Astoria

It’s our second to last giveaway and things are moving along nicely. (Sorry I couldn’t resist) Today’s giveaway winner will receive a $200 credit to be used on a future (…)

The ultimate local holiday gift guide featuring food, fashion, presents for kids and other local gifts.

Continuing to catch up on our tasting reports, we now bring you Chela Y Garnacha, a relatively new Mexican restaurant that opened up in the On The Nile restaurant/hookah bar (…)

You should bring your eating and drinking A-game to this giveaway from our good friends at R’A’R Bar! The winner of this giveaway will receive dinner for two with a (…)

Good news—the Feast of the Seven Fishes is back again this year at Vesta for Christmas Eve! This is a traditional Italian-American celebration, and recognizes the Christmas Vigil, the Vigilia (…)

You can nominate your fave library for the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards—nominations will be accepted until December 12 (that’s TOMORROW). Better late than never. More about the awards: The Awards (…)

One of the previous markets at Singlecut. We love to keep track of all the different places the Queens County Market goes, but we are always happy to see it (…)

Music, dance and theater – all being made under one roof! Where else but in Queens? Spaceworks Long Island City provides affordable rehearsal space to help your talent grow! Four (…)

A few weeks ago we were invited to stop by Vite Vinosteria and taste some of the things on their menu (full disclosure: this meal was comped). We shared our (…)

Thanks to the wonder of twitter, we picked up a tweet by author Diane Kochilas about her book signing this weekend at the fabulous Titan Foods, right here in Astoria! Her book, (…)

Looks like Greenbay, one of Astoria’s favorite food markets, is expanding across the street (32-19 Broadway). We’ve been eyeing that space, wondering what’s going on, and even reached out to (…)

While walking along Newtown Avenue this weekend, I saw that a new 7-story mixed-use building is going to be built where a single family home, garage, and commercial space used (…)

We’ve learned that Grandma’s Kitchen (AKA Babickyna Kuchyne) is back at Bohemian Hall this weekend! Get ready for Czech/Slovak home cooking extraordinaire with plenty of pork, sauerkraut, dumplings, and more. (…)

This past fall we decided to do a post all about local Fashions in Astoria and LIC . We were pumped to discover that our boutique and shopping options were (…)

  Our first week of giveaways is now complete, but we’re ending on a caffeine high thanks to 60 Beans (one of our favorite neighborhood coffee shops)! Today’s giveaway winner (…)