Meg Cotner

We finally have a name for the new bar opening up at 29-12 23rd Avenue, brought to Astoria by the folks behind Sweet Afton—The Bonnie. “Bonnie,” of course, means “beautiful” (…)

We are big fans of the delicious iced and milk tea at Tea n’ Milk. They are regular vendors at both the LIC Flea and Astoria Flea, and every time (…)

Thanks to the good folks at Zone 26, we’ve learned about this awesome backpack giveaway! Lighthouse Ministries is behind the event, now in its third year, and it will take (…)

As we mentioned earlier this week, Tacuba—whose full name is Tacuba Cantina Mexicana—is getting closer to opening. Our contact over there told us a firm date: Monday, September 15 UPDATE, (…)

We’ve been curious about what is coming to the old Teddy’s Florist + Grocery/Deli space—yes, that’s right, the two spaces have been combined into one. I spotted the space the (…)

Last week Judith and I were invited to Pink Nori to taste some of their new and favorite menu items, and we really enjoyed our meal. We knew what we (…)

We saw this tweet yesterday and were really bummed out by it. Sure, Greenline Organic—AKA “The Tiki Hut” in our household—didn’t sell everything organic, but there were some things. They (…)

We’re very happy to tell you that Sweet Afton is hosting one of their awesome markets this coming September! On September 7, stop by the bar from noon to 5 (…)

We wanted to let you know about this amazing event coming later in September—New York on Location. It’s going to happen on the Kaufman Astoria Studios backlot on Sunday, September 21, 2014 (…)

Travel website Skift turned us on to the news of a new lounge at LaGuardia Airport that opened August 12. American Express is behind it and it’s called the Centurion (…)

We’ve been delighted to see Racked—the fashionable cousin to snarky real estate blog Curbed and always-something-in-their-mouth blog Eater—give some love to Western Queens (Astoria and LIC). This week they set (…)

A sort of “build a bear” teddy bear-building shop is opening next month in Astoria—Teddy Mountain will open up in the Ditmars area at 29-21 21st Ave. That location is (…)

We’ve learned from Crain’s that the development site at 11-12 30th Drive is on the market for a cool $60 million. This is very near the waterfront in between Socrates (…)

Everyone loves a cocktail. Through an accidental intersection of curious information, we’ve learned that a new cocktail bar is coming to Broadway. Jay Zimmerman and Derrek Vernon of Brooklyn’s ba’sik (…)

If you’ve been to the Socrates Greenmarket, you no doubt have spied the table that is home to XXX Coffee. They serve iced coffee and pourovers, brew with Chemex and (…)