Meg Cotner

We got news yesterday of the Astoria Festival and were glad to know it’s happening again this year! This is a great time in Astoria Park for kids of all (…)

Yesterday we brought you several suggestions from Dan Rich for watching the World Cup in Astoria, which starts today at 4 p.m. with a hot match between Brazil and Croatia, (…)

Make Music New York, the nonprofit organization that organizes city-wide public music festivals on both the Summer and Winter Solstices, has organized over 1,300 free public music shows this year! There (…)

We welcome Dan Rich, the author of this piece and super soccer fan, on the upcoming World Cup tournament and his picks on where to view in Astoria. Thanks, Dan! (…)

We noticed the old Mezze Place/Mundo spot (31-18 Broadway) is changing hands, turning into what looks like a cafe. We reached out to the people behind this new venture and (…)

We heard from the folks at Via Vai today, the new Italian restaurant/enoteca on 23rd Avenue—they’ll be opening tonight! Here’s what they told us: We are finally opening tonight, Wednesday (…)

Apart from the consistently delicious food, beer, coffee, and lovely surroundings, the folks at The Queens Kickshaw are also huge fans of artisanal cider. They love it so much that (…)

What a glorious day it was on Saturday! The weather was truly amazing. We spent a few hours at Socrates Sculpture Park because that was the place to be, what (…)

We welcome back Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Executive Director of the Queens Council on the Arts, with more thoughts on the upcoming QCA Block Party. This time it’s about the (…)

We’ve written about the Socrates Sculpture Park Outdoor Cinema series [OC], Astoria Waterfront Movie Nights [AW], and the Newtown Road Backyard Film Festival [NRB], all of which sound awesome. Here’s a handy (…)

We heard this fabulous piece of news from Bareburger—free ice cream sandwiches by Coolhaus to celebrate 5 years at their original spot on 31st Avenue! Our original #Astoria 31st Ave. (…)

I was recently at Sparrow when they still had the old winter/early spring cocktail menu (that hibiscus gin fizz was yum), so when I discovered today they had changed it (…)

At Taste of LIC last night, we spied this curious sign at the Studio Square/S Prime table: “Chef Julian Medina Is Coming To Astoria.” Inquiring further about it, we learned (…)

We are blown away by all the amazing things happening at Socrates Sculpture Park this Saturday, June 7. Here’s a roundup of the activities, which range from food to bikes, (…)

Like many of you, I’ve been curious about what’s up with 31-05 34th Street—the old Bugatti restaurant, which had a lot of, let’s just say, problems. It closed probably end (…)