Jimmy Van Bramer announced this morning that he is dropping out of the Queens Borough President’s race citing family reasons according to his twitter feed. In the announcement, he specifically mentioned his duties as a son and brother.
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Does LICtalk have a ‘cover curse?’ Last year we bemoaned the difficulty many local restaurants have getting open, honing in on the travails of Mothership Meat Company and using a picture of the nearly completed R40 Argentinian restaurant as our cover photo. Fast forward a year and the latter has yet to open for business and no one answers the phone…
Nevertheless 2020 looks to bring a bounty of new restaurants to Long Island City, but before we dig in here’s a select role call of those who passed in the last decade for you nostalgia buffs: Lounge 47, Mario’s Deli, OpenDoor, The Riverview, Ihawan (yeah, LIC once had Filipino!), and The Crab House – v1., v2., a little latino and a head fake. Plus a special decadal award to the Most Resilient: The Shannon Pot, having existed at three different locations in the last ten six years. Then finally a look to the unborn of the new decade, most notably the future tenants of Dorian’s and that hole in the ground across the street from it?!? Oh to have 2020 vision.
7train No, Xian No, BQX Maybe
NO 7-train this weekend Long Island City. Yeah, at the heart of it that’s the biggest and most impactful local headline this week. Unless you had a hankering for Lamb Cumin Biang Biang noodles this weekend and thought you just had to walk up the street to get them at Xian Famous Foods. Au contraire, it’s closed due to fire, but no worries, you can just hop on the..
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A new Chinese Hot Pot restaurant is coming to Court Square in Long Island City. Yin Traditional Hotpot will be located at 23-10 Jackson Avenue as first reported in The Court Square Blog, in a space previously occupied by Bia Vietnamese Pub, and before that a Quiznos.
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A new restaurant will be opening on 44th Road in Long Island City under the aegis of Mark Rancourt, a co-owner of Extra Fancy in Williamsburg. Extra Fancy describes itself as a “Crab-shack-chic eatery serving New England-style seafood plates, upscale sandwiches, creative cocktails & craft beer.” I would describe it as crab shack meets Brother Jimmy’s down on the bayou in the 1980’s (given the soundtrack when I went).
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