Astoria 7 Story Mixed Use Building Proposed for Corner of 31st Street, 28th Avenue by Meg Cotner I’ve been watching this property for a while now, and thought it was time to talk about it. I remember the buildings that were there before, the signs plastered up (…)
Astoria Cash4Life Lottery Ad Filmed At MOMI in Astoria by Meg Cotner This weekend while watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother, a new New York Lottery ad ran… and I realized that part of it was filmed at the Museum (…)
Astoria Long Island City We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Mundo Preview Edition* by Judith Rich This week’s Food Talk focuses on the new Mundo at the Paper Factory Hotel, a new tart cherry lager at SingleCut, LIC Market’s annual clambake, Ice and Vices’ ice cream sandwiches and more!
Astoria A First Look at the New 60 Beans Coffeehouse Space on Ditmars by Meg Cotner Last week, Emily and I spent some time at 60 Beans, the new third-wave coffeehouse opening up on Ditmars and 36th Street. Things were still under construction but we were (…)
Astoria Mama Yogurt is Now Sunberi Yogurt by Meg Cotner In the ever-changing froyo world here in Astoria, it’s probably not surprising to see businesses change hands. Such is the case at Mama Yogurt, one of the first froyo spots (…)
Astoria New 4-Story Mixed Use Building Going Up on 23rd Avenue by Meg Cotner Not much in the way of major construction happens on mellow 23rd Avenue, but the property at 26-18 23rd Ave is going through a major change. The building that was there, a (…)
Astoria Plywood’s Up at the Old Teddy’s Florist and Neighboring Grocery by Meg Cotner Earlier this year we heard about the sad state of affairs regarding Teddy’s Florist, the family-owned business pushed out by their landlord, Botsaris Morris Realty Group. We’ve naturally been curious (…)
Astoria Signature Dog Eating Contest at New York Dog House on Wednesday by Meg Cotner We caught wind of this upcoming hot dog eating contest at New York Dog House this week. It’s the 1st Annual NYDH Signature Dog Eating Contest, which happens to fall (…)
Astoria Astoria Cove + Walmart? by Meg Cotner This weekend we ran across a very provocative article in the New York Observer: Anti-Walmart Coalition Battling Big Box Store at Astoria Cove Well, that certainly got my attention (and (…)
Astoria Greece’s BARCODE Coming to 30th Avenue by Meg Cotner We’ve learned who is going to occupy the old Frank’s Bakery space—BARCODE, a cafe/bar and grill based originally in Kallithea, part of the greater Athens area in Greece. They will (…)
Astoria Kr.one Graffiti T-shirt Giveaway by Judith Rich We give away three street style graffiti t-shirts from Astoria artist, Kr.one Louie Gasparro
Astoria Submit Your Art to the 2014 Astoria Art Festival by Meg Cotner It’s that time again—time to start thinking again about the Astoria Art Festival, taking place this October right here in Astoria. Right now artists can submit their work with about (…)
Astoria Another New Building Going Up on 31st Street near Astoria Blvd by Meg Cotner Seems that the area around 31st Street and Astoria Blvd is pretty hot right now—first with the Starbucks moving into the old funeral home space, and now papers were filed (…)
Astoria Welcome to a New Astor Room by Meg Cotner As we mentioned earlier this week, the We Heart crew was invited to attend the friends and family dinner at The Astor Room. We knew there was a new menu, (…)
Astoria An Update on Sweet Afton’s New Space on 23rd Avenue by Meg Cotner A week ago or so, plywood painted green went up around 29-12 23rd Avenue, the location for the new bar/restaurant from the folks that brought us Sweet Afton. A diagram (…)