Long Island City Check Out this Traveling Queens Art Exhibit in 3 Different Neighborhoods by Claire Leaden The Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City (5-25 46th Ave) is the first stop in a multi-month traveling art exhibit called Creative Mosaic, focused on showcasing emerging artists from Queens. (…)
Astoria Long Island City Openings, Closings and Rumors: Early Fall 2019 by Claire Leaden What’s in, what’s out in the neighborhood lately… OPENINGS New Yorkers used to have to take a bus, train and ferry to outfit their apartments with affordable minimalist furniture while (…)
Astoria “Bar Dalia” Coming to Freckled Moose/Pachanga Space by Claire Leaden Neighbors were surprised when The Freckled Moose took over the popular Pachanga Patterson space last year, but sadly it didn’t last long. After a string of private chef events, there (…)
Astoria Last Week to Say Goodbye to Astoria Staple RAR BAR by Claire Leaden RAR BAR (or Rest-Au-Rant) was a little under the radar, tucked back from the subway tracks on 35th Ave at 30th St. We loved them for their budget brunch, broad (…)
Astoria Long Island City Calling All Queens Foodies: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Queens FEASTS by Claire Leaden Are you the definition of a Queens foodie? Do you live and breathe local, cultural cuisine? Are you slaving away in your tiny apartment kitchen, making special treats and trying (…)
Astoria Long Island City What to Expect From the New “Koyo” (formerly Gaijin) by Claire Leaden If you saw our Instagram story on Thursday, you know we got a sneak peek of “Koyo,” the new omakase restaurant that is the rebranded version of neighborhood favorite Gaijin…and (…)
Astoria Long Island City The Backlot Festival is BACK at Kaufman Astoria This Weekend (including the first Queens Mutt Show!) by Claire Leaden The Backlot Festival is BACK! This second annual free festival celebrating community though performances, musical acts, readings and exhibitions takes place this Saturday, Sept 21 from 2 to 8 p.m. (…)
Astoria Chappetto Square Reconstruction (Hoyt Ave. & 23rd St) by Claire Leaden Chappetto Square—which you may not know by its name—is the smaller park at the south end of Astoria Park which includes an outdoor hockey rink, WWII memorial plaque and children’s (…)
Astoria Jackson Heights Long Island City Sunnyside WHA Wedding Week: How Four Astoria Locals Did Their Big Day by Claire Leaden Now that you have all the details from venues to photography to food to design, see it all come together with four local Queens-based weddings! Who: Dan McNamara and Tabitha Vidaurri (…)
Astoria WHA Wedding Week: The Creative (Including Beauty) by Claire Leaden There are so many details and aspects of a wedding, we could easily have done multiple weeks’ worth of posts! So today we’re doing double duty: the creative aspects, including (…)
Astoria WHA Wedding Week: Bakers and Caterers by Claire Leaden Now for the fun part – the food! Here are some mouth-watering dessert options (not just cakes) and local restaurants that do catering! Bakeries Aloria Cakes: (646) 396-9837 Aloria Cakes thinks (…)
Astoria WHA Wedding Week: Photographers by Claire Leaden Welcome to WHA Wedding Week! With wedding season in full swing, we’re so excited to bring you a full week of Queens-focused wedding content. We have interviews with locals about (…)
Astoria Long Island City WHA Wedding Week: The Venues by Claire Leaden Welcome to WHA Wedding Week! With wedding season in full swing, we’re so excited to bring you a full week of Queens-focused wedding content. We have interviews with locals about (…)
Astoria Long Island City Next Week is Wedding Week on WHA! by Claire Leaden We’re in peak wedding season right now, and after Anna’s stellar post on planning her own “Very Queens Wedding,” we decided to dedicate an entire week to it! There are (…)
Astoria Long Island City Summer-to-Fall Astoria/LIC Brewery Tour by Claire Leaden A brewery crawl seems to strike the perfect balance between summer and fall: you can enjoy refreshing pints, either outside in the sun or cozied up indoors . And what (…)