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‘BIG Time’ is how I would describe the earth-shattering news that Meju, hidden on a quiet street in Long Island City, received the #4 spot in the New York Times ‘100 Best Restaurants in New York City’ for 2026. How big? That’s one notch higher than Jean-Georges. Jean-George!!!
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March Madness is over, so is the Masters, baseball wins and losses are meaningless and I didn't let a play-in round throw me off my calendar. I so declareth that Spring has Sprung in Long Island City! Stuart Cinema & Cafe, formerly located on the … [Continue reading] about Spring 2026 Has Sprung in Long Island City
Putting the Mets opener and Johnnies basketball aside, restaurants and real estate dominate the local news in the back half of March (as they always do). Rice Thief has been given two stars by The New York Times in a review this week. Located in … [Continue reading] about LIC’s ‘Rice Thief’ Gets Two Stars In The NYT
ON March 3, 2020, two weeks before Covid would shut down the world, the Sunnyside Yards Master Plan was published. At the time, I noted "the release yesterday discusses that the timeline for fully building it out is decades," and acknowledges that … [Continue reading] about Sunnyside Yards, A Financial Evaluation
NO this is not an April Fool's Day joke, the playing courts, both basketball and tennis/pickleball courts will be closed for a year long renovation by the NYS Parks Department. Not really sure why, these courts were just renovated a decade ago, but … [Continue reading] about 48th Avenue Basketball/Pickleball Courts Closed For Year