Astoria

For those of you that have been reading here for a while, you know I love the products at The Little Soap Shop—Vivian’s products are so wonderful and always feel (…)

That’s the outcome for Astoria Cove—the developers will have to provide 27% of the units as affordable—that’s 468 total. And 20% of that will be for low income folks. The (…)

The way Brick Cafe has seen itself for years. Recently there’s been a bit of chatter in the neighborhood, as well as emails sent our way, regarding Brick Cafe (30-95 (…)

Aside from the movie and television industry, from time to time superstars come to Astoria—case in point, Rihanna was here Saturday night! She made a surprise appearance at the Miyake (…)

Delicious pizza from Sac’s. We came across this eye-catching menu for the Second Chef’s Table at Sac’s (25-41 Broadway) happening on Thursday, December 11, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. It (…)

We’ve been watching both online and in person the Uncle George’s space (33-19 Broadway), which closed over a year ago in Summer 2013. They closed mainly because they owed $55,000 (…)

Can you believe it? SingleCut is turning two years old soon! Seems like they’ve been around longer, but indeed it’s been just a couple of years. Their tap room is (…)

We love this video filmed last summer at Mundo, which is opening this weekend! As an update, there are $10 tickets for the Saturday event, which you can purchase here. (…)

This video, entitled Muslim Voters in Astoria, Queens Differ on the ‘Value’ of Voting is pretty interesting. We believe voting is an important part of being a US citizen, whether (…)

Eastern European dumplings, just one of the amazing types of foods you can find in Astoria (P.S. Happy third anniversary, Bear!) Yesterday we wrote that Athens Cafe closed and that (…)

Thanks to a WHA reader, we were tipped off to Sekend Sun‘s opening this Friday evening! Sekend Sun is taking over the old Veslo space on Broadway and we can only (…)

Today is a bit of a dreary day, but for me it looked up when I was perusing my phone’s photos and came across this happy memory: This is the (…)

I walked by Mokja, a new Korean restaurant opening up on Broadway, and saw that a lot of progress has happened since the summer. There are tables, benches, and chairs (…)

Over on Astorians, someone asked about the “Astoria Pool Sentinels” that used to reside at the pool, and we have to admit, they look very cool. I got curious about (…)

We are so happy to learn that Mundo has set a date—actually, multiple dates—for their grand opening celebration. It will all start Friday, November 14 and go through the weekend (…)