Meg Cotner

A few weeks ago we were invited to stop by Vite Vinosteria and taste some of the things on their menu (full disclosure: this meal was comped). We shared our (…)

Thanks to the wonder of twitter, we picked up a tweet by author Diane Kochilas about her book signing this weekend at the fabulous Titan Foods, right here in Astoria! Her book, (…)

Looks like Greenbay, one of Astoria’s favorite food markets, is expanding across the street (32-19 Broadway). We’ve been eyeing that space, wondering what’s going on, and even reached out to (…)

While walking along Newtown Avenue this weekend, I saw that a new 7-story mixed-use building is going to be built where a single family home, garage, and commercial space used (…)

We’ve learned that Grandma’s Kitchen (AKA Babickyna Kuchyne) is back at Bohemian Hall this weekend! Get ready for Czech/Slovak home cooking extraordinaire with plenty of pork, sauerkraut, dumplings, and more. (…)

There’s a new holiday market this year, the Asteria Indie Market, a collaboration between The Aurora Gallery and Asteria Indie Collective, “a collection of local artists creating experiences that are (…)

We’ve heard from the fine folks behind Tea and Milk, the wonderful tea/bubble tea vendor who has been at the Astoria and LIC Fleas, and they’ve confirmed with us that (…)

Just a reminder about tonight’s meeting about the Van Alst Playground (14-14 29th Avenue). Basically, the Playground is in for some improvements, which is terrific news. Here’s the skinny: Please (…)

Over the past few weeks, we’ve compiled details about places here and there in the neighborhood that can’t quite make for an entire post on their own, so I thought (…)

Well, we’ve had Thanksgiving, then Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday (today) and now Giving Tuesday, which is in its third year. This is a big deal for nonprofits (…)

We love this aspect of the holiday season in NYC—the return of the Nostalgia Trains! Riding on the M line, they started service yesterday and operate between 10 a.m. and (…)

We’ve learned that the new business opening up in the old Frank’s Bakery space—which closed last spring after 50 years in business—is not going to be called BARCODE, but Piatsa (…)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We hope you have the best day with the ones you love. We’re off enjoying food, drink, and friends (and maybe some football in some of our (…)

Bohemian Hall Beer Garden in the warmer months. Tree lightings are all the rage in Astoria. Bohemian Hall is holding their own tree lighting on Friday, December 5 at 7 (…)

The old Burger Bistro interior. We’ve learned that a new restaurant/bar is opening up in the old Burger Bistro space on 31st Ave (37-03 31st Ave). Burger Bistro had its (…)