Food and Drink

Readers were dismayed last week to see that neighborhood staple Vaccaro’s Bakery & Cafe was CLOSED. The bakery, located at 28-05 Steinway Street in Astoria, opened in 1981 and has (…)

There’s nothing quite like biting into a freshly steamed, pillowy soft dumpling. Tasting the fluffy dough, along with flavorful meat in a sauce that’s the perfect combo of sweet and (…)

It’s a double party this weekend with the Kentucky Derby on Saturday and Cinco de Mayo on Sunday! Here’s where to participate in Astoria and LIC: Derby Day Celebrate with (…)

You know what’s even better than a bar crawl? A DESSERT crawl. Yes, you heard that right. Instead of hopping from bar to bar grabbing drinks, the perfect Astoria spring/summer (…)

In my eyes, one of the best things about living in Astoria is the fact that practically every restaurant has those giant windows that open up the whole space when (…)

Hey there & happy last weekend of April! Can you believe May days are already here? We have your best event picks for this upcoming weekend, so take advantage of (…)

Many readers and followers have noticed signs of a new Kinship Coffee on Broadway and 31st St (right near the subway), and we finally have the details from owners Stanley Rivera (…)

From egg hunts to Sunday brunches, we’ve rounded up all of the best Easter events in Astoria and LIC this weekend. Hop to it! Egg Hunts 6th Annual Easter Egg (…)

We showed the outside of “The Social” coming to 30th Ave recently (in the old New York Dog House location), but we finally got to take a peek at what’s going (…)

We’ll all be yelling “For the Throne” for the last time soon, with the FINAL season premiere of HBO hit GAME OF THRONES this Sunday, April 14. Luckily you can (…)

Astoria has every food imaginable available, but good pizza is one of those few items that seems to come and go too frequently. Well, hopefully here to stay is the (…)

We’ve been hearing a persistent rumor all over the neighborhood that Taverna Kyckades is moving to the corner of 36th St and Ditmars, right across from the Queen’s Room, in this space: (…)

Queens Bake House has been updating their Instagram with mouthwatering treats for the better part of a year, but new signage is up and the owners are teasing a very (…)

Here on the blog we’ve been speculating about what the trendy-looking space on Broadway (between 31st and 32nd St) is going to be—and we know the community has been too! (…)

What’s better than eating delicious food? Eating delicious food AND giving back to a great cause at the same time! That’s exactly what you can do at Immigrant Families Together‘s second “Dining (…)