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MY how time flies. It looks like it’s been three years since we last did our annual Long Island City Restaurant Round-Up. Given the boost in readership for this issue every year, you would think it would have been circled in red ink on the calendar ad infinitum. Alas, The Editor is not a very good Publisher. No Murdoch genes to speak of, but food we know, so here we go:
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HAPPY New Year Long Island City! Time to break those resolutions, at least where dieting is concerned. The Oasis Cafe is coming to 49th Avenue in Hunters Point, filling a newly created retail space adjacent to Vernon Grille and across from Casa Enrique.
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THERE is no vacation at LICtalk. If there is news, we hunt it down 365. Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ is coming to 44-45 21st Street in Long Island City.
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“IS there a Santa Claus?” is a question frequently posed to The Editor, to which I emphatically respond “Yes!” How does The Editor know this? Very simple, when there are Chiefs and Steelers and Ravens and Texans scheduled to appear on my TV on Christmas Day, I know that a higher power has guided the outcome of these teams records so as to make both games still relevant this late in the season. Given the date, December 25, that power is Santa Claus. Simple logic.
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LAST month while reading a recap of the latest Community Board 2 (CB2) meeting, I came across this in the final paragraph:
“In response to the death of 16-year-old Jael Zhinin and the injuring of her 8-year-old sister, Leslie, when they were struck by a truck on 46th Street and 47th Avenue on June 26,”
Heavy stuff, I know, and it made me seriously pause given the ages and what the parents must have endured and are enduring. The recap continued:
“Won {Julie Won} announced that in the coming weeks a universal “daylighting” bill will be introduced in the City Council. The measure would create more visibility at intersections by removing parking.
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