A few days ago officially marked the beginning of summer—although we all know it’s been summer in our hearts for a while now. So it’s no wonder we’re all scouring (…)
Coffee
The Best of Astoria awards celebrate the very finest Astoria has to offer, voted on by our readers. After the well-deserved winners get their time in the spotlight, the writers (…)
New contributor, Lindsay Goyette goes behind the scenes at Astoria Coffee, where she divulges new plans for the quirky coffee house.
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 (…)
Sweet Jane’s when they opened this past summer. This past summer we were thrilled to welcome Sweet Jane’s, and indie ice cream shop, to Astoria, and from all visible signs, (…)
This post has been edited. A while back we mentioned that the folks from Avenue Cafe were opening up a new spot on Ditmars, and we now know the name—TRU (…)
What a day on 30th Avenue yesterday! Seemed like most of Astoria was out and about, enjoying/managing the hot weather and filling up on grilled meats, corn, and cannolis, among (…)
The good folks at 60 Beans let everyone know they were opening this morning, so we decided to check it out. We showed you details of the space about a (…)
We’ve learned who is going to occupy the old Frank’s Bakery space—BARCODE, a cafe/bar and grill based originally in Kallithea, part of the greater Athens area in Greece. They will (…)
We’ve recently heard that the Korean coffee mega-chain, Caffe Bene, has stepped forward further into western Queens (they’ve had a location in Flushing since last year), with two places planned (…)
A first look at Lockwood and Native Coffee Roasters’ Secret Garden pop up shop, which offers lots of plant life, coffee, delicious treats in a comfy, urban oasis.
We heart this pop-up coffee shop, opening this weekend at Lockwood!
We Heart Astoria Food Talk covers new seasonal eats at Queens Comfort, NYT’s interactive coffee map, our visit to the Astoria Flea, an exclusive interview with the owners of Mundo and more.
Yesterday on my way home, I stopped by Caffino, the new cafe on Crescent just north of 30th Avenue. It’s a great little spot with some delicious coffee, and the (…)
About a month ago, we got a bunch of tweets and emails from readers asking if we knew anything about the Kinship Coffee Cooperative, a new spot occupying a storefront (…)