Booze

Who knew that in addition to everything else we have in Long Island City, there is a defender of freedom?  Ok, that title may be a bit of a stretch, but this weekend in The New York Times there was an article about strip clubs in New York, [Read more…] about SHOW PALACE UNDER ATTACK

When it rains it pours.  Or as they say in France “quand il pleut, il verse.”1  Today we bring you word of a new french bakery scheduled to open in Hunters Point in the late spring.  It will be the first expansion for Cannelle Patisserie, and will be located on [Read more…] about NEW FRENCH BAKERY, CANNELLE PATISSERIE, COMING TO HUNTERS POINT IN SPRING

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Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground the hot concrete
Bus ride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio

Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach

Some people might confuse this website for a beer blog.  Here to add to that confusion is a profile on local microbrewery Rockaway Brewing.  You very well may have stumbled across it on your way to/fro the LIC Flea, or read about it in a local paper over the last 18 months.  Thus this isn’t really new news.  Yet while others have may have written about it, there seems to be no mention of them trying the beer, and not a word about how it tastes.  So I’ll share with you all a dirty little secret: I crack a forty every time I sit down to write one of these missives.  Therefore I have a little experience with the matter at hand.  What really struck me when I, ahem, sampled Rockaway’s ESB and Black Gold Stout, was how fresh they tasted.  Long before “born-on” dating, I was a real stickler about how long it had been since the beer I was drinking was brewed.  After its being cold, freshness may very well be the most important quality of a beer.  So in my mind, a brewery like Rockaway has a decided advantage in Long Island City.  Of equal importance though, is getting it right.  With such a large selection now available, there are too many times that I have walked into a bar and asked for a new brand of micro-brew, only to be really disappointed at how it tastes.  Let’s just say that Rockaway gets it right.

That’s all, micro-brew = micro profile, because the weekend is here and it’s time to stop reading and start drinking.  Pick up a forty …err growler, from Rockaway’s world headquarters, a former deboning and meatpacking room,  and make your own judgment. Here’s how:

Rockaway Brewery: 46-01 5th Street, LIC

Friday 3-8pm

Saturday Noon-6pm

Sunday Noon-6pm

Rockaway Brewing Co. – it’s unfiltered too, just like drinking milk straight from the cow

First Look at M. Wells Steakhouse – NY Mag has some good pics

M. Wells Steakhouse to Open On Thursday – yeah we know already; gives a little history on M Wells for those who weren’t around the first time

LIC Restaurant Group to Host Tasting Party – oh my, there are restaurants other than M Wells in LIC, check it out on November 30th

The Pirate’s Wine – talks about the guy who is revamping the Water’s Edge restaurant

Rally at 5Pointz – 3pm “this weekend”, but doesn’t say which day

LIC Rock Climbing Gym Shuttered Again by Buildings Department – would be a nice thing to have in the neighborhood though

2014 Kindergarten Info – on your marks, get set, Kindergarten!  Here’s all the info, unless it’s not.

Zerve LIC events – website that’s trying to consolidate all the doings in town

LIC, Astoria Best Bet for Hailing Green Cabs – i’ll keep that in mind the next time my limo driver is off

LIC Trade Show Still Packs a Punch – and it’s still not held in LIC

New Parcel Sold for $5.3 Million Near Queens Plaza – if you build it they will come …won’t they?