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CORNER BISTRO 2.0

September 28, 2018 by editor Leave a Comment

All this and the Stones in the background

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

Unlike directly across the East River, nothing really newsworthy occurred in Long Island City this week and I was pretty much resigned to publishing a single post with a photo and links to others tepid news. Then I passed the Corner Bistro, and like Wimpy I couldn’t resist popping my head in for a burger, as it’s always been a magnet for me time immemorial. Lo and behold what did I find – the classic joint had undergone a renovation.

Furthermore signs announcing “Corner Bistro Reboot” indicated a revamped menu would commence on October 1. So I spoke with Elizabeth McGrath, daughter of the owners of the original Corner Bistro on West 4th Street, Bill & Lorraine O’Donnell. She told me that in addition to the traditional and current hamburger-centric offering, the LIC location would [Read more…] about CORNER BISTRO 2.0

LIC REAL ESTATE MANTRA: ABSORPTION, ABSORPTION, ABSORPTION

September 22, 2018 by editor Leave a Comment

“Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face” -Mike Tyson

When in doubt, lead with real estate is a good recipe for consistency in LIC, or at least consistently churning out copy. Earlier in the week I noticed a post in The Court Square Blog showing a huge tower in Court Square beginning to rise. At completion it will be 67-floors and contain 802 condo units. Originally slated to be close to 1,000 feet tall and ~80 stories it was cut down to its current size by the FAA.

Lo and behold at a Bisnow real estate conference about Long Island City this morning, Eric Benaim the CEO of Modern Spaces stated that the units would go on sale in mid-March and the expectation was that they would all be sold over a 4-year period. Which leaves the only question: at what price?

That is the ~~million~~ billion dollar question, and [Read more…] about LIC REAL ESTATE MANTRA: ABSORPTION, ABSORPTION, ABSORPTION

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD IN LONG ISLAND CITY

September 18, 2018 by editor Leave a Comment

What timing, it’s Yom Kippur!

Food, glorious food!
We’re anxious to try it
Three banquets a day —
Our favourite diet!

In our last post we shared the news about the opening of Adda, an Indian restaurant, near LaGuardia College. Today NY Magazine conjectures that Adda could be the most exciting new Indian restaurant in NYC.

The 2018 Vendy Awards is next week, and the WSJ profiles one of the finalists Burmese Bites which serves their fare at [Read more…] about FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD IN LONG ISLAND CITY

NEW INDIAN RESTAURANT ‘ADDA’ COMES TO LONG ISLAND CITY

September 13, 2018 by editor Leave a Comment

A new Indian restaurant named Adda has opened in Long Island City according to Eater. Located at 31-31 Thomson Ave across from LaGuardia College, it is owned and operated by some of the same people who ran the previous restaurant, Unicos Tacos, at the same site. Despite that establishment’s brief tenure, this less-eclectic concept looks promising [Read more…] about NEW INDIAN RESTAURANT ‘ADDA’ COMES TO LONG ISLAND CITY

THE TIDE IS HIGH IN LONG ISLAND CITY

September 11, 2018 by editor Leave a Comment

Wish, I was back on the bayou
Rollin’ with some Cajun Queen
Wishin’ I were a fast freight train
Just a chooglin’ on down to New Orleans

IT wasn’t the wind and rain that made Hurricane Sandy so destructive to LIC and NYC, but the unusual surge of the coastal waters, which in our case meant the East River. In a small redux, we got a taste of that yesterday around 11am in Gantry Park per the photo above. Unlike Sandy, this flooding occurred when the moon phase was not full, which traditionally causes higher tides. Not to be alarmist, but you may want to get the rafts ready, or at least the skim boards.

//NEW music school opening in Long Island City. [Read more…] about THE TIDE IS HIGH IN LONG ISLAND CITY