Sopranos Sojourn

That's about it. I work in that area and travel Tony's route out of the city and into NJ that is shown in the opening sequence. I've been past the Satin Dolls (Bada-Bing) on 17 in NJ and stopped for a few pictures. I've never gone it, I've always traveled past in the morning (they were open I believe!). 17 is not a "bad" part of NJ but its not very nice either. Kearney, where Satriale's is located is OK, just another old, small NJ town.
I assume you found this site:

http://www.sopranosue.com/hudsonmap.htm
I'm always saddened heading South on the New Jersey Turnpike. Seeing the "Hyro-P-U" sign always made me smile. But they appear to be demo'ing all the buildings in that area. The sign had started to fall down and is now gone and a wall up beside the Turnpike (we don't want travelers to see that NJ blight!).

https://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/old-hydro-pruf-factory/
One of my restaurants is in the "Alexander Hamilton" Travel Plaza, near exit 15. When Christopher was on the lam, he met someone and they sat in a car outside of the plaza, eating Roy Rogers food.
HBO once asked us if they could shoot a scene inside a travel plaza, but that required shutting down the plaza and the NJ Turnpike folks said "no". Too bad, that would have been interesting.
When were were opening these travel plaza locations and they were under construction, I had a "Soprano's" moment with the electricians "Supervisor". Each morning, a big guy of a particular ethic origin would roll up in a black Caddy. He was in slacks and a silk shirt, no work clothes. He had all the electricians time cards and would hand them out. Then, he would pull up a chair in the shade where he spent the day. At 4 o'clock, he would hand out time cards again for everyone to clock out. I asked one of the turnpike folks who he was and was told "don't ask", he supervises the electricians. I remarked that he doesn't seem to be an electrician. The said "yep". So, I heeded his advice and steered clear.
Have fun on your trip, urban NJ is an interesting place.
You might want to look up "JR Cigars", there are two in that area, one in Whippany just west of Newark and the other on 17.

I've not yet made it to downtown Newark. It sounds like you had an interesting trip!

We've since started rewatching this series, and just finished Season 3. I don't remember a lot of the little sub-plots, so it is definitely interesting.
What is fascinating is that I've been working all over that area since the series since 2001 (show ended in '07). Watching each episode, I'm now pretty familiar with many of the outdoor shots, buildings and towns. The Soprano's location website is fun to check afterwards, to see if I guessed right.
One disappointment: In the most highly regraded series episode, called "The Pine Barrens" (directed by Steve Buscemi), I was disappointed to see that it most definitely wasn't shot in the NJ Pine Barrens. The locale looked like a beautiful park near Newburgh NY (mountains, elevation, forest pines and a LOT of snow). Sure enough, I nailed that one. It turns out NJ wouldn't let them film there as they thought the series was detrimental to Italians. (gee, you figure?) In that episode, they mention the restaurant company I work for, twice, and say something very disparaging about Dale E....
Some of the quips and one off lines are outstanding, particularly those from Paulie Walnuts. I didn't appreciate them on the first time viewing (nor remember many).
Also interesting, Chase is filming a Soprano's movie, which highlights Tony's fathers era, the early 60's (Junior, etc.), titled "The Many Saints of Newark".
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-sopranos-to-make-a-comeback-in-a-big-screen-prequel-1.3421303