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NY Times Gives Rave Architectural Review to Hunters Point Library

September 19, 2019 by editor Leave a Comment

THE critic has spoken and in so doing is probably just the start of what I expect to be a cavalcade of accolades for the Hunters Point Library. Now that it’s been completed, might its opening be the final piece that puts the LIC waterfront on the global stage? We already have the ~~iconic~~ instagrammable Pepsi Sign, the Gantries, and of course the in-your-face views of Manhattan. Throw in a pair of ferry stops, MoMA PS1 and the intrigue fomented by Amazon and its rejection, and the library opening and subsequent frenzy becomes the pièce de résistance for hordes of tourists.

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‘Little Chef Little Cafe’ To Open in Former Greenpoint Fish n Lobster

September 17, 2019 by editor Leave a Comment

Meanwhile over at Starbucks on 49th Ave…

A new cafe is opening at 5-43 48th Avenue, the former nook of Greenpoint Fish n Lobster according to The Court Square Blog. ‘Little Chef Little Cafe’ will serve coffee and espresso drinks, tea, smoothies, bowls (acai bowls), salads, and offer prepared meal prep available for purchase. The owner is Diana Manalang whose existing business, Little Chef Little Kitchen, has been around for a bit over a year now providing meal prep, catering, and private chef services to local residents. Diana has lived in LIC for five years,

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Chef Jimmy’s Vicious Creole Cycle in LIC This Weekend

September 12, 2019 by editor Leave a Comment

That fried chicken sandwich you see in the picture was cooked by Chef Jimmy Thomas. It uses the same chicken recipe that has been passed down from his family for years while adding his own gourmet spin: an aged pineapple mango hot sauce and aioli made from scratch.

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Guinness Stout and Hellgate Farm in Long Island City? Hell Yeah!

September 6, 2019 by editor 5 Comments

Fresh veggies and herb in Socrates Sculpture Park

LIKE any good journalist I maintain a list of possible story ideas for future use. Every so often someone else comes along and publishes one of those ideas, at which point I make an assessment – was it done well or is there more to say at some point in the future? In the former category is a story out this week in The Irish Echo about the Guinness brewery that used to be in Long Island City. It was located at 28th St. and 47th Avenue on the eastern side of Sunnyside Yards, and was in production from 1949 to 1954. As anyone who’s been to Ireland knows, the thought behind it brewing fresh Guinness versus having it shipped was a good one. Alas, the American public was not quite ready for the taste of stout. Fast forward to today and this once industrial factory/warehouse was recently repositioned into a new loft-like office building called The Mill. Check out the story in the link below, and a tip of the hat to the writer of it.

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Long Island City Fall Highlights 2019

September 4, 2019 by editor 2 Comments

King of Falafel — This girl has a very tough choice to make, falafel or shawarma?

AHH Fall, its onset brings both excitement and sadness over summer’s end as I sit here typing away on Labor Day.

Ohh yes, those highlights. The opening of the Hunters Point Library on September 24 is the most significant and transformational event. In the meantime we have tennis occurring right now at the U.S. Open in Queens – and for those parents who may want their child to be the next Verena or Rogael there’s plenty of time to squeeze in a few lessons with The Tennis Whisperer of Long Island City. Football too as I peruse the college scores from the opening weekend and anticipate the start of the NFL this weekend, we also have a local team, Long Island City High School, that has a chance to be at the top of heap. For a week anyway, as they take on the Mighty Number Crunchers of Stuyvesant HS at noon Saturday on their home turf. Oktoberfest, which a large portion of actually occurs in September – no specific relevance to LIC, but I’m sure all the local breweries will provide one. And while summer (vacation) has departed, a new food cart has arrived on Vernon Boulevard: King of Falafel (and Shawarma)!!! This 2010 Vendy Award winner will be on the western side of the street between 48th Avenue and 49th Rd (aka 40 feet from Vernon Grille) every Monday-Friday evening. As-Salaam Alaikum.

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