Wow, what changes in a year. More pizza, more burgers, ramen fever, Peruvian, Japanese, and a Michelin star! The local dining scene feels more like Manhattan every day. Nevertheless, I’ve hopped aboard the latest fad, the Bushwick baby-food diet. Picture it: men with beards and $800 boots eating jars of baby food with baby spoons. Brooklyn has seven of these restaurants already, one with a $120 tasting menu! I hear Jean Georges is scouting locations to open the first one in Tribeca, and Chipotle has fired up its test kitchens to bring it to the masses. For now though, here’s the Long Island City 2015 Restaurant Round-up. Bon Appetit! [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2015 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP
LIC WINTER HANGOVER
Hey did you miss me? I was off schussing in Chamonix for two weeks, and now I’m [Read more…] about LIC WINTER HANGOVER
92,000 APPLY FOR HUNTERS POINT SOUTH
The horses are in the starting gate and it’s a full field. 92,000 people have applied for the Hunters Point South lottery, and with 924 apartments available, that makes each one a 100-1 shot. It’s exactly the response one would expect when giving away million-dollar bills for $500,000, no money down.
The lucky winners will be named in mid-February. As for everyone else, [Read more…] about 92,000 APPLY FOR HUNTERS POINT SOUTH
2014 LIC RE-RUN
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR LIC: CONDOS COMING
So, in the holiday news vacuum Bloomberg puts out a big story about how condos are coming to little-old LIC. Not to pop your bubble, but [Read more…] about A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR LIC: CONDOS COMING