Meg Cotner

We’ve heard from the folks at Bareburger about their new restaurant, opening up in the old Athens Cafe space, called Burnside Biscuits. They plan to open in June and offer (…)

While enjoying some choice eats on Ditmars Blvd last weekend, I got to chatting with one of the business owners on the strip and the subject of Emeril’s apparent restaurant (…)

We were tipped off to the return of the Indonesian Food Bazaar via Mission Insatiable (which tipped off Reddit), and confirmed the news with a post by Dave Cook on (…)

We’ve heard from John Elezovic, one of the owners of Diamond Dogs (which we reported on almost exactly a year ago today), who informs us that they should be open next week! If (…)

We thought we’d bring back our personal picks again for the Best of Astoria this year, since the WHA anniversary action is still going on. Here are my picks—look for (…)

It’s here, it’s here! It’s finally here! Feast your eyes on the winners of this year’s Best of Astoria competition—we just ended the party and had a great time sharing (…)

Well, looks like there’s another clue as to what is the deal with the new restaurant (by the folks from Bareburger) in the old Athens Cafe space. It’s a stencil (…)

Over on We Heart LIC, we’ve written about the opportunity for LIC businesses and organizations to participate in the second annual LIC Springs!, a big block festival on Vernon Blvd (…)

A while back we confirmed that Bareburger is opening a new restaurant in the old Athens Cafe space. We’ve been in touch with folks at Bareburger and they were kind (…)

Welcome to another installation of our lightly treaded but much beloved column, My Astoria, where local Astorians tell us what makes Astoria special to them. This time we have two (…)

In honor of the arrival of mild weather this week, we present you with the list of street fairs in Astoria and LIC for 2015. These events always bring back (…)

We were fortunate to be invited to a press preview of Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men, a new exhibit opening up at MOMI this Saturday, March 14. If you love the (…)

We first got wind of news of what’s up with the Uncle George’s building via Brownstoner Queens, which pointed to a very nice article by the Queens Gazette that wrote about four (…)

Beautiful Astoria Park in warmer weather. This coming Sunday, March 1, join the Astoria Park Alliance for the Q.E.D. Jam – this is live performance at Q.E.D. to benefit the (…)

Over on Astorians.com, we read that Bonchon Chicken is opening up in the old Monte club space on Broadway. Here’s the post: Hey the Monte bar across the street from (…)