Astoria Openings, Closings & Rumors Early Summer 2019 by Claire Leaden Here’s our intermittent roundup of openings/closing/rumors in the neighborhood that are too small for posts of their own. As usual, let us know if there’s anything you’ve noticed on your (…)
Astoria Robert De Niro Allegedly Turning Steinway Factory Lot into Film Studio by Claire Leaden According to reports from the Commercial Observer, and later by Patch.com, actor Robert De Niro’s real estate development company Wildflower is attempting to acquire land from Steinway & Sons piano (…)
Astoria Lockwood is Expanding to Greenpoint! by Claire Leaden Lockwood is a mainstay in Astoria with its home/gift, paper and style stores—and became a welcome addition to Jackson Heights in 2015 as well. Now the store (owned by WHA (…)
Astoria Q&A with Oli.Vine Chef and CHOPPED Winner Nicholas Poulmentis by Claire Leaden We first mentioned Oli.Vine on Ditmars in our Spring Openings, Closings & Rumors roundup, but we’ve recently learned that Astoria’s own CHOPPED champion and former Akrotiri chef Nicholas Poulmentis is now (…)
All About THE ARC: The Full-Block Arts & Music Center in Queens by Claire Leaden About a year ago, news spread that DMNDR—a global community of music lovers, photographers, filmmakers, artists, writers, and curators—was opening The Arc, a 20,000-sq.-ft. concert and recording space in Astoria. Okay, (…)
Astoria Openings, Closings & Rumors May 2019 by Claire Leaden Lots of busy business in Astoria recently! What are you most excited to see and try? Do you have any additional insights into the closings or rumors? Let us know (…)
Astoria Soup Dumplings in Astoria at New Bund on Broadway by Claire Leaden There’s nothing quite like biting into a freshly steamed, pillowy soft dumpling. Tasting the fluffy dough, along with flavorful meat in a sauce that’s the perfect combo of sweet and (…)
Astoria The Scoop on Kinship Coffee Coming to Broadway by Claire Leaden Many readers and followers have noticed signs of a new Kinship Coffee on Broadway and 31st St (right near the subway), and we finally have the details from owners Stanley Rivera (…)
Astoria Preview Tour: “The Social” Coming to 30th Ave by Claire Leaden We showed the outside of “The Social” coming to 30th Ave recently (in the old New York Dog House location), but we finally got to take a peek at what’s going (…)
Astoria Holy Pepperoni! New “Best Pizza Shop” Comes to 34th Ave by Claire Leaden Astoria has every food imaginable available, but good pizza is one of those few items that seems to come and go too frequently. Well, hopefully here to stay is the (…)
Astoria Queens Bake House Pastry Preview by Claire Leaden Queens Bake House has been updating their Instagram with mouthwatering treats for the better part of a year, but new signage is up and the owners are teasing a very (…)
Astoria Turkish Restaurateur Orhan Yegen to Revamp Broadway with “Lokanta” by Claire Leaden Here on the blog we’ve been speculating about what the trendy-looking space on Broadway (between 31st and 32nd St) is going to be—and we know the community has been too! (…)
Astoria Long Island City Openings, Closings and Rumors Early Spring Part II by Claire Leaden We had so many helpful comments and observations on last week’s edition of “Openings, Closings and Rumors”‘ that we had to do a second part this week! Lots of business news (…)
Astoria TJ Maxx Astoria to Open MAY 19! by Claire Leaden UPDATE: The TJ Maxx Astoria opening has been pushed back to Sunday, MAY 19, same hours. Back in November we reported that TJ Maxx Astoria was coming to Ditmars in Spring (…)
Astoria OPENINGS, CLOSINGS AND RUMORS – EARLY SPRING 2019 EDITION by Claire Leaden It’s time for the latest edition of “Openings, Closings and Rumors,” to help fill you in on the most recent business news circulating around the neighborhood! As usual, feel free (…)