "Bergen County's Fort Lee: Town With a View"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', April 30, 2011. Accessed October 12, 2021.</ref> Fort Lee's Korean food has been described by local food writers as being better than in [[Koreatown, Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Elisa Ung|date=July 24, 2016|title=Ung: Why you should be dining in Fort Lee now|url=http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/ung-why-you-should-be-dining-in-fort-lee-now-1.1634085|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref> [[Korean Chinese cuisine]] is now also available in Koreatown, as is [[Misu (drink)|misugaru]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joan Verdon|date=June 5, 2014|title=Korean coffee chain expanding in North Jersey|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/coffee-with-a-taste-of-korea-1.1029736|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|accessdate=June 6, 2014}}</ref> Korean [[café]]s have become a major cultural element within Fort Lee's Koreatown, not only for the coffee, ''[[bingsu]]'' (shaved ice), and [[Pastry|pastries]], but also as communal gathering places.<ref>Sobko, Katie. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2018/02/10/palisades-park-korean-coffee-shops/1078378001/ "Sweet treats and caffeine, with twist"],''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 10, 2018. Accessed June 13, 2022.</ref>