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OVERFLOW Coffee has opened at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard in Hunters Point. Formerly the home of Matted LIC, there’s a long exposed brick wall, simple clean design, and standard coffeehouse offerings and nibbles. According to a post I saw it bills itself as family-owned, and there doesn’t seem to be any other locations in NYC/ROW.1 We like independents, check it out!
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THE restaurant hits just keep on coming to Hunters Point and the greater Long Island City Metropolitan Area (population 63,000). Frankie’s Brooklyn Pizza and Matsuzuki Sakura have been announced as tenants of the new rental building Jasper located on 5th Street between 49th and 50th Avenues.
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PARENTS rejoice, after an unexplained hiatus, the Long Island City Halloween Parade down Vernon Boulevard is back on for 2024. This year it will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 2pm to 4pm.
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WESTVILLE, a small local chain of fast casual restaurants, is opening a location at 43-12 Hunter Street in the heart of Court Square. If 43-12 Hunter Street doesn’t ring a bell or conjure up an image denoting it to be the heart of Court Square, then how does directly across from Food Cellar on Crescent Street strike you? Down the street from M Wells? Half a block from the tower fka as the Citi Building?
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WHILE I never considered myself a member of the 1% as it is traditionally defined, I do belong to a very select club here in Long Island City: those who drive to Trader Joe’s to pick up their weekly provisions.
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