Meg Cotner

Recently the WHA crew (of which I was the only one who could attend) was invited to sample some of the more recent menu items at Bareburger’s 31st Avenue location, (…)

While walking to meet up with Judith for a delicious dinner at Crescent Grill (more on that later), I passed by a new restaurant still papered up called Nosh Borough. (…)

Today was the soft opening at the new Astoria Bier and Cheese on Ditmars and I could not wait to check it out, so I headed over there a little after (…)

Before I moved to Astoria, I had never heard of sfinge, that strange looking word that is something crazy delicious. Sfinge or zeppola (zeppoli in the plural) are sweet treats (…)

UPDATE: Looks like Pye Boat Noodle is almost ready to open. According to their Facebook page, they only have a few finishing touches left, so we’ll be waiting with bated (…)

While poking around the internet, we discovered that Crescent Lounge is for sale for $120,000. Many Astorians we know and love this place, located on Crescent Street just south of Broadway; (…)

We caught wind of this story via Curbed and also checked out Gothamist’s take on it—both sourced their info from those urban exploring cats at LTV Squad, who really know (…)

While walking along Broadway the other day, I noticed that Los Portales is promoting some of their vegetarian options. As you can see there are some obviously Mexican dishes—grilled vegetable (…)

We got news that The Sparrow Film Project is back again this year! This is a team effort when it comes to filmmaking, and signup for the project is coming (…)

Earlier this week we learned that the Steinway Mansion, which has been on the market for years, has a buyer. According to Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, (…)

We wrote the other day of the vacancies on Ditmars, and a while back talked about all the coffee action coming to this part of Astoria. On that same trip (…)

In case you haven’t heard, Bistro 33, which closed for the last time on Sunday, February 23, has a new name—Bowery Bay. Here’s their Facebook announcement: So it’s official, the (…)

The other night, the WHA crew met up for drinks at Sparrow Tavern, and discovered that they had recently changed up their cocktail menu. Their Late Winter-Early Spring cocktails are (…)

Recently, I took a walk down Ditmars and saw lots happening, both with established businesses and those that are opening soon. Many of the restaurants are going strong—MP Taverna, Watawa, (…)

Today, via BORO and the Queens Courier, we learned that the LIC Flea & Food is expanding… to Astoria! Aptly called the Astoria Flea & Food, it will take place (…)