
A new eating establishment called We Bagel has opened at 47-11 11th Street in the space formerly occupied by The Bread Box Cafe, which closed in 2016.
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A new eating establishment called We Bagel has opened at 47-11 11th Street in the space formerly occupied by The Bread Box Cafe, which closed in 2016.
Read moreLook, I get it man, your publishers breathing down your neck for a lede and there isn’t a darn thing happening. You can’t make stuff up – you’re working for a news organization, not in politics – how else do you get blood from a stone? The best response is to look at your surroundings, dig deep, and recognize something that may be out of the ordinary and of interest to you. There’s a good chance it’s of interest to others as well. Warning: this might require some spade work! The second best response is to value your readers time and publish nothing. The third choice, and it’s not in the ‘Best’ category, is to push out product. With that, I present this month’s edition of “Is This News LIC?’
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The Szechuan restaurant we mentioned last week will be named ‘Hupo’ and will open at the end of the summer according to The Court Square Blog. Located at 10-07 50th Avenue it is replacing Kavala Estatorio and for more details on what it will feature click the link to TCSB below. The only thing I will (can) add, based on my years of studying Mandarin at Har-ford, is that Hupo means amber. Or possibly lake, I don’t remember, it was a long time ago and there were many Scorpion Bowls consumed between classes upstairs at the Hong Kong Restaurant in Cambridge. But I digress, for extra credit please name the restaurant that preceded Kavala?
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WHILE the temperature is hot, hot, hot, are real estate sales in LIC not, not, not? Given the continued paucity of local news we ask that question to drum up readers, and also in light of a somewhat erroneous headline out today entitled ‘Queens Priciest Condo Ups Asking Price to $3.9 Mil.’
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“What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around – that’s their job.” – George Carlin
YOU know things are slow when the top news story is about a patch of poison ivy growing on a fence along some obscure stretch in Long Island City. Furthermore it’s not even a local rag giving this trifle an overzealous who/what/where but citywide media. Even worse, there’s video that was broadcast on a TV station regarding this, ahem …appalling hazard (I did not watch it). And it’s not just one station, or even two, but multiple including WCBS, FOX, WPIX, and WABC. When the press makes the news, it’s time to go on vacation…
//WAIT there’s breaking news and it’s big, real big: A second Chinese restaurant is coming to Hunters Point! According to a small sign on the door of 10-07 50th Avenue, a restaurant specializing in Szechuan cuisine is being built out. No other info is available, but given that it’s formerly the home of Kavala Estiatorio which was run by the Shi/Skinny’s empire, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a hand in it…