You forgot CHARRITOS on 1st and on 10th street locations served free hot meals.

Puri Puri also was kind enough to serve food in the dark. First few days it was free then after that they charged 5 bucks for tremendous plates of food. My family got two plates and it fed 4 people with some left over. Also the food was great and the staff was kind and compassionate.

La Isla was also serving free hot food after the storm. Bless them all!

Torna's also was open in the blackout and NOT gouging. I think they were giving away slices or charging $1.

I will never step foot in Molfetta's on 11th & Washington again. They charged us $50 for an order which, according to their menu, cost $24.95. Very scummy.

Nothing to do with food- but Dina's Kiss & Makeup has a huge sale until Sunday to help women replenish lost beauty supplies.

50% off all makeup
40% off all skin care
15% off all jewelry

Rory, any idea what state agency monitors this activity? Thanks. Jay

Personally speaking I found quite admirable of Court Street to turn away 2 minutes on CNN citing, "I'm more concerned about my customers than I am about talking to CNN". 2 minutes of advertising on CNN costs maybe $50k? Turning that down to make sure a customer has a hot meal and is satisfied, that is a tremendous amount of respect.

Great article, but why do reporters and contributors not care about spelling, grammar and proofreading. Where is the journalistic integrity?

The term "price gouging" is, in the first place, subjective. When is a business price gouging? Whenever the government decides they are?

Accurate prices, especially during a crisis, are essential for keeping economies healthy. They are the primary information sellers and buyers use to establish what accurate supply, demand and value exists. When prices fail to reflect actual economic realities distortions occur. When a government intervenes and forces businesses to lower their prices this is both practically and morally wrong.

In many cases 'price gouging' can stave off a crisis. Consider a gasoline shortage during a hurricane. Artificially lower prices can cause a run on gas and deplete the supply far quicker then had the true supply/demand price been in effect.

One has to wonder about how many businesses in town didn't even bother to open since operating at even +10% price levels wasn't profitable or worth the effort.

Why does anyone have a right to cheap pizza? Why should the buyer set the prices? Why does anyone have a right to someone else's property or labor? Why should a buyer be allowed to 'take advantage' of a seller?

Trade in a free society should be a peaceful transaction at an agreed upon price by two or more parties.

That's how the free market works. Good for you Ojo Rojo!

Mulfetta's pizzeria was price gauging big time. Never going there again!
On the flip side, Charritos was giving out free food.

Sorry Rattigan, I'm not in the position of judging people's education level when I look at them. You wanted to stuff your pie hole and you didn't like the price so you got upset. That's all that happened. You were suffering from no emergency, not that it matters. Obviously the cretins at this pizza parlor exist to serve you at the price you set. Never mind that they had to go to their store and open it and run it and all the risk that entails during a storm. How dare they name their price to you Rattigan!

Aside from ignoring the several other points I made please define the "assumptions" that MUST exist in order for a free market to exist and then prove why they are so.

The guys at Charrito's were serving free food for days. They were out there from morning till late afternoon as well. Very much appreciated by the community.

711Willow is right. It's heartbreaking to see people in need of food, water, heat and gas. I am without many myself. But prices work. If gas went up and say floated to 10$/gallon no one would be in line to fill up their tank "just in case" Prices force conservation during shortages. This odd/even stuff is nonsense. IF a family really, really really needs gas, they'll pay the price for getting it. That may sound heartless but I think it actually frees up a scarce resoure for the folks who need it the most.

What were the other places that were gouging? Name names so we know to boycott them in the future.

Amanda's was also giving out free food and I understand Karma Kafe was too although I didn't see that one. Also heard Benny Tudino was giving out slices.

Tudino's? i heard that they were jacking up their prices, not giving out free slices. Anyone have firsthand experience there? Because I was ready not to go to Tudino's again, even though we were there for lunch the day before the storm. Do tell

Someone sent me this link about Benny's: 3 slices for $9, no change provided. So most people had to pay $10. You couldn't buy by the slice. Had to buy 3.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/benny-tudinos-pizzeria-hoboken

Then I saw this one: http://www.philly2hoboken.com/blog/archives/2012/11/beer-and-loathi.html

Seems like it's true.

Great article...increasing prices due to rising costs is one thing, but some of these places should be ashamed of themselves. $40 for a pizza? It is times like these when we should be doing everything we can to help our neighbors and stick together, not capitalizing on a tragedy to make a quick buck. Kudos to all the places that did their part to help out. Here's hoping that the greedy businesses get run outta town!

The tiny grocery on the corner of 3rd and Garden was in the dark but open the morning following the storm and all days after. There was no price gouging (large 8'' tall votive candles for $1.79) and they had a full supply of just about anything you would want. Thanks guys and Happy Dawali - good karma coming your way for sure.

Beowoof is on 106 Fifth Street between Bloomfield and Washington. This is by far the best pet store in Hoboken. Christine