Meg Cotner

We Heart Astoria twitter follower forwarded this photo he took of a new coffee shop/cafe that will open on Crescent Street near 30th Avenue soon. It’s a little hard to (…)

A while back I mentioned that the Fast Break—which was a corner store/bodega type place (it actually reminded me a little bit of the AM/PM Minimart chain in California)—on Ditmars (…)

This year Easter falls on the same day for the Western and Eastern Churches, so it’s “silence of the lambs” for all! Here are some way to enjoy the (mostly) (…)

This just in—a WHA tipster tells us the following EXCITING news: The Mexico Blvd truck is opening a permanent location on 36th Ave and 32nd Street the first week of (…)

You may be aware that two—and later three—mega developments are planned for the Astoria waterfront on that little peninsula that sticks out south of Astoria Park. The two developments are (…)

We heard that a Vietnamese spot has opened up in Astoria, Saigon Cafe. From what we can tell, it’s both a place to eat and surf the net, and they (…)

Last month we told you that Bistro 33 was closing, to transition into a new restaurant, Bowery Bay. Well, they had their official opening this past weekend and the folks (…)

I was away on the west coast for a week and when I came back, I noticed this update on the Bareburger Facebook page: ATTENTION DITMARS BARES: Our Ditmars location (…)

We mentioned Republic briefly last November: Through a WHA tip, we’ve learned that a spot at 33-29 Astoria Blvd North is going to be a restaurant. It’s approximately 2,000 square (…)

We got pretty excited when we saw the news on DNAinfo about a new distiller setting up shop in Astoria, aptly called Astoria Distilling Company. Their first spirit, to be (…)

About a year ago, Salon de Cafe opened up on 34th Avenue next to Cevabdzinica Sarajevo (home to amazing Bosnian food). They remained a coffee shop for a while, and thanks to (…)

Earlier this week the Village Voice published a story about Fatty’s, the decade-old Ditmars staple that is pulling up stakes and moving to the old Stove location in “Westoria” (a (…)

On Thursday, we had the honor and pleasure to attend the announcement of the Kaufman Arts District. A whole slew of Western Queens cultural leaders and elected officials were there to (…)

Today I had to be down in the southern part of Astoria, so I decided to have brunch at Mar’s on this rainy, chilly spring day. Last time I had (…)

We recently heard from the folks at Astoria Coffee, who are opening a brick and mortar, real deal coffee shop just off of 30th Avenue on 30th Street. Opening is (…)