Astoria Sekend Sun Bar Opens Friday by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Queens Council on the Arts: Junior Board Opportunity by Emily Rios Calling all young professionals looking to share their personal awesomeness with the Queens creative community! The Queens Council on the Arts Junior Board (QCAJB) is a group of local emerging leaders who are (…)
Astoria We Tried Off The Hook’s Rum Inspired Menu and Loved Everything We Ate by Meg Cotner A couple of weeks ago the WHA crew was invited over to Off The Hook to try their rum-inspired menu. We had been there before and liked the food, but (…)
Astoria Sekend Sun Cocktail Bar Coming to Astoria by Meg Cotner Everyone loves a cocktail. Through an accidental intersection of curious information, we’ve learned that a new cocktail bar is coming to Broadway. Jay Zimmerman and Derrek Vernon of Brooklyn’s ba’sik (…)
Astoria Long Island City We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Boozy Edition* by Judith Rich We Heart Astoria Food Talk focuses on boozy events in and around Astoria such as Judy & Punch’s upcoming opening, Rockaway Brewing Company’s new canning program, Astoria Bier & Cheese tasting and more!
Astoria Welcome to a New Astor Room by Meg Cotner As we mentioned earlier this week, the We Heart crew was invited to attend the friends and family dinner at The Astor Room. We knew there was a new menu, (…)
Astoria Long Island City We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Rain Rain Go Away Edition* by Judith Rich We Heart Astoria Food Talk covers new enhancements at Astor Room, Sabrage classes at The Baroness, a new cocktail menu at Brick Cafe and more!
Astoria Long Island City Sunnyside We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Cool Off Edition* by Judith Rich Food Talk offers up tasty and thirst quenching ways to cool off this week including Cholados at Pecas Y Mas, iced coffee, iced tea and boozy cocktails all over Astoria, happy hour at the Thirsty Koala and more!
Astoria Update on Tacuba, New Mexican Restaurant on 35th Avenue and 36th Street by Meg Cotner Yesterday we stopped by Tacuba, a new Mexican restaurant opening up in the old 5 Napkin Burger space. Yes, that’s its name—Tacuba—which refers to the name of a section in (…)
Astoria Long Island City Expanded Summer Menu and Other Changes at Snowdonia by Meg Cotner We got an interesting press release from the folks at Snowdonia, letting us know about changes that have happened at the popular Astoria gastropub. They’ve expanded and changed parts of (…)
Astoria New Summer Cocktail Menu at Sparrow Tavern by Meg Cotner I was recently at Sparrow when they still had the old winter/early spring cocktail menu (that hibiscus gin fizz was yum), so when I discovered today they had changed it (…)
Judy & Punch Bar Arriving on 30th Avenue Summer 2014 by Meg Cotner We got a tip that work was being done at 34-08 30th Ave—the location of the old Video Express video rental shop that bit the dust in the past year—and (…)
Bareburger Ditmars Sports a New Bar by Meg Cotner I was away on the west coast for a week and when I came back, I noticed this update on the Bareburger Facebook page: ATTENTION DITMARS BARES: Our Ditmars location (…)
Astoria New Distiller Based in Astoria is Making Queens Courage Gin by Meg Cotner We got pretty excited when we saw the news on DNAinfo about a new distiller setting up shop in Astoria, aptly called Astoria Distilling Company. Their first spirit, to be (…)
Astoria Long Island City We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Spring Eats* by Judith Rich We Heart Astoria Food Talk features spring eats including local treats from the LIC Flea, expertly crafted cocktails at Sweetleaf, 5 best restaurants in Little Egypt, NY Beer and Bacon Fest at Alewife and more!