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 (…)

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 (…)

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, (…)

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 (…)

Earlier today I had a chance to view the new animation exhibit at MOMI, What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, and absolutely loved it. This is a (…)

We noticed this yesterday as the first post on The Astor Room’s new Instagram presence! They are revamping the restaurant and re-opening to the public on Friday, July 18. As (…)

Like many of you, we’ve been curious to know what is up with the old Euro Delights space at 32-02 Broadway. A recent city document indicates a pizza joint; originally (…)

On Monday night we checked out Vite Vinosteria on its first day open to the public—this is the new Italian wine bar that has opened up in the old Bugatti (…)

Thanks to all who participated last night in our unexpected twitter community effort after the broken rail at 59th/Lex destroyed the evening’s subway commute. It was much appreciated by many (…)

Yesterday we stopped by Tacuba, a new Mexican restaurant opening up in the old 5 Napkin Burger space. Yes, that’s its name—Tacuba—which refers to the name of a section in (…)

You may have heard that Ben & Jerry’s are “dishing out” (ha ha!) free ice cream around NYC during the month of July. That’s pretty awesome in and of itself, (…)

The We Heart Astoria crew is taking the day off, but we wanted to wish you a Happy 4th! We hope you are able to enjoy the day with the (…)

We continue to be excited that Orange Is The New Black films here in Astoria—both at Kaufman Astoria Studios and around the neighborhood. We’ve heard from many of you over (…)

Earlier this year we learned that the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks extravaganza was moving back to the East River, and the idea of that was very exciting, especially for (…)

A while back we told you that Mexico Blvd, the popular taco truck, was opening a brick and mortar space on 36th Avenue—well, meet Chela y Garnacha! They are in (…)