Neighborhood

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with John Zervoulakos, who I originally know as friend to one of our favorite ‘cue masters, Tyson Ho. John was also a pit (…)

I had the pleasure to sit down with Nicole Panettieri this morning and chat about her new shop, The Brass Owl. In fact, we met at newly opened 60 Beans (…)

Join us as we go behind the scenes of Astoria’s graffiti art world with Astoria graffiti artist, Louie KR.ONE Gasparro

We are big fans of the delicious iced and milk tea at Tea n’ Milk. They are regular vendors at both the LIC Flea and Astoria Flea, and every time (…)

Thanks to the good folks at Zone 26, we’ve learned about this awesome backpack giveaway! Lighthouse Ministries is behind the event, now in its third year, and it will take (…)

As we mentioned earlier this week, Tacuba—whose full name is Tacuba Cantina Mexicana—is getting closer to opening. Our contact over there told us a firm date: Monday, September 15 UPDATE, (…)

Food Talk covers last minute summer eats such as a soft shell crab sandwich at The Thirsty Koala, Sunday Night Dinner on a Thursday, Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden’s Wine Festival and more.

Last week Judith and I were invited to Pink Nori to taste some of their new and favorite menu items, and we really enjoyed our meal. We knew what we (…)

We saw this tweet yesterday and were really bummed out by it. Sure, Greenline Organic—AKA “The Tiki Hut” in our household—didn’t sell everything organic, but there were some things. They (…)

Highlights from Bowery Bay’s new dinner menu reveal duck nachos, grilled peaches with ricotta, a delicious Scottish Salmon dish and more.

We wanted to let you know about this amazing event coming later in September—New York on Location. It’s going to happen on the Kaufman Astoria Studios backlot on Sunday, September 21, 2014 (…)

Travel website Skift turned us on to the news of a new lounge at LaGuardia Airport that opened August 12. American Express is behind it and it’s called the Centurion (…)

We’ve been delighted to see Racked—the fashionable cousin to snarky real estate blog Curbed and always-something-in-their-mouth blog Eater—give some love to Western Queens (Astoria and LIC). This week they set (…)

A sort of “build a bear” teddy bear-building shop is opening next month in Astoria—Teddy Mountain will open up in the Ditmars area at 29-21 21st Ave. That location is (…)

We’ve learned from Crain’s that the development site at 11-12 30th Drive is on the market for a cool $60 million. This is very near the waterfront in between Socrates (…)